China’s U23 national football team secured their place in the AFC U23 Asian Cup final after a commanding 3-0 victory over Vietnam in the semifinals, marking the first time in 22 years that ...

Chinese investors are pulling out of European football en masse. In mid-2017 there were upwards of 20 Chinese-owned clubs in Europe. “There are now fewer than 10, and it’s a dwindling number,” said ...

China banned 73 people from soccer for life on Thursday and deducted points from nine top-tier clubs in its latest ...

It’s a few minutes before practice, and helmets and pads are heaped on an Astroturf field hard by Beijing’s smog-choked Fourth Ring Road. The sound of pre-training hip-hop from a nearby boombox merges ...

Sun Jihai, Chinese football's most famous export to the English Premier League, has warned that high-profile transfers must be accompanied by investment at the base of the game. Chinese clubs, and ...

BEIJING (AP) — The former coach of the Chinese men's national soccer team has received a 20-year-prison sentence for bribery, Chinese state media reported Friday. Li Tie, who once played in the ...

The 2025 China U16 national football team's recent performance of scoring 42 goals but conceding zero in five Asian Cup qualifying matches has sparked fresh hopes that Chinese youth football may ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Standing in a small, sterile booth high above the turf at Memorial Stadium, David He's voice reaches a near-shout any time Illinois' football team makes a big play against Kent ...