Zhao Yitang had always dreamed of playing football for China and this summer he finally did -- not in boots on a pitch, but on a smartphone. As the global popularity of football eSports grows, China ...

On a hot, humid Thursday night in Saitama, China's national football team hit its lowest ebb. With a minute left on the clock and trailing Japan 6-0, Chinese defenders were likely wishing for the ...

Her grandmother never wanted her to play football so 11-year-old Liu Chang's father sneaked her out of the house when grandma wasn't looking. China qualified for next month's Women's World Cup for a ...

Rapacious middlemen and coaches with forged or few qualifications are trying their luck in China's fast-growing grassroots football, imperilling its ambitions to become a major force in the sport, ...

In April, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a company that makes humanoid robots. There he floated an idea to fix the country's woeful men's soccer team. “Can we have robots join the team?” Xi was ...

When China's president, Xi Jinping, visited Manchester in October 2015, there followed a bizarre photo opportunity and a bold statement. The former was an image of two global leaders - Xi and then UK ...

China's miserable World Cup qualifying campaign has led to calls for the men’s football team to be disbanded and angry questions over why a country of 1.4 billion people could not find 11 players ...

The series, called “Daily Football” consists of 365 three minute episodes, which will air daily on China’s top educational TV channel, as well as online. The episodes will feature top youth football ...

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