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Chinese Wushu star Sun Peiyuan captured the first gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games from the men's Changquan here on Sunday.
Sun Peiyuan won the first gold medal for team China at the 2018 Asian Games in men’s changquan on Sunday in Jakarta.
The 18th Asian Games has officially begun Saturday with an opening ceremony featuring Indonesia's spectacular landscapes, wonderful history and diverse cultures.
There will be eight events at the 18th Asian Games plus one demonstration for canoe polo. Athletes from the region will gather for the games in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang from August 18 to Sept. 2.
The Chinese shuttlers have geared up for the 18th Asian Games as they conducted the first practice session after arriving in Jakarta on Friday.
The main press center for the Asian Games officially opened its doors on Thursday, one day before the opening ceremony in Jakarta.
With the national flag having been raised in the athletes' village, China is gearing up for its 12th straight appearance at the Asian Games, the continent's biggest sporting event, in Indonesia.
Still reeling from their young counterpart's agonizing exit from the U20 Women’s World Cup, China's senior soccer team will look to return to their winning ways when they face Hong Kong on Friday in the Group B opener at the Asian Games in Jakarta.
The son of retired football great Ronaldinho has begun training with the youth academy of Brazilian Serie A club Cruzeiro.
Sprinter Xie Zhenye, one of China's top hopes for a medal at the Asian Games, withdrew from the competition on Thursday due to a right ankle injury.
Chinese sprinter Xie Zhenye will pull out of the Asian Games in Jakarta, the champion of the 4x100 meters relay in the 2014 Incheon Asiad said on his social media on Thursday.
China beat Syria 3-0 in the men's soccer second round competition of the Jakarta Asian Games at SL Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung on Thursday.
With three-time Olympic freestyle champion Sun Yang leading the way, China's vaunted team of pool sharks is determined to take a bite out of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta.
The impending Asian Games can serve as preparation for China's young athletes ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, said a senior official with the Chinese delegation on Thursday.
The 2018 Asian Games will be held from August 18 to September 2. This will be the second time for Indonesia to host the event since 1962, with around 10,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions competing in 40 sports.
China is sending 82 athletes to the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta to compete in 47 athletics events that will take place between August 25 an 30 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Indonesia's capital.
With three days to go until the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, 19 of the 34 Chinese delegation team officials have arrived in Jakarta, including Gou Zhongwen, director of China's General Administration of Sport.
China's goal of regaining basketball supremacy at the Asian Games has become a tougher challenge after NBA player Jordan Clarkson was reclassified as a "special exception" and allowed to join rival Philippines.
Ten years after the flame was extinguished at the Beijing Summer Olympics, the legacy of the Games continues to benefit sports development in China as the country prepares for a winter encore in 2022.
Lionel Messi will miss Argentina's friendlies against Guatemala and Colombia next month as he takes a break from international football, according to Argentine press reports.
It started so encouragingly for China, but in the end the country's Under-20 Women's World Cup campaign in France ended in tears of agony.
China’s young and wealthy appear to be shifting their attention away from buying expensive goods and spending more to stay in shape.
Rumors that Dwyane Wade was mulling a move to China kept the 12-time NBA All-Star in the social-media spotlight most of the summer, but now it doesn't seem very likely.
Brazil football great Ronaldo has moved to allay fears about his health, revealing that he expects to leave hospital on Monday after suffering pneumonia.
The World Yo-Yo Contest, the largest gathering of competitive yo-yo players and fans worldwide, wrapped up in Shanghai on Sunday. It's the first time the event has been held in China.
NBA All-Star Kemba Walker's journey from underdog to franchise leader of the Charlotte Hornets is providing young Chinese with proof that perseverance pays off.
Virtual reality video streaming and facial recognition technologies will be used in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, as China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd, the country's second-largest telecom carrier by mobile subscribers, scrambles to help build the event into a smart sports gathering enabled by cutting-edge communication technologies.
A total of 3,916 middle and primary schools across China have been identified as schools specializing in youth football, according to the Ministry of Education (MOE).
Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy and Vice Premier Sun Chunlan will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia, to attend the opening ceremony of the 18th Asian Games on Aug. 18.
China's former world No 1 doubles star Peng Shuai was banned for six months and fined $10,000 on Wednesday for attempting to force her doubles partner to withdraw from Wimbledon in 2017, the Tennis Integrity Unit announced.
