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Chen Xuyuan is elected president of the Chinese Football Association at the CFA's 11th membership conference at the Xianghe national soccer training center in Hebei province on Aug 22, 2019.
The Chinese Football Association has elected Chen Xuyuan, former president of the Shanghai International Port Group, its sixth president. Three vice-presidents and a new 35-member executive committee were also elected in Xianghe, Hebei province, on Thursday.
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has vowed to promote professional leagues and improve sustainable development of football clubs that now operate in red as player salaries in the Chinese Super League (CSL) continue to soar.
Chen Xuyuan was elected president of Chinese Football Association (CFA) at its 11th membership conference at the Xianghe National Football Training Center in Hebei Province on Thursday, with three experienced football professionals voted as vice presidents.
This summer has seen an explosion in the popularity of e-sports in China's international metropolis of Shanghai, which is striving to build itself into a global e-sports center.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on Tuesday that it will hold its hearing into China's Olympic champion Sun Yang in public.
Five-time champion Lin Dan and women's top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan were both upset in the second round of the World Championships on Tuesday.
More and more Chinese athletes are getting involved in charity work to help children in impoverished regions get better access to sports resources.
Feeling abandoned by the NBA, free agent Chinese-American guard Jeremy Lin is reportedly pursuing a contract with the Beijing Ducks to play in the Chinese Basketball Association.
He Yajun pulled on a 20-centimeter-long cord before starting to run with his partner on the track at Olympic Forest Park on a recent cloudy Saturday morning.
China's Lin Dan and Chen Long, who won a total of three Olympic champions and seven world titles between them, both advanced to the second round of the World Championships here on Monday.
Athletes of Beijing delegation march on the stage during the closing ceremony of the 2nd Youth Games of the People's Republic of China in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province ,on Aug 18, 2019.
Skier Gu Eileen, 15, became the first naturalized Chinese player to win an international gold medal in the women's slopestyle event at the Australian New Zealand Cup on Saturday.
Chinese striker Wu Lei opened the scoring as Espanyol locked in their spot during the Europa League play-off round on Thursday night with a 3-0 home win over Swiss side Luzern.
China is encouraging a market-orientated approach in developing football fields and related facilities, treating investors from all countries and sectors equally, said Meng Wei, a spokeswoman for the National Development and Reform Commission.
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) will hold its 11th membership conference at the National Football Training Center next Thursday to elect a new president, vice presidents and executive committee, the CFA announced here on Friday.
More and more Chinese athletes are getting involved in charity work to help children in impoverished regions have equal access to sports resources.
China's show jumpers qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after finishing second at the Olympic Group G qualifier staged in Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, on Tuesday.
Hong Kong police received a request for assistance from the airport and when they arrived, they instructed the protesters not to prevent the injured passenger from getting medical treatment.
A youngster winds up for a pitch at the MLB Experience carnival in Beijing on Saturday.The next big thing for Major League Baseball's initiative in China is to get more youngsters to put on gloves and pick up bats.
Britain's Andy Murray is seen during a press conference after losing his third round doubles match with Serena Williams of the US against Nicole Melichar of the US and Brazil's Bruno Soares in London, July 10, 2019.The former world No 1, who returned to the court this summer following a January hip operation, has signed up for tournaments in Zhuhai and Beijing.
A delegation consisting of star table tennis players and coaches from China has landed in the United States for a two-week training session with top players from Team USA, an event that organizers said will further enhance communication and friendship between athletes of the two countries.
Fifty-five percent of respondents hope to see more investment in physical education and improvement of facilities, while 49.3 percent called for the establishment of a special supervision mechanism for physical education in schools.
A delegation from China’s Hong Kong received a standing ovation when they appeared at the opening ceremony of the 2019 World Police and Fire Games in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Thursday night.
5G technology was implemented for the first time in broadcasting a major sports event in China as the second Youth Games of the People's Republic of China kicked off Thursday in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi Province, allowing viewers to see the event's opening ceremony via their phones and television sets, according to the organizer.
As a fashionable new addition to the Olympic roster, sport climbing has been steadily scaling new heights in recent years.
The city of Beijing signed a deal with Chinese mobile carrier China Unicom to equip three of its key Olympic venues with 5G wireless technology as China is slated to be the third country in the world to stage a 5G-powered Olympic games.
The enthusiasm for running among people in urban areas underlines the country's ever-increasing passion for fitness.
At 6 am on one side of a soccer field in the heart of Shanghai Jiaotong University, a group of elderly people are busy with their Chinese yo-yos, or kongzhu.Its most dedicated members volunteer their time and efforts to provide free, quality training in different locations around the city for those interested in joining.
Former NBA star Stephon Marbury, who calls Beijing his home, comes back to his hometown of New York, together with some Chinese children to make them better understand American basketball.
