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Zhao Xintong (left) overcame compatriot Ding Junhui in a tense affair at the World Snooker Championship. Photo: Xinhua
World Snooker

Zhao says he ‘will never surpass’ Ding after beating him at world championship

Defending champion hails ‘special match’ against his idol, will face former champion Shaun Murphy in quarter-finals at the Crucible.

Chinese Football Association (CFA)

Irish footballers return to China 50 years after tour akin to ‘going to the moon’

Badminton World Federation (BWF)

China’s badminton chief fails to attend finals as whereabouts remain a mystery

World Snooker

World Snooker Championship: Zhao v Ding clash set to break TV viewing records

With only four Chinese players remaining, second-round match between champ and trailblazer could draw biggest TV audience in sport’s history.

From left, Xiao Guodong, Wu Yize, Ding Junhui and Zhao Xintong are the only four Chinese players who got past the first round of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield as of Friday morning. Photo: Xinhua
From left, Xiao Guodong, Wu Yize, Ding Junhui and Zhao Xintong are the only four Chinese players who got past the first round of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield as of Friday morning. Photo: Xinhua
Bailee Brown

Bailee Brown produces Hong Kong’s best finish so far as Asian Beach Games return

Triathlete finishes fifth in individual aquathlon on second day of competition at the eight-sport event in Sanya on Hainan Island.

ITTF

Table tennis player Fang registers to play for Kazakhstan, Zhang announces return

Legendary paddlers Ma Long and Xu Xin help prepare squad as hitting partners for coming World Team Championships in London.

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World Snooker

Zhao values becoming first Chinese player to win Triple Crown over defending world title

Chinese world No 3 says ‘one world title is enough for me’, hopes to see some existing tournaments relocated to new cities in China and Europe.

Zhao Xintong beat Judd Trump of England to win the Tour Championship in Manchester earlier this month. Photo: Xinhua
Zhao Xintong beat Judd Trump of England to win the Tour Championship in Manchester earlier this month. Photo: Xinhua
Quan Hongchan

China police detain and fine man behind cyberbullying of Olympian Quan Hongchan

31-year-old surnamed Xu given 10 days’ detention and fined by police over his role in repeated harassment of teenager.

ITTF

Table tennis star Fan Zhendong skips China’s World Team Championships title defence

National Games champion pulls out of tournament in London in April for ‘personal reasons’, sparking fan fears over men’s team’s chances.

Doxxing and cyberbullying

China authorities probing ‘malicious’ cyberbullying of diving star Quan Hongchan

Investigation comes after Olympic champion reveals she had sustained online abuse, including from group that reportedly includes teammates.

Diver Quan Hongchan won two gold medals at the 2024 Paris Games, adding to her first gold at Tokyo 2020, when she was 14. Photo: Reuters
ITTF

Chinese star Wang admits he is trying to emulate stability provided by Ma, Fan

The 25-year-old was thrust into leadership role for the national table tennis team after the veterans withdrew from world rankings in 2024.

Wang Chuqin won the ITTF World Cup in Macau last week after being the only Chinese male player in the last eight. Photo: Xinhua
Wang Chuqin won the ITTF World Cup in Macau last week after being the only Chinese male player in the last eight. Photo: Xinhua
ITTF

Close friends Wang and Zhao eye London reunion after both win titles on same day

Wang Chuqin secured his maiden table tennis World Cup crown hours before Zhao Xintong claimed snooker’s Tour Championship.

Mainland China

China finish top of medal table at 2026 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup

Team of rising stars and Olympic champions secured three golds, two silvers and three bronzes, with 15-year-old Ke Qinqin the standout gymnast.

World Snooker

Chinese snooker star Zhao hopes to take winning run into World Championship

A win for 29-year-old, who made Players Series history on Sunday, would see him become the first player to defend his title at the Crucible.

Zhao Xintong of China beat world No 1 Judd Trump of England to win the Tour Championship in Manchester on Sunday. Photo: Xinhua
ITTF

Sun makes table tennis history with World Cup three-peat, Wang wins men’s crown

Sun Yingsha becomes just second player to win three consecutive singles titles with victory in Macau, while Wang Chuqin claims his first.

Sun Yingsha celebrates beating compatriot Wang Manyu in the women’s singles final at the ITTF World Cup in Macau. Photo: Xinhua
Sun Yingsha celebrates beating compatriot Wang Manyu in the women’s singles final at the ITTF World Cup in Macau. Photo: Xinhua
ITTF

Sun and Wang battle into World Cup semi-finals on day of upsets in Macau

World No 1s Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin fight back to keep China’s hopes of double title triumph alive.

ITTF

Wang beats Lebrun, keeps China’s ITTF World Cup hopes alive

Wang Chuqin is the only Chinese player through to quarter-finals of men’s singles in Macau.

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Chinese Football Association (CFA)

China under-16 women’s team beat hosts France for second win in invitational event

Chinese have two wins from two matches in six-team Montaigu Cup, and are second in standings behind Japan, who are also unbeaten.

China beat England 1-0 in their opening match in Pouzauges on Monday. Photo: Handout
China beat England 1-0 in their opening match in Pouzauges on Monday. Photo: Handout
World Snooker

China’s snooker world No 1 Bai Yulu hopes more girls will emulate her journey

In a state media interview, 22-year-old world champion calls herself ‘clumsy bird’ who owes her success to practice rather than any ‘genius’.

ITTF

Hong Kong’s Doo ousted from World Cup by China’s Wang in ‘wonderful match’

Exit of city’s No 1 women’s player follows that of only teammate Lam Siu-hang the previous night, while world No 8 moves into last 16.

Chinese Football Association (CFA)

China football team sucker-punched by early goals in wake-up call against Cameroon

Defeat to higher-ranked ‘Indomitable Lions’ in Fifa Series in Melbourne comes four days after win over World Cup-bound Curacao.

China’s Liu Haofan (left) wins an aerial battle against Cameroon in his team’s loss in a Fifa Series match at AAMI Park in Melbourne on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
ITTF

ITTF World Cup: Hong Kong’s Doo edges Polish rival before clash with world No 8

Doo is city’s only hope left in Macau tournament after teammate Lam Siu-hang is knocked out after losing to Alexis Lebrun of France.

Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem beat Natalia Bajor of Poland, ranked 23 places below her, over 40 minutes at the ITTF World Cup in Macau on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem beat Natalia Bajor of Poland, ranked 23 places below her, over 40 minutes at the ITTF World Cup in Macau on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua
WNBA

Chinese city to be named among 7 host cities for new basketball league Project B

Co-founder of women’s and men’s event that begins in November says the identities of four more cities will be unveiled in the next few weeks.

2026 Olympic Winter Games

Chinese Winter Olympic champs Ning Zhongyan, Wang Xindi to play league football

Speed skating history maker and aerials skiing ace will play for Harbin and Shenyang respectively in Northeast Super League.

ITTF

ITTF World Cup: Hong Kong’s Lam Siu-hang to take injured Lin Shidong’s Macau spot

Veteran gains entry as highest-ranked losing quarter-finalist at Asian Cup in February; Doo Hoi-kem is city’s only women’s player in field.

Hong Kong’s Lam Siu-hang hits a return against Uda Yukiya of Japan at the Asian Cup in Haikou last month. Photo: Xinhua
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