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Zhao Xintong (centre) brushed aside Judd Trump (left) to win snooker’s Tour Championship. Photo: Xinhua
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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

World Snooker

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

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
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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.

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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
Fifa

Lower-ranked China give World Cup-bound Curacao wake-up call in Fifa Series match

The smallest nation to ever qualify for the finals were playing first match under a new head coach, while fellow debutants Cabo Verde also lose.

Curacao’s Tahiti Chong (centre) is tackled by Wang Yudong of China in their Fifa Series match at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia, on Friday. Photo: EPA
Curacao’s Tahiti Chong (centre) is tackled by Wang Yudong of China in their Fifa Series match at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia, on Friday. Photo: EPA
Marathons

Humans, robots to run together again at Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon: organisers

More than 300 humanoid machines representing at least 100 company and university teams will compete in the race on April 19 in Beijing E-Town.

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Marathons

Chengdu marathon bans woman who did splits mid-race, man who hoarded energy gel

Organisers of last weekend’s race, which drew 35,000 runners from 37 countries and regions, also punished two runners who swapped bibs.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Olympic diving champ Zhang Jiaqi defends career switch, says she needs ‘new job’

Retired diver’s live stream e-commerce venture is met with criticism, but she says gaining ‘economic freedom’ would be ‘the greatest freedom’.

Zhang Jiaqi (left) won the synchronised 10m platform diving with Chen Yuxi at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021. Photo: Xinhua
Zhang Jiaqi (left) won the synchronised 10m platform diving with Chen Yuxi at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021. Photo: Xinhua
ITTF

Olympic champ Chen Meng to ‘help younger players grow’, Fan extends Germany stay

Chen says she is no longer ‘caught up in winning and losing’, while fellow Olympic winner Fan says he is moving to German league champions.

ATP

Miami Open: ‘Sunshine Double’ on as Sinner breaks record, Sabalenka beats Zheng

The Italian men’s world No 2 and Belarusian women’s No 1 are bidding to join an elite band who have won Indian Wells, Miami Open back to back.

Marathons

Former ‘fastest nurse’ wins first marathon as professional, earning 40,000 yuan

Zhang Shuihua wins Lishui Marathon on Sunday and has earned far more than her nursing income since resigning from her tenured position.

Zhang Shuihua winning the 2025 Harbin Marathon last August while she was working as a nurse. Photo: Xinhua
Swimming

Yu Zidi completes golden hat-trick in China Open Swimming Championships

The 13-year-old fights back to win 200m individual medley, while Tokyo Olympic champion Wang Shun is second on season debut.

Yi Zidi is celebrating a hat-trick of golds from the China Open Swimming Championships. Photo: AFP
Yi Zidi is celebrating a hat-trick of golds from the China Open Swimming Championships. Photo: AFP
Swimming

Hong Kong’s Haughey wins gold, silver at China Open, McEvoy breaks world record

Olympic medallist wins again by narrowest of margins but is herself pipped in her second race of the night.

ITTF

Ma Long feted by Hong Kong crowd as China great attracts thrilled audience

Six-time Olympic champion table tennis player appears at Polytechnic University panel event and then trades shots with university players.

World Snooker

Ronnie O’Sullivan makes snooker history with highest-ever break of 153 in China

Seven-time world champion, who obtained Hong Kong residency in 2024, achieves feat during 5-0 win over Ryan Day at World Open in Yushan.

Britain’s Ronnie O’Sullivan plays a shot during Frame 1 of his match against Ryan Day of Wales at the Snooker World Open in Yushan on Friday. Photo: AFP
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