‘It’s a mess!’: China World Cup hopes left on knife edge
Chinese football fans and pundits were left with a familiar sinking feeling Friday after a disappointing home draw with Thailand left their country’s World Cup hopes on a knife edge.
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Former China football chief given life sentence for 'huge' bribery
BEIJING: The former chairman of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes worth US$11 million, state media said Tuesday (Mar 26), as a string of sports officials were jailed for corruption.
Former China football chief given life sentence for ‘huge’ bribery
This handout photograph taken on March 26, 2024 and released by Huangshi Intermediate Peoples Court shows Chen Xuyuan (C), former chairman of Chinese Football Association, standing during his trial at the Huangshi Intermediate Peoples Court in Huangshi city, in central China’s Hubei province. – The former chairman of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes worth 11 million USD, state media said on March 26, 2024, part of a crackdown on corruption in the domestic game. (Photo by Handout / Huangshi Intermediate People’s Court / AFP)
Former China football chief jailed for life after corruption crackdown
A former chief of China's football association has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting more than $10m (€9.2m) in bribes following one of the biggest anti-corruption probes in the sport in years.
Chinese fans round on national team after Asian Cup 'disaster'
BEIJING: Angry Chinese fans rounded on their football team on Tuesday (Jan 23) after a "disastrous" defeat to hosts Qatar left them needing a miracle to qualify for the knockout stages of the Asian Cup.
What future for Taiwan? Elections closely watched by mainland China
We ask how the candidates see the rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait, whether there is room for compromise with Beijing, how much they can count on Washington and how much the rest of the world counts on a nation that counts just 24 million people but dominates the market for the semiconductors that power our digital age.
Tibet is ‘dying a slow death’, warns head of Tibetan government-in-exile
Under Chinese President Xi Jinping, this policy of "uniculturalism" has "intensified", Penpa claimed – be it in Tibet, Xinjiang or Hong Kong.
Son issues warning as S. Korea travel to China in World Cup qualifier
South Korea’s midfielder Son Heung-min (C) warms up with his teammates during a training session at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul on November 13, 2023 (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)