After two and a half years in charge, Ante Milicic has stepped down as head coach of the Chinese women's national team.

According to Chinese media reports, the Chinese Football Association has confirmed that it will align itself with the Asian Football Confederation in supporting Gianni Infantino. CFA president Song Kai was in Tokyo to attend the AFC Congress.

China men's football team reimposed the tattoo ban during the match against Tajikistan, in which they were defeated 1-0.

A day after National Day, China’s men’s and women’s football teams both lost (men's: 0-5 Palestine, women's: 0-1 South Korea in the Asian Games' 3rd-place match) — an unwanted double achieved for the first time in history.

After China’s 5–0 debacle against Palestine, it fell to 17-year-old Zhao Songyuan to face the journalists.

As of now in 2026, China women's team has tied with 3 Asian Tier-2 women's team within 90mins. China 0:0 Chinese Taipei (ET: 2-0), China 1:1 Uzbekistan, China 0:0 Vietnam (ET: 2-0). Chinese TV audience missed victories from their swimmers due to unexpected extra-time today.

Sources form Chinese media: Qingdao West Coast has not paid salaries for three months. The players have returned from holiday but suspended training. The team currently rank 2nd in the Chinese Super League table. Their head coach, Zheng Zhi, is not unfamiliar with such scenario.

Huang Shenhao has been called up to the China national team. The 19-year-old defender from Guangzhou is the first mixed-race player born and raised in China to be selected for the senior NT. Eddy Francis, another mixed-race player, was called up to China’s U-14 team in 2004.

Guangzhou FC formally entered bankruptcy liquidation proceedings.

Sentencing from Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court on Xu Jiayin/Hui Ka Yin (67), the founder of Evergrande: Life in prison, all personal properties confisticated. Evergrande fined 15.82bn CNY (£1.73bn; $2.35bn) for multiple crimes.

According to reports in China, Kylian Mbappé has parted ways with Nike and is set to sign an endorsement deal with Chinese sportswear brand Li-Ning, which also counts Stephen Curry among its ambassadors.

Ferran Soriano in Shenzhen, watching the CFG-owned Shenzhen Peng City's match.

Javier Tebas, the boss of La Liga with Li Keming, the CSL president, in Beijing

After Shanghai Derby (Shanghai Port 2-0 Shanghai Shenhua), the boxing battle between fans of the two sides.

During a Sino-Italian media panel organized by China News Service, Italian representative Manuela Biancospino remarked that: "China already leads the world in many fields; football can wait."

Nike's new advertise for China men's national team: Mission 2030! - cc: FIFA.

Chinese business tycoons at the FIFA World Cup final.

Chinese supporters of Argentina at the FIFA World Cup final, in full view of the world.

Chinese Argentina fans argue with foreigners on the streets of Shanghai over their team.

Kung fu football from a match between Xiantao and Huangshi in "Chuchao", or Hubei Super league - the equivalent to Jiangsu Super League (Suchao) in Hubei Province.