As the World Cup grips North America this summer, China will again watch from the sidelines. But an unlikely story is bubbling up in the nation as Chinese fans cheer on unlikely amateur soccer players ...

The Chinese Football Association has banned for life 38 soccer players and five club officials after a two-year investigation into match-fixing and gambling, as part of a crackdown on corruption in ...

In April, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a company that makes humanoid robots. There he floated an idea to fix the country's woeful men's soccer team. “Can we have robots join the team?” Xi was ...

Officials break ground on the China-Mongolia heads-of-state sports center project in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on October 16, ...

India has talent but is still building a broader grassroots-to-elite pipeline through Khelo India and high-performance programmes The biggest gap lies not just in spending, but in infrastructure, ...

Zheng Qinwen beat Mirra Andreeva in Beijing to become the first Chinese woman to win the China Open, claiming her first WTA 1000 title after elbow surgery. Serve On SI Every WTA 1000 champion so far ...

Anta Sports, the largest Chinese sporting goods player, shed light on challenges in the China market on Tuesday. As the company continues to diversify with its pending acquisition of Puma’s largest ...

NBA star Kyrie Irving walked out onto a basketball court in southwest China to rapturous applause, his brightly coloured Chinese-made sneakers a vivid statement of domestic sportswear brands' ...

NBA star Kyrie Irving walked out onto a basketball court in southwest China to rapturous applause, his brightly coloured Chinese-made sneakers a vivid statement of domestic sportswear brands' ...