Defending champion Wang Chuqin lost to Denmark’s Anders Lind, while Lin Shidong was dumped out by France’s Alexis Lebrun.
Experienced setter Yao joins club after previous stint with rival Italian club Scandicci, while ex-national captain Zhu extends contract.
Punter correctly predicted outcome of four matches on June 26, including Turkey’s remarkable victory over the USA.
Renowned mainland tenor Zhang Yingxi among those leading celebration of 29th anniversary of reunification lauded as ‘joyous occasion’.
The club will earn that sum from Fifa Club Benefits Programme, which compensates teams whose players are away on national team duty.
Tamil Nadu 400m hurdler had been disqualified for running into the next lane to clear the fifth hurdle – because her lane did not have one.
Star 100m hurdler Wu Yanni also books a place for Nagoya in September, after running out of time to put on her makeup and going ‘barefaced’.
Norway star’s popularity in China has soared on the back of goalscoring exploits and play persona on mainland social media.
Despite star-studded line-up, including Wang Chuqin – last year’s winner – and Sun Yingsha, even the singles finals have many seats available.
Liang Jingkun makes himself unavailable for multi-sport event, but World Championships star Xiang Peng is not a bad replacement.
Shanghai fan whose social media account is named after Dallas Mavericks star posts video that sparks widespread envy, claims of being AI.
Team head to Hong Kong next for third week of games, where they will face Canada, Ukraine, the Dominican Republic and Italy.
Altercation between Zhangjiajie side and Guangdong Mingtu under-16 academy team leaves one player with broken hand and injuries to face, body.
Stable hands, head lads and assistant trainers don’t get the glory, but horses such as Romantic Warrior could not win without them.
Lin Jie has lived in Cape Verde for more than 20 years and is friends with the family of World Cup goalkeeper.
Veteran Olympic champion helps his relay team to gold, while Xu Jiayu, Yu Yiting set new times at selection trial for Nagoya Asian Games.
Players pack out stores selling The Football Lottery tickets, but surprise results like Cabo Verde’s draw with Spain leave many disappointed.
Canada denies entry to Ghana’s Thomas Partey because of rape allegations while Japan’s Kaishu Sano remains on tournament roster.
Zhao Chong spent thousands on beer and snacks, sent out mass invites, but was all alone in Hangzhou for Mexico’s win over South Africa.
Eighteen-year-old clinches Oslo title with first attempt, throwing a distance second only to her own season’s best effort in Xiamen last month.
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Zhang Hanbo created a younger alias and conned country’s coaches into picking him for national under-18 squad as Li Yize.
Joining the city’s Apprentice Jockeys’ School requires more than being able to gallop a horse, as Britney Wong and Nichola Yuen found out.
Song is the only Chinese winner at UFC Fight Night Macau, while ‘fighting doctor’ Shi wins her first bout with the promotion the day before.
Hongkonger and Slovenian Veronika Erjavec to play for quarter-final spot on Monday; Wang Xiyu, mainland China’s last singles hope, bows out.
Olympic champions graduate from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, will head to Tsinghua University to pursue master’s degrees in sports studies.
As compatriot Wang Xiyu exceeds her best grand slam showing, Olympic champion Zheng is likely to suffer more damage after her first-round loss.
Women’s safety behind Japanese decision while woman who suffered wardrobe malfunction in Shanghai wants dissemination of her photos stopped.
82-year-old Ding Ming, a retired technician, won the men’s 80-84 age category at the 2026 Masters Athletics Championships in Changsha.
Fans question training methods and are fearful of chances at Asian Championship, which is a qualifier for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The images were on an official public platform for the race in Shanghai that had more than 10,000 active viewers at the time.