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Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving with the Shanghai fan and his family at their home. Photo: Douyin
NBA

Chinese basketball fans in disbelief as NBA star Kyrie Irving makes a home visit

Shanghai fan whose social media account is named after Dallas Mavericks star posts video that sparks widespread envy, claims of being AI.

NBA

After missing out on Giannis deal, Brown offers to play in CBA for US$400 million

Chinese Football Association (CFA)

China youth football star badly beaten by adult players after ‘verbal dispute’

Swimming

Chinese teen sensation Yu Zidi steals headlines again at national swimming meet

The 13-year-old Hebei native swims five personal-best times as she wins three gold medals in Hangzhou.

Yu Zidi's winning time in the 400m individual medley was the eighth fastest in history and the second fastest in the world this season. Photo: Xinhua
Yu Zidi's winning time in the 400m individual medley was the eighth fastest in history and the second fastest in the world this season. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese Basketball Association

Promotion, relegation system to return to China’s basketball leagues, sources say

Move will pave way for repeat National Basketball League champions Hong Kong Bulls to play in CBA; NBL to serve as second-tier competition.

Swimming

Sun Yang stars as Zhejiang duo break records at Chinese swimming championships

Veteran Olympic champion helps his relay team to gold, while Xu Jiayu, Yu Yiting set new times at selection trial for Nagoya Asian Games.

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WTA (Women's Tennis Association)

China’s Zheng says she must ‘start from scratch’ as she beats first-round hoodoo

Ex-world No 4 makes winning start at Nottingham Open on Monday but says she just has to ‘keep working’ with interim coach Albert Costa.

China’s Zheng Qinwen beat Greece’s No 6 seed Maria Sakkari on day one of the Nottingham Open on Monday. Photo: AP
China’s Zheng Qinwen beat Greece’s No 6 seed Maria Sakkari on day one of the Nottingham Open on Monday. Photo: AP
World Table Tennis (WTT)

China’s table tennis reserves slammed for WTT event showing as Hong Kong pair win

Only Chinese men’s doubles pair of Lin Shidong and Huang Youzheng get to final, while Wong Chun-ting, Doo Hoi-kem clinch mixed doubles crown.

ITTF

China’s new table tennis captain Wang says role is hard, with ‘nowhere to retreat’

Wang, who was elected unanimously by teammates and coaches, says he will try to emulate the qualities of previous skipper Ma Long.

Chinese Basketball Association

Chinese women’s basketball team captain vows to ‘fight 200%’ for World Cup gold

Yang Shuyu, who plays for in the Australian league, aims to outdo elder sister Yang Liwei, who led China to silver at the previous World Cup.

China’s Shuyu Yang (right) dribbling against the Czech Republic at the Fiba Women’s Basketball World Cup qualifying tournament in Wuhan, in March. Photo: AFP
World Athletics Championships

Chinese javelin star Yan Ziyi wins Diamond League event, with world’s second-best throw

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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Ziyi Yan won the women’s javelin at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo, her first throw good enough to take the gold. Photo: EPA
Ziyi Yan won the women’s javelin at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo, her first throw good enough to take the gold. Photo: EPA
Olympics

China’s newest skating star landed quad jump at just 12, trains with Valieva coach

Alice Liu, 13, is targeting world junior championships next year en route to securing a place at the Winter Olympics.

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Volleyball

China women’s volleyball team end Nations League on high after early loss

Youngest squad in team’s history start event in Nanjing by losing to Czech Republic but recover to beat Serbia, Thailand and Poland.

Asian Games 2026

China looking to the future with young women’s table tennis team for Asian Games

The 5-player line-up features 3 paddlers in their early twenties, with Chen Xintong and Wang Yidi missing out due to their rankings and age.

Fan Shuhan, here at the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024, battled through rounds of internal trials to seal her place on the women’s team destined for Japan. Photo: Getty Images
WTA (Women's Tennis Association)

Meet China’s next Zheng: teen already world No 1, French Open Juniors finalist

Sun Xinran is only 15, but she’s already turning heads in women’s tennis after storming run to Roland Garros final.

Sun Xinran celebrates winning a point during her girl’s singles final against Alisa Oktiabreva. Photo: Xinhua
Sun Xinran celebrates winning a point during her girl’s singles final against Alisa Oktiabreva. Photo: Xinhua
ITTF

China star Fan Zhendong’s new manager ‘excited for the future’ in Dusseldorf

Olympic champion will join Bundesliga team in July after successful stint at 1. FC Saarbrucken, which included a historic treble.

Chinese Basketball Association

Hong Kong students vowing to play ‘fast and smart’ during AUBL contest in China

One of the six newcomers in the university basketball league, Chinese University of Hong Kong will compete in the 12-team event this summer.

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Quan Hongchan

China diving star Quan in Asian Games scare after injury rules her out of trials

Guangdong, province of the Tokyo and Paris Games gold medallist, had alerted that she was managing her injuries in the first half of the year.

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Quan Hongchan's last international competition was last year's World Aquatics Diving World Cup Super Final in Beijing, where she won silver in the 10m platform final. Photo: Xinhua
Quan Hongchan's last international competition was last year's World Aquatics Diving World Cup Super Final in Beijing, where she won silver in the 10m platform final. Photo: Xinhua
Trending in China

Meet the beautiful Chinese football influencer you need to follow this World Cup

Li Yuhang, known online as ‘Women Football MadeLi’, has been posting videos dancing while wearing different national team jerseys.

Chinese Football Association (CFA)

Young Chinese footballer makes history signing for Barcelona’s famed academy

The 14-year-old Li Haoyan will join the club’s under-15 side next season after attracting interest from other teams like Espanyol, Villarreal.

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ITTF

Wang handed ‘honour’ of leading China, takes captain’s baton from Ma Long

Wang Chuqin to head men’s table tennis team, with Liang Jingkun named vice-captain.

Wang Chuqin has been handed the responsibility of replacing Ma Long as captain of the China men’s table tennis team. Photo: Reuters
Ultimate Fighting Championship

Song Yadong and Shi Ming, China’s UFC winners in Macau, prove themselves yet again

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.

China’s Song Yadong (centre) arriving for his bout against Brazil’s Deiveson Figueiredo during UFC Fight Night in Macau on Saturday. Photo: AFP
China’s Song Yadong (centre) arriving for his bout against Brazil’s Deiveson Figueiredo during UFC Fight Night in Macau on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC Fight Night: Song raises spirits on bad night for Chinese fighters in Macau

Song Yadong submits Deiveson Figueiredo in second round, the only win among large number of local fighters on card.

ITTF

Chinese table tennis stars Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu finish undergraduate studies

Olympic champions graduate from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, will head to Tsinghua University to pursue master’s degrees in sports studies.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Macau will be launch pad to Asia as promotion looks East, UFC boss Chang says

China’s Song Yadong, Zhang Mingyang headline event at Galaxy Arena this weekend, with the sport having ‘more room to expand in this region’.

Kevin Chang, UFC's senior vice-president and head of Asia, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of UFC Fight Night at the Galaxy Hotel resort in Macau on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
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