XIAMEN, China—Japanese soccer fans may find familiar faces on the sidelines of games in China’s football leagues.Chinese soccer officials have for years looked for overseas talent to raise the ...

The Chinese national soccer team lost 0-7 to Japan on Thursday in the first match of the third round of the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifiers.

China’s men’s soccer team fell to a 7-0 loss to arch-rivals Japan on Thursday night, a startling new low for a soccer-obsessed nation where the game has been plagued by corruption scandals and ...

Chinese soccer, which was defeated by Japan's third squad, was in shock. The Chinese national soccer team, led by head coach Dejan Jurejevic, suffered a 0-2 defeat to Japan in the second match of ...

Fabio Cannavaro cast an envious glance at the strength of Japanese football as he picked over the bones of Guangzhou Evergrande's Asian Champions League semi-final exit on Wednesday evening, after ...

SINGAPORE: As if suffering a humiliating 7-0 loss to World Cup rivals Japan wasn’t enough, China’s national football team faced scorn and backlash online from Chinese football fans and media ...

On the 3rd (Korean time), the Chinese U-22 national team narrowly defeated Timor-Leste 2-1 in the first match of Group D of ...

Sports China's 7-0 soccer humiliation against Japan reflects deep problems Pandemic, mismanagement and corruption have hurt World Cup ambitions ...

With diplomatic tensions soaring, how do you make sure a match between Chinese and Japanese soccer clubs doesn't turn into a riot? With lots and lots of security.

While China languishes at 94th in FIFA's world rankings, two places below tiny Luxembourg to the dismay of its vast fanbase, the country's esports sector is booming.