The 12th World Games entered its fourth day of competition on Monday, with 24 gold medals up for grabs. By the end of the day, host China stands at first on the medal table with 14 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes, showcasing broad competitive strength not only in its traditionally strong events but also in several other disciplines.

China's Wang Chuqin missed out on the men's singles title after a 4-2 defeat to Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan, while Chen Xingtong claimed the women's singles title as the World Table Tennis (WTT) Cham-pions concluded in Yokohama, Japan, on Monday.

At the sound of the starting signal, several dragon boats shot forward like arrows, slicing through the waters of Xinglong Lake in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. On Sunday, the 10-seat and 8-seat 200-meter dragon boat finals continued at the World Games. This traditional sport has made its debut at the Games as an official competition event, drawing significant attention both on and off the course. Other unique events at the Games such as breakdancing, lifesaving, tug-of-war, cheerleading, and unmanned aerial drone racing have amazed netizens, who have exclaimed: Who knew sports could be this fun beyond competition?

The 12th World Games in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, entered its third day of gold medal competitions on Sunday. It featured the most gold medals contested in a single day since the opening of the Games, with 48 gold medals and a total of 144 medals awarded. By the end of the day, host China stands at second on the medal table with 11 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals. Germany leads the table with 11 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze medals.

The first National Youth Athletics Games kicked off in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province on Sunday. Domestic under-18 athletes are set to compete in 25 field events and 31 track events during the six-day competition.

Riccardo Rancan of Switzerland wins 1st gold at The World Games 2025

China's national basketball team secured their second group stage win after overpowering India 100-69 at the FIBA Asian Cup held in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

China's U21 women's volleyball team, currently ranked No.1 in the world, kicked off their FIVB Women's U21 World Championship campaign in Surabaya, Indonesia, with a 3-1 comeback victory over Croatia in their Pool B opener on Thursday.

The doorbell rings – not announcing the arrival of dumplings, but a coach in sneakers, a duffel bag slung over one shoulder, and a mini hurdle tucked under one arm. In this new twist on delivery culture, the “order” isn't dinner – it's a doorstep sports class. Known as “sports delivery,” the service has recently caught on among families with children and teenagers across China. The idea is simple yet appealing: Book a session through your phone, and a professional coach will show up with the right gear, ready to lead a customized workout tailored to the child's needs. Whether it's boosting fitness, sharpening exam day skills, or simply making exercise more fun. Flexible, personal, and convenient, this sporty “takeout” is gradually finding its way into more households.

The Chinese national basketball team opened their 2025 FIBA Asia Cup campaign with a hard-fought 93?88 victory over hosts Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

There is now compelling reason to believe that Chinese football is on an upward trajectory, even though the Chinese national football team remains underachieving.

Despite finishing the World Aquatics Championships on top of the overall medal table with the emergence of young talents, the Chinese diving team found themselves in a tight spot amid mounting pressure from international opponents.

The arrival and departure services for the 12th World Games in Chengdu has commenced full operation.

With less than 100 days left until the 15th National Games, the organizers of the 15th edition unveiled the Games' torch, awards attire, music and medal designs on Saturday in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province.

Twelve-year-old Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi made history at the World Aquatics Championships by narrowly missing podium finishes twice in the adults' race. A bronze medal in the relay makes her the youngest global medalist at a major swimming event in 89 years.

Chinese basketball player Zeng Fanbo has joined the NBA franchise Brooklyn Nets, Zeng's management team confirmed in a statement on Sunday.

Chinese table tennis Olympic champion Fan Zhendong's German club Saarbrucken announced on Thursday that the first two home-match tickets for the new season sold out quickly and that they would add temporary stands.

China's 12-year-old swimming prodigy Yu Zidi became the youngest World Championships medal winner since 1936 after the Chinese 4x200 meters freestyle relay team won a bronze medal in the discipline in Singapore.

Day 4 of the swimming competition at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore saw China's Li Bingjie claim silver in the women's 200m freestyle, Qin Haiyang take bronze in the men's 50m breaststroke, and the mixed 4x100m medley relay team capture another silver medal.

Wang Xiaoping, former director of the disciplinary committee of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), and Liu Jun, Chinese Super League's (CSL) former head were sentenced for bribery on Wednesday. The two were sentenced in the first instance to ten and six months and eleven years in prison, respectively.

Argentina is working to get its national football team to play a friendly match in China before the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a senior official with the country's high-performance sports agency told the Global Times on Tuesday.

First a base layer, padding, and an outer layer, Wang Haoxi is wearing the ice hockey gear, one piece at a time, and finishes with the helmet and gloves, something he has done numerous times since he was 4 years old when he first stood on the ice.

The Chinese swimming team clinched its first gold medal at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Monday in Singapore as Qin Haiyang powered to gold in the men's 100m breaststroke. The packed day of finals also saw Zhang Yufei finish fourth in the women's 100m butterfly, while the women's 200m individual medley added to the evening's high-stakes competition.

The beloved grassroots football tournament known as the Village Super League (VSL), or Cunchao, in Rongjiang, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, officially made its return at the weekend following two destructive floods in June that temporarily halted play. With the pitches rebuilt and the original tournament format preserved, the league kicked off again on Saturday with a celebratory theme event and renewed national attention.

China's Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping successfully defended their mixed doubles title to claim the VICTOR China Open 2025 mixed doubles championship on Sunday. At this year's tournament, the Chinese team secured gold in all other four categories in advance except for men's doubles.

Chinese table tennis star Fan Zhendong publicly addressed long-standing issues surrounding fan culture and his move to Germany's Table Tennis Bundesliga (TTBL) for the first time, releasing a post on social media with his interview with Phoenix TV.

China defeated the United States 81-69 in the women's basketball final on Friday at the FISU World University Games. China delivered a well-rounded performance, with four players scoring in double digits. Small forward Chen Yujie shot eight of 15 from the field to score 19 points while power forward Tang Ziting buried four 3-pointers out of six attempts to add 16 points.

Celebration activities will be held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in August to mark the 100-day countdown to the 15th National Games, according to a press conference on the latest updates of the Games held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing on Friday.

After concluding his NBA Summer League stint, promising 20-year-old Chinese center Yang Hansen has returned to Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province where he spent two seasons with the Qingdao Eagles before being drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Chinese Super League (CSL) club Chengdu Rongcheng bounced back in a 2-1 Chinese FA Cup match win against Qingdao Hainiu after their coach Seo Jung-won publicly clashed with the board over contractual disputes and operational control.

The Chinese artistic swimming team has showcased their squad depth while new faces in the diving and swimming teams will strive to find their footing at the ongoing 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.

Guo Qing of China reacts after winning the taekwondo women's 53kg category final against Chutikan Jongkolrattanawattana of Thailand at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games in Essen, Germany, July 22, 2025.

Sprinting up and flying over a car while switching hands with a between-the-legs maneuver to slam the ball home, Chen Dengxing made history by becoming the first athlete from the Chinese mainland to win the dunk contest of the world's biggest streetball tournament in Paris, France recently.

Chinese tennis star Zheng Qinwen has officially withdrawn from the 2025 US Open, scheduled to take place from August 24 to September 7, marking her first absence from a Grand Slam event, per the US Open official X account on Monday.

With the 12th World Games set to kick off on August 7 in Chengdu, preparations for the torch relay, opening ceremony, and Chinese athletes' participation are entering their final stage.

Chinese tennis star Zheng Qinwen has officially withdrawn from the 2025 US Open, scheduled to take place from August 24 to September 7, marking her first absence from a Grand Slam event, per US Open official X account on Monday.

Two Chinese Super League clubs issued petitions on Monday calling for civilized conduct of fans, after a Tianjin Jinmen Tiger club fan insulted a Chengdu Rongcheng player during their Chinese Super League (CSL) match last week, an incident that has sparked strong condemnation across the league and beyond.

The Chinese Football League (CFL) announced disciplinary actions against the Tianjin venue of the Chinese Super League (CSL) following serious fan misconduct during a recent match, issuing an official reprimand and a one-match spectator ban for supporters' section, according to the information released on its official WeChat account.

China's national badminton team claimed three titles at the Japan Badminton Open 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday. With a perfect finale, the Chinese national team is coming back to China for the 2025 China Open.

The Chinese women's national basketball team finished their FIBA Asia Cup campaign in third place after defeating South Korea 101-66 in the third-place playoff on Sunday.

The Chinese women's national basketball team lost 81-90 to Japan on Saturday in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, in the FIBA Women's Asia Cup semifinal. The team will face South Korea on Sunday for third place.

A total of 62,291 spectators braved the sticky heat at Beijing's Workers' Stadium to watch the Chinese Super League match between Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua on Saturday night, setting a new attendance record of the league in 2025 season.

Chinese tennis player Zheng Qinwen said on social media Saturday that she has undergone successful surgery on her right elbow and is now recovering.

The torch relay for the World Games 2025 in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province will take place on July 26 - the first one in the event's history. On Wednesday, the torch named Zhumeng (literally "Bamboo Dream" in Chinese, which also sounds like "chasing dreams"), along with its supporting components such as the flame lantern, flame collection rod, and cauldron, was unveiled in Chengdu.

In a moment that blended humor with humility, rising Chinese basketball star Yang Hansen smiled and said, "I love you too," after Pelicans' former No.1 pick Zion Williamson praised his performance from the sidelines during an NBA Summer League clash, saying, "Man, I really love his game."

Hong Kong football player Michael Udebuluzor on Thursday apologized for his post-match comments using a derogatory term referring to the Chinese national team fans, saying he never intended to offend anyone and that he regrets the hurt his words caused.

Hong Kong football player Michael Udebuluzor came under fire on Wednesday after video clips emerged showing him referring to Chinese national team fans with a derogatory term after the Hong Kong team's East Asian Cup match against the Chinese national team in South Korea on Tuesday.

The chief designer of the medals for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics told the Global Times on Wednesday that their designs highlight community, togetherness and positive vibes, after organizers unveiled the prestigious symbols on Wednesday.

The Chinese women's national basketball team secured a berth for the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup after three straight wins in the group stage of the FIBA Asia Cup and thereby qualifying for the semifinals of the tournament.

China's women's national football team finished the East Asian Cup as runners-up after a 0-0 draw with Japan in their last game of the tournament on Wednesday.

Chinese boxer Xu Can will take on Jaouad Belmehd of France in his International Boxing Organization International Super Feather title defense bout in Beijing in August, his promoter, the M23 boxing club, announced Tuesday.

China's national football team wrapped up their 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, also known as the East Asian Cup, with a comforting 1-0 victory over Hong Kong on Tuesday.

In response to the news that the first gold medal of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games will no longer come from shooting, a tradition upheld in recent Games, the Chinese national shooting team said that whether it is the first gold of the Games or not, a gold medal is still a gold medal. “From the team's perspective, we will give the same 100 percent effort and meticulous preparation as we did for the Tokyo and Paris Olympic first-gold events, and fight with full strength for the honor of our country,” the team said, per Beijing Youth Daily.

The 2025 WTT US Smash singles finals took place on Sunday evening, with Zhu Yuling, representing the Macao Special Administrative Region, defeating Chinese dark horse Chen Yi 4-2 to claim her first career Smash women's singles title, while Wang Chuqin stormed past longtime rival Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan 4-0 to secure the men's singles crown.

Team China beat the US with a thrilling 3-2 comeback victory in the 2025 Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Arlington, Texas, on July 14, Beijing time. This is the team's fourth win in a row, wrapping up their performance in Arlington with a perfect record.

In occasion of the upcoming match at the Beijing Workers' Stadium, Chinese Super League team Beijing Guoan has opened ticket sales for the away fan section to the public. This is a first for the club, signaling a shift from previous informal practices among CSL clubs.

China's national football team suffered another setback at the 2025 East Asian Football Championship on Saturday, falling to Japan side in their second group match.

Chinese swimmers has undergone the most doping tests, averaging 8.8 tests per athlete, since 2025, according to the testing statistics for all athletes participating in the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore published by the Aquatics Integrity Unit recently.

A Japanese man was arrested on Wednesday on charges of assaulting a Chinese man during the Asian Champions League Elite match between Kawasaki Frontale and Shanghai Shenhua in March, multiple Japanese media reported, as video clips of the incident began trending on Chinese social media on Thursday.

A third division team in the Chinese football league was penalized for attempting to offer gifts to match officials, according to a circular released by the Chinese Professional Football League (CFL) on Wednesday.

A late goal by South Korea's Ji So-yun denied the Chinese women's national team an opening win at the East Asian Football Championship as they were held to a 2-2 draw on Wednesday in Suwon, South Korea.

The Chinese national under-16 team suffered a narrow defeat to their South Korean counterparts in a seven-goal thriller at the International Juvenile Peace Cup invitational in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province on Tuesday, but their performance rekindled fresh hopes for Chinese football.

Host city Chengdu in Southwest China's Sichuan Province launched a volunteer service program and unveiled materials for the award ceremony for the coming 12th World Games on Tuesday, which marked the 30-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the Games.

The first eight teams competing in the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games have officially moved into the event's dedicated training base in the National Speed Skating Oval, the event's organizers and participating teams confirmed to the Global Times on Monday.

The young squad making up the Chinese national football team suffered a 3-0 defeat to their South Korean counterparts at the East Asian Football Championship on Monday.

An amateur league in East China's Jiangsu Province is drawing bigger crowds than many professional teams. Its popularity has overshadowed the concurrent FIFA flagship Club World Cup in China.

A highly anticipated Jiangsu City Football League match between Nanjing and Suzhou on Saturday in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province set a new record in football attendance at 60,396, though the match ended in a scoreless draw.

In a second-round shocker at Wimbledon, China's female tennis rising star Wang Xinyu was de-feated by Turkey's Zeynep Sonmez by 7-5, 7-5, and all Chinese tennis players in the Grand Slam singles have been knocked out.

The Chinese national swimming team has entered a period of transition in which it is focusing on nurturing young talent while leveraging the experience of veterans and world-class foreign expertise, head coach Cui Dengrong told reporters on Thursday as the team prepare for the world championships.

Liverpool FC forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva were killed in a car crash in Spain's Zamora province on Thursday, the Portuguese football federation confirmed the deaths and paid tribute after several media outlet released the news.

The Chinese Professional Football League (CFL) announced penalties against China League Two team Changchun Xidu for placing superstitious items in an opponent's dressing room, the CFL unveiled on Wednesday night. The act was deemed a “negative influence” on the sport.

Chinese women's singles tennis player Wang Xinyu will take on Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey in the second round on Thursday after a straight-set victory over Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday in London.

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced the training squads for both the senior men's national team and the under-23 side on Monday and Tuesday, as both units gear up for crucial warm-up tournaments amid a pivotal transitional phase in Chinese football.

While Milan and Cortina have each hosted the Winter Olympics before -- Cortina in 1956 and Turino in 2006 -- Varnier emphasized that 2026 event is more than tradition.

The final of the ROBO League robot football tournament concluded on Saturday in Beijing, the THU Robotics from Tsinghua University defeated the Mountain Sea from China Agricultural University team 5:3 to win the championship. This event served as the first test match for the upcoming 2025 World Humanoid Robot Sports Games and marked China's first-ever fully autonomous 3v3 AI robot football competition.

Following the elimination of Chinese men's national football team from the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) has decided to end Branko Ivankovic's tenure as head coach of the team, according to a post on the official CFA Weibo account on Friday.

Former Qingdao Eagles player Yang Hansen was picked by the NBA franchise the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the NBA Draft on Wednesday, making him the third Chinese basketball player to be selected in the first round after Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.

As the Chinese Super League (CSL) enters its 15th round on Wednesday, three clubs - Beijing Guoan, Shanghai Shenhua, and Chengdu Rongcheng - remain locked in a fierce battle for the half-season leadership.

Two CBA foreign basketball players, Montrezl Dashay Harrell and Troy Akeem Gillenwater, have been found to have violated anti-doping regulations in the league, according to an announcement from the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) on Tuesday. It noted that the Chinese Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) released information on June 23 regarding doping violations detected during routine in-competition testing organized by the CBA League (Beijing) in April 2025.

Jin Dong, 23, may have never read "Faust," but he's among the first to play faustball on the Chinese mainland.

China's Wang Xinyu fell just short of a historic title at the WTA 500 Berlin Open on Sunday, losing 1-2 to 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in the final. Wang, however, became only the fourth Chinese player to reach a grass-court tour final and the first Chinese woman tennis player to do so at the WTA 500 level.

New International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry pledged on Monday, International Olympic Day, to strengthen and extend the reach of the Olympic Games, as the Zimbabwe's Olympic swimming champion took over from Thomas Bach in a ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The Chinese men's and women's national under-19 basketball teams are in full preparation for the World Cups, the Chinese Basketball Association said Tuesday.

The Embassy of Greece in China and the Beijing Olympic City Development Association jointly inaugurated the Greek photo exhibition "Civilization Dialogue: Eternal Olympic Flame - From Ancient to Modern Olympic Games" at the Beijing Olympic Museum on Friday, showcasing the rich legacy of the Olympic Games throughout history. Greek Ambassador to China Evgenios Kalpyris told the Global Times that he is confident the Olympic museums in China and Greece can enhance cooperation and promote the Olympic spirit together.

China's top-tier football league, the Chinese Super League (CSL), resumes this week after a long international break, during which the Chinese national football team was defeated from qualifying to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

A late penalty by 18-year-old striker Wang Yudong helped the Chinese national team to win 1-0 over Bahrain on Tuesday and avoid finishing bottom in the six-team group in the World Cup Asian qualifiers.

The Chinese men's national football team is undergoing their final preparations for their last World Cup Asian qualifier match on Tuesday in Chongqing, as they look for a win over Bahrain that will make the Chinese team not the bottom finishers.

With their hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup already dashed, China's national football team will host Bahrain on Tuesday in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Despite the lack of competitive stakes, all available tickets for the match have sold out.

More efforts will be made to enhance the spectator experience during the World Table Tennis (WTT) China Smash 2025, which will kick off on September 25 in Beijing's Shijingshan district, according to a press conference held in the capital on Friday.

A 1-0 loss to Indonesia has extinguished the Chinese national football team's 2026 World Cup hopes, confirming their sixth consecutive World Cup absence since 2002.

The Chinese men's national football team has arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is scheduled for its first training session on Tuesday to prepare for the do-or-die match against Indonesia in the third round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. The match is scheduled to be held on Thursday, and along with the following fixture against Bahrain, will determine whether China can keep its hopes of advancing to the World Cup alive.

Olympic tennis gold medalist Zheng Qinwen lost to world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 in the women's singles quarterfinals at the French Open on Tuesday.

The Chinese national under-16 football team's win at a home invitational event has sparked fresh conversations on the future prospect of Chinese football.

For the first time in her career, China's "golden flower" Zheng Qinwen has broken into the French Open women's singles quarterfinals. The tournament's No.8 seed is set for a highly anticipated showdown against world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka, marking their eighth head-to-head encounter.

China's U16 men's football team staged a thrilling comeback on Sunday to defeat Australia 5–2, clinching the championship at the Chinese Football Association (CFA) Under-16 International Tournament in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with an unbeaten record of two wins and one draw.

China's Zheng Qinwen advanced to the quarterfinals at the French Open for the first time by beating Russia's Liudmila Samsonova 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-3 on Sunday.

Chinese table tennis Olympic champion Fan Zhendong has joined the Table Tennis Bundesliga, German club 1. FC Saarbrücken announced on Sunday. In the club's official statement, Fan said: "I am looking forward to the new challenge in Saarbrücken and the TTBL. I'm very excited to be part of this club, to experience a new environment, and to celebrate many successes together with the team."

On Saturday evening local time, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) secured a dominant 5-0 victory over Inter Milan, claiming their first-ever Champions League title at the UEFA Champions League 2024-2025 final in Munich, Germany. Crowd trouble was reported in Paris as fans celebrated PSG's Champions League victory, and media reported that at least 81 people were arrested by the police following violent clashes in Paris.

Chinese tennis ace Zheng Qinwen on Sunday beat Russian veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova during her debut in the 2025 French Open, the second Grand Slam of the tennis season. The victory marked a good start for the 22-year-old at Roland-Garros, where she returned with the memories of her golden finish at Paris 2024 still fresh.

Thanks to a goal from forward Wang Shuang and more critically substitute goalkeeper Chen Chen, Chinese Women's Super League (CWSL) giants Wuhan Jiangda won the Asian Women's Champions League title by defeating Melbourne City 5-4 in a penalty shootout in extra time after a 1-1 draw on Saturday night.