China's national football team suffered another setback at the 2025 East Asian Football Championship on Saturday, falling to the Japanese side 2-0 in their second match. Japan sealed the win with ...

Chen Xuyuan, former president of the Chinese Football Association, has been sentenced to life in prison for match-fixing and other financial crimes. Chinese courts sentenced officials in Communist ...

Fans have expressed their anger after soccer superstar Lionel Messi skipped a match in Hong Kong. Messi sat out the match on Sunday, reportedly because of an injury, failing to make an appearance ...

The Chinese Football Association has handed out bans to nearly 40 soccer players due to match-fixing and gambling. The organization recently completed a two-year investigation regarding the matter ...

South Korean soccer player Son Jun-ho tearfully denied on Wednesday accusations by Chinese authorities that he participated in match-fixing and bribery when playing in the country and said he gave a ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The lifetime ban on former South Korean international Son Jun-ho, imposed in China last year after charges of match-fixing, has not been extended to the rest of the world. The ...

A Chinese soccer club has been fined by the Chinese Professional Football League (CFL) for placing ‘feudal superstitious items’ in the away team’s dressing room. Changchun Xidu FC, who play in China ...

Recent graduate Zhao, 21, reached the final of this year’s “eFootball” championship in Tokyo, finishing in second place. It ...

SEOUL, Sept 11 (Reuters) - South Korean soccer player Son Jun-ho tearfully denied on Wednesday accusations by Chinese authorities that he participated in match-fixing and bribery when playing in the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Two former Chinese football chiefs and several former national team players were handed lengthy jail sentences for taking bribes or match-fixing, state media reported on Wednesday, ...