South China Morning Post - China Sport

How would you react if you opened your front door to find the basketball star you have idolised since middle school standing there? For one Kyrie Irving fan in China, the biggest battle was trying to prove that the encounter was not one generated by artificial intelligence. On Tuesday, a Shanghai fan whose social media account takes the name of the Dallas Mavericks star as well ...

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown was enjoying his off-season trip to China and jokingly suggested he only needed a US$400 million contract to leave the NBA and play in the Chinese league. The 2024 Finals MVP, who was recently mentioned in trade talks as the Celtics attempted to lure Giannis Antetokounmpo away from the Milwaukee Bucks, joked about playing in China in a video that...

A football friendly between adults and young teenagers in China descended into violence over the weekend, leaving one rising star of the national youth setup with a broken hand and injuries to the face and body. The assault during the exhibition match at a training ground in Guangzhou, between Zhangjiajie, a visiting team from Hunan that plays in the province’s village league, a...

Chinese swimming prodigy Yu Zidi made national headlines once again after winning three gold medals while smashing personal best times in five different events at the Chinese National Swimming Championships last week. Topping her achievements was a four minutes and 30.79 seconds swim to clinch the women’s 400m individual medley final at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium...

The promotion and relegation system in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league will return next summer, amid other changes to be made to the sport’s leagues in China. Sources told the South China Morning Post that the CBA and the National Basketball League (NBL) – an independent league in the country – will also be merged, with the latter becoming the official second-tie...