South China Morning Post - China Sport

Chinese gymnasts were the latest athletes in the firing line of disgruntled fan groups after the Gymnastics Administrative Centre announced the team for next month’s Asian Games. What started as a routine announcement of the gymnastics team for the coming Games in Japan spiralled into an online campaign of harassment and conspiracy theories, forcing sports officials to threaten ...

Spurred on by trying to turn failure into something positive following the demise of his business and getting divorced five years ago, Li Shuangyong has now secured a Guinness World Record – by running a marathon every day for more than a year. Travelling from city to city across China, Li embarked on his daily routine of running 26.2 miles (42.195km) after he first rose to inte...

Basketball star Wang Siyu was called out for “deterring 99 per cent of men” after her strict criteria for finding a love interest resurfaced on social media. The Chinese women’s basketball player stated that any potential partner must be 1.9m (6 feet, 2 inches) tall, in good shape with visible abdominal muscles and have double eyelids, but Wang was also adamant that shared value...

Chinese men’s basketball has not had the best of times over the past few years, while the lack of a true superstar capable of dominating on the global stage in the mould of NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming has also seen the team fall behind regionally and internationally. That predicament was probably best reflected in two losses to South Korea in four days last year, and the home def...

The Chinese Volleyball Association has announced its squad for the coming Asian Games, but two-time Olympian outside hitter Li Yingying has been ruled out of both the Games and the preceding Asian championship after undergoing heart surgery. Ahead of the official release, Li had revealed on social media that medical evaluations confirmed she would be unable to compete in either ...