South China Morning Post - China Sport

The newest tennis star in China said she wanted to be like Zheng Qinwen and hoped she could play against the Olympic champion on the professional tour one day, after reaching the US Open girls’ singles final. Sun Xinran beat Chukwumelije Clarke of the United States 7-5, 0-6, 6-1 to reach the final, where she will face fifth seed Russian teenage girl Anna Pushkareva. New York is ...

China’s men opened their Asian Games basketball campaign by routing Kazakhstan 99-61 on Friday, despite preparing in cramped container housing and having training disrupted by record-breaking rainfall in Japan. Pang Zhenglin led China with 19 points and four assists, while Li Hongquan recorded 16 points and nine rebounds. Yu Jiahao added 15 points, Jacky Cui Yongxi scored 12, an...

Yu Zidi made history last year aged 12 when she became the youngest-ever medallist at the swimming world championships. Now a teenager, she headlines China’s bid for Asian Games domination and has Olympic glory in her sights. The 13-year-old schoolgirl with a pixie haircut stunned the sporting world last year with a series of eye-popping times. At the 2025 World Aquatics Champio...

Former China national volleyball player Wang Yunlu tearfully confessed, in an in-depth video interview released on Wednesday, that her career felt like a “failure” after being dropped from the Paris Olympics roster at the last minute. Wang spent more than two years as an indispensable starter during the Paris Olympic cycle, stepping up when stars Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning wer...

China’s 75-72 victory over Puerto Rico in Berlin on Wednesday secured a fourth consecutive Fiba Women’s World Cup quarter-final berth, sparking a wave of relief on domestic social media alongside growing fan anxiety over squad depth and fatigue ahead of a daunting clash against France. WNBA star Han Xu produced a dominant 21-point, 11-rebound double-double – her third in a row –...