South China Morning Post - China Sport

Table tennis star Wang Chuqin had been named captain of the China men’s team, succeeding Ma Long after the veteran’s decade-long stint in the role. The appointment was announced at an internal debriefing after the 2026 World Team Table Tennis Championships by head coach Wang Hao, who said Wang had “shown the spirit and responsibility of the national team during preparations and ...

While Song Yadong entered the arena uplifted by the theme song of Sun Wukong, or Monkey God, and “fighting doctor” Shi Ming checked the pulse of the opponent she subdued in the Octagon, the big question is why both victorious MMA fighters have felt the need to keep proving themselves. As UFC Fight Night Macau concluded on Saturday night, only Song out of seven Chinese competitor...

Song Yadong got the victory he and his fans so desperately wanted in Macau on Saturday, submitting Deiveson Figueiredo in their bantamweight bout at UFC Fight Night. The Chinese fighter had come into the contest on the back of a difficult loss to Sean O’Malley, but put himself right back in the title conversation with an impressive performance against the former featherweight wo...

Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu wore academic gowns to take graduation photos with faculty and peers as members of the undergraduate class of 2019 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on Thursday. The two Olympic table tennis champions will head to Tsinghua University this September to pursue master’s degrees in sports studies. Aged 25 and 29 respectively, the duo entered Shanghai Jiao T...

UFC boss Kevin Chang believes Macau will be the organisation’s “launch pad to Asia” in 2026, and sees a hunger for the sport not yet served by those already dominant in the region. The promotion returns to the Galaxy Arena this weekend, with an event co-headlined by China stars Song Yadong and Zhang Mingyang on a main card featuring five more of their compatriots. There will hav...