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Japan Blames a French Contractor and the Tokyo Olympic Scandal as Nagoya's Games Are Branded the Worst Ever
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Japan Blames a French Contractor and the Tokyo Olympic Scandal as Nagoya's Games Are Branded the Worst Ever

Japanese media are calling the Aichi–Nagoya Asian Games possibly the worst-run edition ever, and the blame is landing on a French contractor that runs the Games' core operations and on the Tokyo Olympics corruption scandal that froze out Japan's own event industry.

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Sep 22
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China's 13-Year-Old Yu Zidi Broke the Asian Record to Win 200m Medley Gold in Nagoya
China's 13-Year-Old Yu Zidi Broke the Asian Record to Win 200m Medley Gold in Nagoya
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China's 13-Year-Old Yu Zidi Broke the Asian Record to Win 200m Medley Gold in Nagoya

Yu Zidi, thirteen, swam the women's 200m individual medley at the Nagoya Asian Games in 2:06.10 — an Asian record that makes her the second-fastest performer in the event's history — and then told reporters the swim 'wasn't anything special'. China is fascinated by both facts.

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Sep 21
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Injured Zhang Boheng Beats Two Japanese Olympic Champions to Retain His Asian Games Crown
Injured Zhang Boheng Beats Two Japanese Olympic Champions to Retain His Asian Games Crown
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Injured Zhang Boheng Beats Two Japanese Olympic Champions to Retain His Asian Games Crown

China took seven golds in ninety minutes at the Nagoya Asian Games, led by gymnast Zhang Boheng — competing on an injury he insisted on hiding from no one afterwards — an Asian-record relay overtake of Japan, and a women's volleyball team that came back from the dead against Thailand to reach the final.

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Sep 21
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Sheng Lihao Wins Two Shooting Golds in a Day, Breaking His Own Asian Record, at the Nagoya Asian Games
Sheng Lihao Wins Two Shooting Golds in a Day, Breaking His Own Asian Record, at the Nagoya Asian Games
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Sheng Lihao Wins Two Shooting Golds in a Day, Breaking His Own Asian Record, at the Nagoya Asian Games

China's 21-year-old rifle champion defended his Asian Games title with a 254.2 final that broke the Asian record he already held, hours after a world-record team gold in Nagoya — the centrepiece of a Chinese squad that took eleven golds on the first day of competition alone.

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Sep 21
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Pan Zhanle Retains His 100m Freestyle Crown by 0.04 Seconds at the Asian Games
Pan Zhanle Retains His 100m Freestyle Crown by 0.04 Seconds at the Asian Games
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Pan Zhanle Retains His 100m Freestyle Crown by 0.04 Seconds at the Asian Games

Pan Zhanle defended his Asian Games 100m freestyle title in Nagoya with 47.61, a 0.04-second margin — his best swim since Paris 2024, in a race he says he believed he was losing until the final metre.

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Sep 20
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The NBA Brings Its China Games Back, With Durant in a Rockets Jersey
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The NBA Brings Its China Games Back, With Durant in a Rockets Jersey

The Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks will play the NBA's returning China Games in Macau this October — the league's most visible step back into China since the 2019 freeze, marketed this time as a fan festival rather than a political statement.

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Sep 19
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Wrong Anthem, Cardboard Beds: Nagoya's Asian Games Logistics Draw an Official Apology
Wrong Anthem, Cardboard Beds: Nagoya's Asian Games Logistics Draw an Official Apology
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Wrong Anthem, Cardboard Beds: Nagoya's Asian Games Logistics Draw an Official Apology

With the Aichi–Nagoya Asian Games barely under way, organizers apologized after playing North Korea's anthem to South Korea's hockey team — the latest failure in a run of transport breakdowns, cardboard bedrooms and cruise-ship quarters that Chinese fans are cataloguing in a viral ten-item list. South Korea plans a formal protest, India's media has weighed in, and a typhoon is approaching.

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Sep 18
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Japan's Second-String Squad Knocked China Out of the Asian Games Basketball Final
Japan's Second-String Squad Knocked China Out of the Asian Games Basketball Final
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Japan's Second-String Squad Knocked China Out of the Asian Games Basketball Final

China's men's basketball team lost 77-97 to a largely second-string Japanese side in the Asian Games semifinal in Nagoya on Sept 18, the anniversary of the 1931 Mukden Incident. The defeat, the second heavy loss to Japan's domestic core in two months, has triggered calls for the coach's dismissal and a national reckoning over Chinese basketball's decline.

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Sep 18
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Where Is China's Men's Table Tennis Team? Nagoya's Hotel Chaos Enters Day Two
Where Is China's Men's Table Tennis Team? Nagoya's Hotel Chaos Enters Day Two
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Where Is China's Men's Table Tennis Team? Nagoya's Hotel Chaos Enters Day Two

China's men's table tennis squad spent a night without a bed, gymnast Zhang Boheng went twelve hours without food, and Thailand's team slept on a terminal floor — the Asian Games' transport shambles have widened from an airport delay into a multi-team scandal.

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Sep 17
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Asian Games Teams Stranded for Hours at Nagoya Airport After Transport System Failure
Asian Games Teams Stranded for Hours at Nagoya Airport After Transport System Failure
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Asian Games Teams Stranded for Hours at Nagoya Airport After Transport System Failure

Days before the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games opened, delegations including China's table tennis and gymnastics teams spent up to six hours at the airport waiting for buses that never came, after a booking-system failure left athletes hungry on the terminal floor — the first organizational crisis of a Games already criticized over its housing.

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Sep 16
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China Demolishes the Philippines by 44 Points in Asian Games Basketball Rematch
China Demolishes the Philippines by 44 Points in Asian Games Basketball Rematch
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China Demolishes the Philippines by 44 Points in Asian Games Basketball Rematch

Three years after a one-point loss to the Philippines ended China's run at the Hangzhou Asian Games, a rebuilt Chinese men's team beat the defending champions 105-61 in Nagoya on Sunday — the group-stage statement of a tournament that now heads into the knockout rounds.

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Sep 14
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LGC keeps women’s golf crown
LGC keeps women’s golf crown
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LGC keeps women’s golf crown

Lilongwe Golf Club has kept its grip on the EthCo Ladies Interclub Golf Tournament, but the real prize from this year’s contest is swinging beyond the golf course to the education of girls.LGC 1 retained the championship for a second consecutive year after posting 362 gross strokes at Kasasa Golf Club in Dwangwa, finishing six...

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Sep 14
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Pasuwa names squad for AFCON qualifiers
Pasuwa names squad for AFCON qualifiers
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Pasuwa names squad for AFCON qualifiers

Malawi national football team coach Kalisto Pasuwa has named a provisional squad for the Flames Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying campaign.Pasuwa has selected a 30 player squad featuring a blend of local based players and Malawians plying their trade abroad as the Flames begin preparations for the continental qualifiers.The squad has three goalkeepers, eight...

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Sep 14
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A Private Youth Academy, Not the State System, Just Won a Spanish Youth Cup
A Private Youth Academy, Not the State System, Just Won a Spanish Youth Cup
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A Private Youth Academy, Not the State System, Just Won a Spanish Youth Cup

The 'Chinese Football Youngsters' project run by commentator Dong Lu — built outside China's state sports system — won its age group at the Brava Cup in Barcelona, then celebrated with trophy, medals and a Chinese flag on the podium. For Chinese fans weaned on national-team disappointment, the sight of a private program winning abroad carried more meaning than a trophy usually should.

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Sep 13
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K65.2m puts ladies golf in focus
K65.2m puts ladies golf in focus
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K65.2m puts ladies golf in focus

Women golfers are chasing more than trophies this year, with K65.2 million putting the spotlight on the growing Ladies Interclub Golf Tournament.The money has come from Ethanol Company Limited (EthCo), which is backing the tournament for the seventh consecutive year.The tournament will take place at Kasasa Golf Club in Dwangwa this weekend.This year’s competition will...

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Sep 13
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2026 Aki Basho Sumo Predictions
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2026 Aki Basho Sumo Predictions

Before July's Nagoya Basho (July grand sumo tournament), I predicted which wrestlers I thought would reach 10 wins. Now, one tournament wiser, I will predict the entire field for the September 2026 Aki Basho (running from September 13-27, 2026). To see predictions from more learned sumo observers, see Tim Edwards' predictions at Sumo Stomp and...

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Sep 12
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From the Losers' Bracket to the Title: Guangzhou TTG Wins the KPL Summer Final 4-3
From the Losers' Bracket to the Title: Guangzhou TTG Wins the KPL Summer Final 4-3
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From the Losers' Bracket to the Title: Guangzhou TTG Wins the KPL Summer Final 4-3

Guangzhou TTG came through the losers' bracket to beat Chongqing Wolves 4-3 and win the Honor of Kings Pro League summer championship on Friday night — then their star jungler, who left Wolves for TTG, wept through a victory interview aimed squarely at his old club.

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Sep 12
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'If I Had to Pay for Training, I Would Never Have Made It': Zhang Guowei Defends China's State Sports System
'If I Had to Pay for Training, I Would Never Have Made It': Zhang Guowei Defends China's State Sports System
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'If I Had to Pay for Training, I Would Never Have Made It': Zhang Guowei Defends China's State Sports System

Retired high jumper Zhang Guowei, who now funds his own comeback through a 70-million-follower influencer career, waded into China's state-versus-self-funded sports debate this week with a defence of the system that raised him — read as a rebuttal to the Liu Xiang retirement fight.

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Sep 12
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Wanderers ready to turn tables
Wanderers ready to turn tables
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Wanderers ready to turn tables

Mighty Wanderers are heading into Sunday’s CAF Champions League clash against Simba SC believing they have found the answers needed to overturn a first-leg deficit.The Nomads trail 1-0 from the first leg in Lilongwe and must win at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam to keep their Champions League campaign alive.Interim coach McDonald Mtetemera said...

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Sep 12
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Lei Jun Chooses the Stands Over the VIP Box at a Jiangsu City League Match
Lei Jun Chooses the Stands Over the VIP Box at a Jiangsu City League Match
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Lei Jun Chooses the Stands Over the VIP Box at a Jiangsu City League Match

Xiaomi's founder turned up at the Xuzhou leg of the Su Super League on Friday night and watched from the general stands with everyone else — the latest signal of how China's city football leagues have become the summer's most valuable seats, with Hubei now launching its own version.

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Sep 12
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China's Men Leave WTT Champions Macao Without a Semifinalist
China's Men Leave WTT Champions Macao Without a Semifinalist
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China's Men Leave WTT Champions Macao Without a Semifinalist

Zhou Qihao's 1-4 loss to Japan's Harimoto Tomokazu in the Macao quarterfinals completed a full wipeout of China's men at the WTT Champions event, three exits that landed hardest with a fan base used to total dominance of its national sport.

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Sep 12
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Zheng Qinwen's US Open Run Ends in the Quarterfinals — and a Standing Ovation
Zheng Qinwen's US Open Run Ends in the Quarterfinals — and a Standing Ovation
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Zheng Qinwen's US Open Run Ends in the Quarterfinals — and a Standing Ovation

Zheng Qinwen's US Open run ended on September 9 with a 1–2 quarterfinal loss to Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina — but the New York crowd rose to applaud her off the court, and days earlier UN Women had reposted her words about a young woman's value not being defined by one result or others' expectations. From ranked 121st and grinding through qualifying, she leaves Flushing Meadows back inside the top 60 and, in China, at the center of a conversation about winning, losing and what female athletes owe anyone at all.

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Sep 10
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France Ends China's Women's Basketball World Cup Run With a 29-Point Quarterfinal Win
France Ends China's Women's Basketball World Cup Run With a 29-Point Quarterfinal Win
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France Ends China's Women's Basketball World Cup Run With a 29-Point Quarterfinal Win

China's women exited the Basketball World Cup 61-90 against a French side ranked above even the United States, ending Han Xu's double-double streak — a quarterfinal defeat that revives debate over coach Gong Luming's rotation and a squad missing Li Yueru.

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Sep 10
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Liu Xiang Buys Out His State Post, Then Donates 11 Years of Untouched Salary to Tibet Relief
Liu Xiang Buys Out His State Post, Then Donates 11 Years of Untouched Salary to Tibet Relief
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Liu Xiang Buys Out His State Post, Then Donates 11 Years of Untouched Salary to Tibet Relief

The Olympic hurdler ended an 11-year retirement-placement dispute on Wednesday, announcing a September 1 buyout worth 494,000 yuan and donating his entire state salary of 982,935 yuan — untouched since 2015 — to mudslide relief in Tibet. The Shanghai sports bureau's official reply did not quiet the debate.

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Sep 10
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Zheng Qinwen's US Open Run Ends in the Quarter-Finals as Rybakina Takes No. 1
Zheng Qinwen's US Open Run Ends in the Quarter-Finals as Rybakina Takes No. 1
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Zheng Qinwen's US Open Run Ends in the Quarter-Finals as Rybakina Takes No. 1

Zheng Qinwen's qualifying-to-quarter-finals US Open run ended 6-3, 1-6, 4-6 against Elena Rybakina — who leaves New York as the new world No. 1 — yet the Chinese star's fortnight, from rank 121 to the last eight, has been celebrated at home as a comeback complete.

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Sep 9
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China's Women Edge Puerto Rico 75-72 to Reach the World Cup Quarter-Finals
China's Women Edge Puerto Rico 75-72 to Reach the World Cup Quarter-Finals
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China's Women Edge Puerto Rico 75-72 to Reach the World Cup Quarter-Finals

China's women edged Puerto Rico 75-72 in Berlin to reach the World Cup quarter-finals as the last Asian team standing, behind Han Xu's 21 points and the arrival of 2.26-metre teenager Zhang Ziyu — with France up next.

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Sep 9
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M’mbelwa launches Malawi Northern Region football trophy in Lilongwe
M’mbelwa launches Malawi Northern Region football trophy in Lilongwe
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M’mbelwa launches Malawi Northern Region football trophy in Lilongwe

Inkosi ya Makhosi M’mbelwa V on Sunday unveiled a K50 million football tournament for the Malawi Northern Region Football Association (NRFA) at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe, Central Region. The tournament, dubbed the Jere Ngoni Paramount Chief Tournament, is aimed at providing young people in the Northern Region with a platform to showcase their football...

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Sep 8
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From hero to fired: Ekhaya axe Chatama after Airtel triumph
From hero to fired: Ekhaya axe Chatama after Airtel triumph
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From hero to fired: Ekhaya axe Chatama after Airtel triumph

He delivered Ekhaya Football Club its first major trophy, but the reward has been a shock exit.Ekhaya FC have fired head coach Enos Chatama with immediate effect, just months after he guided the club to a historic Airtel Top 8 triumph.Ekhaya Football Club has parted ways with First Team Head Coach Enos Chatama with immediate...

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Sep 8
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Zheng Qinwen Does It Again, Coming Back From 0-5 to Knock Out Swiatek at the US Open
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Zheng Qinwen Does It Again, Coming Back From 0-5 to Knock Out Swiatek at the US Open

Two days after saving a match point against Madison Keys, Zheng Qinwen lost five straight games to open her fourth-round match against Iga Swiatek — then won seven in a row to take the set, and the match with it. The 2-0 win puts the Olympic champion into the US Open quarterfinals against Elena Rybakina and has Chinese social media debating whether she is the most clutch player in tennis.

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Sep 7
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Junior Flames selection under fire
Junior Flames selection under fire
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Junior Flames selection under fire

…14 players from one club, 7 from anotherThe Junior Flames squad has left Malawi’s football followers questioning the thinking behind Coach Enos Chatama’s selection for the COSAFA Under-20 qualifiers.Ekhaya FC has supplied 14 players to the provisional 32-member squad, while FCB Nyasa Big Bullets has seven. Yet the entire Northern Region has only one player...

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Sep 7
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China's Women Survive a 29-Turnover Scare at the World Cup — and the Fans Want Answers
China's Women Survive a 29-Turnover Scare at the World Cup — and the Fans Want Answers
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China's Women Survive a 29-Turnover Scare at the World Cup — and the Fans Want Answers

A last-second layup by Yang Shuyu forced overtime and China's women's basketball team escaped the Czech Republic 74-70 at the World Cup — but 29 turnovers and coach Gong Luming's handling of 19-year-old phenom Zhang Ziyu trended as loudly as the win.

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Sep 6
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After a Driver Pulled a Rival From a Burning Car, China GT's Safety Response Comes Under Scrutiny
After a Driver Pulled a Rival From a Burning Car, China GT's Safety Response Comes Under Scrutiny
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After a Driver Pulled a Rival From a Burning Car, China GT's Safety Response Comes Under Scrutiny

When a Ferrari burst into flames at Shanghai's China GT round with its driver trapped inside, Dutch racer Loek Hartog abandoned his own race and pulled the man out with his bare hands. The 49-second rescue made him a national talking point — and turned attention on the safety arrangements that left a private individual as the de facto fire crew.

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Sep 6
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Zheng Qinwen Saves Match Point, Wins Seven Straight Games From 0-5 to Reach the US Open Last 16
Zheng Qinwen Saves Match Point, Wins Seven Straight Games From 0-5 to Reach the US Open Last 16
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Zheng Qinwen Saves Match Point, Wins Seven Straight Games From 0-5 to Reach the US Open Last 16

Down a set and 0-5 in the deciding set against Madison Keys, Zheng Qinwen saved a match point and reeled off seven straight games to reach the US Open round of 16 — the latest act in a comeback season that began a month ago in qualifying, ranked 121st in the world.

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Sep 5
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Late drama but no breakthrough as Red Lions, Masters play out draw
Late drama but no breakthrough as Red Lions, Masters play out draw
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Late drama but no breakthrough as Red Lions, Masters play out draw

Red Lions and Masters FC shared the spoils after playing out a goalless draw in an eventful FDH Premiership encounter at Zomba Stadium on Saturday, with late drama adding to a match in which both sides struggled to make their chances count.The hosts started brightly and created early opportunities, but Masters goalkeeper Richard Chimbamba stood...

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Sep 5
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Chinese Motorcycle Maker Locks Out Front Row at France's World Superbike Round
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Chinese Motorcycle Maker Locks Out Front Row at France's World Superbike Round

Zhang Xue Motorcycle, a Chinese manufacturer, will start Saturday's WorldSSP race at Magny-Cours from first and second after French rider Valentin Debise took pole in 1'39.585 — after crashing in the same session. The result ranked second on Baidu's national hot board.

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Sep 4
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Flames face tough AFCON qualification test
Flames face tough AFCON qualification test
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Flames face tough AFCON qualification test

Malawi’s Flames are set for a crucial test as they begin their bid to return to Africa’s biggest football stage.The Malawi National Football Team, will begin their journey to the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with back-to-back qualifying matches against South Sudan and Angola.According to the fixtures released for the qualifiers, Malawi will first...

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Sep 4
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Injured Wang Chuqin Withdraws From WTT Champions Macao, and Fans Blame China's Schedule
Injured Wang Chuqin Withdraws From WTT Champions Macao, and Fans Blame China's Schedule
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Injured Wang Chuqin Withdraws From WTT Champions Macao, and Fans Blame China's Schedule

China's leading male table tennis player withdrew from this week's WTT Champions Macao with an injury, a year after winning the same title. The announcement set off an argument about whether the national team works its stars too hard, with a fan-made chart as the evidence.

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Sep 4
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Zhejiang's Province-Wide Amateur Basketball League Tips Off With 28 City Teams
Zhejiang's Province-Wide Amateur Basketball League Tips Off With 28 City Teams
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Zhejiang's Province-Wide Amateur Basketball League Tips Off With 28 City Teams

Zhejiang has organised its entire province into a basketball tournament: 28 city teams, four groups, home-and-away fixtures and a four-month season that tipped off in Hangzhou on September 4. It is the latest turn of China's grassroots basketball boom.

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Sep 4
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15 months, no arrests: Questions mount over Arjun Menon murder probe
15 months, no arrests: Questions mount over Arjun Menon murder probe
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15 months, no arrests: Questions mount over Arjun Menon murder probe

More than 15 months after former Cricket Malawi Operations Manager and national coach Arjun Menon was killed, his family is still waiting for answers as no arrests have been made in the case.Menon, 48, was attacked and killed in Nancholi, Blantyre, on 11 May 2025 while reportedly travelling home after a night out.More than a...

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Sep 3
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A Passport Lost in the Mail Keeps China's Basketball Star Out of the World Cup
A Passport Lost in the Mail Keeps China's Basketball Star Out of the World Cup
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A Passport Lost in the Mail Keeps China's Basketball Star Out of the World Cup

China's women's basketball team will chase the FIBA World Cup, which opens September 4, without Li Yueru — its most influential player — after her passport was lost while being mailed to her in the United States and could not be found before the registration deadline. The explanation left fans incredulous and shot up Baidu's trending board.

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Sep 2
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Malawi searches for taller netball stars
Malawi searches for taller netball stars
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Malawi searches for taller netball stars

Malawi is searching for taller netball players as the country looks to close a physical gap that has increasingly become difficult to ignore on the international stage.The Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) wants to identify and develop young athletes with the height and physical attributes needed to compete against some of the world’s bigger and...

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Sep 2
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Zheng Qinwen Fights Past a 16-Year-Old for Her First Grand Slam Win in Over a Year
Zheng Qinwen Fights Past a 16-Year-Old for Her First Grand Slam Win in Over a Year
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Zheng Qinwen Fights Past a 16-Year-Old for Her First Grand Slam Win in Over a Year

China's top tennis player beat the teenage qualifier Lutkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the US Open first round, ending a four-match Grand Slam losing streak and taking her first major main-draw win since the 2025 French Open. She revealed afterwards she had been ill enough to feel dizzy on court.

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Aug 31
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Yang Hansen's Buzzer-Beater Lifts China Past Lebanon in World Cup Qualifying
Yang Hansen's Buzzer-Beater Lifts China Past Lebanon in World Cup Qualifying
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Yang Hansen's Buzzer-Beater Lifts China Past Lebanon in World Cup Qualifying

With 2.2 seconds left and the score tied, Portland Trail Blazers center Yang Hansen caught a pass under the rim and laid in the winner as China beat Lebanon 89-87 in a FIBA World Cup Asian qualifier in Zhuji on Monday — capping a night of hard fouls, a pre-game taunt, and a takeover of China's trending boards.

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Aug 31
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Lionel Messi Retires From Argentina at 39, Closing a 21-Year International Career
Lionel Messi Retires From Argentina at 39, Closing a 21-Year International Career
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Lionel Messi Retires From Argentina at 39, Closing a 21-Year International Career

Lionel Messi announced on Monday that he is retiring from the Argentina national team after 21 years, saying the time had come to stop. On Weibo, where the news collided with memories of his 2008 Beijing Olympics appearance, fans and teammates filled the evening with thank-you letters.

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Aug 31
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2026 Airtel Top 8 final rakes in K87.3m
2026 Airtel Top 8 final rakes in K87.3m
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2026 Airtel Top 8 final rakes in K87.3m

2026 Zamadolo Airtel Top 8 final between Mighty Wanderers and Ekhaya Football Clubs has failed to break the revenue record, raking in K87.3 million.The figure is K135 million less from the revenue generated during last year’s same tournalment final at the same epicenter.The 2025 Airtel Top 8 final between Silver Strikers and FCB Nyasa Big...

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Aug 31
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Thailand's First Olympics Comes at China's Expense in the Asian Volleyball Final
Thailand's First Olympics Comes at China's Expense in the Asian Volleyball Final
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Thailand's First Olympics Comes at China's Expense in the Asian Volleyball Final

China's women's volleyball team lost the Asian Championship final 2-3 to Thailand in Tianjin on Sunday, surrendering direct qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and handing Thailand its first-ever Games appearance — a defeat that instantly revived fan anger over the omission of star spiker Zhu Ting and the opaque way China's national teams explain their rosters.

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Aug 30
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Song Yadong KOs Umar in Shanghai and Puts a Chinese UFC Title Shot in Sight
Song Yadong KOs Umar in Shanghai and Puts a Chinese UFC Title Shot in Sight
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Song Yadong KOs Umar in Shanghai and Puts a Chinese UFC Title Shot in Sight

The Dagestan-trained striker from the Chinese mainland finished Nurmagomedov Umar in the second round of UFC Shanghai's main event, then called his shot: he intends to become China's first male UFC champion.

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Aug 29
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Fan Zhendong Falls in the Decider as Düsseldorf Exits the German Cup
Fan Zhendong Falls in the Decider as Düsseldorf Exits the German Cup
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Fan Zhendong Falls in the Decider as Düsseldorf Exits the German Cup

China's Olympic champion won his singles but could not save Düsseldorf from a 1-3 German Cup exit against Ochsenhausen, a defeat absorbed by fans back home who watched the away match from a packed cinema.

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Aug 29
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Chess battle heats up
Chess battle heats up
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Chess battle heats up

Five players have emerged as joint leaders of the 2026 Malawi Open Chess Championship after winning all three of their opening games as regional players battle for honours in Mponela, Dowa.Zambia’s Kusanta Makanga and Timothy Kabwe, Malawi’s CM Joseph Nyambalo and Peter Nyama, and Mozambique’s Donaldo Paiva have each collected three points in the Open...

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Aug 29
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Silver Ladies yalonjeza kubweretsa mamendulo
Silver Ladies yalonjeza kubweretsa mamendulo
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Silver Ladies yalonjeza kubweretsa mamendulo

Timu ya Silver Strikers Ladies yalonjeza kubweretsa kangachepe pomwe lero ikusewera masewero ake omaliza mu CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers.Mphunzitsi wa timuyi Patricio Kulemeka wati Silver Strikers Ladies ibwelera kumudzi kuno itatenga mendulo za Bronze pavute pasavute,ponena kuti awona mofowoka mwawo kuphatikizapo kuchinyitsa zigoli mwansanga."Kwambiri anzathu amatichinya mphindi zoyambilira zomwe zawonetsa kuti timu imayamba...

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Aug 29
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