Slovak football kicks off new era with a...

BRATISLAVA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Almost fifty years after Czechoslovakia beat Hungary in the World Cup qualifiers 4-1, the heavily refreshed squad of the Slovak national team started their journey to

Comoros Island eye win, Cameroon need ti...

YAOUNDE, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Comoros national soccer team arrived here Thursday evening ahead of the final round of qualification for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).Comoros will clash wi

Hiddink says China not the favorite to q...

As China's U-22 football team start its quest for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic with the qualifiers for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship, Veteran Dutch coach Guus Hiddink insists on Thursday that his team i

Loew's new faces need to learn leadershi...

By Oliver Trust BERLIN, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Optimism is growing in German football having to face the challenge to qualify for the 2020 European Championships with a newly formed team. Young faces f

Standoff as senior players refute KRU cl...

NAIROBI, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Hopes of senior players returning to the Kenya rugby sevens team have fizzled out, even as the country faces imminent relegation from being a core team in the World Seri

CFA China Cup: Hosts gear up for opener ...

The newly appointed coach of the Chinese national soccer team, Fabio Cannavaro, is still getting to grips with his new squad ahead of their opening match of the CFA China Cup against Thailand in Nann

(Sports Focus) CAA reiterates team disci...

BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- With the goal to win more than two gold medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA) has urged the country's national team members

Chinese female footballer Wang Shuang pr...

WUHAN, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Wang Shuang, the AFC Women's Player of the Year, is expected to take part in a four-nation tournament in central China's Wuhan in Hubei province, according to the newly-an

Philippines will be "overwhelming underd...

MANILA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Yeng Guiao, the head coach of the Philippine men's national team, said his nationals will be "overwhelming underdogs" in the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Guiao said it will take

NW China province cracks down on crimes ...

XI'AN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Shaanxi Province has established a work team to crack down on illegal activities in the Qinling Mountains. The work team, established by the province's p