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A pair of second half Tim Cahill goals was enough to bring China’s Asian Cup run to an end at the quarter-final stage in Brisbane. Cahill netted an acrobatic overhead kick three minutes after the break and added a second with… Read More
Anyone watching the Asian Cup has seen something different about China, no, it’s not that they are winning for once, it’s the swoosh on their kits. After 30 years suiting up in Adidas, the Chinese Football Association reached… Read More
A first-half Sun Ke brace was enough to give China maximum points from the Asian Cup group stage for the first time in their history, but some gloss was taken off the victory by a sloppy second half performance. With Guozu… Read More
An impressive 2-1 victory over Uzbekistan saw China book a place in the Asian Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2004. Second-half goals from the Jiangsu Sainty duo of Wu Xi and Sun Ke allowed China to overcome Odil Ahmedov’s deflected… Read More
Following the 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in their opening group game, China face an Uzbekistan side that overcame North Korea by the same scoreline in their first match. With the winners all but guaranteed to advance to the quarter-finals, this is a big game for both sides. brings you the… Read More
Having qualified for the Asian Cup in comically inept fashion, China were pretty much handed as kind a group stage draw a third seeded team could possibly get. Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and North Korea await Guozu in a… Read More
China won their final pre-Asian Cup warm up match 4-1 over Oman in a low key game. The contest was brought forward two days from its originally scheduled date of January 5th and was played in the fashion of… Read More
The Chinese transfer window officially opens on January 1, but clubs have wasted little time in making preparations for the 2015 season in the transfer market. With the opportunity to recruit open until 27 February, there is plenty… Read More
With 2014 soon to slip into the annals of history – who were the movers and shakers for the year in Chinese football? once again dishes out awards for the great, the good, the irevverent and the not… Read More
There were two major surprises when China’s final 23-man squad for the Asian Cup was confirmed on Tuesday, as Guangzhou Evergrande’s defensive pair of Feng Xiaoting and Li Xuepeng were both left off of the list. Feng’s omission… Read More
