BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) — Here are the most recent Chinese sports activities headlines from the previous week:
1. China cruises previous Chinese Taipei to ebook place in FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers second spherical
China superior to the second spherical of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers with a snug 92-74 victory over Chinese Taipei in its remaining Group B match on July 6 at Goyang Gymnasium in South Korea.
Bouncing again from its loss to Japan on July 3, China managed the sport from the opening tip, dominating the paint 44-26 and holding Chinese Taipei to only 28 first-half factors.
China entered the fourth quarter with a commanding 24-point lead. Although Chinese Taipei tried a late comeback, with Lin Ting-Chien scoring 5 straight factors on a three-pointer and a pull-up jumper, Li Hongquan responded with a driving layup and a three-pointer to halt the momentum. Chinese Taipei by no means managed to chop the deficit into single digits, as China secured a convincing victory.
2. Sun Yingsha topped girls’s singles champion at WTT U.S. Smash
World No. 1 Sun Yingsha claimed her second WTT Grand Smash title of the season, preventing off a resurgent Kuai Man in a seven-game thriller to win the ladies’s singles crown on the WTT United States Smash on July 5.
Sun, who had already claimed 5 Grand Smash titles, edged her compatriot in a grueling remaining, prevailing 11-9, 11-6, September 11, 11-5, 7-11, 10-12, 11-4.
China’s Wang Manyu and Kuai Man claimed the ladies’s doubles title, whereas Wen Ruibo and Yuan Licen emerged victorious in an all-Chinese males’s doubles remaining on July 4.
Facing Japan’s Miwa Harimoto and Hina Hayata, winners of this yr’s WTT Singapore Smash, top-seeded Wang and Kuai went by way of an intense battle for a 13-11, 4-11, 14-12, 11-8 win.
In their duel towards prime seeds Lin Shidong and Huang Youzheng, Wen and Yuan gained the opening recreation 11-9, however discovered themselves on the again foot after shedding the following two video games 11-8, 11-6. However, they bounced again strongly afterwards, profitable 11-7, 11-9 to safe the title.
3. China sweeps Ukraine in girls’s VNL
China swept Ukraine 25-18, 25-22, 25-20 within the preliminary section of the Women’s Volleyball Nations League on July 9.
Zhuang Yushan led China with 18 factors. Wang Yuanyuan had 16.
China bounced again strongly after shedding a five-set thriller to Canada on July 8.
Kiera Van Ryk scored 27 factors, whereas Alexa Gray and Abagayle Guezen added 24 and 22, as Canada prevailed 19-25, 25-17, 25-22, 23-25, 15-11.
Tang Xin led China with 22 factors, whereas Zhuang added 19.
The preliminary section options 18 groups competing throughout a number of venues. Host China and the highest seven different groups within the standings will advance to the finals, scheduled for July 22 to 26 in Macao, China.
4. China suffers 2-point loss to Australia once more in girls’s basketball warmups
Zhang Ziyu and Wang Siyu mixed for 43 factors, however China’s late comeback fell simply brief as Australia held on for an 84-82 victory within the second of two Women’s Basketball World Cup warmup video games on July 9.
Zhang scored a game-high 25 factors off the bench and added 11 rebounds, together with 11 factors within the fourth quarter, as the 2 groups produced one other intently contested recreation after Australia’s two-point win on July 7.
Wang completed with 18 factors, 9 of them within the remaining quarter, and had an opportunity to assist China pressure extra time within the closing seconds earlier than Australia’s protection broke up the decisive play.
The two video games in Melbourne had been a part of each groups’ preparations for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, which can be held in Germany in September.
5. Tanzania arms China first defeat at U17 worldwide match
China misplaced 2-0 to Tanzania on July 8 within the four-nation CFA Team China International Youth Football Tournament.
Tanzania, runner-up on the 2026 U17 Africa Cup of Nations, managed a lot of the match with tempo and physicality. After Hasani Mussa Kizinga struck the crossbar from a Thirty eighth-minute penalty, he made amends simply earlier than halftime with a long-range strike to offer Tanzania the lead.
China confirmed higher attacking intent after the break however struggled to interrupt down Tanzania’s organized protection. Tanzania had a purpose disallowed for offside within the 69th minute earlier than Dismas Shida Athanasi capitalized on a defensive error deep into stoppage time to seal the victory.
China will face Spain, Fiji and Morocco in Group H on the 2026 FIFA U17 World Cup in Qatar from November 19 to December 13.