BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — Here are the newest Chinese sports activities headlines from the previous week:
1. China exits Women’s Volleyball World Championship with defeat to France
China crashed out of the 2025 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship on August 31 with a 3-1 defeat to France within the spherical of 16, shedding 25-20, 27-25, 22-25, 25-20.
The win sends France into the quarterfinals of the World Championship for the primary time.
For China, the early exit marks a step again from 2022, when the workforce reached the quarterfinals.
2. China claims two titles at BWF World Championships
China claimed two titles, together with Shi Yuqi’s maiden world singles trophy because the 2025 BWF World Championships concluded in Paris on August 31.
In a grueling three-game males’s ultimate, Shi rallied previous Thailand’s defending champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn 19-21, 21-10, 21-18.
In the ladies’s doubles ultimate, Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning of China, and Malaysia’s Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan showcased high-quality offense and protection in a extremely aggressive match, earlier than Liu and Tan prevailed 21-14, 20-22, 21-17 to clinch their first-ever world championships title.
3. China advances into ultimate 4 at Men’s Hockey Asia Cup
China drew 2-2 with Japan within the group stage finale and progressed to the final 4 on the 2025 Men’s Hockey Asia Cup held in Rajgir, India on September 1.
Facing Japan, which additionally had a 1-1 win-loss file forward of their duel, China went forward within the seventh minute by way of Lin Changliang, and Zhang Xiaojia doubled the benefit within the twenty fifth minute.
Japan clawed again from there, with two objectives from Kazumasa Matsumoto within the twenty eighth and 51st minutes leveling the rating.
With each groups gathering 4 factors from three matches, China overpowered Japan on objective distinction at 11-6 to safe the second place in Group A, thus advancing into the Super 4s together with group chief India.
China’s greatest outcome within the continental event is third place, achieved in 1982 and 2009.
4. China edges Timor-Leste in AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifier
China’s U-22 males’s nationwide soccer workforce noticed off Timor-Leste 2-1 in its opening recreation on the AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province on September 3.
In Group D’s different recreation, Australia smashed the Northern Mariana Islands 14-0, taking a brief lead within the group on objective distinction, with China rating second.
Along with host nation Saudi Arabia, the 11 group winners and 4 greatest runners-up will qualify for the finals to be held in January 2026.
China will face the Northern Mariana Islands on September 6.
5. China launches choice for males’s soccer coach, targets 2030 World Cup qualification
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) introduced on September 5 that it has opened functions for the boys’s nationwide workforce head coach, setting a transparent goal of qualifying for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
The software interval runs till September 20. Candidates should meet seven necessities, together with having prior expertise as head coach in main worldwide tournaments or high skilled leagues in Europe or Asia, and being underneath 60 years previous in precept. Nationality will not be restricted.
According to the CFA, the brand new coach might be anticipated to “raise the team’s level and FIFA ranking, and achieve the goal of reaching the 2030 World Cup,” whereas adopting a proactive philosophy to construct a disciplined and aggressive squad.
The new coach’s first main task would be the 2027 AFC Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.