World Cup '26: Japan, Iran top Asian qualifying charts

IMAGE: Japan's Koki Ogawa scores the first goal for Japan against China. Photograph: Florence Lo/Reuters Japan's march to the 2026 World Cup continued on Tuesday as Hajime Moriyasu's side handed......

Soccer: Guardiola in line for FIFA honour

IMAGE: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images via Reuters Manchester City's treble-winning coach Pep Guardiola and England women manager Sarina Wiegman......

China upset Saudi Arabia 1-0 at Asian Cup

China saved a second half penalty then scored a fortuitous goal that took a wicked deflection off a defender to upset Saudi Arabia 1-0 at the Asian Cup on Saturday.  Two days into the......

China stun Uzbekistan to make Asian Cup last 8

China scored twice in 13 minutes to come from behind and upset Uzbekistan 2-1 at the Asian Cup on Wednesday to book a spot in the quarter-finals. China started the tournament as......

Soccer fans want China coach sacked

Angry Chinese fans demanded the resignation of China's football coach Sun Wei after his team were knocked out of the Asian Games following a 3-0 thrashing by South Korea in a last 16 match on......