When Xi came to power in 2012, his love for the sport spurred a drive to reform and improve Chinese football. His dream, he ...

China can do everything it thinks." Soccer is different. China has not been on the World Cup finals for more than 20 years since the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, which was co-hosted by South Korea ...

Real Sociedad forward Takefusa Kubo celebrates scoring for Japan against Bahrain in Saitama, Japan, on March 20. AFP Japan has never gone beyond the last 16 at a World Cup, but it has set itself ...