Shanghai surprise: city rivals become Chinese Super League’s powerhouses
Port and Shenhua are tussling for the title after years of underachievement under the canny management of Kevin Muscat and Leonid Slutsky
July 2023
Oscar’s Chinese purgatory offers players cautionary tale in Saudi boom era
Barney Ronay
As players fly out to join the Saudi Pro League, they should recall the Brazilian who followed a golden trail and is still in China
October 2021
Chinese football in doldrums as clubs struggle and World Cup dream fades
Chinese Super League has halted to prioritise national team but to no avail so far and Guangzhou are latest big club in trouble
May 2021
Sportblog
Why China investment in Inter brings urgent need to scrutinise owners
As the Italian parliament debates whether Italy should formally recognise that China is guilty of genocide on its Uyghur citizens, the Chinese state is a part-owner of the Scudetto champions
March 2021
China crisis: Jiangsu's demise is part of country's wider football struggle
Sixteen clubs have been lost across the top three divisions in the past year after the bubble of big spending burst
February 2021
Chinese Super League in disarray as champions Jiangsu cease operations
A post on Jiangsu‘s official WeChat account expressed hope of new backers or that a “company of insight” would be willing to consult on the team’s future
January 2021
Guardian Sport Network
Oscar: 'I would like to return to Chelsea to end my career'
Rafael Benítez puts clubs on alert after leaving job in China
September 2020
Salomón Rondón: 'If I have a chance to sign again for Newcastle I will do it'
Dalian Pro striker tells Nick Ames about working with Rafa Benítez and being confined to a hotel in China for two months with barely a day off
July 2020
Marouane Fellaini scores eight-minute headed hat-trick after Covid-19 recovery
Marouane Fellaini scored a hat-trick of headers in eight second-half minutes to earn Shandong Luneng a dramatic comeback victory in the Chinese Super League
June 2020
Everton among clubs chasing 'Monster' South Korea defender Kim Min-jae
Manchester United extend Odion Ighalo's loan to 31 January
May 2020
Odion Ighalo's stay at Manchester United likely to end next week
Chinese Super League side Tianjin Tianhai fold amid Covid-19 uncertainty
April 2020
'As if I was in the stadium again' - Wuhan's Jean Evrard Kouassi on team's return to city
Ivorian discusses being away for 104 days, including a difficult time in Spain where ‘people looked at us very differently’
August 2019
Rafael Benítez cites lack of trust as reason for leaving Newcastle
Rafael Benítez says his decision to leave Newcastle was due to a lack of trust rather than the financial attraction of China
July 2019
Gareth Bale at odds with Pérez and sees no way out of Real Madrid
Gareth Bale set to join Jiangsu Suning on £1m per week contract – reports
Salomón Rondón leaves West Brom to rejoin Rafael Benítez at Dalian Yifang
José Mourinho rejects huge contract offer from Guangzhou Evergrande
