Li Xiaopeng, head coach of the Chinese national football team. /CFP Li Xiaopeng, head coach of the Chinese national football team, led the franchise to a draw and three losses in the four 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier games in 76 days. The team again failed to reach...
TIANJIN, China, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Branko Ivankovic, the new head coach of the Chinese men's national football team, said here Friday that his primary goal is to help China reach the Asian Qualifiers third round, with the ultimate goal of competing in the World Cup. It was the Croatia...
Former head coach of China national men's football team Li Tie sentenced to 20 years for bribery-
WUHAN, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The former head coach of China's national men's football team and star footballer Li Tie was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for giving and receiving bribes. The sentence was handed down by the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning in Hubei Provinc...
HANOI, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- China's national football team head coach Li Xiaopeng has urged his players to go all out to beat Vietnam in their upcoming FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifier here on Tuesday, which also falls on Lunar New Year's Day. ...
WUHAN, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Li Tie, the former head coach of China's national men's football team, stood trial at the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning, in central China's Hubei Province, on Thursday. Li was charged with paying and taking bribes when he served as head coach of...
BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese players made impressive improvements when Li Tie was in charge of the national men's football team, said the goalkeeper coach Ou Chuliang. Li was sacked midway through the final phase of FIFA 2022 World Cup qualification, even though he had brought admira...
BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- China's national football team head coach Li Tie says he plans to call up more naturalized players to bolster his squad ahead of the team's next FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Li, who filled the vacancy left by Marcello Lippi, had been accused by fans of fav...
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Football Association (CFA) Wednesday announced that the former China men's under-19 football team head coach Jia Xiuquan, will replace Sigurdur Ragnar Eyjolfsson as the coach of the China women's national football team. ...
MUSCAT, March 28 (Xinhua) -- China's national football team head coach Li Xiaopeng has asked all his players to cherish the opportunity to play their last World Cup qualifier here on Tuesday against Oman. "For some veteran players in the team, it will be the last time for them to play...