Italy's Marcello Lippi could return to Chinese top flight side Guangzhou Evergrande on a three-year, 60 million euro ($67.6m) deal which would make him the world's highest-paid coach, reports said Thursday.... more »
Wu Lei's dramatic injury-time winner put Sven-Goran Eriksson's Shanghai SIPG into the AFC Champions League quarter-finals against a dumbfounded FC Tokyo on Tuesday.... more »
Beijing Guoan coach Alberto Zaccheroni came under mounting pressure as hundreds of fans protested after a 2-1 defeat to 10-man Jiangsu Suning late on Sunday.... more »
Luiz Felipe Scolari's Guangzhou Evergrande put their AFC Champions League frustrations behind them with a 4-0 win over Tianjin Teda to go top of the Chinese Super League.... more »
Defending title-holders Guangzhou Evergrande crashed out of the AFC Champions League after group rivals Sydney FC and Urawa Red Diamonds played out a goalless draw on Wednesday.... more »
Guangzhou Evergrande kept their stumbling AFC Champions League title defence alive with a deserved 2-0 win over Pohang Steelers on Tuesday -- their first victory of the competition.... more »
Guangzhou Evergrande kept their stumbling AFC Champions League title defence alive with a deserved 2-0 win over Pohang Steelers on Tuesday -- their first victory of the competition.... more »
Australia's Sydney FC said they were ready to "make history" when they take on Japanese giants Urawa Red Diamonds at home on Wednesday in the AFC Champions League, where a draw could take them through to the last 16 for the first time.... more »
The head of Spain's La Liga said the cashed-up Chinese Super League wasn't far from becoming one of the world's top football competitions -- but he hopes Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo aren't headed there just yet.... more »
Shinzo Koroki's late strike kept holders Guangzhou Evergrande rooted to the bottom of their AFC Champions League group after a 2-2 draw with Urawa Red Diamonds on Wednesday.... more »
Former Atletico Madrid striker Jackson Martinez was on target as his new side Guangzhou Evergrande cast off their early-season woes to beat Changchun Yatai 3-0 in the Chinese Super League.... more »
China's Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao were proclaimed the holders of an unlikely title by the official news agency Xinhua on Wednesday: the world's most valuable football club.... more »
The cash-rich Chinese Super League splashed 331 million euros ($359 million) on players in its winter transfer window, outspending the English Premier League for the first time. Here are the five most notable signings:... more »
Milos Dimitrijevic's late winner stunned China's Guangzhou Evergrande on Wednesday as the super-rich AFC Champions League title-holders were sent packing 2-1 by a determined Sydney FC.... more »
Hong Kong punters will not be able to bet on Chinese Super League matches, the city's Jockey Club said Tuesday, hinting at fears over its "transparency" and "integrity".... more »
Chinese Super League clubs wrapped up a record spending spree on Friday after football transfers worth a world-beating 331 million euros ($365 million) sent the sport into a spin.... more »
Record signing Jackson Martinez's Guangzhou Evergrande career got off to a torrid start on Wednesday, when the AFC Champions League title-holders were held 0-0 by Pohang Steelers in front of an empty stadium.... more »
China's megabucks teams will set their sights on continental glory when defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande and big-spending Jiangsu Suning embark on their AFC Champions League campaigns this week.... more »
They may lack Barcelona or Chelsea's glamour, but Chinese football clubs are luring skillful South Americans with irresistible multimillion-dollar checks in their quest to make China a world soccer power.... more »
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger warned on Friday of the growing threat facing the Premier League posed by the cashed-up Chinese Super League in the wake of a record spending spree.... more »
The cashed-up Chinese Super League has splashed out an eye-watering 258.9 million euros ($290 million) in the winter transfer window so far, surging past the big-spending English Premier League for the first time.... more »