Rudi Gutendorf’s globe-trotting career, spanning half a century, saw him coach a record 55 teams.
Rudi Gutendorf, the tireless manager who guided a world record 55 teams, including 18 national sides, has died at 93, according to several German media outlets.
Born in Koblenz on the banks of the Rhine, the man dubbed “Restless Rudi” started his football career as a player for hometown club TuS Neuendorf before taking his first management role with Swiss side Blue Stars Zurich in the 1950s.
Coaching proved infectious, and after building an impressive CV with top flight teams in West Germany, Gutendorf…
Hong Kong fans turn their back and boo while holding up placards during the Chinese anthem.
Thousands of Hong Kong football fans booed loudly and turned their backs when the Chinese national anthem was played before their World Cup qualifier against Iran on Tuesday, taking the city’s months of protests into the sports realm.
The crowd broke out into “Glory to Hong Kong,” a song reflecting their campaign for more democratic freedoms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
After the match started, fans chanted “Fight for freedom” and “Revolution of our Times.” One person carried a blue…
BEIJING — Former FIFA female player of the year Sun Wen has been elected a vice president of the Chinese Football Association as China seeks to revamp its lagging national program.
Sun, who became captain of the Chinese team in 2000, is currently director of the women’s youth training department at the CFA.
Sun scored 16 goals over two Olympic and four World Cup tournaments, including the 1999 edition in which China was runner-up to the United States. She also played two seasons with the Atlanta…
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Italy beat China 2-0 to qualify for the quarterfinals of the women’s World Cup in convincing fashion on Tuesday as their dream return to the tournament after a 20-year absence continued.
Valentina Giacinti and Aurora Galli netted either side of the interval to set up a meeting with the Netherlands or Japan, who play later on Tuesday.
Italy have made it to the last eight of the women’s World Cup only once, in the inaugural edition in 1991 when the group phase directly led to the quarterfinals.
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As we head into the knockout rounds of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, it’s when games are settled not with draws or VAR, but a good ol’ penalty shootout. You know the rules by now, right? Two teams line up and individual players take turns shooting at the goal. The keeper dives to a side, and sometimes gets it right. If the teams are tied after five kicks, they each take turns until one team finishes with more.
With the Round of 16 kicking off Saturday at 11:30 a.m. ET, we look back at every…
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China and Spain played out a 0-0 draw in their final World Cup Group B match on Monday and the result was good enough for both teams to advance to the last 16 after Germany beat South Africa 4-0 in the other game.
Germany progressed as group winners with a perfect record of three victories while Spain finished second on four points.
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China also ended on four points with an inferior goal difference, but they are…
Fabio Cannavaro’s mixed coaching record has amplified concerns over his suitability for the China job.
With just six months until the start of their qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup, two defeats in five days under Fabio Cannavaro have only deepened the long-standing pessimism surrounding China’s national team.
Back-to-back 1-0 reversals in Nanning against Asian opposition — Thailand last Thursday and Uzbekistan on Monday — underlined the difficulties China face in their quest to end their long absence from the World Cup.
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Wei Shihao (right) chases the ball during China’s clash with Uzbekistan in the China Cup.
Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande have suspended winger Wei Shihao for a month after a leg-breaking tackle made while on international duty — and could still terminate his contract.
The 23-year-old, in action in the second game of the China Cup, tackled Uzbekistan’s Otabek Shukurov from behind, fracturing the midfielder’s tibia.
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“The club has decided to give Wei Shihao a one-month suspension and the player should report to the club’s human resources department to have a deep self-examination,”…
Fabio Cannavaro will be hoping to lead China to success in the China Cup tournament.
World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro has been named head coach of the China national team for next week’s China Cup tournament, the country’s football association announced on Friday evening.
The Italian, who is the coach of Chinese Super League (CSL) side Guangzhou Evergrande, will take charge of the squad for the four-nation competition, which kicks off on March 21 with China facing Thailand in the semifinals.
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Uruguay and Uzbekistan are also participating in the event, which will be held in Nanning,…
Wu Lei became the first Chinese player to ever score in La Liga on Sunday, and the first in over a decade to score in a big European league.
More than 25 million fans in China were estimated to have watched online as Wu Lei become the first Chinese player to score a goal in one of the big five European leagues for 3,731 days on Saturday.
Wu joined Espanyol from Shanghai SIPG in January, and the international star grabbed the third as Los Periquitos defeated Real Valladolid 3-1 to move into 11th in La Liga.
A source at PPTV, the official broadcaster of La Liga in China, told ESPN that the ratings had grown since the forward’s debut against…