VIENNA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Japanese national team director Masakuni Yamamoto said players playing in top-flight leagues is the key factor to a strong national team. The Japan national team announced a ...

CARACAS, May 15 (Xinhua) -- An explosion at a natural gas platform on Lake Maracaibo in western Venezuela triggered a fire on Friday, injuring six workers, state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezue ...

China continued its journey at the 2026 AFC U17 Asian Cup as it advanced to the semifinals by defeating host Saudi Arabia 3-1 ...

China has been drawn into Group F alongside Spain, Nigeria and New Caledonia for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2026, ...

ABIDJAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire national football team head coach Emerse Fae on Friday in Abidjan announced a 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to take place from June 11 t ...

Mayors and city representatives from around the world gathered in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu this week to ...

JIUQUAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The combination of the Shenzhou-23 crewed spacecraft and the Long March-2F Y23 carrier rocket commenced its transfer to the launch area on Saturday. Enditem ...

CHANGSHA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The morning mist had barely lifted from the rice paddies when Malaysian student Au Bor Chuen picked up a hoe and joined a villager in central China's Hunan Province for a ...

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of their ceasefire that took effect last month, a spokesperson for the U ...

A World Cup-themed shop is seen at the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 15, 2026.

Manuel Neuer and Sven Ulreich have extended their contracts with Bayern Munich until June 2027, leaving the German record ...

TOKYO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The operator of the Onagawa nuclear power station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, said Friday that it will halt the facility's No. 2 reactor after radioactive steam ...