On July 15, 2004, Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA, formally announced to the world that soccer originates in Zibo, Shandong province, China. While maybe few people know that this sport is called Cuju ...

We all know the football we watch and discuss and support today. However, the emergence of the modern rules of the game happened relatively recently (in the late 1800s). However, leading up to this ...

At the Al Bidda Park in Doha, Qatar, some Chinese people wearing traditional Chinese clothing demonstrate the tricks and skills of the ancient sport known as cuju, the prototype of modern football ...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is underway, with billions of people across the globe tuning in to watch the world's most popular sporting spectacle. So what are the origins of soccer—a sport which ...

When England hosted the European Championship 20 years ago, the anthem of the home team - also a number one single - had the catchy chorus "It's coming home… football's coming home." But China can ...

Emperors Taizu and Taizong, with Prime Minister Zhao Pu and other ministers, playing Cuju, by Qian Xuan (ca.1300). Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons For centuries in China, men and women ...

Those involved in the ancient form of soccer known as Cuju launched a bid for the game to be recognized as part of the world's intangible heritage on Tuesday in Linzi District, east China's Shandong ...

BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China.org.cn on the World Cup and China's football development: The quadrennial FIFA World Cup is in full swing in Qatar. A few days into the ...

There were farcical scenes in a Chinese second tier football match on Tuesday when the club owner was substituted on to play against Manchester City’s sister side. Zibo Cuju’s No 10 He Shihua came on ...

Purchasing a team in any sport seems like a pretty cool enterprise. Is it always the best business decision? No, not always, because it’s not hard for teams to lose gobs of money, but some of the ...

Zibo Cuju owner He Shihua made his second substitute appearance of the China League One season, coming on in second half injury-time against Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard on Monday. He had made headlines ...