Evergrande has been front and center of Chinese soccer over the past three years; especially since winning last year's Asian Champions League trophy.
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced stricter financial rules on club signings on Tuesday, one day after the summer transfer window opened, in a pre-emptive aimed at curbing big spenders.
Xi says in a meeting with FIFA chief Gianni Infantino that making nation a sporting power is an important part of the development goals.
Coaches, players and fans of Beijing Enterprises Football Club paid tribute to Cheick Tiote, the player from Cote d'Ivoire who died suddenly on Monday.
Ping An Insurance will continue to be a major sponsor of the Chinese Super League, announcing a new 1 billion yuan ($145 million) five-year deal for the naming rights.
About 300 young players from more than 30 countries and regions along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, known together as the Belt and Road Initiative, will participate in an international soccer tournament this weekend.
A Spanish club has acquired a stake in a Chinese university football club, the first-ever deal that introduces foreign capital to Chinese football after China released last year an overall football reform plan.
Former Brazil international midfielder Ralf has expressed a desire to extend his contract with Chinese Super League outfit Beijing Guoan.
With key players missing the game due to injuries, Chinese Super League (CSL) club Shanghai SIPG draws 0-0 with South Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the Asian Champions League (ACL) quarter-final first leg at home on Tuesday.
The protracted purchase of AC Milan by a Chinese consortium was postponed yet again on Monday, though although a person familiar with the negotiations says the hold-up is due to "little deals" and the emblematic Italian club should change hands by next week.
A legendary Dutch soccer trio who rocked the soccer world decades ago has now set their sights on helping the game's development among youth in China.
English football star David Beckham sits next to officials during a football campaign by Adidas at Zhixin High School in Guangzhou city, south China´s Guangdong province, June 28, 2016.
Pupils perform football dancing in the 1st School Football Culture Festival of Xiangban Primary School in Fuzhou, capital of Southeast China's Fujian province, on May 20, 2016.