After entering 2025, both the Chinese men's and women's football teams organized their first training sessions of the new year. The men's team trained in Haikou, Hainan, with head coach Ivan leading the preparations for this year's top 18 matches. The women's team, under the leadership of head coach Milicic, conducted winter training in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. During the training period, the women's team played a friendly match against the players from Evergrande Football School, which they lost. With a score of 2-5, the Chinese women's football team suffered their first loss of the year, defeated by the Evergrande U15 boys' team, and recorded five losses out of nine matches since Shui Qingxia's departure. On January 18th, during the match between the Chinese women's football team and the Evergrande U15 team, Wu Haiyan served as the team captain and started the game. The Chinese women's team initially took control of the game's rhythm, with Shao Ziqin and Yuan Cong scoring goals to give them a 2-0 lead in the first half. However, problems arose in the team's defense later in the game, allowing Evergrande to equalize the score in the first half. In the second half, Evergrande scored three more goals to secure the victory. In this training session, the Chinese women's football team had a total of 26 players on the roster, none of whom were overseas players. Wang Shuang, Li Mengwen, Shen Mengyu, and other overseas players did not participate in the training. The roster included goalkeepers Xu Huan, Peng Shimeng, and Pan Hongyan, eight defenders including Chen Qiaozhu,…

Liu Guoliang Speaks Out Amid Rumors of His Resignation: CCTV Interview Reveals Details, Discusses Future Four-Year Plan for National Table Tennis Team Mentioning the name Liu Guoliang, table tennis enthusiasts are undoubtedly familiar with it. As the soul figure of the Chinese table tennis team, his contributions are nothing short of monumental. From being a player to a coach and then the chairman of the China Table Tennis Association, he is like a living fossil in table tennis, wielding immense influence. Especially since taking on the role of head coach, Liu has not only maintained the world-class level of the national team but also cultivated countless outstanding players. It can be said that the brilliant achievements of the national table tennis team are inseparable from his hard work and precise deployment. However, recently, rumors about Liu's resignation have been rife, with some even openly accusing him of failing to manage the administrative aspects of the national table tennis team, making him the focus of many discussions. Especially He Xiaolong, an old-timer in the table tennis circle, openly challenged Liu, claiming that he did not handle the issue of fan culture well. Fan culture, doesn't this sound like the fan culture in the entertainment industry? But in He Xiaolong's view, this culture has already infiltrated into the national table tennis team, even affecting the training and competitive state of the athletes. These seemingly enthusiastic fans actually brought a considerable burden to the athletes, to the extent that Chen Meng even considered retirement due to attacks from fans. So, what was Liu…