In the first major event of the 2025 world badminton season, the Malaysia Open, Wang Zhiyi performed well in the women's singles competition, overcoming strong opponents to reach the final. Unfortunately, she lost to South Korean prodigy An Se-young and had to settle for the runner-up position. This week, Wang Zhiyi embarked on the Super 750 India Open with the national team. On this match day, Wang Zhiyi faced Japanese youngster Miyazaki Tomoka. After the start of the game, Wang Zhiyi was in good form but gradually lost control of the rhythm, allowing Miyazaki to reverse and win the first set. Subsequently, due to leg discomfort, Wang Zhiyi could not continue and chose to withdraw from the match, ending the run of the second seed early! Born in 2006, Miyazaki Tomoka is a rising star in women's singles that Japan is currently focusing on cultivating. Although she is young, her latest world ranking has reached No. 11, and her personal strength cannot be underestimated. However, in terms of immediate combat effectiveness, there is still a gap compared to Wang Zhiyi, who is ranked second in the world. This can also be seen from their past head-to-head records. In last season's China Badminton Open, Wang Zhiyi defeated Miyazaki Tomoka in straight sets in the final, lifting the women's singles championship trophy. After the start of this tournament, both Wang Zhiyi and Miyazaki Tomoka encountered tenacious resistance from their opponents in the first round. Miyazaki Tomoka fought hard for three sets to eliminate Thai player Boonpiya, while Wang Zhiyi also went through…

The 4th day of the main event at the 2025 WTT Star Challenge Doha Station is about to begin. Looking back at the third match day, two champions have already been decided. Daikiya Oba and Saki Nagasaki defeated He Zhuojia and Zong Ge Man with a score of 3-0, winning the women's doubles title; Xu Yingbin and Xiang Peng narrowly won Zhang Ben Zhizhi and Matsuhashi Kikuo with a score of 3-2, capturing the men's doubles championship. In these two finals between China and Japan, both the Chinese and Japanese teams each won one championship, sharing the honors equally. In the women's doubles final, the partnership of Daikiya Oba and Saki Nagasaki faced off against He Zhuojia and Zong Ge Man. Both sides will engage in fierce competition in this final, and it remains to be seen which side will emerge as the ultimate winner in this women's doubles final, drawing much attention. In the first game, Daikiya Oba and Saki Nagasaki quickly entered the state, relying on their默契配合 and rapid offense to quickly take a 10-1 lead over He Zhuojia and Zong Ge Man. He Zhuojia/Zong Ge Man made many mistakes and lost points quickly, allowing the Japanese pair to easily win the first set 11-2. In the second set, after adjusting their state and controlling their mistakes, He Zhuojia/Zong Ge Man were able to engage in rallies with their opponents and even took a significant 7-2 lead. However, Daikiya Oba/Saki Nagasaki fought back, narrowing the lead and saving three match points while scoring five consecutive points to win…

On January 11th, Beijing time, the fifth match day of the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Open began, with the semi-finals of various events set to take place one after another. The first match was a women's singles semi-final where former world champion Ratchanok Intanon suffered a 0-2 defeat, being swept by world number one An Se-young, swallowing her ninth consecutive loss to An Se-young as An Se-young advanced to the women's singles final. The second match was a women's doubles semi-final where the national team pair of Li Yijing/Luo Xumin lost 0-2 to the Japanese pair of Yuki Fukushima/Mayu Matsumoto, losing this China-Japan clash, which meant that the national team's women's doubles missed out on the opportunity to win the championship in advance. The other women's doubles semi-final was an internal battle between Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning and Jia Yifan/Zhang Shuhuan. The women's singles semi-final between An Se-young and Ratchanok Intanon marked the start of the fifth match day. Both An Se-young and Ratchanok Intanon are world champions, with An Se-young also being the Paris Olympic champion and currently ranked world number one. The 22-year-old An Se-young is at the peak of her career, while the 30-year-old Ratchanok Intanon, although not in the twilight of her career, has seen a decline in competitive form compared to her peak. Previously, they had met nine times, with An Se-young losing their first encounter but then winning eight consecutive matches. After the start of the game, An Se-young quickly took a commanding lead of 9-2, with Ratchanok Intanon closing the gap slightly. An Se-young still…

At 1:11 AM on January 11th, the WTT Doha Star Challenge continued to progress vigorously. In the day's competition, Xiang Peng and Xu Yingbin teamed up to defeat Tomokazu Harimoto and Koki Niwa with a score of 3-2, successfully winning the men's doubles championship title, and all events on the penultimate day of the competition came to an end. After this battle, the national table tennis team's record was mixed with joy and worry. In the women's doubles arena, the national table tennis team combination of Zhuo Jia He and Zong Ge Man performed unsatisfactorily, and they were swept by the Japanese combination of Shizuka Toda and Sakiyo Yokoi with a score of 0-3, unfortunately missing the women's doubles championship trophy. So far, two crowns have been born in the Doha Challenge, with the national table tennis team and the Japanese table tennis team each winning one championship and one runner-up, both sides are evenly matched in the honor competition. In addition, the top four women's singles have also been decided, with Chinese and Japanese players occupying two seats each. However, the situation in the women's singles arena is really surprising. In the singles matches, there were frequent upsets, and except for Miharu Kuwahara, all the seeded female singles players who skipped the first round returned empty-handed. On the men's singles side, Qiu Dang, the No. 2 seed player, was also unable to escape elimination, having already been knocked out. The following is a more detailed account of the competition and the subsequent match schedule arrangements:‌ ‌[Women's Doubles Final]‌ It…

As we enter 2025, Chinese football has ushered in a new chapter. The national team's matches remain the top priority, with this time not only the national team's top 18 matches drawing attention but also the U series teams' competitions for younger age groups receiving unprecedented attention. The U20 and U17 Asian Cups are about to kick off, with both the national youth and junior teams being pinned with high hopes, as the better the results from the lower age groups starting from U21, the more hopeful it is for Chinese football. Emphasizing youth training is the most significant impression given by Song Kai's current football association. After taking office, Song Kai re-established the guidelines and goals of Chinese football, focusing on improving youth training. This includes perfecting national teams across various age groups and, for the first time, preparing to create national teams for such young age groups as U11, U12, and U13. Additionally, he established a technical-centric football style and system, implementing a strategy of cyclically using coaches for U series teams, and hiring Japanese coaches for the U15 and U16 national junior teams, which is quite rare in the history of Chinese football. Song Kai's actions have also attracted the attention of Japanese media, who conducted an exclusive interview with him. As the highest manager in the Chinese football industry, he showed great humility, discussing the gap between Chinese and Japanese football with a very low profile. He expressed that the gap between Chinese and Japanese football pains him, and the comprehensive use of Japanese coaches in…