After losing two games in a row in the round of 18 of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup, the Chinese men's football team dropped to 91st place in FIFA's ranking, the lowest in the world in the past eight years.
Freestyle skier Gu Ailing was called a "two-faced person" by Chinese netizens because of rumors that she was dating French swimmer Marchand. Gu Ailing responded on her personal social media on Wednesday (August 21, 2024) that she won 39 medals for China and asked those who scolded her: "What have you done for the country?"
After winning the men's 100m freestyle final at the Paris Olympics, Chinese swimming star Pan Zhanle said that he had been ignored when he greeted foreign athletes before, but now he has avenged himself, "those who looked down on us have been defeated today."
Guo Shiqiang, the current head coach of the CBA Guangzhou Long Lions, will replace Djordjevic and once again serve as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha, the women's singles table tennis champions at the Tokyo Olympics, will continue to represent China in the women's singles competition at the Paris Olympics.
Two-time Olympic champion Ma Long did not qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics table tennis men's singles.
On March 28, 2024, the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province held a first-instance public hearing on the case of Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team, of accepting bribes, offering bribes, offering bribes by his employer, accepting bribes by non-state staff, and offering bribes to non-state staff.
