Nagoya, Japan, Oct 3, 2026 (AFP) - China coach says future bright after first football medal in 28 years

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Chinese football has "a fantastic future" after winning their first Asian Games medal in nearly three decades on Saturday, their men's under-23 coach said. Football's great underachievers have only qualified for the World Cup once, in 2002, and the senior side were hammered 5-0 at home by Palestine on Friday. But China have enjoyed recent relative success at youth level and followed up their runner-up finish at the Under-23 Asian Cup in February......

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