At a World Cup without China, attention turns to a fan-favorite Chinese referee
Selected for his second consecutive World Cup, Ma Ning arrives at the tournament as China's highest-profile representative.
China’s men’s national team failed to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, extending its absence from the tournament since its lone appearance in 2002. The country’s highest-profile representative at the tournament will instead be Ma Ning, a FIFA-listed Chinese referee selected for the competition after serving as a fourth…
