Becamex TPHCM has officially announced the appointment of Gerard Albadalejo Castano as head coach, gearing up for the new season with the goal of competing for a promotion spot to return to Vietnam's top football division.

Foreword: The S16 season has officially begun, and most fans have been closely following the recent offseason. After the second stage, multiple LPL teams underwent roster reshuffles. The highly anticipated IG team has once again formed an almost all-star lineup.

Foreword: The S16 season has officially kicked off, and the majority of players have been following the recent matches closely.

From Shijiazhuang, Nan Nan reports that before this year's May Day holiday, Shen Xiangfu was very busy, along with several young colleagues. They were tasked with selecting outstanding young football talents born in 2011 and 2012 for Hebei Province. For over a week, Shen Xiangfu, Zhang Qi, Chen Kai, and Tian Huanjing had all their meals together. Rather than eating, it was more like holding meetings—after taking a few quick bites, they would discuss children, techniques, and tactics.

Zuo Rui reports from Xi'an. The World Cup is in full swing, and at the same time, the Xi'an College Football League—a World Cup of its own for local university students—is also underway. Though the event has not yet reached its anticipated scale and influence, it already demonstrates a purer, more diverse, smarter, and more exciting essence, reflecting the foresight and determination of Xi'an's football authorities that "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

Zuo Rui reports from Xi'an. Xi'an Physical Education University National Football College and Xi'an Football College, both based in Xi'an, a key city for football development in China, have different stages of growth: one is deeply rooted and aims to expand across the northwest, while the other is newly born, focusing on local youth training in Xi'an. "The National Football College of Xi'an Physical Education University is our model to learn from. There is no competition between the two institutions.

Written by Han Bing. The unprecedentedly large USA-Mexico-Canada World Cup has just concluded its group stage. As the world's largest single audience market for the World Cup, China's total online reach of World Cup content firmly ranks first globally. Moreover, it is foreseeable that as the tournament enters the knockout stage, although the number of matches decreases, the intensity of the knockout rounds will keep World Cup topics highly popular.

According to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in North Africa, Moroccan star Achraf Hakimi has lavished special praise on teammate Munir Mohamedi, asserting that the veteran goalkeeper is the real leader of the national side.

Facing Paraguay, a team renowned for its powerful and collision-heavy style of play, Germany's head coach Julian Nagelsmann is devising tactical plans to reduce direct confrontations while maintaining effective control of the game.

When we talk about the 2018 draft, we call it a historically strong class. Luka Dončić showed superstar potential in his rookie season, but no one expected the biggest success to be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, picked 11th. And after today, the first-rounders of the 2018 draft share another common trait: every single one has left the team that originally drafted them.