For all of China's dominating show in Hangzhou, its footballers flop again at the Asian Games

South Korea's Song Minkyu (rught) evades China’s Huang Jiahui during the men's quarter-final football match between South Korea and China at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on October 1, 2023. S. Korea won 2-0. - AFP

HANGZHOU (AFP): China swept four gold medals in track and field at the Asian Games on Sunday to celebrate national day, but their men's football team failed to read the script and were dumped out by South Korea.

The hosts are running away at the top of the overall medals table in Hangzhou with 132 golds and still seven days of competition to go.