Foul by China in game (9)
I believe the answer is:
badminton
'game' is the definition.
(badminton is a kind of game)
'foul by china' is the wordplay.
'foul' becomes 'bad'.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'china' becomes 'minton' (china made by Thomas Minton).
'bad'+'minton'='BADMINTON'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for badminton that I've seen before include "Game played with rackets" , "Racket game with shuttlecock" , "Game with shuttlecocks" , "Racket sport" , "Seat of the Duke of Beaufort - racket game" .)