https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/38/feed The latest Hong Kong sports news, fixtures, results and comment. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Hong Kong’s fencers have set their sights on the Los Angeles Paralympics after winning silver in the women’s foil team event at the Asian Para Games on Tuesday. Lam Ka-man, Yu Chui-yee, Tong Nga-ting and Chung Yuen-ping lost 30-12 to China in the final at the Nagoya City Inae Sports Centre, having come from behind to beat Thailand 30-23 in the semi-final. Despite the presence of veteran Yu, who also took women’s foil category A bronze on Monday, Hong Kong were always chasing gold and trailed... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371527/asian-para-games-hong-kong-fencers-win-silver-gain-valuable-preparation-la-paralympics https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371527/asian-para-games-hong-kong-fencers-win-silver-gain-valuable-preparation-la-paralympics Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:05:06 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara A charity football tournament in Hong Kong on Monday allowed some players a temporary release from the “quagmire, anxiety and stress” of their daily lives. The event at Kings Park was staged to raise funds and awareness for Branches of Hope (BoH), the non-governmental organisation that serves refugees, asylum seekers and human trafficking survivors in Hong Kong. Featuring 16 teams and around 250 players, the seven-a-side Home and Away Charity Football Tournament was expected to raise more than... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371395/charity-football-tournament-offers-hope-reduces-stress-marginalised-hong-kong https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371395/charity-football-tournament-offers-hope-reduces-stress-marginalised-hong-kong Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Kai Tak Sports Park would provide an “amazing venue” for a regular-season NFL game, according to one of the masterminds behind the HK$30 billion sporting complex. What began as a novelty initiative when the NFL first staged a game outside the United States, in Mexico 21 years ago, has grown into a global phenomenon. Ten international fixtures are planned for next season, up from nine this year. Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, recently raised the prospect of Japan becoming the league’s debut... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371305/kai-tak-chiefs-should-target-nfl-monster-trucks-says-stadium-designer https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371305/kai-tak-chiefs-should-target-nfl-monster-trucks-says-stadium-designer Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara On the face of it, Grand Slam Track should have worked. The brainchild of Michael Johnson, the four-time Olympic gold medal sprinter, the initiative was designed to give track and field a regular season narrative; to position track and field in the global spotlight and reward the world’s best athletes with the cash rewards and superstar profiles that their talents merited. Still, poor crowds for Grand Slam Track’s (GTS) April 2025 debut in Jamaica raised the first red flag. Attendances over the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371268/sailgp-has-look-runaway-train-co-founder-russell-coutts-far-satisfied https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371268/sailgp-has-look-runaway-train-co-founder-russell-coutts-far-satisfied Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:11 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong will host a World Fencing League event next year, bringing the sport’s best and brightest to the city for one day in April, sources have told the South China Morning Post. The brainchild of 2016 US Olympic team foil bronze medallist Miles Chamley-Watson, WFL staged its inaugural event in Los Angeles earlier this year, and featured the likes of Hong Kong’s Ryan Choi Chun-yin, who captained Team Shield. Sources said the league was being pencilled in for the penultimate week of April, a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371151/world-fencing-league-bringing-sports-best-and-brightest-hong-kong-april https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371151/world-fencing-league-bringing-sports-best-and-brightest-hong-kong-april Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:30:07 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara The 0.1 second that stood between Yvette Kong Man-yi and qualifying for the 2012 Olympics was “unbearable”, the Hong Kong swimmer writes in her newly published memoir, The Unmeasured Human. It was, the 33-year-old recalls years later, “too small to feel and too large to survive unchanged”. Fourteen years on, Kong is grateful for the heartbreaking experience, telling the South China Morning Post that “challenge is fundamental to human growth and spirit”. “I needed to find the courage to try again... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371025/hong-kong-olympian-wonders-if-ai-answer-recapturing-our-humanity https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3371025/hong-kong-olympian-wonders-if-ai-answer-recapturing-our-humanity Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:03:29 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Explaining his aversion to socialising, Vincent Ho Chak-yiu was suitably succinct. “When I have to talk, it’s a lot of effort,” he told the South China Morning Post. “Harder than riding a horse, for sure.” It is logical that one of Hong Kong’s greatest jockeys feels most contented on horseback. When Ho begins speaking, though, the personal takes and tales roll off his tongue. He relives the day in New Zealand that he “felt completely dead” after riding 39 horses, explains how he bounced back... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370769/hong-kong-horse-racing-superstar-vincent-hos-fightback-brain-bleed-world-class-quest https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370769/hong-kong-horse-racing-superstar-vincent-hos-fightback-brain-bleed-world-class-quest Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:27 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan There were many reasons for Hong Kong to celebrate the recent Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. From the most golds won to bringing home a record-breaking number of medals, the city generally fared well at the multi-sport event. Whether it was the 11 golds or the 54 medals from the city’s athletes playing in 14 sports, some sports, notably sailing, were the biggest winners of all, with four golds and 10 medals overall. Fencing, swimming, cycling, karate and squash all won their fair share of medals,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370612/hong-kong-athletics-team-face-make-or-break-period-after-0-medals-asian-games https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370612/hong-kong-athletics-team-face-make-or-break-period-after-0-medals-asian-games Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:19 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Cycling bosses issued a fulsome apology on Sunday after furious riders branded The Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Cyclothon a “bike-pushing festival” and the city “the international capital of embarrassing fails”. A chaotic end and mid-race route change in the 32km (19.9 mile) ride prompted myriad complaints from competitors, with most angry at being turned away from Ting Kau Bridge and then finding themselves forced to complete the course on foot. In a lengthy statement, the Cycling... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370496/hong-kong-cyclothon-furious-riders-call-city-capital-fails-after-route-chaos https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370496/hong-kong-cyclothon-furious-riders-call-city-capital-fails-after-route-chaos Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:54:25 +0000 Owen Goulding Owen Goulding The founder of the Esports Association of Hong Kong (ESAHK), Erik Yeung, is hoping a perfect storm of changing perceptions, Asian Games success and a wider talent pool can help continue the growth of the gaming scene in Hong Kong. Competitive gaming has been a huge growth market in Asia and became an official medal event at the Asian Games in 2023, and was back again in Japan last month. China has dominated proceedings, winning seven gold medals across the two Games. Three of those came at this... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370377/esports-body-founder-hopes-asian-games-medals-perception-change-help-grow-hong-kong-gaming https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370377/esports-body-founder-hopes-asian-games-medals-perception-change-help-grow-hong-kong-gaming Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:31 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Coleman Wong Chak-lam’s historic men’s singles gold at the Asian Games had an impact far beyond earning him a spot at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics; it also secured tennis’ elite status in Hong Kong for another four years. Wong beat Wu Yibing of China in straight sets in the final at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Centre in Nagoya, becoming his city’s first singles winner at the continental Games. Bronze for Eudice Chong and Cody Wong Hong-yi in the women’s doubles made it the most successful Games... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370152/hong-kong-tennis-bosses-eye-golden-pipeline-after-coleman-wong-secures-sports-future https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370152/hong-kong-tennis-bosses-eye-golden-pipeline-after-coleman-wong-secures-sports-future Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:13 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Tennis star Coleman Wong Chak-lam said he longed for nothing more than some decent rest at home and eating with friends after he returned to Hong Kong from a hectic two weeks involving three different cities. Off the back of a quarter-final appearance at the Hangzhou Open, Wong won five matches on the trot to win Asian Games gold in Nagoya, before breaking into the Shanghai Masters main draw following back-to-back wins in the qualifiers. Following his loss to Quentin Halys of France in straight... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370217/hong-kongs-coleman-wong-looking-ahead-rest-meals-friends-after-hectic-2-weeks https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3370217/hong-kongs-coleman-wong-looking-ahead-rest-meals-friends-after-hectic-2-weeks Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:40:34 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After completing the interminable process of assembling a world-class coaching team that “knows what it is to win”, Herve Dagorne said he needed to “hurry up” and deliver a champion Hong Kong cyclist before time runs out on his reign. The appointment of two-time Olympic silver medallist Kevin Sireau to lead the city’s sprint squad was the final piece in a particularly tricky jigsaw that head coach Dagorne has been attempting to piece together for the past two years. Also a three-time world... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369899/hong-kong-cycling-coach-hurry-success-after-hiring-france-olympic-superstar https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369899/hong-kong-cycling-coach-hurry-success-after-hiring-france-olympic-superstar Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:25 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Rising fencing star Harris Ho Shing-him said for the coming Youth Olympic Games he only had one goal in mind: to win the gold medal. Hong Kong have never won any individual gold medals at the Youth Olympic Games since their inception in 2010, and while teenager Ho had “no idea” who he might face in the capital city of Senegal, he was determined to succeed. “I had a one-week break after the Asian Games and that’s enough for me. I am ready to get going again,” the 17-year-old said. “I am confident... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369940/hong-kongs-rising-fencing-star-harris-ho-confident-gold-youth-olympic-games https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369940/hong-kongs-rising-fencing-star-harris-ho-confident-gold-youth-olympic-games Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:00:13 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Elite Hong Kong athletes Ryan Choi Chun-yin and Vincent Ho Chak-yiu have been named among the recipients of this year’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons award. The pair have represented the city at home and abroad over the past several months, with Choi winning two silver medals at the Asian Games last month, in the men’s individual foil and men’s team foil categories. Ho, meanwhile, captained Hong Kong’s first ever Shergar Cup team to an impressive second place at Ascot in August and is the first... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369935/asian-games-star-ryan-choi-top-jockey-vincent-ho-honoured-10-outstanding-persons-award https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369935/asian-games-star-ryan-choi-top-jockey-vincent-ho-honoured-10-outstanding-persons-award Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:55:59 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball When Cado Lee Ka-to carried Hong Kong’s flag into the Paloma Mizuho Stadium on Sunday, he did so at the head of what remained of the most successful Asian Games delegation in the city’s history. While only a handful of the 580 athletes who made up the team attended the closing ceremony, their impact will be felt far beyond the past fortnight, although it may be in what wasn’t achieved that a lasting legacy is created. At first glance, an overall medal count of 54, only one more than the previous... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369695/hong-kongs-asian-games-medal-haul-gives-reason-be-cheerful-reckoning-awaits-some https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369695/hong-kongs-asian-games-medal-haul-gives-reason-be-cheerful-reckoning-awaits-some Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:26:25 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball There has been a common theme running through Hong Kong’s Asian Games gold medallists when it comes to talking about the pressure of being on top: Siobhan Haughey and James Christie both referred to it as a privilege, and it would not be a surprise to discover it is an entirely alien concept to Coleman Wong Chak-lam. Before Saturday, Hong Kong had never won a medal in men’s tennis at the Games, let alone gold. Faced with making history, adding another title to the city’s growing collection and... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369671/performing-under-pressure-helps-produce-record-setting-gold-medal-totals-hong-kong https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369671/performing-under-pressure-helps-produce-record-setting-gold-medal-totals-hong-kong Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:15 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong windsurfers Wong Tsz-ho and Cheung Tsz-yuet both won Asian Games titles on Saturday, taking the city’s gold medal count into double figures for the first time since its athletes started competing in the multi-sport event in 1954. With Coleman Wong Chak-lam’s triumph in the men’s singles little more than an hour earlier securing a record-equalling eighth gold, victory on the water made it nine and 10 for the delegation in Japan. Not even a lack of wind at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor could spoil... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369649/asian-games-windsurfers-golden-double-takes-hong-kong-record-medal-haul https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369649/asian-games-windsurfers-golden-double-takes-hong-kong-record-medal-haul Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:08:02 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Hong Kong’s sailors had themselves a golden day at the Asian Games on Friday, while tennis star Coleman Wong Chak-lam has a shot at one of his own, although there is more at stake than just gold in his men’s singles final on Saturday. Victory over China’s Wu Yibing, whom he beat in the third round at the Games in Hangzhou, would earn Wong a place at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Wu also has that target in mind. Saturday could prove to be a historic one for Hong Kong’s athletes. The gold medals... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369509/asian-games-day-13-hong-kong-sailor-nicholas-halliday-secures-silver-mens-dinghy https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369509/asian-games-day-13-hong-kong-sailor-nicholas-halliday-secures-silver-mens-dinghy Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:43:13 +0000 Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang Sha Tin Racecourse was filled with music, acrobatic displays and cheering on Thursday as some 10,000 tourists and local residents gathered to celebrate National Day. Despite Hong Kong sweltering in 33-degree Celsius (91.4 Fahrenheit) heat on October 1, spectators fanned themselves under clear morning skies, eagerly awaiting special performances for the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the marquee Group 3 National Day Cup. Jockey Club boss Winfried... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369435/sha-tin-racecourse-celebrates-national-day-acrobats-three-tenors-and-horse-racing https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369435/sha-tin-racecourse-celebrates-national-day-acrobats-three-tenors-and-horse-racing Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:14:07 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Hong Kong’s athletes edged the city ever closer to another historic medal haul at the Asian Games on Thursday, with the cyclists, sailors and men’s squash team all adding to the tally. The women’s squash team have guaranteed themselves at least a silver on Friday, while tennis star Coleman Wong Chak-lam eased into the semi-finals of the men’s singles, and in rugby sevens, the men began the defence of their title with two dominant performances in Nagoya. Ever since the schedule came out, there... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3369414/asian-games-day-12-hong-kongs-women-squash-final-7s-stars-and-running https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3369414/asian-games-day-12-hong-kongs-women-squash-final-7s-stars-and-running Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:18:10 +0000 Josh Ball,Mike Chan Josh Ball,Mike Chan Hong Kong’s men got their track cycling campaign off to a strong start on Tuesday, winning bronze in the team sprint, while the city’s squash players continued to march through their respective team events. China, meanwhile, took gold in the sprint in a Games record time of 42.152 seconds at Izu Velodrome, consigning Japan to silver. The hosts finished in 42.511. There was victory too for China’s women, who set an Asian record of 45.370 in beating Malaysia to team sprint gold. Chinese Taipei... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369182/asian-games-china-set-cycling-records-team-sprint-bronze-hong-kongs-men https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369182/asian-games-china-set-cycling-records-team-sprint-bronze-hong-kongs-men Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:16:10 +0000 Reuters Reuters Squash may have secured its long-awaited Olympic debut at the 2028 Los ⁠Angeles Games, but the chief of ⁠the sport’s global governing body is acutely aware ⁠of budget and venue squeezes and is not taking a spot at the Brisbane 2032 Olympics in Australia for granted. While World Squash is leaving no stone unturned in its bid to retain its Olympic spot, banking on the game’s expanding global footprint and plug-and-play sustainability, its president Zena Wooldridge took a pragmatic view of... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369090/squash-chief-looks-ahead-la-olympics-debut-not-taking-brisbane-2032-granted https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3369090/squash-chief-looks-ahead-la-olympics-debut-not-taking-brisbane-2032-granted Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:00:28 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara A “more relaxed and less stressed” Ceci Lee Sze-wing will face the challenge of overcoming two-time reigning champion and hometown favourite Yumi Kajihara in her hunt for a potentially career-shaping Asian Games gold. Lee will link up with Chloe Leung Wing-yee in the Madison on Thursday, but it is in the following day’s omnium, which head coach Herve Dagorne labelled “the queen event”, that the 25-year-old could establish herself as the continent’s most complete track cyclist. She has sacrificed... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368951/asian-games-hong-kong-star-ceci-lee-hunting-nemesis-quest-make-biggest-step https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368951/asian-games-hong-kong-star-ceci-lee-hunting-nemesis-quest-make-biggest-step Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:00:07 +0000 Josh Ball,Mike Chan Josh Ball,Mike Chan Hong Kong’s men had to settle for silver in the team at the Asian Games on Friday, where there was a rare bronze in gymnastics and the city’s swimmer gave us a glimpse of what life will be like without Siobhan Haughey. With squash returning to the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028, both of the city’s mixed doubles pairs secured a bronze and will have the chance to go at least one better in the semi-finals on Saturday. There was bronze too in the esports Fighting Games category, although table... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368767/asian-games-day-6-hong-kongs-fencers-squash-players-out-turn-bronze-silver-or-gold https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368767/asian-games-day-6-hong-kongs-fencers-squash-players-out-turn-bronze-silver-or-gold Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:45:22 +0000 Josh Ball,Mike Chan Josh Ball,Mike Chan Rower Chiu Hin-chun grabbed the gold he needed to complete his set of Asian Games medals, Siobhan Haughey won her fourth of the week, and there was a wushu first as Hong Kong’s athletes had a Thursday to remember in Japan. Chiu’s triumph in the lightweight men’s singles sculls was one of four medals the city’s rowers brought home in Nagoya and Tokyo. Winne Hung Wing-yan took silver in the women’s lightweight single sculls, while there was bronze for women’s pair Cheung Yuen-shan and Leung... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368702/hong-kong-have-day-remember-siobhan-haughey-wins-fourth-medal-final-asian-games https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368702/hong-kong-have-day-remember-siobhan-haughey-wins-fourth-medal-final-asian-games Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:13:28 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Siobhan Haughey may have cemented her place as Hong Kong’s best athlete ever after capturing yet another Asian Games gold medal on Tuesday. Touching the wall first in 52.45 seconds – ahead of a pack of swimmers at least three years younger – to defend her women’s 100m freestyle title successfully pushed Haughey’s gold medal count at the regional multi-sports bonanza to four, after she also retained the 200m freestyle crown she won in Hangzhou the previous day. From showcasing to the world her... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368425/siobhan-haughey-stakes-claim-hong-kongs-greatest-athlete-after-fourth-asian-games-title https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368425/siobhan-haughey-stakes-claim-hong-kongs-greatest-athlete-after-fourth-asian-games-title Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:26 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara The briefest of wobbles cost Chloe Leung Wing-yee Asian Games road race gold on Tuesday, but 48 hours after a bitterly disappointing individual time trial, the Hongkonger and her coach were content with the bronze she captured in Japan. Herve Dagorne suspected his rider was destined for victory as the 90.4km tussle in secluded Shinshiro City entered its business end. Committing unflinchingly to her pre-race strategy of attacking on the downhills, however, Leung slipped to hand the initiative to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368400/hong-kong-cyclist-pays-brief-asian-games-wobble-strikes-back-redemptive-medal https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368400/hong-kong-cyclist-pays-brief-asian-games-wobble-strikes-back-redemptive-medal Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:00:14 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball The Asian Games is well under way, and for Hong Kong the belief that day three will bring more medals is largely guided by the fact that athletes who have been there and done that are back in action. Fencing starts at the Aichi Sky Expo on Tuesday, the swimming continues in Tokyo, and the women’s road cycling has the potential to serve up a surprise. Here there are five things to know as the region’s best get ready to do battle once again in Japan. Chasing gold Siobhan Haughey cruised to victory... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3368314/asian-games-haughey-back-action-fencers-enter-mix-5-things-know-day-3 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3368314/asian-games-haughey-back-action-fencers-enter-mix-5-things-know-day-3 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:57:09 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan China’s Yu Zidi was less than a year old when Siobhan Haughey first made the world sit up and take notice of her talent in the pool, 13 years later they are both Asian Games gold medallists and young talent is the order of the day. On Monday, Haughey defended her women’s 200m freestyle title with a crushing victory, and Yu laid down an Asian record in winning the women’s 200m individual medley. Three years ago in Hangzhou, it was Haughey setting regional and Games records, and while not “as fast... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368277/siobhan-haughey-leads-example-inspiring-next-generation-hong-kong-swim-stars https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368277/siobhan-haughey-leads-example-inspiring-next-generation-hong-kong-swim-stars Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:30:07 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Oscar Coggins said he had “mixed feelings” after Hong Kong claimed Asian Games triathlon mixed-relay bronze on Monday, as the Tokyo Olympian wrestled with self-recriminations over his flat individual performance 24 hours earlier. Fancied by head coach Andrew Wright to challenge for gold, Coggins came home in a “very disappointing” seventh place on Sunday. Described by teammate Bailee Brown as “the most dedicated person” in the city squad, the 26-year-old buried his angst long enough to summon a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368214/hong-kong-triathlon-star-tempers-asian-games-medal-joy-he-wrestles-individual-blow https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368214/hong-kong-triathlon-star-tempers-asian-games-medal-joy-he-wrestles-individual-blow Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:11:27 +0000 Josh Ball,Mike Chan Josh Ball,Mike Chan China’s Yu Zidi added another Asian Games gold to an already glittering resume on Monday, after Siobhan Haughey had defended her 200m freestyle title and Ian Ho Yentou grabbed silver in a fast 50m race. Yu moved through the gears in the women’s 200m individual medley at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, and her time of two minutes, 06.10 seconds, was an Asian record. That mark had been set by compatriot Yu Yiting when she won the race in Hangzhou three years ago, but the record holder was no match for... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3368186/asian-games-day-2-hong-kongs-sham-wins-wushu-gold-triathletes-must-win-medal-day https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3368186/asian-games-day-2-hong-kongs-sham-wins-wushu-gold-triathletes-must-win-medal-day Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:21:43 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Their adrenaline pumping in the immediate aftermath of competition, sportspeople can tend towards hyperbole. Mike Tyson took the biscuit, poleaxing Lou Savarese, then calling out future opponent Lennox Lewis with the immortal line “I want your heart, I want to eat your children.” Not remotely as graphic, but after unfancied Bangladesh had ended New Zealand’s 17-match home unbeaten streak in a gripping 2022 Test, their excited seamer Taskin Ahmed praised his side for “giving 110 per cent”, a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368147/hong-kongs-newest-sporting-star-and-heir-cheung-ka-long-throne-set-asian-games-bow https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368147/hong-kongs-newest-sporting-star-and-heir-cheung-ka-long-throne-set-asian-games-bow Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:23 +0000 Josh Ball,Mike Chan Josh Ball,Mike Chan There was something almost inevitable about the way the first day of competition at the Asian Games in Japan unfolded on Sunday, and the only real surprise would have been finding someone surprised by it all. That is until Hong Kong’s women came second in the 4x100m freestyle relay in the final event at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Just the second silver the team has ever managed in the discipline, it was as unexpected as the city-record time that accompanied it. Much earlier in the day’s proceedings,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368134/asian-games-day-1-japan-triathlete-hojo-claims-first-gold-elg-and-coggins-also-rans https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3368134/asian-games-day-1-japan-triathlete-hojo-claims-first-gold-elg-and-coggins-also-rans Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:44:25 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After all the meticulous preparation, the talking and the injury frights, Chloe Leung Wing-yee is ready for the clock to start ticking on her race of truth in the remote hills of Shinshiro City on Sunday. The little finger on her right hand that Leung broke following a racing crash in Italy in July has been a nuisance, but she has reconciled with the fact that it is just one more challenge, besides the slopes and corners that characterise a deeply technical course, to overcome in her pursuit of... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367945/hong-kong-cycling-star-chloe-leung-ready-race-truth-bid-asian-games-gold https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367945/hong-kong-cycling-star-chloe-leung-ready-race-truth-bid-asian-games-gold Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:12 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara A big believer that elite sporting performance is entirely dictated by an athlete’s brain, Greg Koenig is busy convincing Cheung Ka-long that the Asian Games remain an important date in his calendar. Hong Kong’s first fencing superstar, Cheung has been there and done it over the past five years. He brilliantly won a pair of Olympic golds, first as an unfancied underdog, then as the foil king his rivals all wanted to dethrone, either side of becoming Asian Games champion in 2023. Of Cheung’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367732/hong-kong-golden-boy-cheung-ready-rise-challenge-overcome-djokovic-guardiola https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367732/hong-kong-golden-boy-cheung-ready-rise-challenge-overcome-djokovic-guardiola Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:13 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball The 20th Asian Games officially get under way in Japan on Saturday, and the honour of leading the Hong Kong delegation into the opening ceremony has been handed to Ivan Yang and Lydia Sham. At a welcome event on Thursday, Wong Po-kee, the chef de mission for Hong Kong’s more than 800-strong delegation, said the pair would be the city’s flag bearers for the event at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium. Officials and some of the city’s athletes attended a flag-raising at Nagoya Port... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367881/hong-kong-makes-leftfield-asian-games-flag-bearer-picks https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367881/hong-kong-makes-leftfield-asian-games-flag-bearer-picks Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:16:57 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong’s decades-old tennis facilities at Victoria Park will be redeveloped, the city’s leader said on Wednesday, a move that could open the way to holding bigger tournaments in the future. Speaking during his annual Policy Address, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said the plan was “to strengthen the promotion of ‘sports and mega-events’.” At the moment, Hong Kong holds the rights to stage a WTA and an ATP tournament, both at the 250 level. The first of those is the Prudential Hong Kong Open... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367724/hong-kong-tennis-bosses-hail-victoria-park-revamp-plans-eye-wta-atp-500-tournaments https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367724/hong-kong-tennis-bosses-hail-victoria-park-revamp-plans-eye-wta-atp-500-tournaments Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:00:08 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hyrox executives and coaches believe the indoor fitness competition will not follow in the footsteps of gym trends that have briefly captured the imagination before fading from view, in part because its universal format gives it global appeal. While competitions such as CrossFit, HIIT and a variety of outdoor obstacle races have largely struggled to build on their initial popularity, Hyrox has become one of the fastest-growing fitness competitions in the world. Founded in November 2017 by... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367275/hyrox-boss-says-event-not-fad-believes-it-will-survive-where-others-failed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367275/hyrox-boss-says-event-not-fad-believes-it-will-survive-where-others-failed Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:03:56 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After a flying reconnaissance visit to Japan, where they dodged deer and navigated treacherous, rain-sodden descents, the daredevil cycling pair of Chloe Leung Wing-yee and Vincent Lau Wan-yau have equipped themselves with the smarts to launch Hong Kong’s Asian Games campaign in grand style next week. If it is a bugbear of Herve Dagorne’s that each delegation is allowed only one rider in the individual time trial races that get the Games cycling programme under way next Sunday, then in Leung and... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367247/dodging-deer-and-scary-sodden-descents-inside-hong-kongs-asian-games-time-trial-quest https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367247/dodging-deer-and-scary-sodden-descents-inside-hong-kongs-asian-games-time-trial-quest Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:14 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara When she shattered her pelvis in 2011, Jacqueline Lai Jing-man wondered if the music had stopped on her athletic career after one Asian Games experience just months earlier – 15 years on she is ready for her fifth. Part of the team jumping quartet that claimed Hong Kong’s first Games equestrian medal, it was soon after she won bronze in Guangzhou in 2010, that her mother, the former actress Ellen Ng Ha-ping, revealed she had spent more than HK$10 million (US$1.3 million) on helping Jacqueline... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367182/shattered-pelvis-existential-crisis-and-butterflies-all-part-lais-asian-games-journey https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367182/shattered-pelvis-existential-crisis-and-butterflies-all-part-lais-asian-games-journey Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara As a whopping 580-strong Hong Kong squad prepares to go to this month’s Asian Games on the taxpayers’ dime, one of the city’s leading coaches has said that cash is being squandered on athletes who have no right to generous financial backing. While not pointing the finger in any specific direction, Andrew Wright, the Hong Kong triathlon head coach, said sports bodies in the city “set the bar pretty low … which breeds a non-high performance environment”. “What also frustrates me is the amount of... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367071/hong-kong-sport-setting-bar-too-low-enabling-mediocrity-cash-handouts-coach-says https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3367071/hong-kong-sport-setting-bar-too-low-enabling-mediocrity-cash-handouts-coach-says Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:14 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan The city’s top player, Lee Cheuk-yiu, said he had witnessed the “best day in badminton history for Hong Kong” despite going down in straight sets to compatriot Jason Gunawan at the China Masters in Shenzhen on Sunday. World No 25 Lee, who had finished second at the India Open in 2024 and 2025, stormed to the final after eliminating the likes of fellow Hongkonger Angus Ng Ka-long, French duo Toma Junior Popov and Christo Popov, the world No 2, as he progressed. However, facing world No 32... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366554/lee-cheuk-yiu-hails-best-day-hong-kongs-badminton-history-despite-china-masters-loss https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366554/lee-cheuk-yiu-hails-best-day-hong-kongs-badminton-history-despite-china-masters-loss Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:25:43 +0000 Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang Racing returned to Hong Kong on Sunday, with world-class performances on and off the track, a crowd packed with travelling supporters, and an occasion the city’s leader called a “unique cultural icon”. Some 12,280 visitors, 74 per cent more than last year, made the trip to Sha Tin Racecourse to watch superstar Aaron Kwok Fu-shing get things under way, before Ka Ying Rising powered to a record-extending 21st straight win. The world’s best sprinter took home the HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366523/ka-ying-rising-cruises-21st-straight-win-kwok-wows-crowd-racing-returns-hong-kong https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366523/ka-ying-rising-cruises-21st-straight-win-kwok-wows-crowd-racing-returns-hong-kong Sun, 06 Sep 2026 05:42:38 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Christened the “future Venus Williams of Hong Kong tennis” after reaching the national championships final at 12, Venise Chan Wing-yau is grateful in hindsight that she was spared the social media glare that shines so harshly on today’s emerging stars. Still, a quarter of a century later and Chan is still putting herself out there. Still very quick to get the hang of her chosen sport, too. After switching her focus to padel at the beginning of this year, Chan will represent Hong Kong in what is... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366491/hong-kong-star-touted-next-venus-williams-set-4th-asian-games-2nd-sport https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366491/hong-kong-star-touted-next-venus-williams-set-4th-asian-games-2nd-sport Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara He is by every measure England’s greatest bowler, but even James Anderson was reduced to mediocrity after an abortive attempt to remodel his action. The owner of 704 Test wickets, Anderson spent most of his country’s 2004-05 tour of South Africa out of form and out of favour, and dejectedly bowling at single stumps on practice strips as he tried to relocate the pace and swing that had characterised his progressive initial years in international cricket. Ironically, it was a stress fracture of... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366425/why-hong-kong-fencing-ace-ryan-choi-can-take-djokovic-inspiration-amid-technique-tweak https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366425/why-hong-kong-fencing-ace-ryan-choi-can-take-djokovic-inspiration-amid-technique-tweak Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:14 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport The 2027 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon will welcome a record 78,000 runners after significantly increasing its half-marathon quota in a quest to “further promote long-distance running, elevate race standards and increase the scale of the event”. A new 5km harbourfront run and expanded youth run, both set to be staged 24 hours before the main races happen on Sunday January 17, will swell overall competitor numbers to 84,000. Explaining the decision to raise their half-marathon numbers... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366426/hong-kong-marathon-expects-welcome-record-number-runners-after-increasing-quota https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366426/hong-kong-marathon-expects-welcome-record-number-runners-after-increasing-quota Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:00:06 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After a protracted period of being stalked by injury and illness, Bailee Brown is “100 per cent” fit for an assault on Asian Games glory this month, but teammate Robin Elg is training alone as he grits his teeth through a stubborn shin complaint to race in Japan. A mixed relay bronze medallist in 2018 and 2023, Brown required four surgeries on a badly broken finger following a trail running fall in December 2024. Months earlier, she suffered from an E coli infection and norovirus, while more... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366325/asian-games-triathlete-brown-ready-assault-glory-questions-remain-over-elgs-fitness https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366325/asian-games-triathlete-brown-ready-assault-glory-questions-remain-over-elgs-fitness Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:09 +0000 Owen Goulding Owen Goulding The Hong Kong Jockey Club has revealed it will delay introducing regular racing at its Conghua Racecourse in mainland China as it reported record financial results despite a “challenging and fast-changing environment”. The club on Wednesday reported wagering and lottery turnover rose by 3.6 per cent over the previous financial year to a record HK$331.7 billion (US$42.30 billion), despite “a very difficult environment, including the ever-expanding threat of illegal gambling”. The club also said... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366142/hong-kong-jockey-club-reports-record-turnover-tourist-numbers-delays-conghua-opening https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366142/hong-kong-jockey-club-reports-record-turnover-tourist-numbers-delays-conghua-opening Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:32:11 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan While their classmates are adjusting to the new school year, five young Hongkongers will be putting some of their non-academic skills to the test in Japan. And in a skateboard team where the oldest member is just 16, Katniss Wong Yi-huen and Kamus Wong Yeuk-ching are the two youngest competitors in the city’s Asian Games squad of 580 athletes across 38 sports. And while Kamus Wong is already 12 years old, her teammate could end up celebrating her 12th birthday at the Games’ opening ceremony at... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366090/we-dont-need-no-education-we-just-need-board-control-hong-kong-skate-tweens-games-bound https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3366090/we-dont-need-no-education-we-just-need-board-control-hong-kong-skate-tweens-games-bound Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:12 +0000