https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/524488/feed The latest news and updates on Baldwin Chan Ho-wah, a promising Hong Kong table tennis player and a member of the national team. He recently secured his first men’s doubles title at the WTT Contender in Zagreb with Wong Chun-ting. His notable accomplishments include a gold medal in the U19 boys singles at WTT Youth Contender Helsingborg 2023 and a bronze at the 27th Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships. He also notably defeated world No. 9 Tomokazu Harimoto. Recognised as the "Most Promising... en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Paul McNamara Paul McNamara A trio of silvers from the prestigious World Table Tennis Europe Smash has signalled Hong Kong’s potential for Asian Games glory, as the countdown to next month’s Japanese multi-sport spectacular intensifies. The three-medal haul is the city squad’s best from a major tournament, although Wong Chun-ting and the seriously promising Baldwin Chan Ho-wah were unable to repeat their golden performance in Sweden 12 months ago, after they ran into inspired French brothers Alexis and Felix Lebrun in a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3364202/hong-kong-send-asian-games-table-tennis-warning-after-europe-smash-silver-linings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3364202/hong-kong-send-asian-games-table-tennis-warning-after-europe-smash-silver-linings?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:00:11 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong head coach Li Ching remained positive despite the city’s men’s and women’s teams exiting the World Team Table Tennis Championships without a medal. The women’s team lost in the quarter-finals 3-1 to Germany on Thursday after the men were eliminated in the second round, also by the Germans, earlier in the week. With the Asian Games looming, Li was happy to take away the positives from the London tournament, especially in light of the women’s last-eight run. “We were very close to a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3352849/hong-kong-coach-takes-positives-world-team-table-tennis-championship-despite-lack-medals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3352849/hong-kong-coach-takes-positives-world-team-table-tennis-championship-despite-lack-medals?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 May 2026 05:30:05 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong’s men and women delivered at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships in London as both got past the first knockout rounds on Monday. In what head coach Li Ching described as an “uneasy but normal” draw for the city’s teams, the men’s team knocked out fellow group winners North Korea 3-0 while the women were unconvincing in their 3-2 win over Wales. Doo Hoi-kem’s 3-1 win over Danielle Kelly gave Hong Kong a perfect start but teenager Su Tsz-tung lost by the same scoreline in her... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3352404/hong-kongs-men-women-make-solid-start-world-team-table-tennis-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3352404/hong-kongs-men-women-make-solid-start-world-team-table-tennis-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 May 2026 22:00:16 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong head coach Li Ching has called on the younger players to continue to help shoulder the pressure after the city’s men’s and women’s teams both qualified for the knockout stages of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Friday. The men’s team reached the knockout stage as group winners following a convincing 3-0 win over Saudi Arabia and earlier wins against South Africa and Nigeria. The city’s women’s team beat the Netherlands, Mexico and Macau to also win their group at the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3352168/hong-kong-head-coach-calls-young-players-support-team-table-tennis-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3352168/hong-kong-head-coach-calls-young-players-support-team-table-tennis-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 May 2026 13:00:15 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan A Hong Kong women’s table tennis team boasting three debutants has been handed the difficult task of trying to get through a tough group stage at this month’s World Team Table Tennis Championships in London. Apart from veteran Doo Hoi-kem, who is set to play in her sixth team world championship event, Pedrey Ng Wing-lam is the only other player with any experience of the tournament, having played one match in a 3-0 win over South Africa’s Musfiquh Kalam in Chengdu four years ago. Su Tsz-Tung,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3349921/hong-kong-debutants-facing-tough-test-world-team-table-tennis-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3349921/hong-kong-debutants-facing-tough-test-world-team-table-tennis-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:08:51 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Table tennis veteran Wong Chun-ting is hoping to build on the momentum of last year’s results with his partner, Baldwin Chan Ho-wah, after the pair won the best sports combination award at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards. Wong, who has won the award three times before with his long-term mixed doubles partner Doo Hoi-kem, was nominated with Chan for the first time. The city’s men’s doubles duo, who only became regular partners in October 2024, were recognised as one of three winners on Tuesday... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3349060/hong-kong-table-tennis-star-wong-hopes-build-strong-momentum-partner-chan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3349060/hong-kong-table-tennis-star-wong-hopes-build-strong-momentum-partner-chan?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:30:12 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Fencing world champion and first-time nominee Ryan Choi Chun-yin scooped up the big prize when he was crowned men’s “best of the best” at the Cathay 2025 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards on Tuesday. Choi, who last year became the men’s foil individual world champion in Tbilisi and rose to the world No 1 spot, also won two other awards during the ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, attended by Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration Warner Cheuk Wing-hing, and Secretary for... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3348576/hong-kong-sports-stars-awards-fencer-ryan-choi-swimmer-siobhan-haughey-win-best-best?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3348576/hong-kong-sports-stars-awards-fencer-ryan-choi-swimmer-siobhan-haughey-win-best-best?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:22:30 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After combining for glory last week, Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem and Wong Chun-ting went back to ploughing lone furrows towards success at the WTT Contender Muscat tournament in Oman on Thursday. Doo and Wong claimed the WTT Star Contender Doha mixed doubles title on Sunday, but were left to go their own ways in the Omani capital following a shock 3-2 first-round defeat by French pair Thibault Poret and Charlotte Lutz on Wednesday. The 34-year-old Wong convincingly bounced back 24 hours later,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3340876/hong-kongs-doo-hoi-kem-wong-chun-ting-get-wtt-contender-muscat-last-8-singles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3340876/hong-kongs-doo-hoi-kem-wong-chun-ting-get-wtt-contender-muscat-last-8-singles?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:00:13 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Hong Kong’s Baldwin Chan Ho-wah will take a step into the unknown next month at the Singapore Smash, when he makes his table tennis men’s doubles debut in the prestigious event. One half of the world’s top pairing, alongside compatriot Wong Chun-ting, Chan has only previously played in the singles competition at the city’s sports hub, The Kallang. The duo had a strong 2025, winning the WTT Contender Zagreb and fighting back to beat China’s Lin Shidong and Huang Youzheng in the final of Europe... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3340145/city-table-tennis-player-chan-compete-mens-doubles-singapore-smash-first-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3340145/city-table-tennis-player-chan-compete-mens-doubles-singapore-smash-first-time?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:12:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara The No 1 seeds Doo Hoi-kem and Wong Chun-ting twice suffered the losing feeling on their way to crashing out of the National Games mixed-doubles quarter-finals in Macau on Tuesday. Dubbed Hong Kong’s “only medal hope” by head coach Li Ching, Doo and Wong lost 4-1 to the Liaoning pair of Xu Haidong and Chen Xingtong. An ecstatic Xu collapsed to his back following a wayward Wong backhand that put the mainlanders 3-1 in front, after all four players mistakenly believed they were playing first to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3332354/national-games-hong-kongs-pairs-table-tennis-medal-hopes-over-chen-meng-storms-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3332354/national-games-hong-kongs-pairs-table-tennis-medal-hopes-over-chen-meng-storms-win?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:00:10 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan China table tennis stars Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin have been thrown together in the same half of the men’s singles draw at the National Games, putting them on a collision course in the semi-finals. Despite being the defending champion, Fan’s lack of competitive action internationally since December meant his world ranking has dropped, leaving him seeded fourth for this month’s tournament in Macau. Wang, meanwhile, is world No 1 and top seed, but has beaten Fan, who will represent Shanghai... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3331738/fan-and-wang-collision-course-blockbuster-semi-final-macau-hong-kong-pair-get-bye?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3331738/fan-and-wang-collision-course-blockbuster-semi-final-macau-hong-kong-pair-get-bye?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:30:09 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Fresh from their historic result at the Asian Table Tennis Team Championships in India, the city’s head coach has sought to temper expectations for the National Games. Hong Kong’s men claimed silver after losing 3-0 to China at the Kalinga Stadium, their best result ever in the regional tournament, while the women’s team ranked seventh. Head coach Li Ching said his players should approach the Games with a “learning mentality”, with some technical gaps still existing between themselves and their... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3329513/hong-kong-table-tennis-coach-tempers-national-games-expectations-eyes-mixed-doubles-medal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3329513/hong-kong-table-tennis-coach-tempers-national-games-expectations-eyes-mixed-doubles-medal?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:20 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Hong Kong’s sports stars are exceeding expectations, upsetting the odds with surprise victories that bode well for the future. Top-level tennis is fiercely competitive, but Coleman Wong Chak-lam, 21, made history at the US Open in New York. Wong battled through three qualifying rounds to become the city’s first player to reach the main draw in a grand slam tournament in the modern era. That was impressive, but he didn’t stop there. The tennis ace, with a global ranking of 173 at the time, beat... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/comment/article/3324008/coleman-wong-joins-other-hongkongers-making-their-mark-elite-sports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/comment/article/3324008/coleman-wong-joins-other-hongkongers-making-their-mark-elite-sports?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:15:07 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Table tennis world champion Wang Chuqin has given Chinese fans a boost after announcing his intention to play on until at least the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. In a pre-recorded video interview with state media, Wang said he needed the target in three years to determine his “next direction” after that. And he reassured supporters that LA “would not be an end”, rather a point at which he would examine his future. The news was a much-needed jolt of optimism for Chinese table tennis after a poor day... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3317254/wang-chuqin-gives-china-fans-2028-la-olympics-boost-men-suffer-shock-losses-us-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3317254/wang-chuqin-gives-china-fans-2028-la-olympics-boost-men-suffer-shock-losses-us-event?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:30:09 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong table tennis duo Wong Chun-ting and Baldwin Chan Ho-wah have said the city’s players have the ability to beat their usually dominant mainland Chinese counterparts after their maiden men’s doubles triumph in Croatia on Sunday. Facing mainlanders Huang Youzheng and Xue Fei in the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender final in Zagreb, Wong and Chan found themselves one point from defeat before winning three straight points to earn their first title since teaming up last October. The duo,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3316483/hongkongers-aim-challenge-mainland-china-table-tennis-dominance-after-wtt-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/hong-kong/article/3316483/hongkongers-aim-challenge-mainland-china-table-tennis-dominance-after-wtt-win?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:00:17 +0000