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Zac Purton has key Classic Series rides on Sunday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Racing

Purton looks to solve Classic Mile puzzle with Little Paradise and Beauty Bolt

The champion jockey will hope to narrow down his shortlist on another key day of trials for the first leg of four-year-old series.

Women’s Foil World Cup: champion Liu keeping expectations in check, 1 city fencer competing

Jerry Shang casts doubt on Hong Kong return, Bublik rues loss of easy matches

Football

Kazuyoshi Miura ready to ‘make a contribution’ to his new J-League team at 58

Miura made his Japan debut in 1990 but was famously left out of the squad for their first World Cup finals appearance in 1998.

Kazuyoshi Miura poses with third division J-League team Fukushima United’s football top during a press conference. Photo: AP
Kazuyoshi Miura poses with third division J-League team Fukushima United’s football top during a press conference. Photo: AP

Tennis

Coleman Wong pledges to close gap to leading players after loss to Lorenzo Musetti

Home hero beaten by Lorenzo Musetti, Italian set for Andrey Rublev semi-final clash after ‘more settled’ Russian brushes aside Nuno Borges.

People

Malaysian football body risks Fifa’s takeover amid forgery scandal

Some sports fans claim that the reinstatement of FAM’s chief is ‘almost staged’ as concerns over Fifa’s next step mount.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s men fall short in bid to reach 2027 World Lacrosse Championship

10-6 defeat at hands of New Zealand means fifth place is best city can do, with top 4 at Asia-Pacific tournament qualifying for global event.

The best Hong Kong can do is finish fifth at the Asia-Pacific Championship. Photo: Handout
The best Hong Kong can do is finish fifth at the Asia-Pacific Championship. Photo: Handout

Football

Ex-El Salvador youth boss Torres handed reins at Eastern after Losada exit

Manu Torres confirmed as new head coach of struggling Hong Kong Premier League club.

Other Sport

Chloe Kim’s hopes of Winter Olympics three-peat in doubt after bad fall

Two-time gold medallist Chloe Kim has dislocated her shoulder during training in Switzerland and could struggle to be fit for Italy Games.

Tennis

Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong set to play loose against ‘boa constrictor’ Musetti

Home star set for first ATP Tour quarter-final against world No 7 Italian at Victoria Park Tennis Centre on Friday.

Coleman Wong with Gabriel Diallo during the pair’s doubles victory on Thursday. Photo: Elson Li

Health & Fitness

Runners struggling to prepare for upcoming Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon

Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground closed in June last year, Kowloon Bay Sports Ground closed this month for renovation.

Runners compete for space at Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground. Photo: Handout
Runners compete for space at Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong

Courageous Hongkonger Chloe Leung ignores illness for Asean track cycling medals

National Games gold medallist banks silver and bronze in Malaysia, as head coach introduces teenagers to senior competition.

Hong Kong

Bublik ready to battle Shang in Hong Kong heat with tennis semi-final on line

Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik takes straight sets win at Victoria Park and says he loves city’s hot weather.

People

Malaysian football body reinstates ‘only negligent’ chief over forgery scandal

Fifa has punished FAM further over the use of fake documents to let 7 foreign-born players represent Malaysia by nullifying 3 matches.

Malaysia’s players pose before the start of the AFC Asian Cup qualifier Group F football match between Malaysia and Vietnam in Kuala Lumpur on June 10 last year. Photo: AFP

Tennis

Hong Kong always feels like ‘dream start’ to tennis season, China’s Shang says

Jerry Shang powers to straight sets win over Lorenzo Sonego to reach quarter-finals for third year running.

Jerry Shang has reached the quarter-finals of the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open for the third year running. Photo: Handout
Jerry Shang has reached the quarter-finals of the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open for the third year running. Photo: Handout

Tennis

China’s Zheng Qinwen out of Australian Open, says not fit enough to compete

Olympic champion ‘progressing well’ in recovery from elbow surgery last year, but not yet in peak condition.

Racing

My Wish swap a disappointing call that highlights brutal reality jockeys can face

The rising star’s owners announced a change to Alexis Badel from regular rider Luke Ferraris earlier this week.

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Football

Who keeps the floodlights on in Hong Kong football’s financial black hole?

Burning cash and sharing pitches with the public, city’s teams are ill-equipped to play in mainland China and resistant to forcing change.

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Outdoor

F1 star Bottas among those embracing fast-growing sport of gravel riding

Thirty-four cyclists competed in the first edition of Dirty Kanza in 2006 – this year 5,000 riders started the race, now renamed Unbound Gravel, with many more left out.

Health & Wellness

Profile | Hong Kong Macau Grand Prix star on using her pain to drive herself forwards

Vivian Siu went through a ‘dark time’ after her mother died of cancer. But the Hong Kong native got her life back on track, became a racing-car driver and in 2023 made history at the 2023 Macau Grand Prix.

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Outdoor

From street culture to Paris Games: how Japan’s skateboarding youth turned tide

Children as young as six can be seen zipping up ramps and grinding down rails at skate parks all over the country, with instructors teaching tricks while parents wait patiently nearby.

Skateboarding in Japan has risen in popularity and they are expected to dominate the sport at the Paris Olympics. Photo: AFP
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