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Mexico celebrates after Sithole’s lonely walk highlights SA’s World Cup struggles
Late rain can’t dampen spirits as co-hosts begin tournament with win to get 2026 party started, although red cards cast shadow on proceedings.
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China’s new table tennis captain Wang says role is hard, with ‘nowhere to retreat’
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While you were sleeping, World Cup edition: Shakira struts, Mexico score, 3 see red
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Football
Excitement, chaos: Mexico set, but not so ready, for first World Cup in 40 years
Organisational issues abound and ‘nowhere looks special’ but the capital is in carnival mode and the football, as usual, will make it all OK.
11 Jun 2026 - 11:46PM
Ciudad de Mexico Stadium, formerly known as Azteca Stadium, ahead of the opening match of the Fifa World Cup in Mexico City. Photo: Reuters
Basketball
Chinese women’s basketball team captain vows to ‘fight 200%’ for World Cup gold
Yang Shuyu, who plays for in the Australian league, aims to outdo elder sister Yang Liwei, who led China to silver at the previous World Cup.
11 Jun 2026 - 9:00PM
China
Chinese javelin star Yan Ziyi wins Diamond League event, with world’s second-best throw
Eighteen-year-old clinches Oslo title with first attempt, throwing a distance second only to her own season’s best effort in Xiamen last month.
11 Jun 2026 - 7:44PM
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Racing
Legendary trainer Moore returns as owner of import Grand Eagle at Sha Tin
Hong Kong’s most successful handler will be in a new role on Saturday when his Go Racing Syndicate has its first runner in the city.
11 Jun 2026 - 6:00PM
John Moore (left) will return to Hong Kong racing as an owner on Saturday. Photos: SCMP
Other Sport
Ja’Kobe Tharp breaks 110m hurdles world record at NCAA athletics championships
The 20-year-old’s performance with a legal tailwind of one metre per second pushed China’s Liu Xiang down to the seventh-fastest of all time.
11 Jun 2026 - 5:29PM
Racing
In-form Newnham looks for further success with six-strong Sha Tin team
The top trainer looks for a sixth consecutive winning meeting on Saturday.
11 Jun 2026 - 2:10PM
Basketball
New York Knicks stun San Antonio Spurs with greatest-ever NBA Finals comeback
The team lead the series 3-1 and move within one win of claiming their first championship since 1973 after winning 107-106.
11 Jun 2026 - 1:27PM
Football
Fifa boss Infantino defends World Cup ticket prices, visa issues
The leader of the global governing body also played down the controversy around the Somali referee, saying ‘it’s good to chill, relax’.
11 Jun 2026 - 11:07AM
Fifa President Gianni Infantino speaking in Mexico City ahead of the World Cup’s opening game at the Estadio Azteca on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
Football
Shakira, the circle of life and early starts: 5 things to know ahead of World Cup
The World Cup kicks off early on Friday in Hong Kong, and whether you plan on watching highlights or seeing it live, here’s what you need to know.
11 Jun 2026 - 8:00AM
Racing
Resources extends unbeaten record as Cruz, Eustace and Avdulla bag doubles
Promising galloper handles step up in class and distance comfortably ahead of potential tilt at Classic Series.
10 Jun 2026 - 11:34PM
Hong Kong
Priority-entry registration for Hong Kong bridge half-marathon opens on Thursday
Early registration for city’s highest-level road race is for those who meet specific qualifying times; public ballot begins a week later.
10 Jun 2026 - 10:10PM
Football
US says World Cup referee was banned over links to ‘terror organisations’
Trump official says questioning of Omar Artan uncovered ‘derogatory information’ regarding the Somalian, who vows to be at next World Cup.
10 Jun 2026 - 7:05PM
Somali referee Omar Artan (middle), who was denied entry to the US, arrives at the Aden Abdulle Osman International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Basketball
Teen behind China basketball fraud handed 3-year ban, teams stripped of titles
Zhang Hanbo created a younger alias and conned country’s coaches into picking him for national under-18 squad as Li Yize.
10 Jun 2026 - 5:30PM
Rugby
Japan rugby coach Eddie Jones eyes Mourinho-like laundry stunt to escape ban
Spiky Australian, who is suspended for four matches after abusing a referee, jokes he might go ‘into the dressing room in a laundry basket’.
10 Jun 2026 - 3:32PM
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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.
20 Jul 2024 - 2:12PM
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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.
24 Jun 2024 - 3:08PM
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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.
31 May 2024 - 11:30AM
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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.
4 Jul 2024 - 3:32PM
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OPINION
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‘Hong Kong football is finished’? Not if Roberto Losada is given a fair chance
8 Jun 2026 - 7:00PM
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No Calandagan leaves Hong Kong Cup wanting, but HKIR fields still excite
27 Nov 2025 - 6:32PM
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Opinion
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What Hong Kong’s next football coach must do differently from Westwood
26 Nov 2025 - 9:33AM
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From flights of fancy to reality, National Games paves way for a bright future
22 Nov 2025 - 1:30PM
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