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Marrit Steenbergen of the Netherlands celebrates after setting a world record in the women’s 100-metre freestyle at in Rome on Saturday. Photo: AP
Swimming

Marrit Steenbergen overhauls Siobhan Haughey to break 100m freestyle world record

Netherlands’ two-time world champion betters 2017 mark after overtaking the Hong Kong swimmer at the midway point at Rome meet.

Triathlon

Asian Games: Brown, Elg injuries leave Hong Kong’s triathlon medal hopes in doubt

Fencing

Hong Kong fencer Ryan Choi in race to be fit in time for world championships

Fencing

Hong Kong fencer Kaylin Hsieh wins first silver at Asian Fencing Championships

Reigning men’s foil individual champion Ryan Choi fails to defend his title and exits in the quarter-finals, losing to winner Kyosuke Matsuyama.

Kaylin Hsieh (left) in action in the women’s épée individual final in India. Photo: Handout
Kaylin Hsieh (left) in action in the women’s épée individual final in India. Photo: Handout
Fencing

Hong Kong foilist Daphne Chan claims maiden Asian Fencing Championships bronze

Head coach Greg Koenig says all four members of women’s foiling team have reason to be proud of performances in India.

Hong Kong racing

Behind the scenes with the silent workforce powering city’s racing champions

Stable hands, head lads and assistant trainers don’t get the glory, but horses such as Romantic Warrior could not win without them.

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Hyrox

Hong Kong to stage 2027 Hyrox World Championships in ‘full-circle moment’

From staging the inaugural competition in Asia-Pacific in 2022 with fewer than 1,000 athletes, Hong Kong saw some 20,000 take part this year.

Almost 20,000 athletes took part in this year’s Hyrox event at the AsiaWorld-Expo. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Almost 20,000 athletes took part in this year’s Hyrox event at the AsiaWorld-Expo. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates

Hong Kong coach behind Wu Yanni aiming to develop city’s first sub-10s sprinter

Former Olympian Ivan Ho, who has been Wu’s strength and conditioning coach since 2023, says he wants to see how fast local sprinters can go.

Lacrosse

New women’s lacrosse team coach to be ‘present’ as Hong Kong aims for Olympics

Unlike previous coaches, ex-Great Britain midfielder Emily Gray will be based in the city to coach the team during its critical periods.

World Table Tennis (WTT)

Hong Kong head coach happy with progress of table tennis pair Wong and Doo

Duo won WTT Contender title in Croatia and Li Ching is delighted to see the positive traits when they are faced with challenges in tournaments.

Hong Kong table tennis players Wong Chun-ting (left) and Doo Hoi-kem in action at the WTT Contender event in Zagreb. Photo: WTT
World Table Tennis (WTT)

China’s table tennis reserves slammed for WTT event showing as Hong Kong pair win

Only Chinese men’s doubles pair of Lin Shidong and Huang Youzheng get to final, while Wong Chun-ting, Doo Hoi-kem clinch mixed doubles crown.

The men's doubles players Lin Shidong and Huang Youzheng were the only finalists in the Chinese contingent at the WTT Contender event in Zagreb, Croatia. Photo: Getty Images
The men's doubles players Lin Shidong and Huang Youzheng were the only finalists in the Chinese contingent at the WTT Contender event in Zagreb, Croatia. Photo: Getty Images
Triathlon

Asian Games: Hong Kong triathlete learns fate after China trial race

Oscar Coggins claims bronze from Asia Triathlon Super Sprint Elite championship, coach set to finalise six-strong squad.

Hong Kong Marathon

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.

Vera Lui Lai-yiu

Hong Kong hurdler Lui under spotlight after winning Challenger event for Monaco

Asian Games bronze medallist wins 100m hurdles at European meet, says she complied with international rules, will never change nationality.

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Hong Kong hurdler Vera Lui with a Monaco flag draped around her after winning the 100m hurdles event at the meet in Monaco last month. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Hong Kong sprinter Alton Kwok believes he is on track to achieve lofty goals

The 18-year-old states that biggest improvements in past year are mental and how the sport has helped him become enlightened and form habits.

Alton Kwok in action in the men’s 100m sprint at the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships. Photo: Handout
Alton Kwok in action in the men’s 100m sprint at the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong Athletics Championships

Hong Kong-raised Korean sprinter chases NCAA Division 1 finals dream at Harvard

Jun Chae-min trains alongside some of the city’s leading young sprinters, including Alton Kwok, Jasper Koo and Chan Yat-lok.

Hong Kong Jockey Club

Early mornings, strict discipline – the demanding road to becoming a jockey

Joining the city’s Apprentice Jockeys’ School requires more than being able to gallop a horse, as Britney Wong and Nichola Yuen found out.

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Hong Kong Jockey Club

Jockey Club brings new equestrian experience to Hong Kong with Pony World

Club revitalises Penfold Park area at Sha Tin Racecourse with venue that combines education and entertainment.

Audrey Wong, 3, got the chance to meet some of the new inhabitants of Pony World. Photo: Dickson Lee
Audrey Wong, 3, got the chance to meet some of the new inhabitants of Pony World. Photo: Dickson Lee
World Table Tennis (WTT)

WTT Finals switch leaves Hong Kong table tennis bosses facing ‘challenging task’

World Table Tennis’ season-ending tournament is moving to Kai Tak Arena, but new venue could see loss of thousands of seats.

Swimming

Hong Kong star Siobhan Haughey wraps up Mare Nostrum Swim Tour with gold, silver

Swimmer will finish off European leg of her ‘race as training’ preparations for Asian Games in late June before returning to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates

More medals, records for Hong Kong on final day of Asian U-20 athletics event

City win one silver, one bronze and set two more Hong Kong records as China top medal table at end of four-day meet at Kai Tak Sports Park.

Hong Kong's 4x400m relay team of (from left) Chow Chi-kiu, Jane Karlsson, Lee Tsz-yiu and Cheng Tsz-yan won the bronze, behind India and Kazakhstan. Photo: Ada Li
French Open

Eudice Chong beats 12th seeds, pesky bee to fly Hong Kong flag at French Open

Hongkonger and Slovenian Veronika Erjavec to play for quarter-final spot on Monday; Wang Xiyu, mainland China’s last singles hope, bows out.

Hong Kong's Eudice Chong and partner Veronika Erjavec will face Shuko Aoyama of Japan and Chinese Taipei's Liang En-shuo, her close friend and regular doubles partner, for a place in the quarter-finals. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong's Eudice Chong and partner Veronika Erjavec will face Shuko Aoyama of Japan and Chinese Taipei's Liang En-shuo, her close friend and regular doubles partner, for a place in the quarter-finals. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong racing

Australia’s Zac Purton reaches 2,000 Hong Kong wins with Rising World victory

The 43-year-old becomes the first jockey in the city’s history to reach milestone, and reflects on his ‘truly fortunate’ career.

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Fiba

War in Middle East leaves South China facing basketball fixtures pile-up

Moving Basketball Champions League Asia to October could see competition clash with domestic league in Hong Kong.

Asian Games 2026

Teenager Kwong rewrites women’s record books with historic javelin throw

Sarah Kwong becomes first woman from city to break the 50m barrier during Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships.

Sarah Kwong became the first Hong Kong woman to throw the javelin beyond 50 metres. Photo: Ada Li
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