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Swimming
Sun Yang stars as Zhejiang duo break records at Chinese swimming championships
Veteran Olympic champion helps his relay team to gold, while Xu Jiayu, Yu Yiting set new times at selection trial for Nagoya Asian Games.
18 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM
Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates
Hong Kong coach behind Wu Yanni aiming to develop city’s first sub-10s sprinter
17 Jun 2026 - 8:00AM
Hong Kong
Chinese chess grandmaster Lei Tingjie believes AI important to improve as player
16 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM
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.
16 Jun 2026 - 1:23AM
The new lacrosse women’s head coach, Emily Gray (right), overseeing team training at GoPark. Photo: Elson Li
Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC: US’ Gaethje shocks Topuria to win lightweight crown at White House event
Bout headlined ’UFC Freedom 250’ held as key part of President Trump’s celebrations for his 80th birthday, nation’s 250th anniversary.
15 Jun 2026 - 4:06PM
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.
14 Jun 2026 - 9:00PM
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Ultimate Fighting Championship
From ‘human cockfighting’ to White House, UFC marches into cultural mainstream
The fights hosted by US President Trump on Sunday will feature professionals but the sport’s grass roots include a pianist and a PhD student.
12 Jun 2026 - 10:42PM
Seating and the fighting enclosure on the South Lawn of the White House for the UFC fights to be held on US President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday on Sunday. Photo: AFP
ITTF
China’s new table tennis captain Wang says role is hard, with ‘nowhere to retreat’
Wang, who was elected unanimously by teammates and coaches, says he will try to emulate the qualities of previous skipper Ma Long.
12 Jun 2026 - 8:00AM
World Athletics Championships
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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National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
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
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.
10 Jun 2026 - 10:10PM
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Half Marathon, to be held on November 15, will be accompanied this year by a 10km race. Photo: Eugene Lee
Olympics
China’s newest skating star landed quad jump at just 12, trains with Valieva coach
Alice Liu, 13, is targeting world junior championships next year en route to securing a place at the Winter Olympics.
10 Jun 2026 - 10:20AM
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Volleyball
China women’s volleyball team end Nations League on high after early loss
Youngest squad in team’s history start event in Nanjing by losing to Czech Republic but recover to beat Serbia, Thailand and Poland.
9 Jun 2026 - 8:00AM
Asian Games 2026
China looking to the future with young women’s table tennis team for Asian Games
The 5-player line-up features 3 paddlers in their early twenties, with Chen Xintong and Wang Yidi missing out due to their rankings and age.
8 Jun 2026 - 5:34PM
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.
8 Jun 2026 - 4:22PM
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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.
8 Jun 2026 - 8:00AM
ITTF
China star Fan Zhendong’s new manager ‘excited for the future’ in Dusseldorf
Olympic champion will join Bundesliga team in July after successful stint at 1. FC Saarbrucken, which included a historic treble.
6 Jun 2026 - 4:21PM
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Quan Hongchan
China diving star Quan in Asian Games scare after injury rules her out of trials
Guangdong, province of the Tokyo and Paris Games gold medallist, had alerted that she was managing her injuries in the first half of the year.
5 Jun 2026 - 8:14PM
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Quan Hongchan's last international competition was last year's World Aquatics Diving World Cup Super Final in Beijing, where she won silver in the 10m platform final. Photo: Xinhua
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.
2 Jun 2026 - 4:04PM
ITTF
Fan Zhendong set for ‘new challenges’ after helping German club to first title
Table tennis star leads 1. FC Saarbrücken to their maiden Bundesliga championship in his final match but now joins team he helps defeat.
2 Jun 2026 - 10:00AM
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.
2 Jun 2026 - 8:00AM
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.
31 May 2026 - 10:43PM
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
ITTF
Chinese table tennis stars Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu finish undergraduate studies
Olympic champions graduate from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, will head to Tsinghua University to pursue master’s degrees in sports studies.
30 May 2026 - 10:00AM
Wu Yanni
China’s ‘teen beauty’ wins 100m hurdles at Asian U20 Championships in record time
Zhang Keyi falls short of her personal best, targets Asian Games later this year up against fellow high-profile hurdlers such as Wu Yanni.
30 May 2026 - 3:53AM
Swimming
Japan bans photos at beach volleyball over voyeurism; China swimsuit mum could sue
Women’s safety behind Japanese decision while woman who suffered wardrobe malfunction in Shanghai wants dissemination of her photos stopped.
28 May 2026 - 10:04PM
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