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Zhejiang's Xu Jiayu became the first Asian athlete to break the 24-second barrier in the 50m backstroke in Hangzhou. Photo: Eugene Lee
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.

Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates

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

Hong Kong

Chinese chess grandmaster Lei Tingjie believes AI important to improve as player

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.

The new lacrosse women’s head coach, Emily Gray (right), overseeing team training at GoPark. Photo: Elson Li
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.

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.

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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.

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
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.

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.

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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.

Ja’Kobe Tharp smashed the 110m hurdles world record during heats at the NCAA collegiate athletics championships. Photo: Getty Images
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.

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
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.

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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.

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.

Fan Shuhan, here at the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024, battled through rounds of internal trials to seal her place on the women’s team destined for Japan. Photo: Getty Images
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 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.

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.

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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.

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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
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.

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.

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.

Siobhan Haughey finished the nine-day Mare Nostrum Swim Tour in Europe in May with four gold medals and four silvers across three legs in Monaco, Canet-en-Roussillon and Barcelona. Photo: EPA
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
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.

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.

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.

The Japan Volleyball Association announced a ban on all recording devices after an incident at the Nagoya Hekinan round of the Japan Beach Volleyball Tour last weekend. Photo: Handout
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