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Japan, Asia’s No 1 team, beat Scotland and England away in their two friendlies. Photo: Kyodo

Football

Japan remain Asia’s best World Cup hope as fellow qualifiers get mixed results

Hajime Moriyasu’s men look most likely to make impact among continent’s nine teams heading to North America after noteworthy wins in Europe.

Newnham hopes return to mile and Group Two level propels My Wish to victory

Feel good factor now driving fitness trends, with ‘looking good’ era fading away

Hong Kong

Hong Kong ice hockey boss eyes next step as players take on some of world’s best

Sherman Chan hopes elevation to third tier of city’s Sports Institute marks start of journey towards professionalism.

Sherman Chan is focused on a bold future for ice hockey in Hong Kong. Photo: Karma Lo
Sherman Chan is focused on a bold future for ice hockey in Hong Kong. Photo: Karma Lo

China

Wang beats Lebrun, keeps China’s ITTF World Cup hopes alive

Wang Chuqin is the only Chinese player through to quarter-finals of men’s singles in Macau.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong men’s handball team admit it is ‘now or never’ to achieve success

The amateur side, who won the best team prize at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards, are hoping for strong showing at this year’s Asian Games.

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Golf

Phil Mickelson withdraws from Masters, joins Tiger Woods in pulling out of major

Three-time champion has missed all but one of five LIV Golf events this year, first time neither player has competed at the event since 1994.

Three-time champion Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from the Masters, citing a personal health matter with his family. Photo: AP
Three-time champion Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from the Masters, citing a personal health matter with his family. Photo: AP

Football

Japan axe coach Nielsen 12 days after winning Women’s Asian Cup for ‘lacking passion’

Football association also said: ‘His coaching was a little too lax, a little too soft,’ the next full-time boss would likely be Japanese.

Football

Women’s Asian Cup finalists accuse governing body of ‘ignoring’ prize money pleas

Champions Japan and runner-up Australia say ‘inequality between the men’s and women’s game remains’ despite financial success of their event.

Boxing

Philippines’ Manny Pacquiao says Floyd Mayweather fight ‘not an exhibition’

American stunned boxing world this week when he said their long-awaited rematch was for show only, but Filipino says ‘it is a real fight’.

Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao says the contract he and Floyd Mayweather signed “is for a professional boxing match”. Photo: AFP

Football

China under-16 women’s team beat hosts France for second win in invitational event

Chinese have two wins from two matches in six-team Montaigu Cup, and are second in standings behind Japan, who are also unbeaten.

China beat England 1-0 in their opening match in Pouzauges on Monday. Photo: Handout
China beat England 1-0 in their opening match in Pouzauges on Monday. Photo: Handout

Other Sport

China’s snooker world No 1 Bai Yulu hopes more girls will emulate her journey

In a state media interview, 22-year-old world champion calls herself ‘clumsy bird’ who owes her success to practice rather than any ‘genius’.

Racing

Paradise bound for Champions Mile, while Sosie is confirmed for QE II Cup

The three winners of this year’s Classic Series are in line for a rematch on Hong Kong’s second-biggest race day.

Motorsport

China motorcycle brand ZXMOTO enjoys surge in popularity after historic win

The on-track success translated into immediate commercial gains and generated online buzz for the company and its founder, Zhang Xue.

Frenchman Valentin Debise (#53) powered his ZXMOTO 820RR-RS to win both races in the WorldSSP class in Portugal. Photo: Getty Images

Football

Top ticket price for World Cup final up from US$8,680 to US$10,990 as sales reopen

The global tournament uses dynamic pricing for ticket sales, and its ticketing site often took hours to enter as latest sales phase opened.

US President Donald Trump and Fifa boss Gianni Infantino holding a ticket to the World Cup final at the White House last August. Photo: EPA
US President Donald Trump and Fifa boss Gianni Infantino holding a ticket to the World Cup final at the White House last August. Photo: EPA

Racing

Purton gears up for Australian Group Ones ahead of Ka Ying Rising on Monday

The champion jockey pairs up with Giga Kick and Evaporate at Randwick before the world’s best sprinter returns at Sha Tin.

Other Sport

Ukraine ask IOC to check ‘neutral’ status of Russian athletes at Olympic Games

Sports minister and National Olympic Committee have compiled evidence of ‘systematic violations’ in climbing and its governing federation.

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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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