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Singapore to host league to rival NBA? LeBron James ally advises group behind it
League would comprise six men’s and women’s teams, with games played in eight cities around the world on a schedule modelled on Formula One.
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J-Mac hopes to launch massive week with more G1 glory on Voyage Bubble
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Wang Xiyu comes close to upset as Chinese trio exit Australian Open in round 2
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Racing
Fresh off 166-1 Valley double, Eustace enters HK’s Group One picture
Trainer will tick off another little milestone in his career in the city when he saddles up Victor The Winner this Sunday.
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Trainer David Eustace heads to Sha Tin on Sunday in top form. Photo: Kenneth Chan
Basketball
Macau to host EASL basketball play-offs, its second multi-game event of season
East Asia Super League agrees a deal for Macau to stage the season-ending Final Four mini-tournament in March.
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Football
Arsenal beat Spurs despite Son Heung-min strike, Everton lose on Moyes return
Gunners close gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool, Everton beaten but remain outside bottom three after defeats for Leicester and Wolves.
16 Jan 2025 - 7:29AM
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Racing
Purton just four wins off breaking Whyte’s record after Valley double
Victories aboard Kasa Papa and Bottomuptogether help champion jockey inch closer to all-time Hong Kong benchmark.
16 Jan 2025 - 3:32AM
Zac Purton rings the bell counting down the number of wins needed to break Douglas Whyte’s record. Photos: Kenneth Chan
Football
Mainlanders saved by soft penalty in Guangzhou leg of Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup
Hongkongers in good shape for second leg at home after the first encounter finishes all square.
15 Jan 2025 - 10:44PM
Trail Running
HK100 ultra-marathon runner hopes her feats after giving birth ‘inspire women’
Veronika Leng won TransLantau 50km the year after having her daughter, and now aims to improve her time in 100km race.
16 Jan 2025 - 12:45AM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong triathlete Brown nearly loses finger after scary fall on trail run
Bailee Brown needs 15 stitches and still can’t feel part of right hand after serious injury during training run, but vows to bounce back.
15 Jan 2025 - 12:41PM
Tennis
Zheng says ‘not my day’ after shock Australian Open loss as Osaka, Alcaraz win
Novak Djokovic betters a record previously held by Roger Federer after progress for Aryna Sabalenka, who beat Zheng in last year’s final.
15 Jan 2025 - 8:35PM
China’s Zheng Qinwen had a bad day at the office, and is out of the Australian Open. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong
Why Hong Kong spent HK$30 billion on Kai Tak yet cannot host NBA or elite tennis
City still lacks top-level tennis venue, as basketball chiefs are accused of not showing interest in hosting NBA, which instead chose Macau.
15 Jan 2025 - 12:40PM
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Football
Forest deny Liverpool again, ‘tired’ City blow it, and Rast makes mark on slopes
Nottingham Forest are the team Liverpool cannot beat, while Manchester City are struggling to beat anyone at the moment.
15 Jan 2025 - 7:30AM
Tennis
Three Chinese win at Australian Open, three exit – and Medvedev destroys racquet
Chinese qualifier Wei Sijia beaten by No 4 women’s seed but Wang Xiyu, Wang Yafan and Zhang Shuai get through.
14 Jan 2025 - 9:46PM
Basketball
‘It’s Friday, must be Manila’: Hong Kong Eastern basketball team’s mad 48 hours
Eastern players become frequent fliers as they zigzag between Hong Kong and the Philippines to pursue success in multiple competitions.
15 Jan 2025 - 11:29AM
Canadian centre Chris McLaughlin (left) said Eastern’s travelling would be tiring. Photo: EASL
Racing
SCMP Best Bets: Knight in shining armour the one for punters at the Valley
14 Jan 2025 - 9:56PM
Football
Hong Kong footballers ‘hoping’ a club from the city joins mainland China league
Alex Jojo, who is set to feature in Wednesday’s Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup first leg, could be poised for a transfer to Chinese Super League.
14 Jan 2025 - 11:28PM
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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
Health & Wellness
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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
Josh Ball
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Hong Kong won’t be Asia’s sports event hub until it upgrades amateurish chiefs
7 Jan 2025 - 6:54AM
Richard Breslin
Opinion
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Kai Tak shows how sports infrastructure can lift neighbourhoods
21 Dec 2024 - 10:56AM
Dan Hough
Opinion
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Football is a mirror on our souls, and reveals many problems faced by society
31 Oct 2024 - 3:28PM
Mike Rowse
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Plenty in Hong Kong to promote but are tourism planners looking?
6 Oct 2024 - 5:59PM
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MULTIMEDIA
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Hong Kong football boss Eric Fok open to legalising gambling
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Female sumo wrestler brings her sport to Argentina
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Mainland visitors could double by 2030, says Hong Kong Jockey Club chief executive
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Hong Kong Jockey Club details mainland China plans
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