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Football
Eastern’s Mitrovic expects ‘war’ with Tai Po in Hong Kong FA Cup semi-final
Clubs renew hostilities for right to face BC Rangers or Football Club in next month’s final, a week after spicy six-goal league draw.
2 hours ago
Hong Kong triathlete Hilda Choi looks to Asia Cup in National Games quest
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Olympic golden duo Vivian Kong, Cheung Ka-long win Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards
17 Apr 2025 - 11:01PM
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Watch live: Cathay 2024 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards ceremony
City’s leading athletes, such as swimmer Siobhan Haughey and fencer Cheung Ka-long, nominated for annual awards on Thursday.
17 Apr 2025 - 7:07PM
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Hong Kong’s flag is displayed at the Olympic Games in Paris last year. Photo: Xinhua
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Zhao back at snooker’s Crucible after match-fixing ban, among record 10 Chinese
Draw reveals fate for Chinese hopefuls as Zhao, bouncing back from the sport’s biggest match-fixing scandal, makes it through qualifying.
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Racing
Bott eyes dream international debut with Royal Patronage in Champions Mile
Australian handler prepares to break new ground with first overseas runner in Hong Kong on Sunday week.
17 Apr 2025 - 4:23PM
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Football
Fans in China voice anger as club play hours after striker Boupendza’s death
Zhejiang FC go ahead with match against Meizhou Hakka in Hangzhou on day of death of the 28-year-old, who fell from a building on Wednesday.
17 Apr 2025 - 2:52PM
A fan holds a shirt with the name and number of Gabon striker Aaron Boupendza during the Chinese Super League match between Zhejiang FC and Meizhou Hakka in Hangzhou on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Racing
Star sprinter Ka Ying Rising on song for Champions Day after ‘perfect trial’
David Hayes and Zac Purton delighted with the three-time Group One winner’s effortless win on the dirt on Thursday morning.
17 Apr 2025 - 4:16PM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong tennis lures coaching supremo from United States to boost prospects
Experienced new man, who has worked with top WTA and ATP stars including grand slam winners, will oversee city’s elite players, coaches.
17 Apr 2025 - 9:30AM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong spent HK$823 million on its athletes in 2023-24. Here’s where it went
Taxpayer-funded spending on athletes is revealed in Hong Kong Sports Institute report.
17 Apr 2025 - 7:00AM
China
Footballer dead in China after fall from building, Gabon FA says
Statement by Chinese Super League team Zhejiang says Aaron Boupendza died at his residence, former clubs in US, France, Turkey send tributes.
17 Apr 2025 - 2:01PM
Aaron Boupendza playing in the Africa Cup of Nations for Gabon. Photo: Reuters
Racing
Richards scores Valley double amid ‘tough old struggle’ this season
Iconical and Sunday’s Serenade lift Kiwi handler’s spirits at city circuit as he battles for winners this term.
16 Apr 2025 - 11:02PM
Basketball
Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic, Antetokounmpo: NBA playoffs again a global showcase
About 30 per cent of players represent 44 nations, and in a first, the NBA’s five statistical champions come from five different countries.
16 Apr 2025 - 11:26PM
Cricket
Willis quits as Hong Kong cricket coach days after side’s T20 failure
Englishman says he was looking to pursue new challenges, while search for replacement expected to begin immediately.
16 Apr 2025 - 4:29PM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Lacrosse Open: city’s women confident of making final with young team
Head coach says ‘mix of some veteran and younger players’ will hope to go one better than last year while the men’s team defend their title.
16 Apr 2025 - 8:14PM
Hong Kong’s Xu Jiaxi (right) in action in last year’s final against against eventual winners Second Era Leaders of Lacrosse (SELL) of Japan. Photo: Hong Kong Lacrosse
Football
American playing football in Hong Kong reveals Wayne Rooney influence on career
Jesus Salazar, who will play for Football Club in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final, was with DC United when ex-Manchester United star played in MLS.
2 hours ago
Golf
2028 LA Olympics: mixed-team golf event approved for Games
Like the men’s and women’s individual events, the 36-hole mixed-team competition will take place at the Riviera Country Club.
16 Apr 2025 - 9:36AM
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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
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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
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David Ketchum
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Hong Kong’s sporting dream needs the support of private enterprise
23 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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
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Richard Breslin
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Kai Tak shows how sports infrastructure can lift neighbourhoods
21 Dec 2024 - 10:56AM
Dan Hough
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Football is a mirror on our souls, and reveals many problems faced by society
31 Oct 2024 - 3:28PM
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North Korea’s first Pyongyang marathon in 6 years
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