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Harris Ho (right) won the men’s foil team silver medal at the Asian Games in Japan. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong’s rising fencing star Harris Ho confident of gold at Youth Olympic Games

‘I had a one-week break after the Asian Games and that’s enough for me. I am ready to get going again,’ the 17-year-old says.

Wellness

TCM or Western medicine for sports injuries? Why Hong Kong fencer chose both

Asian Games 2026

Hong Kong’s newest star and heir to Cheung Ka-long throne set for Asian Games

Greg Koenig

Cheung Ka-long ready to rise to challenge overcome by Djokovic and Guardiola

Hong Kong’s first fencing superstar set for fourth Asian Games but motivation not coming so easily having won it all.

Double Olympic champion Cheung Ka-long will be competing in his fourth Asian Games. Photo: Elson Li
Ryan Choi Chun-yin

Why Hong Kong ace Ryan Choi can take Djokovic inspiration amid technique tweak

Ex-world champion aiming to emerge from injury ready for Asian Games medal quest, music career providing perspective.

Profile | The Hong Kong fencer aiming to make 2028 Los Angeles Olympics – with New Zealand

‘I’ve always wanted to become great at something and reach my full potential, so that when I look back … I gave it everything,’ Ruby Chan says.

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Hong Kong sports

Editorial | A stacked sporting calendar gives Hong Kong the winning edge

From high-profile football to world fencing action, major events are serving up real social and economic rewards.

Chelsea fans pose for photos outside Kai Tak Stadium before the second of the Hong Kong Football Festival match, of Chelsea vs Juventus, on August 5. Photo: Elson Li
Asian Games 2026

A golden Asian Games the expectation, but what reality awaits Hong Kong’s fencers?

The city’s athletes head to Japan next month with a double Olympic gold medallist and a former world champion in their ranks.

Young fencer with Hong Kong roots dreams of winning Olympic gold at Brisbane 2032

Amelie Tsang, whose father is from Hong Kong’s New Territories, became Britain’s first women’s cadet world champion in 2023.

AsiaWorld-Expo

Hong Kong’s hosting nous, crowd support key to locking in fencing Grand Prix spot

FIE decision to have city replace Shanghai on circuit welcomed by athletes, officials after its successful staging of World Championships.

Hong Kong’s Ryan Choi (right) in action against Belgium’s Stef Van Campenhout in the men's team foil round of 16 at AsiaWorld-Expo on Tuesday. Photo: Elson Li
Cheung Ka-long

Cheung Ka-long Olympic nightmares stalking world champion Italian fencing star

Filippo Macchi basking in glow of brilliant team final comeback success against Hong Kong, but hungry for more.

Filippo Macchi (left) with Cheung Ka-long and bronze medallist Nick Itkin on the Paris Olympics podium. Photo: AFP
Cheung Ka-long

Hong Kong’s men claim historic foil team silver at Fencing World Championships

City squad lose final in heartbreaking fashion to Italy following narrow semi-final victory over USA and earlier success against Hungary.

AsiaWorld-Expo

Hong Kong typhoon causes spectators to miss out on home fencers at world event

City’s fencers in men’s épée and women’s sabre bow out before the round of 16 behind closed doors of AsiaWorld-Expo.

Jackson Wang

Video | Hong Kong superstar Jackson Wang named fencing ambassador

Being global ambassador for the sport is a role the rapper-singer ‘always wanted to do’.

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Jackson Wang

Hong Kong superstar Jackson Wang named fencing ambassador as city fencers exit

Being global ambassador for the sport is a role he ‘always wanted to do’, says rapper-singer as world champion Ryan Choi heads departure list.

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New global ambassador Jackson Wang (right) is “part of the family”, said Donald Anthony, vice-president of the International Fencing Federation, on Saturday. Photo: Dickson Lee
Ryan Choi Chun-yin

Ryan Choi’s mental strength key to his world title defence, Hong Kong coach says

Foil head coach Greg Koenig says world No 2 has overcome injury, but must ‘find enough psychological resources to fight’ at AsiaWorld-Expo.

US teen enjoys ‘good test’ of qualifiers at Fencing World Championships

Jaelyn Liu has reached the main draw for the second time in as many appearances and faces world No 14 Sumire Tsuji on Monday at AsiaWorld-Expo.

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Ukraine fencers furious as Russia flag, anthem return to World Championships

Sport allows athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete as part of a team and under their own flag in Hong Kong.

Ukraine’s Mykhailo Krasniuk (left) takes on Israel’s Dov Vilensky at the AsiaWorld-Expo. Photo: Mike Chan
Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan

Hong Kong fencer Harris Ho sweeps into main draw on World Championships debut

Seventeen-year-old is joined by women’s épéeists Moonie Chu and Wu Haidi after trio fought their way through Wednesday’s qualifying rounds.

Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan

Hong Kong fencers prepare to compete at World Championships on home soil

Ryan Choi, Cheung Ka-long and Kaylin Hsieh skip the qualifiers and receive a bye to the main draw thanks to their top 16 ranking.

Cheung Ka-long

Hong Kong fencers looking forward to competing at home as World Championships loom

First-time hosts will field a mix of veterans, world champions and debutants keen for rare chance of performing in front of family, friends.

Hong Kong's foilists (from left) Cheung Ka-long, Leung Chin-yu, Harris Ho and Ryan Choi. Photo: Elson Li
Cheung Ka-long

Hong Kong fencer Ryan Choi in race to be fit in time for world championships

Head coach Greg Koenig also says ‘nothing has changed’ in quest to improve world ranking and qualify for Olympics after silver medal in India.

Hong Kong fencer Ryan Choi (right) sustained a left hamstring injury at the Asian Fencing Championship in New Delhi this week. Photo: Fencing Association of Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong fencer Kaylin Hsieh wins first silver at Asian Fencing Championships

Reigning men’s foil individual champion Ryan Choi fails to defend his title and exits in the quarter-finals, losing to winner Kyosuke Matsuyama.

Greg Koenig

Hong Kong foilist Daphne Chan claims maiden Asian Fencing Championships bronze

Head coach Greg Koenig says all four members of women’s foiling team have reason to be proud of performances in India.

Mirror

The fencing singer: Ryan Choi collaborates with Mirror’s Edan Lui on latest song

The duo were roommates at the University of Hong Kong eight years ago and the music video features pivotal movements in their lives.

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Hong Kong fencer Ryan Choi (left) released a new song on Friday with local popstar Edan Lui. Photo: Instagram /ryanchoiiiii
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Got7’s Jackson Wang went from Hong Kong fencing prodigy to global music icon

One of the world’s most prominent Chinese singers, Jackson Wang was a star fencer before his music career exploded with K-pop boy band Got7.

Jackson Wang poses at the Met Gala in New York City in 2023. Long before he was a singer, the Got7 rapper was a fencer. Photo: Reuters
Greg Koenig

Hong Kong fencing coach ‘happy with team’ despite lacklustre display in Shanghai

Greg Koenig believes the foil quartet he has selected for Asian and World Championships can achieve ‘beautiful things’ over next two months.

Greg Koenig

Young Hong Kong fencers in Shanghai battle to make Asian, World championships

Coach Greg Koenig admits having to select from a squad including Leung Chin-yu, Cheng Tit-nam and Lam Ho-long is ‘a happy problem’ to have.

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