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Hong Kong Sports Institute

The Hong Kong Sports Institute is a centre of excellence for Hong Kong sport in Fo Tan. It provides grants, coaching and training facilities for elite athletes with the goal of improving the standard of sport in Hong Kong. Sports are assessed on two- and four-year cycles to see if they meet performance benchmarks. The current elite sports supported by the Institute are: athletics, badminton, billiard sports, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, karatedo, rowing, rugby sevens, squash, swimming, table tennis, tenpin bowling, triathlon, windsurfing and wushu.

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9 September, 2024

Oscar Coggins competing during the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021. He says he will have to be on his “A” game to qualify for Hong Kong’s National Games team. Photo: EPA-EFE

Triathlon

Hong Kong triathlete Oscar Coggins sets ‘big goal’ for 2025 National Games

Tokyo Olympian says city’s triathlon squad is strongest he has known, reveals training changes in bid for peak performance.

24 Dec 2024 - 9:00AM

China

Athlete’s family ‘paid HK$100,000’ to group that promised entry into Olympics

19 Dec 2024 - 9:05AM

UCI Track Cycling World Cup

Hong Kong cycling coach has 2025 planning problem amid UCI Nations Cup confusion

18 Dec 2024 - 1:30PM

Siobhan Haughey

Hong Kong world champ Haughey to consider future as coach dangles Olympic precedent

Four-time Olympic medallist is set for 3 months off after her heroics in Budapest and Tom Rushton has given her something to think about.

16 Dec 2024 - 8:23PM

Siobhan Haughey savours the moment after winning 200m freestyle world championships gold. Photo: EPA-EFE

Hong Kong lawmaker Fok wants snooker to retain ‘Tier A’ status, changes to format

Billiard sports face losing their place as a top-tier sport, which would see their funding cut by 80 per cent.

9 Dec 2024 - 7:41PM

Hong Kong sports

Hong Kong athletes told to take on world, as new HK$1 billion training base opens

New ‘world-class’ Facilities Building includes new karate, table tennis and fitness centres, with officials targeting global glory.

5 Dec 2024 - 8:30AM

World Snooker

Former snooker world champion Terry Griffiths, son of Hong Kong coach Wayne, dies

The Welshman, who was a frequent visitor to Hong Kong in the 1980-90s, won the world title in 1979 and completed the ‘Triple Crown’ in 1982.

2 Dec 2024 - 6:08PM

Former snooker world champion Terry Griffiths (left) and his son and Hong Kong coach Wayne Griffiths.

Hong Kong China Rugby

Hong Kong rugby hero Salom Yiu going off beaten path to find stars of tomorrow

Local governing body’s talent test day attracts 200 rugby novices with dreams of becoming international stars.

1 Dec 2024 - 5:47PM

Olympics

Top coach reveals how Olympic champion Brownlee ‘dramatically changed triathlon’

Ben Bright has had big hand in 11 Olympic medals as senior figure for GB triathlon, after ‘years coming to terms’ with own Games blow.

24 Nov 2024 - 1:00PM

Shek Wai Hung

Hong Kong officials defend coaches, blame weak-minded athletes for gymnastics woe

The Gymnastics Association of Hong Kong has struggled to consistently produce competitive athletes.

23 Nov 2024 - 8:55AM

Hong Kong’s Angel Wong competing on the balance beam in the qualifying round of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium in 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sports bosses embrace new guidelines, but bodies face ruin if they fail to comply

National Sports Association leaders spell out the importance of public funding following SF&OC governance review.

21 Nov 2024 - 7:35PM

Edgar Yang (left), honorary secretary-general of the SF&OC, and vice-president Kenneth Fok meet the media after the release of the code of governance report. Photo: Elson Li

Fencing

Olympian Lin eyeing LA Games, as Hong Kong seeks successor for golden-girl Kong

Two-times Asian Games bronze medallist Coco Lin will compete in this weekend’s Hong Kong Open, after summer commentating on Paris Olympics.

21 Nov 2024 - 10:00AM

Hong Kong

Hong Kong sports bodies have 2 years to fall into line or risk losing funding

New code of governance sets out three major areas where the city’s National Sports Associations need to improve by 2026.

20 Nov 2024 - 10:22PMvideocam

2025 National Games

Hong Kong cycling in transition and can make a breakthrough, says legend Wong

Fellow Asian Games gold medallist Leung Chun-wing, who is now a coach at HKSI, backs city’s cyclists to step up at next year’s National Games.

19 Nov 2024 - 10:00AM

Former Hong Kong champion Wong Kam-po says cycling was at a turning point as some of the city’s best moved away from competing and into coaching. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Hong Kong sports

Term limits, stricter oversight on horizon for Hong Kong’s sport chiefs

Sources say committee has made recommendations on future code of governance, and report could be made public this week.

18 Nov 2024 - 7:00AM

Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung (second left), alongside Timothy Fok (far left), Kenneth Fok and Eric Fok at the Paris Olympics. Photo: Mike Chan

Hong Kong’s failings in athletics bring only silence from sport’s bosses

Chairman of city’s governing body Kwan Kee declines to discuss subject, while Sports Institute says its approach is ‘on track’.

16 Nov 2024 - 10:27AM

Kai Tak Sports Park

Kai Tak Sports Park backed to ‘attract mega live events’ to unique Hong Kong

Leading sports marketing industry figure advocates ‘proactive’ approach to targeting stars following Singapore Taylor Swift coup.

14 Nov 2024 - 12:00PM

Siobhan Haughey

Haughey says having pool named after her at SCAA not even on her ‘bucket list’

The sports club invited former coaches and members of her old swimming school to attend the naming ceremony in Causeway Bay.

13 Nov 2024 - 8:09PM

Siobhan Haughey is all smiles at the ceremony of a pool being named after her at South China Athletic Association. Photo: Edmond So

Hong Kong China Rugby

Hong Kong bosses start planning for Los Angeles Olympics, given new talent boost

City’s men’s and women’s teams both set for 2025 Challenger Series, optimistic of imminent news about competition arrangement.

13 Nov 2024 - 5:51PM

2025 National Games

Coach urges young stars to chase senior success, targets National Games

Hong Kong win two gold medals and one silver at Asian under-23 event, athletes set for China national championships this weekend.

11 Nov 2024 - 10:59AM

Asia Rugby Sevens Series

Hong Kong teams into Asia Rugby Sevens Series semi-finals after rampant displays

Men’s team poised for China semi-final in Bangkok, while women set to go head-to-head with Japan for final spot.

9 Nov 2024 - 10:00PM

Liam Doherty evades two tacklers during Hong Kong’s crushing victory over Malaysia. Photo: HKCR

Triathlon

Hong Kong Elg retains Asia U23 triathlon crown, warning for Choi after World Cup

Triathlon relays set for Saudi Arabia on Sunday, two Hongkongers claim podium spots in Saturday’s races.

9 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM

Robin Elg crossed the line in Saudi Arabia to retain his Asian Under-23 title.

Shek Wai Hung

China’s most decorated gymnast hails ‘brilliant career’ of Hong Kong’s Shek

Shek won Asian Games gold in the men’s vault in 2014 and 2018 and qualified for this year’s Olympics in Paris.

8 Nov 2024 - 12:06PM

Triathlon

Choi alone in Japan, with Hong Kong triathletes on last legs after ‘brutal’ 2024

Head coach Wright reveals National Games of China will be focus for 2025, says he ‘grilled’ Coggins after athlete suffered calf problem.

6 Nov 2024 - 5:30PM

Triathlon

Coggins in battle to race again in 2024 after Korea World Cup injury setback

Four Hongkongers set for final World Triathlon Cup leg in Japan next month, but Coggins eyeing China race after injury wrecks Korean venture.

26 Oct 2024 - 5:38PM

Oscar Coggins retains hopes of competing again in 2024, says coach Andrew Wright, possibly at the China National Championships in three weeks. Photo: Facebook/Oscar Coggins

Triathlon

Hong Kong Olympian set for Ironman World Championship debut at age of 60

Michael Tse rowed for the city at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and was formerly a coach at Hong Kong Institute of Sport.

25 Oct 2024 - 11:00AM

Michael Tse will race in his third Ironman at a venue that is considered the holy grail for triathletes. Photo: Michael Tse

Late-blooming Leung sets example for Hong Kong teammate Lee after Olympic blow

Missing out on Paris has driven the young cyclist to possible Asian honours, says coach Dagorne, while Lee has turned in mixed performances.

25 Oct 2024 - 8:45AM

Triathlon

Coggins to shoulder Hong Kong’s World Triathlon Cup hopes, illness hits Brown, Yu

This year’s penultimate cup race will be staged in the South Korean city of Tongyeong on Saturday.

21 Oct 2024 - 8:30AM

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