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(FILES) French surfer Jeremy Flores raises his arms as he competes in the finals of the men’s championship tour ninth stage of the World Surf League on October 11, 2019 in Capbreton, southwestern France. Europe’s most prized surfer, Jeremy Flores, stepped away from competitive surfing in 2021, only months before a shock tumor diagnosis, which he reveals today in a documentary titled “Dos au mur” (back against the wall). (Photo by GAIZKA IROZ / AFP)
Wellness

He was one of the world’s most successful surfers. Then came a brain tumour

Jeremy Flores was diagnosed with a brain tumour in his early 30s. Many surgeons considered it inoperable. Yet Olympic glory was to follow.

IOC

Olympic great Simone Biles enjoys Hong Kong visit, shares snaps on Instagram

Doping in sport

German anti-doping body has not been publishing names of drug cheats, report says

Fame and celebrity

Meet Joy Beune, world champion speed skater and Playboy cover girl

The athlete, who is dating fellow speed skater Kjeld Nuis, is a former junior world champion and has her eye next on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.

Joy Beune, world champion speed skater, also appeared in the December issue of Playboy Netherlands as its cover girl. Photo: @joybeune/Instagram
Volleyball

China women’s volleyball coach Zhao says ‘hard work’ can take team back to top

Zhao Yong is overhauling the squad, bringing in youngsters as they aim for medal at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Outdoor & Extreme

Video | Hong Kong now has a competition-class skate bowl

It took about two years to build the 3,800 square metre (40,900 sq ft) facility, which now has an international governing body certification

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Swimming

Haughey’s historic Tokyo swimsuit sells at auction for more than Phelps’ Speedos

HK$180,000 bid buys Arena swimsuit and team cap Haughey wore to earn Hong Kong’s first Olympic medal in swimming.

Siobhan Haughey celebrates winning her first Olympic medal, silver in the 200m freestyle in Tokyo in 2021. Photo: TASS via Getty Images
IOC

IOC reveals new swimming, table tennis, golf, athletics events for 2028 Olympics

World’s leading short-distance swimmers delighted, while women athletes will exceed men for the first time.

Video | Olympic champ Eileen Gu teases 2026 Winter Olympics

Mainland China

Editorial | Kirsty Coventry must rise to Olympic challenge after stunning win

The first woman to head the Games’ top international body has sensitive issues to tackle before the next events in Italy and the US.

Zimbabwe’s Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry (centre) waves to crowds gathered to welcome her on her arrival back home at the Robert Mugabe International Airport after her recent appointment as International Olympic Committee president, on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Fame and celebrity

Meet wrestler Wyatt Hendrickson, who saluted Trump after winning his NCAA title

After delivering the ‘biggest upset in NCAA history’ by beating Olympic gold medallist Gable Steveson, the USAF second lieutenant is eyeing greater glory.

Wyatt Hendrickson just delivered the “biggest upset in NCAA history” after besting Gable Steveson at the NCAA Division 1 national championship. Photo: @wyatt_hendrickson/Instagram
Profile

Recap | Hong Kong sporting heroes, from Siobhan Haughey to Derek Currie

Explore inspiring stories of top Hong Kong athletes, including Olympic swimmer Haughey, football legend Currie, open-water swimmer Hu, and more.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Jake Paul’s Dutch Olympian speed-skater girlfriend, Jutta Leerdam

When Jake Paul first contacted Jutta Leerdam via Instagram she wasn’t impressed, saying he looked like an ‘arrogant d******** that thinks he can just get whatever he wants’ – now they’re in love.

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Aviation accidents

World champion Russian skaters killed in DC jet crash had built new life in US

Married ex-Olympians Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among the 64 on board the aircraft that collided with a US Army helicopter.

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Vadim Naumov (left) and Evgenia Shishkova, who died in an airplane collision with a helicopter on Wednesday, are seen in a recent photo. Photo: The Skating Club of Boston photograph via AP
Hong Kong Squash Open

China chiefs turn to Hong Kong for help growing squash ahead of 2028 Olympics

There are just 150 squash courts across mainland China, while Hong Kong has 450, as well as men and women ranked inside the world top 40.

Hong Kong’s Tomato Ho (right), seen in action against Scotland’s Lisa Aitken during the city’s Squash Open, is ranked 25th in the world. Photo: Jonathan Wong
IOC

Olympics in 5 cities? Japan’s IOC presidential candidate pushes ‘crazy’ idea

The son of a Hiroshima survivor, Morinari Watanabe is trying to become the International Olympic Committee’s first Asian president.

Trending in China

China doctor disciplined for Olympian medical leak after getting autographs

Invasion of privacy involving medical details of double gold table tennis Olympic champion Wang Chuqin sparks online backlash.

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Swimming

Hong Kong Olympian Stephanie Au eyes World Championships, National Games spots

The 32-year-old tells the Post that, while she has not retired from competitive sport, she enjoys the ‘different direction’ life has taken.

Hong Kong swimmer Stephanie Au told the Post she is looking to compete at the World Aquatics Championships and National Games in 2025. Photo: SF&OC
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s year in sports: Olympic success and readying Kai Tak complex

Analysts hail ‘bumper’ year for sector but flag disappointment with Messi’s no-show as area for authorities to learn from.

IOC

Olympics athletics legend Coe vows to shake up IOC if he wins presidency race

Coe, a double Olympic champion and head of World Athletics, sees himself as the reform candidate in the contest to replace Thomas Bach.

Fifa Women's World Cup

‘Get Japan back on top’: new coach Nielsen targets more Women’s World Cup glory

The Dane, Japan’s first foreign-born women’s coach, takes over a team that has not reached a World Cup or Olympic semi-final since 2015.

The Greenland-born Nielsen, speaking at his first press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, pledged to help Japan become more than just dangerous dark horses. Photo: Kyodo
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games

Paris Games less polluting, not ‘carbon neutral’ – so what can LA 2028 learn?

This summer’s Olympics and Paralympics generated 1.59 million tonnes of carbon dioxide – a 54.6 per cent reduction from London and Rio.

Paris Games organisers say they more than met their goal of slashing the Olympics’ pollution footprint by half. Photo: Shutterstock
Trending in China

Backlash against ‘sexy’ China athletes a reflection of traditional values: experts

Academics say critics seem to hold the view that Chinese women should be ‘pure’ and a way of projecting the nation’s soft power through sport.

American cinema

Thriller September 5 recalls hostage tragedy at 1972 Munich Olympics

‘Almost like Rear Window,’ director says of September 5, set in ABC Sports control room. Producer who was there recalls what it was like.

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Hong Kong Sports Institute

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.

Alistair Brownlee on his way to retaining his Olympic title in Rio in 2016. Photo: Reuters
Swimming

I’ll never get used to being a star: Olympic champ, world’s fastest swimmer Pan

When asked how he ensures that fame will not change him, he says he focuses only on himself and does not ‘go on the internet so much’.

Olympic gold medallist Pan Zhanle takes selfies with spectators after the victory ceremony for the 100m freestyle at the Paris Games in July. Photo: Xinhua
Swimming

Hong Kong Olympian taking break after Paris push, to focus on youth charity work

Swimmer Camille Cheng launched Mind the Waves with teammates Stephanie Au and Jamie Yeung, and believes in ‘preventive intervention’ approach.

Trending in China

China table tennis wonder boy shines on social media, viewed as future champion

Inspired by grandmother, boy started learning table tennis at eight months old.

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