Football (Soccer) Terminology

24 Aug 2012

As we transition to the new English Premier League season and approach the player-transfer deadline, another kind of transfer is flavour of the month. It's the transfer of Olympic ideals to the...

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'Super cup' to choose second AFC entrant

1 May 2012

The Hong Kong Football Association is planning a new knockout tournament designed to enhance the qualification process for the AFC Cup, the only regional cup competition Hong Kong clubs can...

1:54PM

Benson scores hat-trick on tough mountain run

26 Mar 2012

Darren Benson claimed his third straight victory in the 36th staging of the Skechers Mount Butler (Heritage)Race at Wong Nai Chung Gap yesterday after a clinical display of front running saw him...

11:14AM

Glorious trial puts rivals on notice

25 Mar 2012

Glorious Days confirmed his Group One quality with a tough second to Lucky Nine in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup three weeks ago, and shot out an ominous warning to his next rivals by showing off...

11:09AM

A good week for ...

25 Mar 2012

Lionel Messi

11:06AM

Derby draw points to thriller

16 Mar 2012

If the barrier draw for the 2012 Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby had been intended to open the contest up, then what emerged randomly at Sha Tin yesterday could not have been designed any better....

10:17AM

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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4:35AM

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Derby horses can't be judged only on the race itself

There is a famous story in Australian racing, going back to the 1970s, when a Sydney-based trainer renowned for betting well took a lightly-raced horse he rated very highly in private to a low-...

10:05AM

Punters line up for happy score in TT

A HK$4.5 million jackpot should generate a big Triple Trio pool tomorrow night at Happy Valley, where barrier one on the 'C' course makes Almond Lee's Happy Score a solid banker in the final leg...

9:59AM

Happy Guys shocks a few Derby hopefuls

Six-year-old Happy Guys came out of left field to dent some big Derby-bound reputations in the final race, giving trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fai surprise bookend winners for the day.

9:13AM

Military Attack can spoil his stablemates' Derby assault

Military Attack is one of four runners John Moore has safely qualified for the Group One Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby, but the boom import could cost another two of his stablemates a place in the...

9:11AM

Bullish Champion will inject decent tempo into the Derby

It was hidden away in the fine print to some extent but Bullish Champion's victory on the weekend might have given us hope of a relatively rare event - a decent tempo for the Mercedes-Benz Hong...

7:28AM

Blinkered City King and Gurus Dream claim minor silverware for the camp

Trainer Dennis Yip Chor-hong was unrepresented in the Group Twos, but he came away with all the minor silverware, winning the Silver Lining Cup and the Yan Chai Trophy.

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