Hong Kong Sevens

Brazil, Uruguay qualify for Hong Kong Rugby Sevens

28 Feb 2013

At last week's Sevens draw, organisers left two spots open in the 12-strong pre-qualification tournament for the finalists at the Consur Sevens (South American Confederation of Rugby) in Rio de...

Sealed with a hiss as hosts get dream draw for Hong Kong Sevens

22 Feb 2013

Hong Kong will rub shoulders with the 15 core teams at the sixth leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series from March 22-24. They have been invited to do so by the International Rugby Board, not because...

Talking points

21 Feb 2013

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Washington for talks that will be watched closely in Beijing. Abe, who will meet US President Barack Obama for the first time tomorrow, is expected to...

40,000 fans vie for 4,000 Hong Kong Sevens tickets via ballot system

7 Feb 2013

The odds of landing two tickets - the maximum number each successful applicant is allowed - in the electronic draw are not high, but everyone from the public to top Hong Kong Rugby Football Union...

Hong Kong bid to be core Sevens World Series team starts in March

17 Jan 2013

Hong Kong's campaign to become a core team in the annual HSBC Sevens World Series starts on home soil at its "bigger and better" event in March when the hosts will be in the company of the big...

Opinion

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

Alice Wu

John Tsang's confused middle-class claim

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Left Field: The time for excuses from Hong Kong athletes is over

The Mobot and Gangnam Style have been two of the lasting memories for me on the sporting field this past year - Mo Farah at the London Olympics and Chris Gayle during the final of the ICC World...

Public faces luck-of-the-draw ballot for Hong Kong Sevens tickets

Stung by widespread condemnation of online sales of Sevens tickets in recent years, a public ballot will be used to ensure everyone gets a "fair and equal chance" of getting one for next year's...

Hong Kong rugby chief spells out grand vision

Rugby league and even American football are on the cards once the state-of-the-art 50,000-seater stadium is built at Kai Tak, says the enterprising Hong Kong Rugby Football Union.

RUGBY SEVENS

Waisale Serevi, Ben Gollings set up sevens academy

Once they went head-to-head on the rugby pitch, but now Waisale Serevi and Ben Gollings are teaming up to promote the game they love - sevens - to the world.

Who said it?

Hongkongers are clear-headed. We know that we cannot be independent

Professor Chan Kin-man dismisses claims that pro-independence sentiment is growing in the city

Even the...

LEFT FIELD ALVIN SALLAY

Left field: Let's put rugby eggs in one basket

At last, champions of Asia. Even if it is only seven-a-side rugby, Hong Kong's triumph at a former bastion of British colonialism, the Bombay Gymkhana Club, last Sunday is long overdue.