Image-conscious China chides its 'unruly' tourists

Masters

Snedeker and Cabrera share lead at Masters Tournament

14 Apr 2013

Snedeker kept his cool in the suffocating pressure of Augusta National to shoot a flawless three-under par 69 to finish the day at seven-under and in sight of a first major title.

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'An incredible achievement' for Chinese schoolboy prodigy as he qualifies for US Masters

5 Nov 2012

WGC-HSBC Champions winner Ian Poulter took time out from his celebrations to hail yesterday's other big victor, mainland schoolboy Guan Tianlang, who became the youngest-ever player to qualify for...

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Fu comes up short in Masters semis

21 Jan 2008

Marco Fu Ka-chun's fairytale run ended prematurely when he was bundled out in the semi-finals of the British Masters by Stephen Lee.

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Fu stuns Ding to reach last four

20 Jan 2008

Hong Kong's Marco Fu Ka-chun moved closer to winning his second major title this season when he pulled off a shock win over the mainland's world number eight Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals of...

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As China's darling, Ding has key role in East v West star wars

8 Jul 2007

Strip away the veneer of sophistication from China's most famous snooker star and what you will get is Ding Junhui, all excited and hopeful that he might be able to bump into his all-action idol...

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Ding gets a lucky break after being denied the prize money

10 Apr 2005

Ding Junhui wrote himself into the history books by being the first Asian to win a ranking tournament in 10 years - but bizarrely he did not take home a cent in prize money and he dropped four...

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Opinion

Albert Cheng

Is Frederick Ma readying himself for a political comeback?

Updated 11:13PM

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Ding beats Doherty to set up dream final with Hendry

China's Ding Junhui continued his marvellous form, thrashing former world champion Ken Doherty 6-0 and setting up a dream final against Scottish great Stephen Hendry at the China Open in Beijing...

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Sports Quiz

1. Name the only Hong Kong player to win a rubber in the 4-1 Davis Cup loss to the Philippines last weekend?

2. How many strokes did Tiger Woods finish behind Masters winner Phil...

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Classy performance puts Fu in the frame

Marco Fu Kar-chun put himself firmly in the frame for future stardom by reaching the final of the British snooker Grand Prix in Preston.

Despite losing the championship decider 9-2...

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One-sided

I WOULD like to comment on Brian Masters' article 'Earthly Powers' (South China Morning Post, March 11).

8:02AM

Pot shot genius

FIRST there was a Hurricane that took snooker by storm in the 1970s, then a Whirlwind blew through in the 1980s and out of Asia in the 1990s comes a Thai-phoon.

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