Racquet Sports

'Shuttlegate' eight bring sport into disrepute

3 Aug 2012

On the Athlete's Wall inside the Olympic Park there is brown stone structure engraved with a famous line from the poem Ulysses by British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson.

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Technology and apathy sent tennis spinning into a high-speed decline

22 Apr 2012

Alvin Sallay asks: 'Are the glory days gone for tennis?'(April 15).

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Olympic dreams are squashed

3 Jan 2012

'Squash has the credentials to become an Olympic event ... We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful.' - Jahangir Khan, retired squash champion

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Shuttlecock champions heading for nationals

17 May 2011

To most of us, a shuttlecock is what badminton players hit over the net. But shuttlecock is also the name of a game in which players use the feet or any other part of the body - except the hands...

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Squash makes most of Au factor

14 May 2011

Squash's popularity has soared in the past decade. 'Thanks to Hong Kong Squash, more than 200 primary schools and 50,000 children have been introduced to a modified version of the sport called...

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Your chance to try whole new ball game

24 Jun 2010

If it's too windy to play badminton in the park, and the squash courts are fully booked, you could try waveball. It's a new racquet sport that can be played almost anywhere, even on the beach....

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Global push to gain Olympic status

Hong Kong number one Rebecca Chiu Wing-yin will be too old to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games, but still hopes her successors will have the chance to take part in the world's biggest sporting...

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Low use means tennis, squash courts to go

More tennis and squash courts with low rates of usage will be switched to other purposes after free use of the facilities during the Olympics failed to lift people's interest in the sports.

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Chops and smashes

Tennis on a table

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Love, set and match

When you are reading about tennis in a newspaper or listening to the commentary on a tennis match on TV, are you confused by some of the words or phrases being used? Here is a guide to...

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Getting close to the action and having a ball

Watching the ball boys at Wimbledon on television inspired 12-year-old Michelle Lo of the Diocesan Girls School in Jordan to become a 'ball kid' at the JB Group Classic.

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Racquet power

Squash is a racquet sport played in an indoor court. The game includes singles (played by two players) and doubles (two teams of two players).

Players use a small racquet with a long...

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