Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Rolex partners with world-class showjumpers Steve Guerdat, Martin Fuchs and Harry Charles, while sponsoring CHI Geneva, the International Jumping Riders Club final and the Rolex Grand Prix

Hironori Aoki, ex-boss of suit company Aoki, paid US$209,000 to Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive of the 2020 games’ organising committee.

The region boasts world-leading women weightlifters, gymnasts, cricket players and swimmers, to name just a few. But all too often the amount of financial backing they’ve received hasn’t matched their sporting success.

City’s skateboarding veteran has urged the government to review the rules and age restrictions after the first-ever Hong Kong Youth Street Skateboarding Open.

Plan will be put to the International Olympic Committee in Mumbai in September; Gujarat ‘has the infrastructure’, sports minister Anurag Thakur says.

Japanese citizens continue to slam the authorities for budget and bribery issues over Tokyo 2020, prompting Sapporo to rethink its bid to host the 2030 Winter Games.

In the public vote for the kanji character best representative of 2022, ‘war’ was chosen in a year of the Ukraine war and assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.

Spiker says absence from China national team will continue because of ‘my physical and psychological condition;, as head coach Cai Bin announces squad for next month’s tournament.

Takahashi, a former executive at Japan’s biggest advertising agency Dentsu, served on the Tokyo 2020 board from June 2014.

The Tokyo 2020 fencing gold medallist paused his studies in secondary school to focus on training full-time and will hit the books for the first time in nine years.

Omega is celebrating the modern woman with its new My Choice campaign that showcases the unique personalities of stars from the track, catwalk and silver screen.

British Olympic champion Matt Walls was treated in the stands for almost 40 minutes after both he and his bike were flung off the track. He was taken to hospital with another rider, while two spectators received medical attention.

Lee, top judge Roberto Ribeiro to be awarded two of this year’s seven Grand Bauhinia Medals.

Teenage skateboarder Zeng Wenhui returns to competition at the World Skate Street Skateboarding Championships in Rome with an eye on Paris 2024.

The government’s promise to invest in sport could mean more future Olympians and historic wins for the city, but the sector will need to make money too. Hong Kong can’t rely on major league matches and sponsorship deals to generate profit, so it should play to its strengths in areas like sports tech and tourism.

Medal winners Doo Hoi-kem, Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey were all born months either side of the city’s emergence from British colonial rule. In the years since, government funding for elite sport has risen to more than HK$735 million a year.

A majority of the Singapore-based entrepreneurs selected from a record number of entries are not from the Lion City, underscoring the city state’s allure as a business base.

Table tennis, or ping pong, is just a bit of fun for most Americans, but one commentator, whose verbal showmanship at the 2020 Olympics helped capture a new breed of fan, could change that.

With a debut for break dancing, surfing to be held in Tahiti, and a pledge for 50 per cent female athlete participation, Paris promises a lot of ‘firsts’.

‘We are the best Asian team’, declares 20-year-old Russell Aylsworth, who alongside 49er teammate Akira Sakai is training for Hangzhou glory in September.

Swimwear maker Speedo ditches 100m and 200m backstroke champion Evgeny Rylov after he attended rally hosted by Russian president in Moscow. Rylov one of 8 athletes spotted at event.

World No 4 kata Grace Lau Mo-sheung considers World Games ‘the biggest event beyond the Olympics’ and thanks the Hong Kong support ‘even though everyone is going through difficult times’.

Top men’s paddler Wong Chun-ting impresses to go through to round of 32, but teammate Minnie Soo Wai-yam crashes out.

World No 4 women’s kata exponent Grace Lau Mo-sheung will ‘do whatever I can do to fight for the top of the podium’ after organisers confirm her qualification for postponed Birmingham, US event in July.

‘It’s challenging, but it’s a chance to be in the next generation of beasts,’ says Hong Kong head coach Peter Matus, as kayaker Austin Chang contrasts family’s initial disapproval with the recent uptick in recognition.