Players present the bare facts of US 'lingerie league'

If the old saying "love is blind" is true, then why is looking at women in sexy lingerie popular? Whatever your sentiment on the issue, it's this popularity that has helped the women's Legends Football League become a huge hit since it began in 2009.

With teams competing that go by such names as Minnesota Valkyrie, the Las Vegas Sin and the Philadelphia Passion, the league speaks for itself. It is filled with beautiful, athletic women, and three players from the sport - previously known as the Lingerie Football League - were in town yesterday to promote it at the Harbour Grand in North Point.

Hong Kong was the last stop for Natalie Jahnke and Liz Gorman of the Los Angeles Temptation and Angela Rypien of the Baltimore Charm, on their Asian tour. Despite the risqué subject matter Jahnke, 23, said the tour had been a success.

"This is empowering for women. We're getting the chance to play a man's game and play it well. We're drawing record crowds worldwide and we've expanded to Australia and Canada," she said. "It is not a gimmick, it's a proper sport."

The game is the equivalent of seven-on-seven full-contact American football, and was created in 2009, with games played in autumn and winter at major sports arenas and stadiums in the United States.

"Yes we're women dressed in scantily clad outfits, but we dress in sports-performance wear that keeps everything in," Jahnke said.