https://www.scmp.com/rss/316007/feed The Hong Kong Sports Institute is a centre of excellence for Hong Kong sport in Fo Tan. It provides grants, coaching and training facilities for elite athletes with the goal of improving the standard of sport in Hong Kong. Sports are assessed on two- and four-year cycles to see if they meet performance benchmarks. The current elite sports supported by the Institute are: athletics, badminton, billiard sports, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, karatedo, rowing, rugby sevens, squash, swimming, table... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong swimmer Ian Ho Yentou still has his sights firmly set on Asian Games success in September, despite still being in off-season mode and working hard to complete his doctorate. A mechanical engineering PhD student at Virginia Tech, the Hongkonger had previously said he hoped to graduate in the first half of 2026, and he revealed that he was still on track to meet his goal. Defending his dissertation comes after the United States-born athlete won a historic men’s 50m freestyle gold medal... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3349608/decorated-hong-kong-swimmer-ian-ho-eyes-asian-games-joy-phd-defence-comes-first?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3349608/decorated-hong-kong-swimmer-ian-ho-eyes-asian-games-joy-phd-defence-comes-first?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:47:19 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Table tennis veteran Wong Chun-ting is hoping to build on the momentum of last year’s results with his partner, Baldwin Chan Ho-wah, after the pair won the best sports combination award at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards. Wong, who has won the award three times before with his long-term mixed doubles partner Doo Hoi-kem, was nominated with Chan for the first time. The city’s men’s doubles duo, who only became regular partners in October 2024, were recognised as one of three winners on Tuesday... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3349060/hong-kong-table-tennis-star-wong-hopes-build-strong-momentum-partner-chan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3349060/hong-kong-table-tennis-star-wong-hopes-build-strong-momentum-partner-chan?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:30:12 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Hong Kong’s ice hockey players have the talent to succeed but lack the platform to showcase their skills to the wider world, and that is something the sport’s top local official plans to change. Bringing three world championships to the city is just the start of that movement, with Sherman Chan Yan-wing, chairman of the Hong Kong, China Ice Hockey Association, also hoping to convince the government to put a comprehensive development plan for the sport in place. With the goal of having a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3348992/hong-kong-ice-hockey-boss-eyes-next-step-players-take-regions-best-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3348992/hong-kong-ice-hockey-boss-eyes-next-step-players-take-regions-best-home?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:26 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan The Hong Kong men’s handball team admitted that they felt it was “now or never” to achieve on-court success after winning the best team prize for the first time at this week’s Cathay 2025 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards. Since the inception of the sports team award at the event in 2004, the majority – 17 out of 21 – on offer have been snapped up by rugby or football teams. The city’s men’s handball team, which is an amateur side, became only the third sport – after cricket and lion dance – outside... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3348918/hong-kong-mens-handball-team-admit-it-now-or-never-achieve-success-after-award-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3348918/hong-kong-mens-handball-team-admit-it-now-or-never-achieve-success-after-award-win?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:30:07 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Fencing world champion and first-time nominee Ryan Choi Chun-yin scooped up the big prize when he was crowned men’s “best of the best” at the Cathay 2025 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards on Tuesday. Choi, who last year became the men’s foil individual world champion in Tbilisi and rose to the world No 1 spot, also won two other awards during the ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, attended by Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration Warner Cheuk Wing-hing, and Secretary for... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3348576/hong-kong-sports-stars-awards-fencer-ryan-choi-swimmer-siobhan-haughey-win-best-best?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3348576/hong-kong-sports-stars-awards-fencer-ryan-choi-swimmer-siobhan-haughey-win-best-best?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:22:30 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Ceci Lee Sze-wing vowed to guard against complacency after scorching to Asian Track Championships elimination race gold in the Philippines on Thursday. The Hongkonger held her nerve to beat mainland China rival Chen Ning on the final lap in Tagaytay and upgrade the elimination silvers she claimed in 2024 and 2025. Misaki Okamoto of Japan was third. “I’m happy because I’ve never won the elimination race at an Asian championships, but the strongest Japanese riders weren’t here so I can’t be... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347984/hong-kong-cycling-star-ceci-lee-storms-asian-championships-gold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347984/hong-kong-cycling-star-ceci-lee-storms-asian-championships-gold?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:41:42 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After giving up his “new life” in the UK to rejoin the Hong Kong cycling programme, Victor Lau Wan-hei is in a city squad set to begin its Asian Track Championships campaign in the thin air of Tagaytay in the Philippines on Wednesday. The brother of leading city road racer Vincent Lau Wan-yau, the 31-year-old Victor Lau had been working as a physiotherapist after quitting full-time competition to study the practice overseas. Herve Dagorne, the Hong Kong head coach, said that Lau had never... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347741/hong-kong-rider-returns-retirement-ceci-lee-challenged-asian-gold-count?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347741/hong-kong-rider-returns-retirement-ceci-lee-challenged-asian-gold-count?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:43:16 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Maurizio Zomparelli, the mastermind of Ryan Choi Chun-yin’s historic fencing world championships gold, was named individual sport coach of the year at the 2025 Hong Kong Coaching Awards on Saturday, sharing the top honour with Leung Suk-ying for her work in para swimming (intellectual disability). Both winners were unable to attend the Hong Kong Sports Institute [HKSI] ceremony, with Zomparelli delivering his acceptance speech over video from overseas. “No achievement is ever reached alone,”... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347443/hong-kong-coaching-awards-maurizio-zomparelli-wins-individual-sport-coach-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347443/hong-kong-coaching-awards-maurizio-zomparelli-wins-individual-sport-coach-year?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:30:07 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After being consumed by nerves on his senior Hong Kong debut earlier this month, Ma Yik-fei will continue his discovery of a “different world” when he competes in the Asian Track Cycling Championships next week. Part of the city’s team pursuit silver medal squad at the UCI Track World Cup in Perth, Ma felt his edgy performance in the gold-medal race cost Hong Kong the chance of challenging powerhouse hosts Australia. Nonetheless, Herve Dagorne had no qualms over choosing a rider long since... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347297/hong-kong-cycling-hope-discovering-different-world-after-jittery-world-cup-debut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347297/hong-kong-cycling-hope-discovering-different-world-after-jittery-world-cup-debut?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:43 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong cycling head coach Herve Dagorne said Ceci Lee Sze-wing had “confirmed her progress” after she won omnium bronze at the UCI Track World Cup in Perth. Lee, who was third in Friday’s elimination race, was a model of consistency as she captured her second podium finish of the three-day meeting from the blue riband four-discipline omnium event. Anita Stenberg, a four-time European champion, upgraded her elimination silver to win gold on Sunday. Tsuyaka Uchino, of Japan, who will rival Lee... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345914/hong-kong-cycling-star-ceci-lee-claims-second-world-cup-medal-australia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345914/hong-kong-cycling-star-ceci-lee-claims-second-world-cup-medal-australia?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:00:12 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Ceci Lee Sze-wing announced her arrival on the world stage after claiming a landmark bronze, and Hong Kong made a tremendous start to the UCI Track World Cup in Perth on Friday. The winner of three National Games golds last year, and an Asian Road Cycling Championships mixed relay time trial champion last month, the 24-year-old Lee’s elimination race medal in Australia was her first from a global competition. There was more good news for the city squad when the men’s team pursuit quartet of Ng... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345784/hong-kong-cyclists-make-flying-world-cup-start-ceci-lee-claims-landmark-medal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345784/hong-kong-cyclists-make-flying-world-cup-start-ceci-lee-claims-landmark-medal?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:54:06 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After discarding old and outmoded methods to undergo a “new start” last year, Charles Ng Pak-hang will finally achieve one of his career goals when he makes his UCI Track World Cup debut in Perth on Friday. A mixed relay time trial gold medallist from last month’s Asian Road Cycling Championships, Ng will be part of the Hong Kong team time trial quartet at an Australian venue that already holds fond memories. The 27-year-old played down the scratch gold he claimed from an AusCycling track series... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345244/hong-kong-cyclist-charles-ng-aiming-high-after-making-new-start-golden-2025?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3345244/hong-kong-cyclist-charles-ng-aiming-high-after-making-new-start-golden-2025?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:00:10 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Herve Dagorne said he was “honoured” to be appointed as a university professor, but promised the new role would not compromise his single-minded mission of spearheading Hong Kong’s quest for continental and global cycling success. Poised to lead the city squad in this week’s UCI Track World Cup in Perth, Dagorne, who recently signed a new two-year contract, was this week named as adjunct professor in The Education University of Hong Kong’s (EdUHK) Academy for Educational Development and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3344973/head-coach-says-new-professor-role-will-not-compromise-hong-kongs-hunt-cycling-glory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3344973/head-coach-says-new-professor-role-will-not-compromise-hong-kongs-hunt-cycling-glory?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:00:14 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Hong Kong lawmaker Kenneth Fok Kai‑kong welcomed the government’s HK$1.2 billion investment in sports development as “a timely boost that will inject fresh momentum”, while also urging a more strategic approach to building a sustainable sports industry. Fok, who is also vice-president of the city’s Sports Federation and Olympic Committee (SF&OC), said details on how the money could be spent would be decided following “a comprehensive review of athlete support planned after the Asian... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3344744/fok-welcomes-inspiring-budget-says-asian-games-will-be-part-hk12bn-funding-review?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3344744/fok-welcomes-inspiring-budget-says-asian-games-will-be-part-hk12bn-funding-review?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara An “honoured” Herve Dagorne is aiming to secure the long-term health of Hong Kong cycling after he signed a contract on Friday to extend his term as head coach. The Frenchman, whose new deal ties him to the city squad for two more years, has overseen an upturn in results and performances since being appointed in March 2024. Last week, Hong Kong claimed two medals, including mixed relay time trial gold, from the Asian Road Championships in Saudi Arabia. Nonetheless, Dagorne said there were “so... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3343512/hong-kong-cycling-head-coach-herve-dagorne-plans-legacy-goals-after-signing-new-contract?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3343512/hong-kong-cycling-head-coach-herve-dagorne-plans-legacy-goals-after-signing-new-contract?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:11 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara It is a measure of her renewed self-belief that Chloe Leung Wing-yee returned home from claiming two Asian Road Cycling Championships medals stalked by a feeling of what might have been. Leung acknowledged her time trial silver could have been gold, while she vowed to never repeat the lapse that scuppered the city squad’s women’s road race medal chances. Still, the overriding picture from the 29-year-old’s week in Saudi Arabia is of a cyclist riding towards the elevated targets that tactical and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3343197/hong-kong-cycling-star-chloe-leungs-mental-gains-spark-olympic-games-belief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3343197/hong-kong-cycling-star-chloe-leungs-mental-gains-spark-olympic-games-belief?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:33 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Head coach Herve Dagorne said his star pair of Ceci Lee Sze-wing and Chloe Leung Wing-yee were “not proud of themselves” after the golden glow of Saturday gave way to dark disappointment on Sunday for Hong Kong’s cyclists. Pivotal members of the six-strong team that clinched Asian Road Cycling Championships time trial mixed relay gold at the beginning of the weekend in Saudi Arabia, Lee and Leung had been fancied to add to the city squad’s two-medal haul in the women’s road race on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342849/hong-kong-cyclists-not-proud-themselves-after-missed-medal-opportunity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342849/hong-kong-cyclists-not-proud-themselves-after-missed-medal-opportunity?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:00:17 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Head coach Herve Dagorne saluted an “incredible and beautiful” victory after brilliant Hong Kong claimed mixed relay time trial gold at the Asian Road Cycling Championships on Saturday. Vincent Lau Wan-yau, Charles Ng Pak-hang, Franco Chu Tsun-wai, Yang Qianyu, and the irrepressible pair of Chloe Leung Wing-yee and Ceci Lee Sze-wing combined to stun heavy favourites Kazakhstan, and earn the city squad a first continental road title since 2018. It is Hong Kong’s second senior medal in Saudi... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342773/hong-kong-claim-incredible-beautiful-gold-medal-asian-road-cycling-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342773/hong-kong-claim-incredible-beautiful-gold-medal-asian-road-cycling-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:17:29 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Herve Dagorne revealed he felt mixed emotions after Chloe Leung Wing-yee missed individual time trial gold by a hair’s breadth on the opening day of the Asian Road Cycling Championships in Saudi Arabia. Leung, 22nd in the same discipline at last year’s UCI Road World Championships, appeared poised to top the podium after she completed the 20km course in 26 minutes and 13.710 seconds. However, that honour went instead to Kazakhstan’s Rinata Sultanova, who clocked 26:04.340 to snatch gold from the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342552/hong-kongs-chloe-leung-narrowly-pipped-asian-cycling-gold-saudi-arabia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342552/hong-kongs-chloe-leung-narrowly-pipped-asian-cycling-gold-saudi-arabia?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:04:34 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara An arduous trek by air and road, alien terrain and formidable rivals all stand in the way of Hong Kong’s cyclists and success at the Asian Road Cycling Championships in Saudi Arabia this week. Staged in the Kingdom’s Qassim Region from Thursday, the championships will mark a competition return for Ceci Lee Sze-wing, 2½ months after her triple gold medal National Games exploits. They will also provide Herve Dagorne, the head coach, with a chance to nudge his Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI)... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3341930/hong-kong-target-twin-asian-medal-haul-head-coach-dagorne-waits-contract-news?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3341930/hong-kong-target-twin-asian-medal-haul-head-coach-dagorne-waits-contract-news?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Long jumper Tiffany Yue Nga-yan, the saviour of Hong Kong track and field at the most recent Asian Games, has begun a complete technique overhaul as she seeks to recapture the form that earned her bronze in Hangzhou almost 2½ years ago. Since leaping a city record 6.50 metres for her medal back in October 2023, Yue’s best outdoor jump has been the 6.40m she managed in May the following year. The 27-year-old’s 2025 season finished with her grasping at her injured right calf and feeling “worried... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3341423/hong-kong-long-jumper-tiffany-yue-happy-deal-funding-pressure-asian-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3341423/hong-kong-long-jumper-tiffany-yue-happy-deal-funding-pressure-asian-games?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:00:13 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Hong Kong badminton player Yoyo Ng Tsz-yau has criticised the condition of her Youth Olympic Games gold medal after it was returned by the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI), posting a photo of the medal on social media. “This is so outrageous. I lent this medal to the Hong Kong Sports Institute for display 10 years ago. Now they returned it to me and it looks like this. Are you kidding me?” Ng wrote, alongside the image. The medal, which Ng won with Malaysian player Cheam June Wei in the mixed... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3334945/hong-kong-badminton-player-slams-outrageous-state-youth-olympics-medal-lent-hksi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3334945/hong-kong-badminton-player-slams-outrageous-state-youth-olympics-medal-lent-hksi?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:00:19 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Several months ago, a group of business leaders in the city floated the idea that Hong Kong might play a key role in bringing the 2036 Olympics to the Greater Bay Area. At the time it felt more than a little fanciful. The sort of pie in the sky thinking designed to start conversations around improving the city’s sporting infrastructure which, Kai Tak Sports Park aside, is badly in need of rejuvenation, and driving ambition, rather than being a proposal for serious consideration. How times... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333779/flights-fancy-reality-national-games-paves-way-bright-future?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333779/flights-fancy-reality-national-games-paves-way-bright-future?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Nov 2025 05:30:16 +0000 Victor Sanjinez,Catherine Ma,Brian Wang,Rocio Marquez,Kaliz Lee Victor Sanjinez,Catherine Ma,Brian Wang,Rocio Marquez,Kaliz Lee https://www.scmp.com/article/3332411/rise-fencing-hong-kong-sport-obsession-infographic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/3332411/rise-fencing-hong-kong-sport-obsession-infographic?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 02:00:11 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Olympic bronze medallist Minnie Soo Wai-yam has announced her retirement from table tennis, bringing an end to a glittering 12-year career. Soo made the announcement on social media on Monday, and put her decision down to a failure to recover from a long-term injury. The 27-year-old has suffered from a nerve problem in her right arm for the past six years, which made it difficult to even train before she won in Tokyo with the Hong Kong women’s team. “Once, I dreamed of retiring [and] I woke up... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3331447/tokyo-olympics-hero-soo-announces-retirement-sheds-tears-gratitude-12-year-journey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3331447/tokyo-olympics-hero-soo-announces-retirement-sheds-tears-gratitude-12-year-journey?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Nov 2025 06:34:59 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Hong Kong’s athletes wrapped up their Asian Youth Games on Thursday in Bahrain, with the city’s swimmers putting the exclamation mark on a historically great performance. Tsui Yik-ki and Man Wui-kiu bagged gold in the men’s and women’s 50m breaststroke, with the Hong Kong team also adding three silver and two bronze to the night’s haul. Man’s time of 32.02 seconds was a games record and brought her home ahead of teammate Claire Cheung Wing-yi, who touched the wall in 32.36, with Thailand’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330981/asian-youth-games-success-hints-coming-golden-generation-hong-kong-athletes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330981/asian-youth-games-success-hints-coming-golden-generation-hong-kong-athletes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 01:21:20 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Hong Kong’s Au Ho-chun claimed a bronze medal in the men’s 1,500m at the Asian Youth Games in Bahrain, securing the city’s first podium of the competition. The 16-year-old clocked four minutes 5.09 seconds to finish third, behind Sri Lanka’s gold medallist Achintha Lahiru, who broke the youth games record with a time of 3:57.42, and China’s Sha Lihua, who took silver in 3:58.73. According to World Athletics, Au took more than a second off his previous personal best of 4:06.99, set in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330228/asian-youth-games-distance-runner-au-ho-chun-claims-hong-kongs-first-medal-bahrain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330228/asian-youth-games-distance-runner-au-ho-chun-claims-hong-kongs-first-medal-bahrain?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:40:19 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara The ongoing exile of distance runner Wong Wan-chun from the Hong Kong athletics team began after decisions he made about sponsorship and World University Games accommodation. His relations with the Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates (HKAAA) soured to the extent that communication broke down in the lead-up to last year’s Olympics in Paris, from which Wong was absent. Meetings this year with HKAAA officials have yet to result in the city’s marathon, half-marathon and 10km record... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3326209/why-hong-kongs-fastest-marathon-runner-was-exiled-athletics-chiefs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3326209/why-hong-kongs-fastest-marathon-runner-was-exiled-athletics-chiefs?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Sep 2025 01:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s best marathon, half-marathon and 10km runner Wong Wan-chun has accused the city’s athletics association of stalling his career. While the World Athletics Championships take place in Tokyo this week, Wong, 29, is absent and in limbo. He initially quit the Hong Kong team in 2023 for a commercial agreement with Li-Ning that paid him about five times his income from the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI). Wong then appeared to anger officials by arranging his own accommodation at the 2023... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3326206/hong-kongs-top-marathon-runner-misses-tokyo-world-championships-amid-rift-hkaaa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3326206/hong-kongs-top-marathon-runner-misses-tokyo-world-championships-amid-rift-hkaaa?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 23:30:08 +0000 Mike Chan,Lars Hamer Mike Chan,Lars Hamer A Hong Kong government review of funding for key sporting events under its “M” Mark scheme has concluded that money should be spent only on world-class and international occasions, aimed at bringing the city an economic boost. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui on Sunday said the system would be made “more focused”, and confirmed the earlier revelation by sources that a “one size fits all” approach would be replaced by a multilayered funding structure. Review criteria... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3322953/m-mark-funding-stop-supporting-regional-events-sources?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3322953/m-mark-funding-stop-supporting-regional-events-sources?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 03:15:52 +0000 Lars Hamer,Shah Sahari Lars Hamer,Shah Sahari Cheung Yat-lam won Hong Kong’s fifth medal at the World Games on Tuesday, when he finished with silver in the men’s 70kg wushu final in Chengdu, while two other Hongkongers missed out on bronze medals. Competing in the sanda or free-fighting event, Cheung lost 2-1 to South Korea’s Song Gi-cheol at the Hi-Tech Zone Sports Centre Gymnasium. Earlier, fellow wushu exponent Chan Tsz-ching lost the fight for third place against Iran’s Soheilain Mansourian Semiromi in the women’s 60kg weight... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3321570/world-games-hong-kongs-tomato-ho-denied-squash-bronze-cheung-poised-wushu-final?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3321570/world-games-hong-kongs-tomato-ho-denied-squash-bronze-cheung-poised-wushu-final?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:22:54 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Hong Kong secured its fourth World Games medal in Chengdu on Sunday, as Harry Cheng Chun-hin took bronze in the men’s wake surf skim event. Jett Lambert of the United States won gold at the Sancha Lake International Aquatics Centre, scoring 85 points from the judges, while China’s Zhuang Tiancai was second with 65.67. Cheng scored 59 points, just two more than fourth-place Thai athlete Bm Jomboon, to earn bronze. “Cheng claiming a medal in his debut on the world stage speaks volumes about Hong... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3321368/world-games-wakesurfer-harry-cheng-wins-hong-kongs-fourth-medal-chengdu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3321368/world-games-wakesurfer-harry-cheng-wins-hong-kongs-fourth-medal-chengdu?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Aug 2025 09:43:06 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Grace Lau Mo-sheung has won Hong Kong’s first medal at the World Games in Chengdu, after she beat Japan’s Maho Ono in the karate kata final on Friday. The world No 1 Hongkonger won with an impressive score of 45.3, over Ono’s 43.6, at the Jianyang Cultural and Sports Centre Gymnasium. Finishing top of the podium for the first time at a multi-sport Games was a moment to savour for the 33-year-old, who had to settle for bronze not only at the 2022 edition in Birmingham, Alabama, but also at the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3321215/hong-kongs-grace-lau-eyes-world-games-karate-medal-asks-positive-energy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3321215/hong-kongs-grace-lau-eyes-world-games-karate-medal-asks-positive-energy?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:39:58 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer A former Hong Kong athlete, who said the city was where he “fell in love with open-water swimming”, has swum 360 kilometres around a Swedish island as part of his battle with mental health and to raise awareness of the issue and for nature conservation. Karl Palmqvist, a Swedish national who trained with the Hong Kong Sports Institute’s triathlon national development squad as a teenager, completed the 21-day swim around Gotland, Sweden’s largest island, on Thursday. But the mammoth achievement... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3319029/ex-hong-kong-athlete-swims-360km-around-swedish-island-part-mental-health-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3319029/ex-hong-kong-athlete-swims-360km-around-swedish-island-part-mental-health-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:08 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hervé Dagorne said he was reading nothing into Ceci Lee Sze-wing’s twin triumph on Friday at the Hong Kong Track Championships. Hong Kong’s best rider ruthlessly dominated a five-woman field to win the four-discipline omnium by a mammoth 29 points from nearest challenger Guardiola Cheung Li-tong. The 24-year-old Lee was similarly authoritative in claiming elimination race gold from second-placed Boey Leung Bo-yee. “There was such a big gap in level after her, and it was a very small group,”... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3317021/more-hong-kong-success-ceci-lee-coach-downplays-feats-ahead-china-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3317021/more-hong-kong-success-ceci-lee-coach-downplays-feats-ahead-china-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:30:12 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara After a chastening debut Olympics showed Ceci Lee Sze-wing the gap between her and the world’s best cyclists, the rejuvenated and increasingly self-assured Hongkonger has targeted Games glory in 2028 and beyond. Lee limped home 20th in her strongest event, the omnium, in the Paris velodrome last year, then acknowledged she had been overwhelmed by the occasion. Reading online criticism as she waited for doping tests, Lee felt “really depressed”. “I knew I didn’t deserve anything; it was a really... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3316364/turning-stress-fuel-hong-kong-cyclist-sets-bold-olympic-medal-target?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3316364/turning-stress-fuel-hong-kong-cyclist-sets-bold-olympic-medal-target?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:45:09 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s triathletes have been told to prepare for a stern test of their National Games medal credentials when they face the cream of the mainland crop in this weekend’s China National Championships. Andrew Wright, the city’s head coach, said he expected “all the top Chinese” to be in a crowded field in Xuzhou. And he warned his athletes that their rivals would be more fired up than they were for a Games test event in Hong Kong in March, when the city’s contenders trailed in the wake of their... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3315533/hong-kong-triathletes-set-national-games-rehearsal-chinese-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3315533/hong-kong-triathletes-set-national-games-rehearsal-chinese-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:30:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Herve Dagorne said star rider Ceci Lee Sze-wing’s twin National Road Championships triumph this weekend highlighted the 24-year-old’s psychological transformation over the past 12 months. Lee made good on her pre-race promise to go in all guns blazing for her first Hong Kong time trial title. She delivered a personal best performance of 22 minutes, 10.258 seconds on Saturday to upstage two-time defending champion Chloe Leung Wing-yee, who was condemned to second place despite covering the 15km... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3315401/hong-kong-cycling-star-ceci-lee-claims-double-wins-after-mental-transformation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3315401/hong-kong-cycling-star-ceci-lee-claims-double-wins-after-mental-transformation?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:00:07 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong cyclist Ceci Lee Sze-wing has promised to go flat-out on Saturday in pursuit of a first time-trial success at the city’s National Road Championships. Lee has won the road race at the past two editions, but finished runner-up behind Chloe Leung Wing-yee in last year’s race against the clock. An Olympian last year on road and track, Lee has outgrown the local scene, and acknowledged Hong Kong titles were only “a little target”. However, honing her time-trialling is a priority as she... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3315285/why-hong-kongs-star-cyclist-ceci-lee-wants-different-title-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3315285/why-hong-kongs-star-cyclist-ceci-lee-wants-different-title-year?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:21:58 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s mixed relay team earned a surprise bronze medal at the Asia Triathlon Cup in Taizhou on Sunday, thanks to the disqualification of one of the teams ahead of them. Crossing the line in fourth, the quartet of Wong Tsz-to, Nick Tsang Cheung-sing, and Cade and Tallulah Wright were bumped up a spot after Sichuan failed to serve a race penalty. Shandong took gold in 1:35.07, ahead of Liaoning (1:36.30), with Hong Kong clocking 1:37.33. Despite the podium finish, head coach Andrew Wright... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314523/hong-kong-claim-relay-bronze-asia-triathlon-cup-coach-says-race-not-significant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314523/hong-kong-claim-relay-bronze-asia-triathlon-cup-coach-says-race-not-significant?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Jun 2025 11:22:59 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Bailee Brown made a determined return at the Asia Triathlon Cup in Taizhou on Saturday in her first race since a serious finger injury last December, but was forced to withdraw late in the run. Brown kept pace early, finishing the opening 1.5 kilometres swim just three seconds behind eventual winner Huang Anqi in her first race for eight months. On the bike leg, Brown rode with fellow Hong Kong athlete Cade Wright in a group of three before dehydration forced her to stop 3km from the finish of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314462/bailee-brown-makes-comeback-hong-kong-triathletes-compete-taizhou-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314462/bailee-brown-makes-comeback-hong-kong-triathletes-compete-taizhou-race?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Jun 2025 11:32:37 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Bailee Brown has been cleared to return from her injury nightmare and join a 16-strong Hong Kong contingent at the Asia Triathlon Cup in Taizhou on Saturday. While the men’s big three of Jason Ng Tai-long, Oscar Coggins and Robin Elg will skip the event, some of their teammates competing on the mainland this weekend have been warned they are fighting for their international futures. The luckless Brown needed three operations since badly damaging a finger in December. However, head coach Andrew... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314302/hong-kong-triathlete-bailee-brown-set-return-injury-ordeal-mainland-china-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3314302/hong-kong-triathlete-bailee-brown-set-return-injury-ordeal-mainland-china-race?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:28:47 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer Zhao Xintong has said Hong Kong’s snooker hopefuls needed to live and train in the United Kingdom if they wanted to follow in his footsteps and one day become world champion. The first Asian to win the world title, the 28-year-old believed moving from Shenzhen to Sheffield at 17 to pursue his dream of being a professional had been key to his historic victory. Zhao, who spent three years washing dishes in a Chinese restaurant as he honed his craft, practises at Victoria’s Snooker Academy, which... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3309429/world-champ-zhao-xintong-says-hong-kong-snooker-players-should-move-uk-succeed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3309429/world-champ-zhao-xintong-says-hong-kong-snooker-players-should-move-uk-succeed?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 May 2025 09:30:08 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Team GB Olympic medallist Toby Harries has said that Hong Kong provided the perfect setting to prepare for this weekend’s World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou. Harries is embarking on the second phase of his career, having switched last year to running the 400 metres after considering quitting because he felt “down and out” after a period of stagnation in the 200m. He documented his bid to qualify for Great Britain’s 2024 Olympics 4x400m men’s team for more than 20,000 social media followers, who... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3309549/hong-kong-perfect-base-team-gb-athletes-they-embark-world-championships-quest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3309549/hong-kong-perfect-base-team-gb-athletes-they-embark-world-championships-quest?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 May 2025 09:30:08 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara As Hong Kong’s triathletes prepare to suspend friendships in the name of a National Games selection fight, head coach Andrew Wright admitted on Wednesday that it was not ideal for them to be “training under one roof”. The city team will have eight men and three women in Saturday’s Chengdu World Triathlon Cup, which is doubling as a selection race for November’s Games. While Cade and Tallulah Wright have travelled to the mainland from Edinburgh, where they had university exams, the rest of the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3309444/hong-kong-triathletes-put-friendships-hold-national-games-selection-gets-serious?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3309444/hong-kong-triathletes-put-friendships-hold-national-games-selection-gets-serious?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 May 2025 23:30:08 +0000 Hong Kong players will be able to gain vital insights when they rub shoulders with some of the world’s best sevens exponents in India in June. That is the view of Paul John, the head of Hong Kong sevens rugby, who said it was imperative for his charges to acquire more experience outside the handful of do-or-die tournaments they contest every year. Michael Coverdale, Mak Kwai-chung and Fong Kit-fung are all going to the pioneering Indian-staged Rugby Premier League (RPL), whose six franchise... https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3307908/indias-rpl-circuit-will-be-high-quality-sevens-experience-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3307908/indias-rpl-circuit-will-be-high-quality-sevens-experience-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:30:09 +0000 Cade Wright and Hilda Choi Yan-yin paid for delivering “chronic” swimming performances, as the Hong Kong pair finished 10th and 12th, respectively, in the Asia Triathlon Cup in Dexing on Saturday. Of the city’s five men, Wong Tsz-to delivered the best effort to finish 12th. While Wong and his colleagues are fighting to retain their Hong Kong Sports Institute full-time status, head coach Andrew Wright said the need for Cade Wright and Choi to improve in the water was growing urgent. “Their swims... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3307166/hong-kong-pairs-chronic-asia-triathlon-cup-swims-leave-coach-national-games-fear?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3307166/hong-kong-pairs-chronic-asia-triathlon-cup-swims-leave-coach-national-games-fear?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Apr 2025 10:30:11 +0000 While most leading Hong Kong competitors skip the Asia Triathlon Cup in Dexing on Saturday, Hilda Choi Yan-yin has opted to compete in a bid to boost her National Games medal chances. The 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist will join Cade Wright in a skeleton women’s city team in mainland China this weekend. A five-strong men’s quota will not feature any of top trio Oscar Coggins, Robin Elg or Jason Ng Tai-long, who are all being held back for a World Cup race in Chengdu next month. “Racing would... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306976/hong-kong-triathlete-hilda-choi-looks-asia-cup-national-games-quest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306976/hong-kong-triathlete-hilda-choi-looks-asia-cup-national-games-quest?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:30:08 +0000 Olympic champion Vivian Kong Man-wai was crowned women’s “best of the best” at the Cathay 2024 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards on Thursday, ending the three-year reign of fellow Paris Games star Siobhan Haughey. There was no displacing Cheung Ka-long in the men’s category, however, as the city’s fencing king claimed the personal honour for a fourth straight year, in recognition of the successful defence of his Olympic foil title last summer. During a one-month voting period, judging panels, the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306968/hong-kong-sports-stars-golden-olympic-duo-vivian-kong-cheung-ka-long-win-top-awards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306968/hong-kong-sports-stars-golden-olympic-duo-vivian-kong-cheung-ka-long-win-top-awards?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:21:25 +0000 Winners of the Cathay 2024 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards are being announced at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event is organised by the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. Some 116 athletes, including swimmer Siobhan Haughey and fencer Cheung Ka-long, were nominated for honours being handed out on April 17, 2025. Source: SF&OC https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306937/watch-live-cathay-2024-hong-kong-sports-stars-awards-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3306937/watch-live-cathay-2024-hong-kong-sports-stars-awards-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:45:06 +0000