https://www.scmp.com/rss/321627/feed Kin-wa joined the Post after working for the Hong Kong Sports Development Board and the government for more than a decade. Previously, he was at the Standard for six years. Kin-wa has covered the Olympic Games twice, and three Asian Games as Post reporter. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The 19th Asian Games are already under way in Hangzhou, with Hong Kong sending its largest ever delegation. Some 680 athletes will compete for the city across 40 sports, and another 280 officials, staff and medical team members will accompany them, with Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu to attend the opening ceremony on Saturday. Hopes will be high the team can return its biggest medal tally ever, too, with Olympic heroes Siobhan Haughey and Cheung Ka-long to lead the charge in mainland... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3235254/asian-games-2023-manila-seoul-five-big-moments-hong-kongs-history-past-asiads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3235254/asian-games-2023-manila-seoul-five-big-moments-hong-kongs-history-past-asiads?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Sep 2023 02:30:22 +0000 Home favourites Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet admitted they had been “below par” after losing the mixed doubles final at badminton’s VICTOR Hong Kong Open – but they could still reflect on a memorable week. The unseeded duo had overcome the second, fourth and sixth seeds during their run at Hong Kong Coliseum, only to fall at the last hurdle, losing to Guo Xinwa and Wei Yaxin of China. Staunch support from a full house of 6,500 fans mirrored that of previous rounds, but they did not see the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3234865/hong-kong-open-badminton-jonatan-christie-first-indonesian-mens-winner-25-years-japans-akane?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3234865/hong-kong-open-badminton-jonatan-christie-first-indonesian-mens-winner-25-years-japans-akane?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Sep 2023 13:56:53 +0000 Home favourites Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet reached their first Hong Kong Open final after cruising to a comfortable win over Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai of Malaysia on Saturday. While the vocal support for the mixed-doubles pair at the Hung Hom Coliseum continued with a packed 6,500 crowd chanting throughout the tie, it was the skills and techniques of Tang and Tse that saw them dominate the match with a 21-12, 21-12 victory in a mere 35 minutes. Hong Kong’s badminton team have never... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3234812/hong-kong-open-hong-kong-pair-tang-and-tse-one-step-historic-win-after-reaching-mixed-doubles-final?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3234812/hong-kong-open-hong-kong-pair-tang-and-tse-one-step-historic-win-after-reaching-mixed-doubles-final?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Sep 2023 13:32:58 +0000 Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet stormed into the mixed doubles semi-finals at the Victor Hong Kong Open with a thrilling 2-1 victory over second seeds Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue of France on Friday. After losing a narrow first game 21-19 at Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom, the home favourites responded fiercely, winning the next two 21-9 and 21-11. Fans chanted “we are Hong Kong” and “Hong Kong add oil” throughout the 65-minute battle. “We suffered a slow start, but we were well prepared... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3234761/hong-kong-open-tang-chun-man-and-tse-ying-suet-thrill-home-crowd-lee-chia-haos-brave-run-ends?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3234761/hong-kong-open-tang-chun-man-and-tse-ying-suet-thrill-home-crowd-lee-chia-haos-brave-run-ends?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:44:12 +0000 World No 1 Viktor Axelsen crashed out of the Victor Hong Kong Open in a shock first round defeat, while there were mixed fortunes for the city’s top players on Wednesday. Having won last week’s China Open, the top seeded Dane could not get past qualifier Lee Chai-Hao of Taiwan, and fell in straight games 21-16, 21-10 at Hong Kong Coliseum. But the Olympic champion had no complaints about his surprising loss, admitting he just “lost to a better player today”. “I played the final in the China Open... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3234450/badminton-world-no-1-viktor-axelsen-crashes-out-hong-kong-open-first-round-shock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3234450/badminton-world-no-1-viktor-axelsen-crashes-out-hong-kong-open-first-round-shock?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:54:22 +0000 Hong Kong head coach Szeto Man-chun apologised for his team’s embarrassing performance at the AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers, but urged his young players to keep their spirits up. In failing to score a single goal, Hong Kong managed only one point from their three group matches, losing twice and drawing once, in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent. The team started off the qualifiers with a 3-0 defeat to Iran, followed by a humiliating 10-0 hammering by the hosts on Saturday, but responded with a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3234372/hong-kongs-disastrous-results-asian-cup-u23-qualifiers-can-teach-players-big-lesson-says-coach?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3234372/hong-kongs-disastrous-results-asian-cup-u23-qualifiers-can-teach-players-big-lesson-says-coach?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Sep 2023 08:00:23 +0000 Jorn Andersen has said Monday’s emphatic victory over Brunei left his Hong Kong team in good shape before their crucial World Cup qualifying play-off next month. The head coach may have been the happiest of the approximately 6,000 present at Hong Kong Stadium as the city won Monday’s international friendly 10-0 – and he hopes to be celebrating again in a few weeks’ time. Hong Kong will meet Bhutan in a two-legged opening-round tie on October 12 and 17 to begin the qualifiers for the 2026 global... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3234220/fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifying-hong-kong-boss-jorn-andersen-focuses-play-after-10-goal-spree?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3234220/fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifying-hong-kong-boss-jorn-andersen-focuses-play-after-10-goal-spree?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:48:34 +0000 Brazilian players are plentiful in Hong Kong men’s football these days, and the same could soon apply in the women’s domestic league, with top-flight newcomers 247FC bringing in South American talent. Set to make their debut in the women’s First Division when the new season kicks off next month, newly promoted 247FC are bringing in foreign recruits as they aim to challenge domestic heavyweights such as defending champions Kitchee, Citizen, Chelsea Football School and Sha Tin. Already arrived in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233999/womens-football-club-hong-kong-looks-brazil-players-and-japan-could-be-next-source-talent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233999/womens-football-club-hong-kong-looks-brazil-players-and-japan-could-be-next-source-talent?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:45:22 +0000 Adam Mak Sai-ting became just the second Hong Kong athlete to claim gold at World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships, storming to victory in the boy’s 200m breaststroke in Israel on Thursday night. Having already won bronze last year in Chile, the 17-year-old, who was the second faster qualifier, made no mistake with a time of two minutes and 11.84 seconds in the final. Mak clocked 2:13.74 in the heats. Silver went to Jordan Willis of the United States in 2:12.07, while Riku Yamaguchi of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233857/adam-mak-follows-siobhan-haugheys-footsteps-becomes-second-hong-kong-swimmer-win-gold-junior-worlds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233857/adam-mak-follows-siobhan-haugheys-footsteps-becomes-second-hong-kong-swimmer-win-gold-junior-worlds?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Sep 2023 07:47:36 +0000 Jorn Andersen lamented his Hong Kong team’s lack of stamina after they were denied victory away to Cambodia by the hosts’ late rally on Thursday night. The visitors conceded an equaliser in the 90th minute in Phnom Penh against a side ranked 27 places below them, and it might have been worse still for their Norwegian boss, with Cambodia having missed a penalty minutes earlier. The one bright point for Andersen was newly naturalised striker Everton Camargo’s debut goal, which was Hong Kong’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233823/hong-kong-end-goal-scoring-woes-against-cambodia-unhappy-andersen-bemoans-lack-match-fitness-1-1?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233823/hong-kong-end-goal-scoring-woes-against-cambodia-unhappy-andersen-bemoans-lack-match-fitness-1-1?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:18:38 +0000 Hong Kong high jumper Phoebe Chung Wai-yan will put her injured ankle to the test this weekend, as the city’s athletes take part in a final meet before this month’s Asian Games. The 25-year-old cleared a personal best 1.84 metres in the Taiwan Open in May, earning her one of the two spots at the regional multi-sport event, before winning silver at an All China Athletics Series with 1.80m, But since then she has struggled, with disappointing performances at the Asian Championships and World... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233751/asian-games-hong-kong-high-jumper-phoebe-chung-keen-test-progress-heading-hangzhou?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233751/asian-games-hong-kong-high-jumper-phoebe-chung-keen-test-progress-heading-hangzhou?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:30:08 +0000 Winning a medal at the recent World University Games has instilled a lot of confidence in Coleman Wong Chak-lam ahead of the Asian Games, but the Hong Kong tennis No 1 will not get carried away. Playing his first match at Victoria Park since last year’s International Challenge, the 19-year-old was given a scare in Wednesday’s first-round tie at the ITF M25 tournament. Second seed Wong battled back from 5-2 down in the first set to beat the South Korean qualifier Kim Young-seok 7-6(3), 7-5 after... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3233638/tennis-hong-kongs-coleman-wong-knows-asian-games-will-be-anything-easy-despite-university-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3233638/tennis-hong-kongs-coleman-wong-knows-asian-games-will-be-anything-easy-despite-university-games?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:45:18 +0000 VAR took centre stage in its first application in the BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League on Sunday, when the technology ruled out a goal that would have given Sham Shui Po the lead over Crownity North District, who went on to win 4-1. Sham Shui Po’s Chang Kwong-yin had the ball in the net at the 15-minute mark, but, following a review through the video assistant referee (VAR) system – newly introduced in the city’s top flight – the officials disallowed the goal. They found that Sham Shui Po... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233274/var-has-impact-its-hong-kong-premier-league-debut-sham-shui-po-are-denied-goal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233274/var-has-impact-its-hong-kong-premier-league-debut-sham-shui-po-are-denied-goal?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Sep 2023 13:55:50 +0000 Days after being handed his Hong Kong passport, prolific striker Everton Camargo has been named in Jorn Andersen’s Hong Kong squad for international friendlies against Cambodia and Brunei. Andersen will be hoping the 32-year-old Brazilian can solve his shot-shy team’s goal-scoring woes, with Hong Kong having failed to hit the back of the net since September last year. Hong Kong beat Cambodia 3-0 in the Asian Cup qualifiers in India in June last year, before another 2-0 win over Myanmar in a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233213/hong-kong-boss-andersen-turns-brazilian-striker-camargo-help-end-sides-goal-drought?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233213/hong-kong-boss-andersen-turns-brazilian-striker-camargo-help-end-sides-goal-drought?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Sep 2023 11:51:23 +0000 Typhoon Saola did minimal damage as it passed through Hong Kong, but it still managed to put a dent in Kitchee’s preparations for the start of the AFC Champions League. The treble winners’ game against Eastern on Saturday was postponed because a No 8 signal was still in effect, depriving coach Alex Chu Chi-kwong and his team of vital playing time. Another earlier match between Kwoon Chung Southern and Football Club at 3pm was also postponed. With a Fifa playing window stopping domestic football... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233204/typhoon-saola-puts-dent-kitchees-afc-champions-league-preparations-storm-forces-top-flight-games-be?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233204/typhoon-saola-puts-dent-kitchees-afc-champions-league-preparations-storm-forces-top-flight-games-be?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Sep 2023 08:32:12 +0000 The Hong Kong Cyclothon will make a full return next month for the first time in five years as an International Cycling Union (UCI) Asia Tour Class 1.1 race. Organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, officials hope teams on the world tour will head to the city for the October 22 event, which takes place a week after the 4th Tour of Guangxi in China. Featuring a 4.3km (2.7-mile) route of 24 laps, cyclists will race through Hung Hom and Tsim Sha Tsui East. So far, Team Jayco-Alula of Australia, of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233140/worlds-best-cycling-teams-invited-hong-kong-2023-cyclothon-event-returning-city-first-time-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233140/worlds-best-cycling-teams-invited-hong-kong-2023-cyclothon-event-returning-city-first-time-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:30:19 +0000 This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. With Super Typhoon Saola rapidly approaching Hong Kong an already packed football fixture list could be put under even more pressure if this weekend’s games are postponed. A full slate of matches had been planned for Saturday and Sunday ahead of a two-week break for the next Fifa playing window, when Hong Kong will take on Cambodia and Brunei. But with... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233053/super-typhoon-saola-hong-kong-football-bosses-prepare-axe-weekend-games-storm-threatens-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3233053/super-typhoon-saola-hong-kong-football-bosses-prepare-axe-weekend-games-storm-threatens-city?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:36:55 +0000 Head coach William Thomas insisted the karate squad heading to the Asian Games will be the strongest since his arrival in Hong Kong in 2017 – and can win multiple medals, with kata specialist Grace Lau Mo-sheung a testament to that claim. Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lau, who has been training in Florida since the build-up to the 2020 Olympics, won gold at July’s Asian Championships when she beat rival Kiyou Shimizu of Japan in the final in Malacca, Malaysia. The 31-year-old Lau is likely to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232989/hong-kongs-strongest-karate-squad-years-can-win-five-asian-games-gold-medals-coach-roars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232989/hong-kongs-strongest-karate-squad-years-can-win-five-asian-games-gold-medals-coach-roars?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:31:15 +0000 Entries for next year’s Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon will return to pre-pandemic levels, with 74,000 runners to take part in the largest sporting event in the city on January 21. At the launch of the 2024 event on Wednesday, the chairman of the Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates, Kwan Kee, said they would accept the same number of runners that took part in 2016, with 22,000 in the marathon, 21,500 in the half marathon, and 30,500 in the 10km. “This is an important... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232849/hong-kong-marathon-2024-entries-back-pre-pandemic-level-officials-celebrate-return-normal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232849/hong-kong-marathon-2024-entries-back-pre-pandemic-level-officials-celebrate-return-normal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:21:38 +0000 The curtain has been raised on the new Hong Kong Premier League season, but on the other side of the world, a team featuring its former stars and ex-internationals are testing their mettle in the UK. The aptly named Konger FC were recently accepted into the Manchester Saturday Morning Football League, a Football Association-sanctioned competition, and are playing in the Championship, its top tier. Even if it is more or less an amateur league, there was plenty of anticipation this weekend as they... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3232416/hongkongers-moving-uk-bno-visa-hit-back-net-citys-ex-pro-footballers-form-club-and-enter-manchester?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3232416/hongkongers-moving-uk-bno-visa-hit-back-net-citys-ex-pro-footballers-form-club-and-enter-manchester?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Aug 2023 00:45:10 +0000 Home contender Adithya Karunaratne’s run ended in the semi-finals at the ITF W40 Hong Kong tournament at Victoria Park on Saturday. After beating Liang En-shuo of Taiwan in the quarter-finals, the 21-year-old was stopped by another Taiwanese player, seventh seed Yang Ya-yi, in the last four. Yang prevailed 6-4, 7-5 after a two-hour duel. There were echoes of this month’s World University Games in Chengdu, where Liang had also opposed Karunaratne in the last eight, beating her that time on her... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232410/itf-w40-hong-kong-taiwanese-test-has-familiar-feel-adithya-karunaratne-asian-games-loom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232410/itf-w40-hong-kong-taiwanese-test-has-familiar-feel-adithya-karunaratne-asian-games-loom?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:47:59 +0000 Hong Kong’s players fell one by one at the badminton World Championships, with the city’s last remaining representatives exiting in the round of 16. In a men’s singles, Angus Ng Ka-long had a chance to prolong his stay at the championships in Copenhagen, only to squander a match point against long-time rival Shi Yuqi of China. Having lost the first set by a gaping 21-7 margin, the 29-year-old fought back in the second set, maintaining a lead from the very first point until he sealed it 21-14. In... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232350/badminton-world-championships-hong-kongs-hopes-over-angus-ng-blows-match-point-while-japans-kodai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232350/badminton-world-championships-hong-kongs-hopes-over-angus-ng-blows-match-point-while-japans-kodai?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:49:02 +0000 The Hong Kong Basketball Association said it had been left in the dark after finding out their men’s team have been excluded from the Asian Games in Hangzhou with a month to go. Association chairman Chan Sui-tim said on Thursday they only knew there had been a change of competition format last week, and that the 16 teams in Hangzhou would be directly decided by their world rankings, meaning Hong Kong, who are currently 25th in Asia, will not be able to take part. “Our understanding had been that... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3232204/hong-kong-turfed-out-asian-games-basketball-it-even-tips-after-sudden-change-rules?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3232204/hong-kong-turfed-out-asian-games-basketball-it-even-tips-after-sudden-change-rules?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:51:45 +0000 Kitchee revealed another heavyweight signing to strengthen their hopes in the AFC Champions League, with the draw for the 2023-24 competition made at the regional governing body’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Austria international and Sturm Graz star Jakob Jantscher will become part of the set-up for the Hong Kong champions when they feature in group F alongside two-time winners Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of South Korea, Lion City Sailors of Singapore, and Bangkok United of Thailand. It... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3232193/afc-champions-league-draw-kitchee-learn-group-stage-fate-austrias-jakob-jantscher-latest-star?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3232193/afc-champions-league-draw-kitchee-learn-group-stage-fate-austrias-jakob-jantscher-latest-star?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:21:26 +0000 Hong Kong doubles partners Eudice Chong and Cody Wong Hong-yi had a mixed start at the ITF W40 tournament in Victoria Park, as both women won their singles first rounds on Wednesday but lost their doubles match the day before. Top seed Chong beat Kobori Momoko of Japan 6-4, 6-7, 6-2, while Wong advanced in straight sets, downing qualifier Anastasia Kovaleva of Russia in straight sets 6-3, 6-1. Chong, the world No 222, was looking to bounce back against 249th-ranked Momoko after the blow of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232080/hong-kong-tennis-stars-eudice-chong-and-cody-wong-advance-second-round-w40-singles-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232080/hong-kong-tennis-stars-eudice-chong-and-cody-wong-advance-second-round-w40-singles-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Aug 2023 13:19:32 +0000 Siobhan Haughey has fired a warning to her rivals she is ready to win Hong Kong’s first Asian Games swimming gold medal in Hangzhou next month, after smashing her own 50-metre freestyle record in Victoria Park on Saturday. Nine years on from her last appearance at the regional Games, as a 16-year-old student in Incheon, the Tokyo Olympics double silver medallist looks unlikely to be beaten by any of her Asian competition in her two favoured events. Haughey won silver and finished fourth,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3231658/siobhan-haughey-fires-warning-asian-games-rivals-shattering-her-own-hong-kong-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3231658/siobhan-haughey-fires-warning-asian-games-rivals-shattering-her-own-hong-kong-record?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Aug 2023 12:48:10 +0000 Vice captain Ngan Lok-fung has put Lee Man’s 5-1 thrashing of Bali United down to their rigorous preseason boot camp in South Korea as they kicked off their season in stunning fashion. The Hong Kong Premier League team swept aside their Indonesian visitors in their AFC Asian Champions League qualifier on Wednesday night. A double from Dutch debutant Mitchel Paulissen, and strikes from Gil Martins, Everton Camargo, and Jose Angel, set up an emphatic victory at Hong Kong Stadium. Lee Man now face... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3231353/great-night-hong-kong-football-how-south-korea-boot-camp-set-lee-mans-5-1-thrashing-bali-united?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3231353/great-night-hong-kong-football-how-south-korea-boot-camp-set-lee-mans-5-1-thrashing-bali-united?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:40:06 +0000 BC Rangers captain Lam Ka-wai hopes his fellow young teammates take the positives from their Asian Champions League debut despite a dramatic 4-1 loss to Haiphong of Vietnam in the preliminary round on Tuesday. The home side were 1-0 up with less than five minutes to go, but a late penalty led to an equaliser from the visitors, who scored three more goals in extra-time to move into the next qualifying round against Incheon United of South Korea. “The result says a football match is not 45... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3231225/football-bc-rangers-captain-hopes-young-players-learn-lesson-their-dramatic-asian-champions-league?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3231225/football-bc-rangers-captain-hopes-young-players-learn-lesson-their-dramatic-asian-champions-league?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Aug 2023 03:22:45 +0000 BC Rangers’ boss Henry Vom Ca-nhum said his side’s Asian Champions League debut against Haiphong on Tuesday would double as an opportunity for the players to repair bruised pride. Rangers finished the 2022-23 Hong Kong Premier League campaign with six straight victories to pip Kwoon Chung Southern to the final qualification spot for the continental competition. Elation over that achievement was tempered, however, by the low of an embarrassing 7-1 FA Cup final defeat by Kitchee. Vom was appointed... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3231063/afc-champions-league-bc-rangers-aiming-repair-bruised-pride-qualifiers-and-hope-kitchee-know-how-can?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3231063/afc-champions-league-bc-rangers-aiming-repair-bruised-pride-qualifiers-and-hope-kitchee-know-how-can?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:13 +0000 Hong Kong will play internationals against one of the only sides they have managed to score against in the past year, and a team ranked almost 50 places below them, as Jorn Andersen looks for two confidence-boosting wins next month. With Asia zone qualifying for the next World Cup on the horizon, Hong Kong are expected to play Cambodia in Phnom Penh on September 7 and then host Brunei four days later during Fifa’s international window. After qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup at a tournament in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3230928/hong-kong-boss-andersen-eyeing-cambodia-brunei-sacrificial-lambs-help-break-sides-scoring-curse?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3230928/hong-kong-boss-andersen-eyeing-cambodia-brunei-sacrificial-lambs-help-break-sides-scoring-curse?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Aug 2023 23:30:17 +0000 Hong Kong women were given a tough lesson in football basics by Thailand on a wet afternoon at Tsing Yi Sports Ground on Sunday. The far-superior visitors eased to a 5-0 win, highlighting the amount of work that Ricardo Rambo’s side have ahead of them before next month’s Asian Games. Playing at home for the first time in four years, Hong Kong feel behind in the first minute after goalkeeper Ng Yuen-ki misjudged the flight of a Chatchawan Rodthong free-kick, and were chasing the game from that... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230955/hong-kong-women-given-harsh-lesson-football-basics-thailand-team-plays-home-first-time-4-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230955/hong-kong-women-given-harsh-lesson-football-basics-thailand-team-plays-home-first-time-4-years?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Aug 2023 13:35:54 +0000 Hong Kong football needs to look beyond the city and instead make use of the vastly untapped market in the Greater Bay Area as a source for development, newly elected Football Association chairman Eric Fok Kai-shan said. As the third generation of the “Fok” football dynasty, the 40-year-old Eric Fok was elected unopposed in June when his father, Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, stepped down as president of the city’s football governing body after 26 years. Timothy Fok’s father, Henry, a well-known... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3230922/greater-bay-area-expansion-key-driving-hong-kong-footballs-future-and-pitch-says-games-new-chief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3230922/greater-bay-area-expansion-key-driving-hong-kong-footballs-future-and-pitch-says-games-new-chief?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Aug 2023 05:00:08 +0000 Defending champion Lee Cheuk-yiu is hopeful of repeating his success in September’s badminton Hong Kong Open so he can boost his Olympic ranking – and qualify for next year’s Paris Games. The Badminton World Federation’s Super 500 tournament is making a return to the city after four years away because of the anti-government protests in 2019 and the coronavirus pandemic. The 26-year-old became the second men’s singles player to capture the home title when he beat Anthony Ginting of Indonesia in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230676/badminton-lee-cheuk-yiu-hoping-repeat-hong-kong-open-glory-tournament-finally-returns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230676/badminton-lee-cheuk-yiu-hoping-repeat-hong-kong-open-glory-tournament-finally-returns?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:36:02 +0000 Family, friends and fans turned out in their hundreds to greet Hong Kong’s athletes at the city’s airport on their triumphant return from the World University Games on Wednesday. Carrying a record haul of 12 medals back from Chengdu, the city’s delegation were greeted by a variety of well-wishers basking in the reflective glory of a tally that matched the cumulative total from all previous Games. But even though they were arriving to congratulations, fencers Ryan Choi Chun-yin and Kaylin Hsieh... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230562/world-university-games-hong-kongs-outstanding-athletes-hailed-record-display-attention-turns-asian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230562/world-university-games-hong-kongs-outstanding-athletes-hailed-record-display-attention-turns-asian?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:33:29 +0000 Ko Shing-hei overcame Covid-19 to bring home a badminton medal for Hong Kong at the World University Games in Chengdu. The 21-year-old University of Hong Kong student had contracted the virus a week ago after playing on the first day of the team event, and only returned to the court on Friday. Despite the setback, Ko won through to the men’s singles quarter-finals, where he beat China national team member Dong Tianyao at Shuangliu Sports Centre Gymnasium on Sunday. Ko’s 21-12, 21-16 loss in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230156/world-university-games-ko-shing-hei-beats-covid-19-bring-hong-kong-its-first-ever-badminton-medal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230156/world-university-games-ko-shing-hei-beats-covid-19-bring-hong-kong-its-first-ever-badminton-medal?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Aug 2023 13:39:16 +0000 A rejigged Hong Kong Premier League fixture schedule has finally been agreed, with a number of international competitions set to interrupt proceedings in what will be a congested campaign. The new season will kick off in two weeks’ time at Mong Kok Stadium on August 19, with three-time defending champions Kitchee playing host in the curtain raiser to Tai Po, the last team to deny them the league title when the district club were crowned the champions in 2019. Full details for the season will be... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230092/hong-kong-premier-league-agrees-rejigged-fixture-list-juggling-act-begins-new-campaign?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230092/hong-kong-premier-league-agrees-rejigged-fixture-list-juggling-act-begins-new-campaign?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Aug 2023 09:42:05 +0000 A new generation of squash players will have to step up when Hong Kong head to Hangzhou next month aiming to live up to past glories at the Asian Games. An eight-member contingent, headed by Ho Tze-lok in the women’s and Alex Lau Tsz-kwan in the men’s, will strive for honours in the men’s and women’s individual and team events and the newly added mixed doubles. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Ho was only an up-and-coming player when the women’s team got their gold medal. Now the 27-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230081/asian-games-hong-kong-squash-team-backs-new-generation-hunt-5-medals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3230081/asian-games-hong-kong-squash-team-backs-new-generation-hunt-5-medals?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Aug 2023 04:02:16 +0000 After helping Hong Kong to a historic bronze at the World Championships, fencer Ryan Choi Chun-yin wants to channel that form into more success at the World University Games. The 25-year-old foilist played an instrumental part in the city team’s defeat of Italy in the quarter-finals, before they downed the world’s top side, the United States, in the medal play-off. Competing alongside Olympic champion Cheung Ka-long, Choi said he knew he was not one of the best in the world, but that did not... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229520/high-flying-hong-kong-fencer-ryan-choi-eyes-world-university-games-success-after-bronze-medal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229520/high-flying-hong-kong-fencer-ryan-choi-eyes-world-university-games-success-after-bronze-medal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:13:14 +0000 Fencer Ryan Choi Chun-yin celebrated with one of his best performance ever as Hong Kong toppled defending champions Italy on their way to claiming bronze at the World Championships in Milan on Sunday. An empathetic 45-40 victory put the city into the last four of the world’s biggest competition for the first time before they lost to Japan 45-35 for a spot in the final. They then faced down the USA, the world’s No 1 ranked men’s foil team, claiming a 45-31 victory. Against the Italians, who... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229424/ryan-choi-star-hong-kong-fencers-beat-usa-win-historic-bronze-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229424/ryan-choi-star-hong-kong-fencers-beat-usa-win-historic-bronze-world-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Jul 2023 13:14:03 +0000 Hong Kong’s women will need to outfight their Chinese counterparts to secure a place at next year’s Paris Olympics, after both teams finished the World Championships level on ranking points. A narrow 29-26 defeat in the épée quarter-finals to Italy eventually led to captain Vivian Kong Man-wai and her team finishing the tournament in eight after back-to-back loses to France and Israel. China’s women fared little better, ending their championships in 12th. The results left the regional rivals... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229395/road-paris-2o24-hong-kong-and-china-fight-it-out-spot-olympic-games-womens-fencing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229395/road-paris-2o24-hong-kong-and-china-fight-it-out-spot-olympic-games-womens-fencing?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Jul 2023 06:30:19 +0000 Wushu pair Samuei Hui Tak-yan and Lau Chi-lung got the 31st Fisu World University Games off to a bang for Hong Kong, winning gold and silver in their respective disciplines on Saturday. Hui took the title in the men’s taijijian in Chengdu with a total score 9.726, narrowly beating Taiwan’s Sun Jia-Hung who had 9.71. Japan’s Tohma Ebima took bronze with a score of 9.666. Beijing Sport University student Hui scored a perfect 5.0 in his routine under the quality of movement and another 4.726 under... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229372/world-university-games-hong-kong-pair-bag-gold-and-silver-opening-day-wushu-events?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229372/world-university-games-hong-kong-pair-bag-gold-and-silver-opening-day-wushu-events?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Jul 2023 14:46:53 +0000 Hong Kong will have to overcome Bhutan first if they want to reach the group stage of the men’s Fifa World Cup 2026 Asian zone qualifiers that begin in November. As one of the 20 lowest-ranked teams in the region, Hong Kong have to get through an additional round against the landlocked Himalayan nation after Thursday’s draw in Kuala Lumpur. That will comprise home and away legs on October 12 and 17. The draw for the nine groups of four in the qualifying phase proper has placed the winner of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229178/fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifiers-hong-kong-eye-group-giants-iran-if-they-handle-altitude-bhutan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3229178/fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifiers-hong-kong-eye-group-giants-iran-if-they-handle-altitude-bhutan?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:45:07 +0000 Vivian Kong Man-wai’s dream of winning a medal for Hong Kong at the World Championships was crushed as she lost in the quarter-finals of the women’s épée. And Kong suffered the added disappointment of losing her world No 1 ranking as a result, having gone into the championships in Milan with high hopes of victory after bronze medals in the two most recent editions. The 29-year-old went through three rounds from the last 64, having been exempted from the pool stage as a seeded player, and earned... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228969/fencing-world-championships-no-1-seed-vivian-kong-wins-battle-hong-kong-kaylin-hsieh-misses-medal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228969/fencing-world-championships-no-1-seed-vivian-kong-wins-battle-hong-kong-kaylin-hsieh-misses-medal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jul 2023 07:06:41 +0000 Hong Kong’s athletes have been handed a HK$1 million incentive to strike gold at the Asian Games – and the delegation leader backed them to maximise “home advantage” despite the absence of several big names from the last edition. The financial bonuses on offer at September’s multisport event in the mainland Chinese city of Hangzhou, announced at Hong Kong’s flag presentation ceremony on Tuesday, were up 25 per cent on those last time around in Jakarta five years ago. And the 681-strong squad’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228913/asian-games-2023-can-hong-kong-live-expectations-hk1-million-question-city-reveals-cash-bonus-gold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228913/asian-games-2023-can-hong-kong-live-expectations-hk1-million-question-city-reveals-cash-bonus-gold?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:45:16 +0000 Hong Kong tennis player Coleman Wong Chak-lam led the first batch of local athletes to the Chinese city of Chengdu for the World University Games ahead of their start on Friday. Athletes competing in archery, tennis and volleyball were the first to make the trip on Tuesday. With 142 athletes and 12 sports represented, Hong Kong is sending its largest ever delegation. Wong, who has just finished his first year at the University of Hong Kong, will compete in all three tennis events, and his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228866/world-university-games-tennis-pair-coleman-wong-and-cody-wong-among-first-hong-kong-athletes-arrive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228866/world-university-games-tennis-pair-coleman-wong-and-cody-wong-among-first-hong-kong-athletes-arrive?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:30:19 +0000 Hong Kong holds a special place in the heart of former Real Madrid star Fernando Morientes, who made one of his first preseason trips with the Spanish giants to the city in 2003. The striker was part of Real’s squad of “galacticos” who visited the city as it was recovering from the Sars pandemic. Back in town in his capacity as an ambassador for La Liga Football Schools, the 47-year-old said he had “special memories” of the trip, which saw the star-studded Real side take on an Invitational XI in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228663/real-madrids-2003-trip-hong-kong-recalled-fernando-morientes-returns-and-meets-goalkeeper-who-kept?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228663/real-madrids-2003-trip-hong-kong-recalled-fernando-morientes-returns-and-meets-goalkeeper-who-kept?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:15:18 +0000 Chan Kin-wa,Agence France-Presse Chan Kin-wa,Agence France-Presse Siobhan Haughey and her Hong Kong teammates began their World Aquatics Championships in Japan with a city record in the women’s 4x100 metres freestyle relay – but it was still not enough to get them to the final on day one in the pool. The quartet of Haughey, Camille Cheng Lily-mei, Tam Hoi-lam and Stephanie Au Hoi-shun came fifth in their heat in three minutes, 39.93 seconds as swimming events got under way on Sunday. That was one hundredth of a second under their previous best – set by a team... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228643/world-aquatics-championships-4x100m-relay-record-siobhan-haughey-and-hong-kong-after-australia-end?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228643/world-aquatics-championships-4x100m-relay-record-siobhan-haughey-and-hong-kong-after-australia-end?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Jul 2023 08:56:57 +0000 Vivian Kong’s coach believes no one can stop the Hong Kong fencer winning a first world title in Milan this week. The women’s épée world No 1 and Asian champion has been in blistering form this year, and not even the normally dominant South Koreans have been able to stand in her way. Kong demolished defending world champion Song Se-ra 15-4 to win the regional title last month, having previously gained her No 1 spot with a win in the World Cup series in Colombia in May. Victory would also make... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228632/hong-kongs-vivian-kong-eyes-world-championships-first-more-individual-glory-line-milan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228632/hong-kongs-vivian-kong-eyes-world-championships-first-more-individual-glory-line-milan?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Jul 2023 05:10:21 +0000 Hong Kong’s 10 top-flight football clubs made just HK$4.65 million in gate receipts between them last season, officials revealed on Thursday. With a total of 151 league and cup matches played, that works out at HK$30,794 a game (US$3,942). All the clubs have multimillion dollar budgets. The Hong Kong Premier League Committee, which was set up last season by the clubs, outlined the financial state of play on Thursday, and officials said they were hoping for stronger results in the new season,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228380/hong-kong-premier-league-clubs-made-just-hk465-million-gate-receipts-151-matches-last-season?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228380/hong-kong-premier-league-clubs-made-just-hk465-million-gate-receipts-151-matches-last-season?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:02:35 +0000 Chan Kin-wa Chan Kin-wa Siobhan Haughey has some unfinished business with the World Aquatics Championships in Japan, where she will be attempting to win Hong Kong’s first medal at the long-course competition. A double Olympic silver medallist, short-course world champion and record holder, Haughey has yet to claim a medal at the championships after finishing fourth in 2019 and missing last year’s event in Budapest through injury. But the 25-year-old heads into the competition in Fukuoka on the back of an impressive... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228328/world-aquatics-championships-siobhan-haughey-out-break-hong-kongs-long-course-medal-drought-fukuoka?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3228328/world-aquatics-championships-siobhan-haughey-out-break-hong-kongs-long-course-medal-drought-fukuoka?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Jul 2023 07:51:31 +0000