https://www.scmp.com/rss/521334/feed The 20th edition of the Asian Games will be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4. It will be the third time Japan has hosted the multi-sport event, after previously doing so in 1958 and 1994. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang Ceci Lee Sze-wing showed her “physical and mental strength” at the Asian Track Cycling Championships, her coach said, reaching the podium in every event she entered to finish with two gold, one silver and two bronze medals on Monday. The Hong Kong cycling star concluded her personal campaign on the sixth day of the seven-day meet in Tagaytay, Philippines, by capturing her second gold in the 10km scratch race. A year after claiming her first Asian title in the same event, the 24-year-old showed... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3348439/hong-kong-star-ceci-lee-defends-10km-scratch-title-asian-event-teammates-show-promise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3348439/hong-kong-star-ceci-lee-defends-10km-scratch-title-asian-event-teammates-show-promise?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:39:29 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Siobhan Haughey will focus on training smart and hard while using a packed international schedule to prepare for the Asian Games in September. The Hong Kong Olympian, who is coming off a strong showing at last week’s China Open, plans to adopt a “race as training” approach this season and hopes to keep building from competition itself. Haughey won two golds and one silver in Shenzhen and said she was satisfied with her progress since returning from injury about six months ago, crediting it to a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3348301/hong-kong-star-haughey-adopt-race-training-approach-asian-games-build?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3348301/hong-kong-star-haughey-adopt-race-training-approach-asian-games-build?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:14 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Fresh from being honoured at the Hong Kong Coaching Awards last weekend, Paul John said he still had unfinished business as head of the city’s sevens programme. Into his 10th year in the role, John was rewarded with the best team coach prize after Hong Kong’s men claimed National Games gold and strolled to Asia Rugby Sevens Series success in 2025. This year began on a low note, however, when the city team narrowly lost an HSBC SVNS 3 semi-final to Canada, costing them promotion to the second... https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3347627/hong-kong-sevens-head-has-unfinished-business-underlines-world-and-olympic-aims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3347627/hong-kong-sevens-head-has-unfinished-business-underlines-world-and-olympic-aims?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:13 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Athletes at the Asian Games in Japan will have “a unique experience” staying on a cruise ship and in wooden containers, an organising official has said six months out from the event, while acknowledging there were concerns about the plan. About half of the expected 15,000 athletes and officials will live in the eye-catching temporary accommodation during the Games, which are in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area from September 19 to October 4, coinciding with typhoon season in Japan. The rest will... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3347138/asian-games-athletes-stay-cruise-ship-wooden-huts-unique-experience?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3347138/asian-games-athletes-stay-cruise-ship-wooden-huts-unique-experience?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:00:08 +0000 Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang Hong Kong’s padel players have more to fight for than ranking points at the FIP Bronze tournament in the city this week, they are also battling for Asian Games recognition. The sport was awarded medal status for the competition in Japan later this year, and the city’s athletes have some catching up to do if they want to be part of the occasion. Not that September’s Games are the main focus for players or the newly formed Hong Kong China Padel Association (HKCPA), which is hoping to become the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347074/hong-kong-padel-players-eye-asian-games-selection-fip-bronze-event-gets-under-way?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3347074/hong-kong-padel-players-eye-asian-games-selection-fip-bronze-event-gets-under-way?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:13:49 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Ricardo Rambo has urged Hong Kong to use their Asian Games platform to send a message that the city is ready for professional women’s football. Fears that revised qualification criteria would sideline the city men’s and women’s teams from this year’s Games were banished on Thursday when the Football Association of Hong Kong, China (HKFA) revealed the Olympic Council of Asia had approved their participation in Japan. Head coach Rambo, whose side were recently forced to quit the four-team Pink... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3346636/hong-kong-boss-hopes-playing-asian-games-helps-usher-professional-womens-game?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3346636/hong-kong-boss-hopes-playing-asian-games-helps-usher-professional-womens-game?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:00:20 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Hong Kong basketball officials say they have not given up hope of getting the city’s teams into the Asian Games, despite organisers cutting the numbers of associations taking part. The tournament at September’s Games in Japan has been reduced from 16 teams to 12 for the men and kept at 12 for the women. Regional rankings will be used to determine who plays, and Hong Kong’s men and women are 26th and 21st respectively, leaving them significantly short of qualifying. But in a statement published... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3346433/hong-kong-basketball-not-giving-asian-games-spot-top-official-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3346433/hong-kong-basketball-not-giving-asian-games-spot-top-official-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:52:47 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong football has won its battle to compete in the Asian Games this year, allaying fears that the city teams would be condemned to the same fate as their exiled basketball counterparts. The Football Association of Hong Kong, China (HKFA) has been petitioning the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) since it emerged that the 16 men’s teams that competed in this year’s AFC U-23 Asian Cup finals would occupy the Games spots, while the 12 women’s places would be filled by the countries contesting the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3346380/hong-kong-footballers-given-go-ahead-asian-games-japan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3346380/hong-kong-footballers-given-go-ahead-asian-games-japan?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:00:27 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong’s omission from this year’s Asian Games basketball tournament came as a complete shock, the city’s stunned players said on Tuesday, even though officials knew it might happen. A day after organisers revealed they were cutting the number of men’s teams to a 24-year low of just 12, while leaving the women’s competition at the same number, players from both squads said while they had been left in the dark they were “sad but not surprised”. And sources said the sport’s governing body in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3345320/hong-kong-basketball-players-sad-not-surprised-after-learning-about-games-axe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3345320/hong-kong-basketball-players-sad-not-surprised-after-learning-about-games-axe?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:14 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong will not be sending men’s or women’s basketball teams to this year’s Asian Games in Japan, after organisers slashed the number of teams to the lowest in more than 20 years. And while there was a last-minute reprieve three years ago in Hangzhou, it seems unlikely that will happen this time around, with just 12 teams per gender invited to take part. For the men, who had 16 teams competing in Hangzhou three years ago compared with the women’s 12, it is the smallest field since the 2002... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3345166/asian-games-basketball-axe-leaves-hong-kong-teams-outside-looking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3345166/asian-games-basketball-axe-leaves-hong-kong-teams-outside-looking?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:00:14 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Feng Peiyou knocked nearly a minute off the Chinese record at the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday, and threw down a huge challenge to Japan’s best ahead of this year’s Asian Games. The 24-year-old was the first Asian athlete across the line, coming 11th in a time of two hours, five minutes and 58 seconds, crushing the previous best of 2:06:57 set by He Jie at the Wuxi Marathon in 2024. Feng, who became the first Chinese runner to dip below two hours and six minutes, ran much of the race alongside... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3345017/japanese-rivals-spur-feng-peiyou-break-he-jies-chinese-record-tokyo-marathon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3345017/japanese-rivals-spur-feng-peiyou-break-he-jies-chinese-record-tokyo-marathon?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:07:28 +0000 Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang Hong Kong swimming star Siobhan Haughey has made a record-breaking start to the Asian Games year, with gold medal wins in both the women’s 50m and 200m freestyle at the three-day Dubai Swimming Championships, which ended on Sunday. The 28-year-old won the 50m freestyle final in 24.67 seconds just on Friday, breaking the meet record. Haughey then competed in her strongest event, the women’s 200m freestyle, finishing first in 1:54.85. She was more than three seconds ahead of the runner-up, with... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342838/hong-kong-swimming-star-siobhan-haughey-makes-record-breaking-start-asian-games-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342838/hong-kong-swimming-star-siobhan-haughey-makes-record-breaking-start-asian-games-year?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:00:30 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Clarissa Lyra will enter the competition ring in Italy this week confident that time is on her side in her quest to join the equestrian elite, after she witnessed two veteran riders shine at The Longines Hong Kong International Horse Show last weekend. The 60-year-old Roger-Yves Bost claimed the flagship Longines Grand Prix title on Sunday at AsiaWorld-Expo, where the lusty cheers for the winner were matched by those for 70-year-old rival John Whitaker, an Olympic silver medallist in 1984. There... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342317/hong-kong-equestrian-lyra-learns-age-no-barrier-success-inspiring-5-star-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3342317/hong-kong-equestrian-lyra-learns-age-no-barrier-success-inspiring-5-star-show?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:31:42 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Hong Kong's best half-marathon finishers said they hoped to have given their Asian Games dreams a boost on Sunday, despite neither winning their respective races. China’s Chen Yufan won the men’s 13.1 mile run at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon in one hour, seven minutes and 56 seconds, while Rachel See, a last-minute entry from Singapore, crossed the line in 1:20:56. Gi Ka-man was the first Hongkonger over the line, claiming third place in 1:09:32, 12 seconds behind Taiwan’s Hsu... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3340307/hong-kong-pair-hope-half-marathon-finishes-can-give-their-asian-games-dreams-boost?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3340307/hong-kong-pair-hope-half-marathon-finishes-can-give-their-asian-games-dreams-boost?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jan 2026 09:30:12 +0000 Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang Wong Tsz-to and Tsang Hiu-tung were the first men and women across the 10km finish line, each claiming their third title in this event and securing a sweep for the city at Sunday’s Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon. Although neither runner beat their times from last year, they said they were satisfied with their performances. Hong Kong triathlete Wong finished just after 6am, clocking a time of 31 minutes 11 seconds to edge out runner-up Tse Chun-yin at the finish at Victoria Harbour... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3340305/hong-kong-marathon-past-winners-wong-tsz-tsang-hiu-tung-claim-10km-races?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3340305/hong-kong-marathon-past-winners-wong-tsz-tsang-hiu-tung-claim-10km-races?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jan 2026 07:30:14 +0000 Josh Ball,Ada Li Josh Ball,Ada Li Siobhan Haughey said her two gold and two bronze medals at the National Games were “a good beginning”, but she would not be allowing herself time to celebrate the achievement, immediately turning her attention to next year’s Asian Games. The 28-year-old came third twice in the space of several minutes on Monday, first in the women’s 50m breaststroke and then in the 50m freestyle at the Shenzhen Universiade Centre Swimming Pool. It was some achievement from Hong Kong’s most decorated Olympian,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333155/siobhan-haughey-happy-satisfied-national-games-results-turns-focus-asian-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333155/siobhan-haughey-happy-satisfied-national-games-results-turns-focus-asian-games?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:00:20 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li The sport of padel reached new heights in Hong Kong over the weekend, with the FIP Silver Hong Kong tournament setting a participation record for the sport in Asia. Some 268 players from more than 30 countries and regions took part in the event at Go PARK Sai Sha, with more than 170 matches culminating in two enthralling finals on Sunday. Run in conjunction with the launching of the Hong Kong Padel Club, the tournament was given extra impetus to a game that is growing quickly in the city by the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3332988/padel-medal-sport-sets-participation-record-hong-kong-track-asian-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3332988/padel-medal-sport-sets-participation-record-hong-kong-track-asian-games?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:00:11 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Co-hosting the National Games has placed Hong Kong in a pivotal role for China’s largest sporting event, not only as competitors but as organisers alongside Macau and Guangdong. And the departure from a 60-year tradition of having one host has highlighted the Greater Bay Area’s connectivity and its potential as a sporting hub of global significance, one expert told the Post. There will be eight sports in Hong Kong for the Games, which officially open on November 9 and run until November 21, and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3331984/hong-kongs-role-national-games-part-gba-one-immense-significance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3331984/hong-kongs-role-national-games-part-gba-one-immense-significance?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:00:23 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse India have targeted a record medal haul at next year’s Asian Games in Japan as part of a long-term plan to boost their prospects at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The world’s most populous nation surpassed expectations at Hangzhou in 2023, breaking the 100-medal barrier for the first time to finish fourth behind hosts China, Japan and South Korea. Powered by their cricketers, shooters and archers, India collected 107 medals at the Covid-delayed event – their best showing to date. Officials... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3326172/india-aiming-record-medal-haul-asian-games-2028-olympics-real-target?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3326172/india-aiming-record-medal-haul-asian-games-2028-olympics-real-target?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:00:13 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Rower Chiu Hin-chun said he wanted to take the form that earned him World Cup silver and turn it into more glory at the World Championships and National Games this year. The Hong Kong Olympian has been on a roll recently, and returned from World Cup outings in Italy and Switzerland with runner-up spots in the lightweight men’s single sculls. And on the back of representing the city at the Paris Games last summer, the 30-year-old believed the success showed the “massive improvement” he had made... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3317796/hong-kong-olympian-chiu-eyes-national-games-glory-next-step-road-la-2028?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3317796/hong-kong-olympian-chiu-eyes-national-games-glory-next-step-road-la-2028?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jul 2025 03:02:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Athletes at next year’s Asian Games in Japan will stay on a “floating village” cruise ship or in converted shipping containers, with organisers defending the cost-cutting move. The plan will see 4,600 athletes and officials housed on the ship for the duration of the Games, which are being held in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area from September 19 to October 4. Organisers will lease a luxury cruise liner that will be docked at Nagoya’s port. A further 2,400 people will stay in temporary shelters... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3313148/asian-games-athletes-be-housed-floating-village-cruise-ship-japan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3313148/asian-games-athletes-be-housed-floating-village-cruise-ship-japan?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:00:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse MMA will make its Asian Games debut next year when Japan hosts the continent’s premier sporting event, organisers said on Tuesday. Cricket was also formally approved for inclusion at the Games during a meeting in host city Nagoya on Monday – despite doubts about where exactly the sport would take place. “MMA will feature six events in its Asian Games debut and be classed as a discipline under combat sports,” the Olympic Council of Asia said. The OCA and local organisers will hold meetings this... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3308400/mixed-martial-arts-cricket-make-debut-asian-games-next-year-japan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3308400/mixed-martial-arts-cricket-make-debut-asian-games-next-year-japan?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:32:58 +0000