https://www.scmp.com/rss/522153/feed The latest news and top stories on the World Games. A prominent international multi-sport event, the World Games is governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA), a non-profit organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Recognised by the International Olympic Committee, its primary mission is to showcase sports and disciplines not featured in the Olympic Games. Held quadrennially, the event provides a global platform for elite athletes, fostering the popularity and prominence of... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Harvey Kong Harvey Kong As Hong Kong’s athletes bask in the glory of their sporting achievements at the National Games, the city’s stars are taking home more than just gold, silver and bronze. That’s because medals and bragging rights also come with cash from the Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme, which also covers events such as the Winter and Summer Olympics, the Asian Games, the Paralympic Games and the World University Games. With the National Games finishing this week, here are some of the biggest... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333140/how-some-hong-kongs-top-athletes-are-cashing-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333140/how-some-hong-kongs-top-athletes-are-cashing-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:56:45 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong’s World Games karate hero Grace Lau Mo-sheung has said she was unhappy to be denied an opportunity to add National Games glory to her global success. Lau roared to victory over Maho Ono of Japan to top the podium at this month’s Games in Chengdu. The 33-year-old has now fixed her sights on fulfilling the second half of the pledge she made to her late grandmother, Mary, who died shortly before the World Games. “I promised her I would become world champion and, for me, that’s two... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3323385/hong-kong-world-games-hero-grace-lau-sad-over-national-games-targets-more-global-glory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3323385/hong-kong-world-games-hero-grace-lau-sad-over-national-games-targets-more-global-glory?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:00:42 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Hong Kong has become accustomed to winning medals at top international sporting events, a departure from the past when places on the podium were scarce. The new-found success highlights the progress made in developing the city’s athletes and giving them the best chance to compete at the highest level. Sporting excellence in diverse forms was on display during the World Games in Chengdu, with Hong Kong achieving its best-ever performance. It secured three gold medals, two silver and a bronze. The... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3322329/world-games-showing-leaves-hong-kong-much-celebrate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3322329/world-games-showing-leaves-hong-kong-much-celebrate?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:45:08 +0000 Tom Bell Tom Bell China brought down the curtain on the 12th World Games on Sunday as a colourful closing ceremony concluded 10 action-packed days in Chengdu. The four-yearly jamboree – comprising disciplines not included in the Olympics – had drawn 5,000 athletes from 110 countries and regions to the southwest Chinese city to compete in 34 sports ranging from familiar Games fare to the likes of powerboating and cheerleading. Sunday night’s ceremony began at 8pm local time and took place at the International... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3322145/world-games-end-chengdu-colourful-ceremony-china-top-medals-table?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3322145/world-games-end-chengdu-colourful-ceremony-china-top-medals-table?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Aug 2025 12:37:29 +0000 Shah Sahari Shah Sahari Air sports exponent Kwan Chun-yan has finished between two world champions in the sport to win Hong Kong’s sixth and final medal at the World Games in Chengdu, in a performance described by the team chief as the “perfect conclusion” to the team’s efforts. Kwan’s silver in the drone racing final on Saturday helped Hong Kong to their best performance at the multi-sport event, with three golds, two silvers and one bronze in Chengdu, through wushu (two golds, one silver), karate (one gold), air... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3322128/world-games-hong-kong-drone-racer-kwan-chun-yan-wins-silver-help-city-best-showing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3322128/world-games-hong-kong-drone-racer-kwan-chun-yan-wins-silver-help-city-best-showing?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:02:47 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Cue sports and climbing maintained China’s dominant showing at the World Games as further golds were added to the host nation’s tally on Thursday. Zhang Taiyi made history in Chengdu when he became the Games’ first mixed heyball pool champion. Fellow cueist Xiao Guodong overcame Michael Georgiou 2-1 for snooker gold. Sport climbing’s Deng Lijuan, an Olympic silver medallist last year, won a close all-Chinese women’s speed single final against Qin Yumei. In the men’s speed single final, the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321902/china-savours-8-ball-pool-snooker-and-climbing-gold-world-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321902/china-savours-8-ball-pool-snooker-and-climbing-gold-world-games?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:26:02 +0000 Shah Sahari Shah Sahari China extended their lead at the top of the World Games medal table on Wednesday after adding three gold medals through the current women’s world snooker champion, a three-time world champion, and a former Olympics gymnastics bronze medallist and also ex-world champion. Playing in the six-red snooker event, reigning world champion Bai Yulu beat Thailand’s Narucha Phoemphul 2-0 at the Civil Aviation Flight University of China’s Tianfu Campus Gymnasium, after ousting Wendy Jans in the semi-finals... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3321763/world-games-china-extend-gold-medal-lead-through-bai-yulu-han-yu-shang-chunsong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3321763/world-games-china-extend-gold-medal-lead-through-bai-yulu-han-yu-shang-chunsong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:01:13 +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 Tom Bell Tom Bell An Italian athlete has died after taking part in the World Games in the Chinese city of Chengdu, organisers have said. The organising bodies issued a statement on Tuesday to “confirm with great sadness the passing of Italian orienteering athlete, Mattia Debertolis”. Debertolis, 29, had been found unconscious after collapsing last Friday during the men’s middle distance orienteering competition – the first medal event of the Chengdu Games. Orienteering involves navigating an unmarked course with... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321537/athlete-dies-world-games-chengdu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321537/athlete-dies-world-games-chengdu?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:36:40 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer Hong Kong’s Cheung Yat-lam is in with a chance of a gold medal at the World Games in Chengdu after winning his wushu semi-final bout on Monday. But fellow fighter Chan Tsz-ching was unable to do likewise in her event, while the city’s No 1 squash player Tomato Ho Tze-lok also let a golden chance slip away with a narrow semi-final loss. Hong Kong did not win a medal on Monday – the city’s first fruitless day since Thursday – but that will change on Tuesday, when all three Hongkongers compete for... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321450/world-games-china-win-2-more-gold-medals-through-freedivers-extend-lead-top-table?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321450/world-games-china-win-2-more-gold-medals-through-freedivers-extend-lead-top-table?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:00:10 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer A Latvian judge in the Latin dance contest at the World Games in Chengdu has gone viral on Chinese social media, with fans commenting on his posture and elegance, which have earned him the nickname “Mr Ferrari”. Standing at more than 1.88 metres (six feet, two inches), Sergey Sinkins, listed as an official adjudicator at the World Games, drew the eye of Chinese fans at the Chengbei Gymnasium on Friday for his tall and slender appearance, needle-straight posture, silver hair and black suit. As... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321364/elegant-world-games-judge-mr-ferrari-goes-viral-chinese-social-media?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321364/elegant-world-games-judge-mr-ferrari-goes-viral-chinese-social-media?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Aug 2025 12:00:10 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Hong Kong wushu exponent Lydia Sham Hui-yu won the city’s third gold medal at the World Games in Chengdu on Saturday, following on from the win by Anthony Yeung Chung-hei earlier in the day in the same sport. Sham’s gold in the Chinese martial art, which is also known as kung fu, came in the women’s changquan-jianshu-qiangshu combined event. Sham won her first World Games gold with 29.260 points, ahead of Malaysia’s Pang Pui Yee, who won silver, and Japan’s Nanoha Kida on bronze. Earlier, Yeung... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321302/world-games-chengdu-hong-kongs-gold-tally-doubled-yeung-wins-wushu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321302/world-games-chengdu-hong-kongs-gold-tally-doubled-yeung-wins-wushu?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Aug 2025 05:13:37 +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