https://www.scmp.com/rss/524213/feed The latest news and top stories on Cado Lee Ka-to, a key player for Hong Kong's men's rugby sevens team. He is a scrum-half who has won multiple Asian Games medals, including gold in 2018 and 2022. Lee was the first Chinese player in Japan's Top League and received a Medal of Honour for international rugby achievements. He consistently contributes to Hong Kong's success. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Josh Ball Josh Ball Ceci Lee Sze-wing crowned herself the undisputed queen of Hong Kong cycling on Monday, adding a historic third gold medal to her 15th National Games collection, moments after Siobhan Haughey had won two bronze in as many minutes. The pair shone brightest on a day of mixed results for the city’s athletes, as Coleman Wong Chak-lam, who has yet to lose a set, eased into the quarter-finals of the men’s singles tennis, Angus Ng Ka-long bowed out of the badminton in his third – and probably last –... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333152/historic-third-national-games-gold-makes-ceci-lee-undisputed-queen-hong-kong-cycling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3333152/historic-third-national-games-gold-makes-ceci-lee-undisputed-queen-hong-kong-cycling?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:08:48 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Liam Herbert said Hong Kong had set themselves the objective of returning to Kai Tak Stadium in the main Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens draw next year, after they claimed National Games gold at the 50,000-capacity venue on Friday. In a topsy-turvy final against Shandong, the city team slipped from 12-0 up to 14-12 behind with four minutes left. They mustered a grandstand finale, crossing twice to win Hong Kong’s first team sport gold from a China Games. Herbert said his side had placed a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hong-kong-rugby-union/article/3332936/hong-kong-target-major-rugby-7s-breakthrough-after-national-games-triumph?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hong-kong-rugby-union/article/3332936/hong-kong-target-major-rugby-7s-breakthrough-after-national-games-triumph?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Nov 2025 04:00:23 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Max Denmark savoured a “beautiful” historic night after Hong Kong beat Shandong 26-19 in a rip-roaring National Games rugby sevens final at Kai Tak Stadium. The city team were given a mighty scare when Shandong recovered from 12-0 down to lead 14-12 with only four minutes remaining. When Hong Kong needed a hero, Julien Bourron answered the call. With barely two minutes to play, Bourron barrelled through fierce resistance to score under the posts, before gathering himself to kick the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hong-kong-rugby-union/article/3332882/hong-kong-savour-beautiful-historic-national-games-rugby-sevens-gold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hong-kong-rugby-union/article/3332882/hong-kong-savour-beautiful-historic-national-games-rugby-sevens-gold?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:01:14 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Head coach Jevon Groves has called on his senior stars to “inspire the next generation”, after Hong Kong declared their hand for the National Games rugby sevens at Kai Tak Stadium this week. A formidable-looking 13-strong men’s squad will be spearheaded by James Christie and Seb Brien, the co-captains, wing wizard Max Denmark and evergreen Cado Lee Ka-to. And ahead of what could prove a last sevens hoorah for some key figures, given the city’s 15s team’s qualification for the 2027 Rugby World... https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3332234/hong-kong-rugby-sevens-teams-named-national-games-asked-inspire-generation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3332234/hong-kong-rugby-sevens-teams-named-national-games-asked-inspire-generation?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:57:53 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Cyclist Ceci Lee Sze-wing has a weakness for cheesecake, while for rugby sevens star Cado Lee Ka-to it’s double cheeseburgers and sprinter Alton Kwok Chun-ting just loves a milkshake. Hong Kong’s elite athletes have to consume lots of the right foods – meat, vegetables and so much rice – when they are training or in competition, but when they can “cheat” for a day, the options are endless. And unlike tennis star Novak Djokovic, who famously limited himself to one square of chocolate as a treat... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3331911/national-games-hong-kong-athletes-reveal-their-diets-and-their-cheat-foods?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3331911/national-games-hong-kong-athletes-reveal-their-diets-and-their-cheat-foods?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:13 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Liam Herbert was once “booted out” of Hong Kong’s youth rugby programme. Courted by football clubs in England following a series of trials, he ran for the hills. “I’d been homesick and was calling my parents, telling them I wanted to get out,” Herbert said. “I came back and they were fuming, they told me, ‘You idiot, get on with it’.” Showing an aptitude for understatement to match the talent and physicality that have made him one of Hong Kong’s outstanding rugby sevens players, Herbert added:... https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3329778/how-liam-herbert-went-wasteman-hong-kong-key-man-national-games-rugby-7s?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3329778/how-liam-herbert-went-wasteman-hong-kong-key-man-national-games-rugby-7s?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:12 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Hong Kong women’s rugby sevens star Nam Ka-man said her team were “super-proud” after the city’s teams took positive first steps towards the distant goal of reaching global sevens’ elite level this season. Nam and her teammates staged a late comeback in Hangzhou on Sunday to beat Thailand 19-17 in a gripping Asia Rugby Sevens Series third-place play-off. That meant they finished behind only Japan and China, both of whom had already qualified for the revised HSBC SVNS calendar. With that placing,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3326311/hong-kong-teams-take-solid-first-steps-towards-world-stage-after-vital-asian-series-wins?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3326311/hong-kong-teams-take-solid-first-steps-towards-world-stage-after-vital-asian-series-wins?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:16 +0000