Badminton doubles pair Ng Ka-long and Lee Chun-hei achieved the best-ever junior result for Hong Kong when they lifted the men's world title in Chiba, Japan, yesterday. The joint third seeds made no mistake with a 21-16, 21-17 victory over Japan's Takuto Inoue and Yuki Kaneko in the final. Ng and Lee also teamed up to win a bronze medal in the junior world championships in Mexico two years ago when they were just 16 years old. Hong Kong head coach Tim He Yiming said the victory would give the duo a boost ahead of the prestigious Hong Kong Open two weeks from now. Chan Kin-wa
Several English Premier League referees are debating the merits of boycott matches involving Chelsea in the wake of the club alleging fellow referee Mark Clattenburg made racist remarks in last Sunday's game with Manchester United, according to former referee Clive Wilkes. Clattenburg, 37, is the subject of investigations by both the police and the Football Association over claims by Chelsea he used inappropriate language including a racial slur aimed at their Nigerian midfielder Jon Obi Mikel. "I keep in touch with a lot of the lads and there is such a strength of feeling about what is happening to Mark," Wilkes told The Sun. "I know a few referees who are even talking about boycotting Chelsea games because of all this." AFP
Guan Tianlang of China is one round away from becoming the youngest golfer to play in the Masters. Guan, 14, has a two-shot lead over Oliver Goss of Australia going into the final day of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand. "Everybody looked nervous to start with, and there was not much talking," Guan said. "I then started to focus on my own game and felt pretty relaxed on the back nine, got a few birdies, so it was all right." The winner gets an invitation to play in the Masters, along with an exemption to the final stage of qualifying for the British Open. The youngest competitor in Masters history was Italain Matteo Manassero, who was 16 when he competed in 2010. AP
No podium but HK cyclists keep team lead