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Fear of failure still drives Duplantis despite 15 world records, Olympic golds
Swedish pole vault great aiming for fourth World Athletics Indoor Championships title in Poland on Saturday.
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Newnham dominates Valley with five-timer while Atzeni scores four-timer
18 Mar 2026 - 11:50PM
Hong Kong padel players eye Asian Games selection as FIP Bronze event gets under way
18 Mar 2026 - 10:13PM
Football
Japan thrash South Korea 4-1 to set up Women’s Asian Cup final with Australia
Coach Nils Nielsen says his side have played better despite their utterly dominant performance in Sydney.
18 Mar 2026 - 9:09PM
Japan’s Saki Kumagai (left) and Riko Ueki celebrate beating South Korea in their Women’s Asian Cup semi-final in Sydney. Photo: AFP
Racing
Calandagan and Masquerade Ball headline overseas entries for Champions Day
A total of 23 individual Group One winners feature among nominations released by the Hong Kong Jockey Club for the showpiece meeting.
18 Mar 2026 - 1:52PM
Football
Women’s Asian Cup: China coach says team on right track despite last 4 heartache
Ante Milicic says ‘brave’ team evolving ahead of next year’s World Cup in Brazil. Japan face South Korea in second semi-final on Wednesday.
18 Mar 2026 - 9:07AM
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Racing
Hong Kong Jockey Club signs ‘2 cities, 3 racecourses’ deal with Guangzhou tourism
Sides agree to develop horse-themed tourism in Greater Bay Area and link racecourses across region in memorandum of understanding.
17 Mar 2026 - 11:00PM
The Hong Kong Jockey Club expects to start racing at Conghua Racecourse in October. Illustration: HKJC
Racing
SCMP Best Bets: Rainbow Seven can be too flashy at Happy Valley
17 Mar 2026 - 10:00PM
Golf
LIV Golf South Africa: Southern Guards GC excited about playing in front of home fans
The tournament marks the circuit’s debut in Africa, while return of Phil Mickelson adds relegation battle subplot for crowd in Johannesburg.
17 Mar 2026 - 10:00PM
Football
Women’s Asian Cup: Kerr’s stunner sends Australia into final, knocks China out
Matildas captain strikes semi-final winner from an acute angle to send hosts through, Japan or South Korea await in final.
17 Mar 2026 - 9:59PM
China
Chinese race official gets 1-year ban after mistakenly pushing winner off course
Sheng Xueli was leading the 2026 Chongqing Wanzhou Marathon by a fair distance when he was mistaken for a half-marathon competitor.
17 Mar 2026 - 6:58PM
The winner of the 2026 Chongqing Wanzhou Marathon, Sheng Xueli, was stopped and diverted just before the finish line on Sunday. Photo: handout
Football
Malaysia out of Asian Cup race after AFC overturns wins, hands down US$50,000 fine
Malaysia punished for fielding ineligible players; wins over Nepal and Vietnam converted into 3-0 forfeits.
17 Mar 2026 - 6:39PM
Racing
Teetan looking forward to quality book of rides at Happy Valley on Wednesday
Mauritian jockey has strong hand at city circuit headlined by Young Champion.
17 Mar 2026 - 3:53PM
Football
Iran ‘negotiating’ with Fifa over moving World Cup games to Mexico: embassy
Country’s participation in this summer’s tournament thrown into doubt by US and Israel attacks and Donald Trump’s threats.
18 Mar 2026 - 1:09AM
Other Sport
Wada takes next step in fight with US, could ban Trump from World Cup, LA Games
Locked in a years-long fight over funding with the United States, the World Anti-Doping Agency is not backing down.
17 Mar 2026 - 9:24AM
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s Witold Banka addresses the opening ceremony of the sixth World Conference on Doping in Sport. Photo: EPA
Basketball
China qualify for Women’s Basketball World Cup, but ‘want to be a better team’
Gong Luming’s side qualify before beating Czech Republic for third win of play-in tournament in Wuhan but he says ‘tougher tests lie ahead’.
16 Mar 2026 - 9:00PM
Football
AFC has received no notification from Iran on World Cup withdrawal
Sports minister said it was impossible for the players to participate in the tournament after the US launched air strikes alongside Israel.
16 Mar 2026 - 8:00PM
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Football
Who keeps the floodlights on in Hong Kong football’s financial black hole?
Burning cash and sharing pitches with the public, city’s teams are ill-equipped to play in mainland China and resistant to forcing change.
20 Jul 2024 - 2:12PM
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Outdoor
F1 star Bottas among those embracing fast-growing sport of gravel riding
Thirty-four cyclists competed in the first edition of Dirty Kanza in 2006 – this year 5,000 riders started the race, now renamed Unbound Gravel, with many more left out.
24 Jun 2024 - 3:08PM
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Hong Kong Macau Grand Prix star on using her pain to drive herself forwards
Vivian Siu went through a ‘dark time’ after her mother died of cancer. But the Hong Kong native got her life back on track, became a racing-car driver and in 2023 made history at the 2023 Macau Grand Prix.
31 May 2024 - 11:30AM
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Outdoor
From street culture to Paris Games: how Japan’s skateboarding youth turned tide
Children as young as six can be seen zipping up ramps and grinding down rails at skate parks all over the country, with instructors teaching tricks while parents wait patiently nearby.
4 Jul 2024 - 3:32PM
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No Calandagan leaves Hong Kong Cup wanting, but HKIR fields still excite
27 Nov 2025 - 6:32PM
Paul McNamara
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What Hong Kong’s next football coach must do differently from Westwood
26 Nov 2025 - 9:33AM
Josh Ball
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From flights of fancy to reality, National Games paves way for a bright future
22 Nov 2025 - 1:30PM
Nicholas Fang
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Singapore minister’s comments a reminder that emotions can run very high in sport
22 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM
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