Advertisement
Advertisement
Sport
+ FOLLOW
Racing
Football
Rugby
Motorsport
Cricket
Golf
Tennis
Outdoor
Football
Iran ‘boycotting’ United States but not World Cup: football federation chief
Mehdi Taj says his country ‘will be preparing for the World Cup’, with Mexico’s leader saying her country was prepared to host Iran’s matches.
18 minutes ago
Haughey wins 100m freestyle at China Open, Tang breaks own Asian record twice
41 minutes ago
Asian Games athletes to stay on cruise ship, in wooden huts for ‘unique experience’
2 hours ago
Football
Messi scores 900th career goal in Inter Milan match, joins Ronaldo in elite club
Argentine World Cup winner reaches landmark in 1,142nd appearance for club and country, almost 100 games fewer than the Portuguese.
4 hours ago
Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi (middle) scores his 1,000th goal in a Concacaf Champions Cup match against Nashville SC in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Racing
Etches chases Derby dream with Ibis after close second 33 years ago
Long-time Jockey Club member hopes to go one better in city’s biggest race more than three decades on from his narrow defeat.
5 hours ago
Racing
Lor and Ting relaxed despite wide draws for Numbers and Little Paradise in Derby
Key contenders will break from barriers 13 and 10 respectively in the city’s most coveted race at Sha Tin on Sunday.
6 hours ago
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Football
Philippines, North Korea win Asian Cup play-offs to reach 2027 Women’s World Cup
Two goals in five minutes send Filipinas into global tournament in Brazil, with North Koreans joining them after beating Chinese Taipei.
3 hours ago
Jaclyn Sawicki (centre) celebrates after scoring the Philippines’ second against Uzbekistan in the Gold Coast. Photo: EPA
Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s triathlete association ‘found out’ by poor junior results, coach says
Senior team head coach Andrew Wright wants policy change after under-23 and junior squad return one medal from Asian Championships.
19 Mar 2026 - 12:05PM
Sport
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.
19 Mar 2026 - 8:00AM
Racing
Newnham dominates Valley with five-timer while Atzeni scores four-timer
Australian handler secures quintet at city circuit while Sardinian jockey strikes with quartet.
18 Mar 2026 - 11:50PM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong padel players eye Asian Games selection as FIP Bronze event gets under way
Sport will be a medal event at the multi-sport event in Japan later this year, adding extra motivation to this week’s tournament.
18 Mar 2026 - 10:13PM
Taiga Sherr-Oshima is a member of Japan’s national padel squad and hopes to play at his home Asian Games later this year. Photo: Elson Li
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
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
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
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
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
SCMP Graphics
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
Health & Wellness
Profile
|
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
videocam
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
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
OPINION
Sam Agars
Opinion
|
No Calandagan leaves Hong Kong Cup wanting, but HKIR fields still excite
27 Nov 2025 - 6:32PM
Paul McNamara
Opinion
|
What Hong Kong’s next football coach must do differently from Westwood
26 Nov 2025 - 9:33AM
Josh Ball
Opinion
|
From flights of fancy to reality, National Games paves way for a bright future
22 Nov 2025 - 1:30PM
Nicholas Fang
Opinion
|
Singapore minister’s comments a reminder that emotions can run very high in sport
22 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
MULTIMEDIA
Video
Chinese marathon official banned for blocking winner near finish line
Video
Iranian footballers granted asylum by Australia
00:56
Video
Eileen Gu’s emotional tribute to grandmother after Olympic gold
01:23
Video
Ukrainian sumo star eyes top title in Japan
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
TRENDING TOPICS
Hong Kong Sevens
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
English Premier League
ONE Championship
AFC Champions League
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
