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Mike Chan
Correspondent, Sport
Mike joined SCMP in 2022 with 20 years of experience in sports journalism across various platforms. Previously working in Singapore as a producer with ESPN, Mike is a true sports lover with a particular interest in basketball and football, and has been a Liverpool fan since 1988.
Mike joined SCMP in 2022 with 20 years of experience in sports journalism across various platforms. Previously working in Singapore as a producer with ESPN, Mike is a true sports lover with a particular interest in basketball and football, and has been a Liverpool fan since 1988.
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Sports news writingLanguages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Festival returning in August following successful first edition last year, Juventus and Inter Milan set to join English pair in city.
Andy Vilk says their close matches bring out ‘the best of both teams’, will help prepare for the Asian Games rugby in Japan in six months.
Black Ferns Sevens beat season-long co-finalists Australia to win fourth consecutive title in city, with Miller playing integral part.
Hosts do so despite having one player shown yellow card in each half, co-captain James Christie says crowd’s support helps them over the line.
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Key players Olivia Apps and Hong Kong-born Florence Symonds keen to see ‘what we can do’ in semi-final, as Australia or France lie in wait.
Hong Kong team’s youngest member scores on her first Sevens appearance after being left on bench during opening draw with Denmark.
Andy Vilk says Denmark deserves credit for their showing in 14-14 draw, while city’s two-try hero Chong Ka-yan believes team must start better.
The Australians will have a tricky final pool match against Canada, while the reigning champions finish up against Fiji before the quarters.
Chinese world No 3 says ‘one world title is enough for me’, hopes to see some existing tournaments relocated to new cities in China and Europe.
Eugene Cheung revealed that his most memorable cases had occurred separately off the pitch, involving a coach and an overseas spectator.
Jeremy Lin and Lauren Jackson will attend the week-long event in Singapore to support the 12 boys’ and 12 girls’ high-school teams.
Relatively inexperienced women’s team grouped with Macau, Mexico and the Netherlands at tournament in London.
Head coach Li Ching says Doo and long-time mixed doubles partner Wong Chun-ting are ‘certainly going to give it a go’ at Asian Games.
Star strikers Harry Kane, Erling Haaland, Lautaro Martinez could all be heading to city in August, but only if their countries flop at World Cup.
Mechanical engineering student Ian Ho aiming to build on historic National Games gold when he travels to regional version in September.
Other notable investors include Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai, plus owner of Philadelphia 76ers and former co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Mixed doubles pair considering keeping their careers going beyond Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya this year to reach the 2028 showpiece.
The duo, who only became regular partners in 2024, enjoyed a successful 2025, winning a maiden Smash crown and moving top of the rankings.
Hong Kong side will take on Mongolian club Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos, and Taiwanese teams New Taipei Kings and Taoyuan Pauian Pilots next week.
The amateur side, who won the best team prize at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards, are hoping for strong showing at this year’s Asian Games.
More than 500,000 visitors expected once the museum, brought in by company that staged Cristiano Ronaldo’s version, starts its run on May 28.
First-time nominee Choi takes home three awards while Haughey’s top award is her fourth among seven awards overall.
Co-founder of women’s and men’s event that begins in November says the identities of four more cities will be unveiled in the next few weeks.
Domestic champions looking to challenge some of Asia’s best after claiming A1 Division crown.
The 83-year-old, who competed in the first edition that kicked off on March 28, 1976, also coached the city team and was an avid spectator.
Domestic clubs should join forces with Chinese Basketball Association counterparts, according to Canadian international Tyler Kepkay.
China table tennis legend Ma Long will attend seminar at Polytechnic University next week, play against students.
Han Xu, Li Yueru, Zhang Ziyu and Liu Yutong give coach Gong Luming plenty of height for six-team tournament in Wuhan.
Fresh from a win over an ex-UFC champion, No 6-ranked Lone’er Kavanagh says he wants ‘to get to the top as quickly as possible’.
City teams’ failure to make the cut for Asian Games will mean a rethink on how to improve the sport – but it may not be all doom and gloom.
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