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      <description>Sunday was “not a good day” for Hong Kong star Ceci Lee Sze-wing, whose UCI Track World Cup campaign ended with a crash, bruises and a failure to add to her success of the opening night.
In fact, Lee’s silver in the elimination race at Hong Kong Velodrome on Friday turned out to be the city’s only medal of the three-day meet in Tseung Kwan O.
Still, head coach Herve Dagorne struck a “very positive” tone when it came to the team’s “massive progress” and regional standing, and said preparations...</description>
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      <description>Hong Kong brought the curtain down on its 50th anniversary Sevens in front of another record crowd on Sunday, and with the head of World Rugby calling the city a “significant global player”.
According to organisers, some 113,395 supporters passed through the gates over the three days of the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, the biggest official attendance since the tournament began in 1976.
And while New Zealand’s women successfully defended their title, South Africa’s men won in Hong Kong...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong recognised as ‘global player’ in world rugby after record-breaking Sevens party</title>
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      <description>There was no stopping the New Zealand women’s team at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens as they dominated and beat Australia to keep their record in Hong Kong intact on Sunday.
A 19-14 win at Kai Tak Stadium handed the Black Ferns their fourth Sevens title in the city in as many years, with star player Jorja Miller an integral part of that record.
“It’s an amazing accomplishment by our team. To come out here and do it four years in a row is pretty amazing,” she said. “We love playing in an...</description>
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      <title>Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens: Jorja Miller to the four as New Zealand keep record intact</title>
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      <description>Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey has broken the meet record in the women’s 200m freestyle at the Bergen Swim Festival in Norway.
Haughey’s time of one minute, 54.31 seconds not only won gold but was also her fastest time in almost two years.
The previous meet record of 1:54.77 was set by Haughey’s Swedish rival Sarah Sjostrom. Haughey’s swim also moved her to third-fastest in the world this season, and is just 0.39 seconds off her own Asian record of 1:53.92, which she set at the Tokyo Olympics in...</description>
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      <description>Hong Kong’s men’s team lived up to their own vow to exact revenge over Japan at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens with a 19-15 win over their arch-rivals at Kai Tak Stadium on Sunday.
The thrilling win, just one day after their seven-point loss in the round-robin stage on Saturday, handed the city’s men their third Melrose Claymores trophy in as many years.
And after doing so despite being shown a yellow card in each half, co-captain James Christie heaped praise on the team effort.
“We gave them...</description>
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      <description>Canadian duo Olivia Apps and Florence Symonds said they were ready to take on the heavyweights at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens after reaching the semi-finals on Saturday.
A 19-7 win over the United States sent the Paris Olympic silver medallists to the last four for only the second time this season. They previously reached the final stages of a Sunday in Singapore in February.
Charity Williams scored twice – the opening and closing tries – for Canada. Ariana Ramsey gave the USA some hope...</description>
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      <description>Hong Kong head coach Herve Dagorne praised the performance of the city’s riders despite finishing Saturday empty-handed at the UCI Track World Cup.
Across four events at the Hong Kong Velodrome, Ceci Lee Sze-wing and Chloe Leung Wing-yee competed in the women’s Madison but failed to secure a second medal for the team.
Meanwhile, To Cheuk-hei delivered a strong performance in the men’s Keirin, finishing fifth in the final to record a best-ever result for a Hong Kong rider in the event.
Dagorne...</description>
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      <description>Haruka Uematsu said she felt as though she was in a dream standing on the pitch at Kai Tak Stadium after being called on in a 24-12 loss to Thailand during the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on Saturday.
There was double delight for debutant Uematsu, who scored late on in front of a raucous South Stand in her side’s Melrose Claymores defeat.
“The moment I was called upon, I knew I had to clear my mind so that I could stay focused and listen only to my teammates’ voices in a very noisy stadium,”...</description>
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      <description>Hong Kong welcomed back its iconic Sevens rugby tournament for a 50th year on Friday, with an opening ceremony featuring robots, K-pop and a light show almost as sparkling as some of the action on the pitch.
Not even a hole in the roof of the HK$30 billion Kai Tak Stadium could put a dampener on proceedings, even if the rain that leaked in left some fans running for cover.
Even so, the thunderstorms that hovered over the city for much of the afternoon did little to deter spectators generally,...</description>
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      <description>Hong Kong head coach Andy Vilk said there were always positives to take away after the city’s women escaped with a draw against Denmark on Friday.
Playing in the Melrose Claymores tournament at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, the reigning champions found themselves in a bit of a hole after the visitors jumped to a 14-0 lead through tries from Sofie Giessing and Mille Elmbak either side of half-time.
Veteran Chong Ka-yan salvaged the day for the hosts with a pair of tries inside the final three...</description>
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      <description>Ceci Lee Sze-wing delivered an “epic, tactically perfect” performance to claim a brilliant elimination-race silver on the first day of her home UCI Track World Cup at Hong Kong Velodrome.
With the last rider in the field eliminated every two laps, the triple National Games gold medallist stayed consistently near the front of the peloton before securing the best result of her burgeoning career.
Norway’s Anita Yvonne Stenberg took gold, while Valentine Fortin of France claimed bronze.
“Winning a...</description>
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      <title>‘Epic’ Hongkonger Ceci Lee claims UCI Track World Cup silver for career high</title>
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      <description>Australia and New Zealand look highly likely to meet again in the women’s final at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday, after both teams made perfect starts to their world championship campaigns.
However, while New Zealand dispatched Brazil 29-12 and Japan 38-7 at Kai Tak Stadium and should be untroubled by Fiji in their final pool match against Fiji on Saturday, the Australians have a tougher assignment ahead against Canada.
Australia sit second in Pool B behind Canada despite thrashing...</description>
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      <description>Eugene Cheung admitted that his role as the on-site dentist at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens keeps him just as busy on the pitch as it does off the pitch.
Cheung started working at the tournament in 2017 after a colleague, who had the job previously but decided to change speciality, recommended him to the Hong Kong China Rugby Union.
With his experience covering tournaments at Hong Kong Stadium and at Kai Tak Stadium, Cheung revealed that the players are generally pretty aware about dental...</description>
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      <description>Young basketball players from a Hong Kong secondary school will compete against the very best in the region when the NBA Rising Stars Invitational returns to Singapore in June.
The as-yet unnamed local school will be chosen based on its strong basketball credentials and results.
The tournament will feature 12 boys’ and 12 girls’ high-school teams aged 18 or under from across Asia-Pacific.
NBA champion Jeremy Lin will headline the summer event and interact with the participants throughout the...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>Ada Li</author>
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      <description>Randy Mak never thought he would get the chance to play ice hockey in front of his home fans; now the Hong Kong forward is out to turn that energy into gold.
After silver for the city’s under-18 men and a promotion-winning title triumph for the women’s team, it is the turn of the senior men to compete in the third of the IIHF World Championships being held in Discovery Bay.
Hong Kong face North Korea, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and the Philippines in the Division IIIB tournament, and Mak...</description>
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      <title>Mak eyes golden week as Hong Kong’s men begin bid to climb ice hockey rankings</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
      <dc:creator>Mike Chan</dc:creator>
      <description>A Hong Kong women’s table tennis team boasting three debutants has been handed the difficult task of trying to get through a tough group stage at this month’s World Team Table Tennis Championships in London.
Apart from veteran Doo Hoi-kem, who is set to play in her sixth team world championship event, Pedrey Ng Wing-lam is the only other player with any experience of the tournament, having played one match in a 3-0 win over South Africa’s Musfiquh Kalam in Chengdu four years ago.
Su Tsz-Tung,...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong debutants facing tough test at World Team Table Tennis Championship</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
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      <description>Hong Kong table tennis star Doo Hoi-kem prepared for the coming World Team Table Tennis Championships with “positive impact” despite finishing second in two events at the World Table Tennis Contender Taiyuan event over the weekend.
On Sunday, Doo and partner Ng Wing-lam, the tournament third seeds, lost 3-1 to China’s Shi Xunyao and Han Feier in the women’s doubles final. Facing the host pair, the Hongkongers gave themselves hope by winning the third game, but were eventually outplayed 11-6,...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem gears up for world team table tennis event with 2 podium finishes</title>
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      <author>Paul McNamara</author>
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      <description>Singapore has gained a jump on Hong Kong in the race to produce elite gymnasts after a 17-year-old disaffected with her own stunted progress launched a “game-changing” training facility in the city.
Born in Hong Kong, Riley Lee quit the sport at 14, two years after she had left for Singapore.
“I was training 25 hours a week and it was the majority of my life, but it didn’t feel like I was getting the return I should,” Lee said.
“I couldn’t find the right environment [to train] … and there was a...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong-born gymnast leading quest to turn Singapore into elite hub</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
      <dc:creator>Mike Chan</dc:creator>
      <description>Bayern Munich and Aston Villa will bring the curtain down on a week of football in Hong Kong this summer, which will also feature English giants Manchester City and Chelsea, and Italian pair Inter Milan and Juventus.
In a statement on Friday, the Bundesliga and Premier League sides said they would clash at Kai Tak Stadium on August 7 in the Audi Football Summit.
And while not officially confirmed, sources have told the South China Morning Post that as part of the second Hong Kong Football...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Joy of 6: Bayern, Villa clash one of 3 matches set for feast of football in Hong Kong</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
      <dc:creator>Mike Chan</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong swimmer Ian Ho Yentou still has his sights firmly set on Asian Games success in September, despite still being in off-season mode and working hard to complete his doctorate.
A mechanical engineering PhD student at Virginia Tech, the Hongkonger had previously said he hoped to graduate in the first half of 2026, and he revealed that he was still on track to meet his goal.
Defending his dissertation comes after the United States-born athlete won a historic men’s 50m freestyle gold medal...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Decorated Hong Kong swimmer Ian Ho eyes Asian Games joy, but PhD defence comes first</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
      <dc:creator>Mike Chan</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong badminton mixed doubles duo Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet have admitted they are considering prolonging their careers for a couple of years to try to qualify for the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028.
On Tuesday, the reigning champions were knocked out in the first round of the Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, losing 19-21, 21-19, 21-7 to China’s Chen Xing and Zhang Chi after winning the opening set.
Tse revealed before the tournament that Tang had been encouraging her to...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong badminton star duo Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet may take shot at LA Olympics</title>
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      <author>Ada Li,Reuters</author>
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      <description>The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon is considering making major changes, including moving the finish line to Kai Tak Sports Park and expanding the event over two days, but not everyone is a fan.
With organisers expected to make recommendations to the government this month, Culture, Sports and Tourism Secretary Rosanna Law Shuk-pui has questioned whether the roads around the venue could support races that drew almost 74,000 runners this year.
A new route would also be likely to include the...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Law urges caution over proposals for Hong Kong Marathon route change, switch to 2-day event</title>
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      <author>Ada Li</author>
      <dc:creator>Ada Li</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong’s athletes have achieved unprecedented success at the 2026 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships, winning the junior and cadet men’s foil competitions in the same year for the first time.
Lam Ho-long and Harris Ho Shing-him triumphed on successive days in Rio de Janeiro, with Lam taking the foil title in commanding fashion with a 15-5 win over Egypt’s Abdelrahman Tolba.
The 19-year-old’s win makes him only the second Hong Kong athlete to win a junior world fencing crown,...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong sweep men’s foil junior, cadet titles at world fencing championships in Brazil</title>
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      <author>Stephy Zhang</author>
      <dc:creator>Stephy Zhang</dc:creator>
      <description>The city’s youth teams battled torrential rain as well as some strong opposition on their way to securing five titles and one third-place finish at the Hong Kong Lacrosse Junior Open on Sunday.
Despite multiple suspensions because of thunderstorm warnings and a yellow rain signal during the afternoon finals in Aberdeen and Wong Chuk Hang, the young athletes appeared even more excited.
Hong Kong claimed championships in the under-8 and under-10 mixed competitions, the under-12 girls and both...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong’s youth teams sweep junior lacrosse titles, as event eyes 2028 Olympics</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
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      <description>Table tennis veteran Wong Chun-ting is hoping to build on the momentum of last year’s results with his partner, Baldwin Chan Ho-wah, after the pair won the best sports combination award at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards.
Wong, who has won the award three times before with his long-term mixed doubles partner Doo Hoi-kem, was nominated with Chan for the first time.
The city’s men’s doubles duo, who only became regular partners in October 2024, were recognised as one of three winners on Tuesday...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong table tennis star Wong hopes to build on strong momentum with partner Chan</title>
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      <author>Ada Li</author>
      <dc:creator>Ada Li</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong face Belgium in their final game of the International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship Division IIB tournament on Sunday, having already won the title, securing their second promotion in three years.
Unbeaten on home ice in Discovery Bay, the triumph takes them into Division IIA, and for team captain Adrienne May Li, planning for that challenge will start almost immediately.
It marks another impressive week for the city’s players, with the under-18s taking silver in...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong win Women’s World Championship ice hockey event with match to spare</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
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      <description>South China are aiming to make an impact when their Basketball Champions League Asia campaign begins next week, and have some old faces on hand to help their cause.
Playing in their first overseas competition in more than 40 years, the Hong Kong side have temporarily brought back four former players to bolster their line-up.
Dominic Gilbert and Glen Yang have come in from A1 Division rivals Hong Kong Eastern, Leung Shiu-wah returns from Winling, while Tsai Choi-kwan comes back from Tycoon.
The...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>South China bringing back some old hands as they start Champions League Asia campaign</title>
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      <author>Stephy Zhang</author>
      <dc:creator>Stephy Zhang</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong is moving away from the solitary pursuit of physical perfection towards a more social approach to health, according to one industry veteran, who believes the “looking good” era is being replaced by a need to “feel good”.
With more than a decade of industry experience, Charlz Ng Cheuk-ho, the former co-owner of House of Fitness gym, has spent much of his career building the city’s wellness infrastructure.
As the former managing director of Hybrid Group, he helped bring the Spartan Race...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Feel good factor now driving fitness trends, with ‘looking good’ era fading away</title>
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      <author>Ada Li</author>
      <dc:creator>Ada Li</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong’s ice hockey players have the talent to succeed but lack the platform to showcase their skills to the wider world, and that is something the sport’s top local official plans to change.
Bringing three world championships to the city is just the start of that movement, with Sherman Chan Yan-wing, chairman of the Hong Kong, China Ice Hockey Association, also hoping to convince the government to put a comprehensive development plan for the sport in place.
With the goal of having a...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong ice hockey boss eyes next step as players take on some of world’s best</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
      <dc:creator>Mike Chan</dc:creator>
      <description>The Hong Kong men’s handball team admitted that they felt it was “now or never” to achieve on-court success after winning the best team prize for the first time at this week’s Cathay 2025 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards.
Since the inception of the sports team award at the event in 2004, the majority – 17 out of 21 – on offer have been snapped up by rugby or football teams.
The city’s men’s handball team, which is an amateur side, became only the third sport – after cricket and lion dance – outside...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong men’s handball team admit it is ‘now or never’ to achieve success after award win</title>
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      <author>Ada Li</author>
      <dc:creator>Ada Li</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong tennis star Coleman Wong Chak-lam suffered a straight-sets defeat to American Alex Michelsen in the first round of the ATP Houston Open on Wednesday, marking a tough start to his clay-court season.
The 21-year-old, who had just collected his fourth award at the Cathay 2025 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards ceremony on Tuesday, faced a steep challenge against world No 35 Michelsen, who sits 89 places above him in the rankings.
Wong, currently No 124, fell 6-4, 6-2 to the seventh seed in 85...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong opens clay-court season with first-round loss at Houston Open</title>
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      <author>Stephy Zhang</author>
      <dc:creator>Stephy Zhang</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong’s top women’s player Doo Hoi-kem was eliminated from the ITTF World Cup in Macau on Wednesday, after losing a group-stage match 3-1 to China’s Wang Yidi.
Doo’s exit follows that of teammate Lam Siu-hang the previous night, ending Hong Kong’s participation in the tournament. Lam, like Doo, also finished second in his group.
Doo fell 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 to her friendly rival, finishing the group stage with one win and one loss to place second and missing the 16-strong knockout...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>ITTF World Cup: Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem ousted by China’s Wang Yidi in ‘wonderful match’</title>
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      <author>Ada Li</author>
      <dc:creator>Ada Li</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong’s football team ended their 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-1 defeat in the dead-rubber match against India in Kochi on Tuesday, finishing the group stage under interim head coach Roberto Losada.
Losada, who took over after the departure of Ashley Westwood in November, is one of the more than 300 applicants in the running for the permanent head coach role.
Hong Kong headed into the match knowing that they were unable to qualify for the Asian Cup next year after losing...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong coach Losada ends Asian Cup qualifying campaign with defeat and ‘mixed feelings’</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
      <dc:creator>Mike Chan</dc:creator>
      <description>The Fifa World Cup trophy will be on display in Hong Kong for the first time when the Fifa Museum opens in the city in two months.
Located on the fourth floor of Times Square in Causeway Bay and taking up 6,000 sq ft, the Fifa Museum will run for six months from its May 28 grand opening, which is expected to be attended by several football legends, including former world champions from Brazil, France and Spain.
Asia Partners IFBD Corporation, the global sports investment company that owns the...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>World Cup trophies to take pride of place when Fifa Museum opens in Hong Kong for 6 months</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
      <dc:creator>Mike Chan</dc:creator>
      <description>Fencing world champion and first-time nominee Ryan Choi Chun-yin scooped up the big prize when he was crowned men’s “best of the best” at the Cathay 2025 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards on Tuesday.
Choi, who last year became the men’s foil individual world champion in Tbilisi and rose to the world No 1 spot, also won two other awards during the ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, attended by Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration Warner Cheuk Wing-hing, and Secretary for...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards: fencer Ryan Choi, swimmer Siobhan Haughey win ‘best of best’</title>
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      <author>Stephy Zhang</author>
      <dc:creator>Stephy Zhang</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem kept her ITTF World Cup campaign alive with a narrow 3-2 victory over Poland’s Natalia Bajor on Tuesday to set up a high-stakes clash with world No 8 Wang Yidi.
The local No 1 woman became the only remaining hope in the tournament after teammate Lam Siu-hang saw his journey end in the group stage. Hong Kong fielded just one male and one female representative at the week-long tournament, which opened on Monday in Macau.
World No 35 Doo held off the Polish player, ranked 23...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>ITTF World Cup: Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem edges Polish rival before key clash with world No 8</title>
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      <dc:creator>Stephy Zhang</dc:creator>
      <description>Despite the absence of snow and ice, former world No 4 ice climber Janet Kung Tsz-shan holds high hopes for the technical sport in Hong Kong and wants to see it debut at the 2030 Winter Olympics.
Living in a subtropical city where November temperatures can reach 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) and snow has not fallen in 50 years, Kung’s rise up the rankings remains an anomaly.
In order to showcase the sport locally, and as one of ice climbing’s disciplines does not require ice, Kung has...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong ice climber aiming to raise awareness of technical sport in subtropical city</title>
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      <author>Stephy Zhang</author>
      <dc:creator>Stephy Zhang</dc:creator>
      <description>Ceci Lee Sze-wing showed her “physical and mental strength” at the Asian Track Cycling Championships, her coach said, reaching the podium in every event she entered to finish with two gold, one silver and two bronze medals on Monday.
The Hong Kong cycling star concluded her personal campaign on the sixth day of the seven-day meet in Tagaytay, Philippines, by capturing her second gold in the 10km scratch race.
A year after claiming her first Asian title in the same event, the 24-year-old showed...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong star Ceci Lee defends 10km scratch title at Asian event as teammates show promise</title>
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      <author>Mike Chan</author>
      <dc:creator>Mike Chan</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong Eastern are expected to enter multiple regional basketball tournaments next season after becoming domestic champions for the third time in franchise history.
Securing the A1 Division crown earned the team a spot in the Basketball Champions League Asia (BCLA), while a third run in an expanded East Asia Super League (EASL) is also on the cards.
With the local league and Senior Shield running from August to March, the EASL from October to March and BCLA qualifiers starting April, the team...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Third title has Hong Kong Eastern eyeing greater basketball test in regional competition</title>
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      <author>Ada Li</author>
      <dc:creator>Ada Li</dc:creator>
      <description>Siobhan Haughey will focus on training smart and hard while using a packed international schedule to prepare for the Asian Games in September.
The Hong Kong Olympian, who is coming off a strong showing at last week’s China Open, plans to adopt a “race as training” approach this season and hopes to keep building from competition itself.
Haughey won two golds and one silver in Shenzhen and said she was satisfied with her progress since returning from injury about six months ago, crediting it to a...</description>
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      <description>Ryan Choi Chun-yin is set to be at the vanguard of a Drive to Survive-style initiative aimed at placing fencing “on the global stage all year round”.
The World Fencing League (WFL), brainchild of 2016 Olympic team foil bronze medallist Miles Chamley-Watson, will stage its inaugural event in Los Angeles next month.
One of 12 elite athletes invited to compete, Choi believes the pioneering competition is “a huge step forward for the sport, because we’re going beyond just fencing”.
“It’s something...</description>
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      <description>Hong Kong’s Lam Siu-hang will replace injured Chinese world No 5 Lin Shidong in the field for the ITTF World Cup in Macau, less than a week before the event starts next Monday.
The 20-year-old withdrew because of recurrent tendinitis and a partial tear in his rotator cuff. Medical and coaching staff cited the player being in persistent pain and having restricted shoulder movement caused by accumulated fatigue from a dense tournament schedule.
The coaching team made the decision to protect the...</description>
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      <description>Ceci Lee Sze-wing vowed to guard against complacency after scorching to Asian Track Championships elimination race gold in the Philippines on Thursday.
The Hongkonger held her nerve to beat mainland China rival Chen Ning on the final lap in Tagaytay and upgrade the elimination silvers she claimed in 2024 and 2025. Misaki Okamoto of Japan was third.
“I’m happy because I’ve never won the elimination race at an Asian championships, but the strongest Japanese riders weren’t here so I can’t be...</description>
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      <description>A storm over online abuse has cast a shadow over Man Kiu Association Primary School’s breakthrough run at the All-Hong Kong Inter-Primary Schools seven-a-side football competition held before Chinese New Year.
After racking up several victories over rival schools, especially after a 6-0 win that got them to the quarter-finals, the team received abusive comments and complaints about the physical size and height of their players.
Several non-Chinese players, in particular, became targets of...</description>
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      <description>New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie on Tuesday named his back room team to take New Zealand through to next year’s Rugby World Cup, retaining one old face but turning mostly to former assistants from his successful club coaching career.
The 62-year-old former Wallabies coach Rennie has been tasked with whipping New Zealand into shape for next year’s World Cup in Australia following a scathing 2025 performance review and a rumoured player revolt against previous head coach Scott Robertson.
New...</description>
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      <description>After giving up his “new life” in the UK to rejoin the Hong Kong cycling programme, Victor Lau Wan-hei is in a city squad set to begin its Asian Track Championships campaign in the thin air of Tagaytay in the Philippines on Wednesday.
The brother of leading city road racer Vincent Lau Wan-yau, the 31-year-old Victor Lau had been working as a physiotherapist after quitting full-time competition to study the practice overseas.
Herve Dagorne, the Hong Kong head coach, said that Lau had never...</description>
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      <description>Cheung Ka-long hit back at his online critics after he claimed bronze from the Foil Grand Prix in Peru on Monday.
Currently down at world No 9 after a fallow period following his 2024 Olympic gold, Cheung has now claimed consecutive podium finishes following his third place at last month’s grand prix in Italy.
He won an all-Hong Kong battle with Ryan Choi Chun-yin in his Lima quarter-final, before going down 15-3 to Kirill Borodachev in the last four.
After recently incurring the wrath of some...</description>
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      <description>The local football association is navigating the “craziest Fifa window ever” after the eleventh-hour cancellation of Hong Kong’s friendly against Nepal uprooted preparations for next week’s Asian Cup qualifier in India.
Having overcome the logistical nightmare of arranging Indian visas for players, the Football Association of Hong Kong, China (HKFA) was given a fresh headache when its Nepalese counterparts scrapped plans for the match on Thursday because of heightening political tensions in the...</description>
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      <description>Spanish partnerships claimed both major titles from the FIP Bronze tournament in Hong Kong on Sunday, before they tipped their Asian rivals to start challenging them on the European padel circuit.
Patricia Araus Lopez secured her second success in the city, joining debutant Cristina Carrascosa Cazorla to claim the women’s crown at Go Park Sai Sha. In the men’s division, Pablo Reina Ambel and Hector Vazquez Lopez shared their first success together.
Intense sun and gusty winds added a layer of...</description>
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      <description>Olympic gold medallist Wang Shun had to settle for silver in the 200 metres individual medley on his 2026 season debut, while the 13-year-old sensation Yu Zidi staged a stunning comeback for her third triumph of the China Open Swimming Championships on Sunday.
The only athlete born in the 1990s who competed in his final, the 32-year-old Wang qualified fastest in his group from the morning heats.
He began the final strongly but faded towards the end and was overtaken by the talented 21-year-old...</description>
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