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Ukraine war
Judo to allow Russian athletes to compete under national flag again
The country, which has effectively been shut out of world sport since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022, describes decision as ‘historic’.
27 Nov 2025 - 11:00PM
2025 National Games
Hong Kong wushu star Sham says National Games could be harder than world event
5 Oct 2025 - 8:00AM
Hong Kong sports
Grace Lau’s ‘stand-out performance’ gold at World Games also fulfilled a vow
11 Aug 2025 - 11:17AM
Ultimate Fighting Championship
MMA star Zhang confident of UFC’s China future as first post-Covid event announced
First Chinese fighter to win a UFC title is ‘really looking forward’ to Shanghai Fight Night, one of two back-to-back events in August.
22 May 2025 - 11:04PM
China’s Zhang Weili (right), here fighting against compatriot Yan Xiaonan in Las Vegas last year, said she was looking forward to the event in Shanghai. Photo: AFP
Chinese culture
Martial artists honouring Bruce Lee teacher on their love of wing chun
More than 100 martial artists from around the world gathered in Hong Kong at an event dedicated to Wong Shun-leung, student of Ip Man.
15 Jan 2025 - 7:27PM
Wrestling
Sumo makes historic return to London’s Royal Albert Hall after 34 years
The five-day event, or ‘basho’, has been held only once before outside Japan – back in 1991 and also at the venerable concert hall.
6 Dec 2024 - 1:06AM
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Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Taekwondo star Abu Taleb goes from fighting boys to making Saudi Olympic history
The 27-year-old has become the first Saudi woman to qualify for the Olympics and is dreaming of bringing home the Gulf kingdom’s first gold medal.
17 Jul 2024 - 10:17AM
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Taekwondo competitor Donia Abu Taleb is the first Saudi woman to qualify for an Olympic Games and hopes to be the first to win a medal. Photo: AFP
Wellness
Tone up, work out, drop off: how regular exercise puts end to insomnia
Trail running and taking up martial arts reduced insomnia and anxiety for Hong Kong corporate communications worker Michelle Sum. Regular exercise was also shown to reduce insomnia in a recent study.
20 Apr 2024 - 4:36AM
Jiu-jitsu
Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter carries Hong Kong hopes at Pan American Championship
Rodrigo Caporal is targeting gold at this month’s championship, then will have a tilt at global domination, joined by fighters from his Hong Kong gym.
4 Mar 2024 - 7:07PM
American cinema
What killed Bruce Lee? 4 leading theories advanced after his death 50 years ago
Bruce Lee’s death in 1973 was put down to brain swelling, but there was always doubt as to what exactly killed the martial arts actor. We recall four leading theories advanced in the years since he died.
21 Jul 2023 - 5:44PM
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Hong Kong Sports Institute
Hong Kong’s wushu athletes target medal glory at World Games
City has sent 4 athletes to compete in the martial art, with teen Michelle Yeung taking part in her first adult event.
12 Jul 2022 - 7:10PM
Michelle Yeung looks forward to her maiden senior competition at the World Games in Alabama. Photo: Handout
Asian Games 2023
Covid-19 forces Hong Kong wushu athletes to compete online for Asian Games spots
Hong Kong Sports Institute goes into lockdown, trapping officials outside complex and forcing them to stage virtual selection competition ahead of September’s event in Hangzhou.
10 Mar 2022 - 6:48PM
Martial arts
Why Mongolians dominate sumo, Japan’s national sport
The emergence of Mongolian wrestlers, with new techniques, skills and philosophy, and a dearth of home-grown talent, has created a new era for the sport.
18 Dec 2021 - 1:15PM
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
Being a stunt double for Bruce Lee made Jackie Chan want to be a star
Martial arts star Jackie Chan, in a previously unpublished 1997 Post interview, reveals how seeing himself in Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury made him realise ‘I wanted to be a star myself’.
3 Oct 2021 - 5:15AM
Wellness
Why athletes wear out their hips in midlife, and the benefits of surgery
Playing sport intensively, especially as a teenager or young adult, causes excessive wear on the hips and can trigger osteoarthritis, which may require hip resurfacing.
18 Sep 2021 - 5:59AM
Britain’s Andy Murray in action at the recent US Open. Hip resurfacing allowed him to return to the professional tennis tour and play without pain. Photo: AFP
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How Brazilian martial art capoeira changed Eddy Murphy’s life
The Brazilian capoeira master, whose real name is Edilson Almeida, tells Ed Peters about growing up poor in São Paulo, teaching the martial art in China and the life lessons he’s learned.
24 Jul 2021 - 5:15PM
Martial arts
BKFC 17: refugee Kakar stuns Chris Sarro in 33 seconds on US debut
The 29-year-old says it was his last chance to make an impact after waiting seven years in a refugee camp before arriving in the US in June 2020.
3 May 2021 - 10:14PM
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MMA
Why Indian-Hongkonger Lulla ‘couldn’t imagine life without fighting’
The 22-year-old Rehaan Lulla, who overpowered his opponent in a KF1 Muay Thai event in Tai Po, trains through university studies, a pandemic and a lack of attention in the local combat sports scene.
24 Apr 2021 - 11:49AM
Local martial artist Rehaan Lulla punches the bag at the Versus Performance gym in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong in 2020. Photo: Versus Performance
Anti-Asian racism
US karate champ Kokumai told to ‘go home’ in anti-Asian rant
Japanese-American, who will represent Team USA at Tokyo 2020, racially abused as she trained in California park.
22 Apr 2021 - 3:59PM
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Fame and celebrity
‘I always felt different’: actors, model talk about growing up Eurasian
From Crazy Rich Asians actor Henry Golding to model turned Muay Thai fighter Mia Kang, Eurasian celebrities struggled with bullying and their identity in childhood, but now find themselves celebrated for their diversity.
17 Mar 2021 - 12:15PM
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Muay Thai
‘Muay Thai is all I’ve ever done’ – McGowan’s Singaporean crossroads
From Luton Town to Bangkok, the 25-year-old Dan McGowan describes the harsh realities of an all-or-nothing Muay Thai fighter as he starts as Evolve MMA coach.
6 Mar 2021 - 6:33PM
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Martial arts
Chinese-born teen black belt Gundrum is ‘perfect storm’ for jiu-jitsu
‘The Silent Assassin’ trains under Eddie Bravo’s 10th Planet system and has already beaten multiple world champions.
25 Jan 2021 - 8:00AM
Chinese-born Grace Gundrum became the youngest American female to receive a jiu-jitsu black belt in July 2020. Photo: Handout
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee at 80: the martial arts legend and his legacy
Bruce Lee would have turned 80 on Friday had he lived. We gauge the influence of the jeet kune do fighting technique the martial arts superstar developed, with its ‘be water’ philosophy.
26 Nov 2020 - 6:02PM
Wellness
Tai chi meets yoga for chronic pain and healing class
Vietnamese-born, Austria-raised Ella Tham has created a fusion between a traditional martial art and a traditional fitness discipline.
15 Nov 2020 - 10:39PM
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Martial arts
He’s trained 9 daughters to box, but theirs isn’t a fair fight
Muay Thai enthusiast Nopparit Yoohanngoh’s 16 children all learned the martial art at his outdoor gym – including his daughters, who face an uphill fight in a sport rooted in tradition.
2 Aug 2020 - 12:48PM
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