Performing under pressure helps produce record-setting gold, medal totals for Hong Kong
There has been a common theme running through Hong Kong’s Asian Games gold medallists when it comes to talking about the pressure of being on top: Siobhan Haughey and James Christie both referred to i...
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Fifa Asean Cup: Gianni Infantino incurs Hong Kong fans’ wrath as city team claim trophy
More than 30,000 Hong Kong fans gave Gianni Infantino their raucous verdict on his leadership of world football on Saturday, before and after watching the city team beat Cambodia 2-0 to be crowned ina...
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SCMP Best Bets: Patch a Grand prospect for punters at Sha Tin
Jay Rooney GRAND PATCH - R6 (2) Had plenty of excuses first up and looks well placed to atone here Owen Goulding HELENE SUPAFEELING - R11 (1) Trialled well leading in, has drawn a good gate and will...
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Asian Games: Hong Kong’s men make it a hat-trick of rugby sevens golds, women win bronze
There are very few certainties in life, although Hong Kong’s men winning rugby sevens gold at the Asian Games could well be one of them. A 26-0 win over China on Saturday sealed a third consecutive ti...
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No draw fears for Jamie Richards as Lahore bids for a straight-track hat-trick at Sha Tin
Jamie Richards thinks an inside draw could actually help rather than hinder Lahore as he goes for a straight-track hat-trick in the Class Three Shing Mun Handicap (1,000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The so...
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Asian Games: windsurfers’ golden double takes Hong Kong to record medal haul
Hong Kong windsurfers Wong Tsz-ho and Cheung Tsz-yuet both won Asian Games titles on Saturday, taking the city’s gold medal count into double figures for the first time since its athletes started comp...
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David Eustace bids to continue momentum with strong Sha Tin team on Sunday
Still basking in the glow of Group Three glory on Thursday, David Eustace is keen to continue his momentum with a strong team of eight runners at Sha Tin on Sunday. The British trainer claimed his sec...
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Asian Games: cool, calm Coleman Wong says winning gold akin to ‘unlocking an achievement’
Siobhan Haughey called “pressure a privilege” on her way to adding yet more Asian Games gold to an already glittering resume – anyone watching Coleman Wong Chak-lam win his historic men’s singles titl...
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Fifa president Gianni Infantino in Hong Kong with city team set for Cambodia Asean final
A Hong Kong team “in transition” will battle upwardly mobile and ambitious Cambodia on Saturday for the unremarkable honour of being crowned Fifa Asean Challenge Cup champions. Although the city team ...
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Gianni Infantino brings global goodwill tour to Hong Kong ahead of Fifa Asean final
Hong Kong has become the latest stop on Gianni Infantino’s global tour to shore up support ahead of next year’s Fifa presidential election. The under-fire boss, who is still recovering from the fallou...
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