Zac Purton hopes My Wish can stamp himself as Hong Kong’s top miler in Sha Tin Trophy
Bidding to bounce back from a heartbreaking The Everest defeat on Ka Ying Rising, Zac Purton has high hopes My Wish can take a step towards becoming Hong Kong’s top miler when he returns in Monday’s G...
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Fake Hyrox Macau group admits to not being part of brand, but says race will go ahead
An organisation registered as the Hyrox Association of Macau has admitted to having no affiliation with the global fitness brand, days after claiming it planned to stage an event in the city. The grou...
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Former China table tennis teammates Zhang Jike, Liu Dingshuo engage in public online spat
Former Chinese table tennis teammates Zhang Jike and Liu Dingshuo have become embroiled in a public feud online, trading accusations of clout-chasing across their respective live-streams, despite havi...
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Brett Crawford faces tactical puzzle as Mr Incredible begins Classic Mile quest at Sha Tin
Brett Crawford has high hopes for his promising youngster Mr Incredible, but he will need to overcome barrier 11 when he makes his return in Monday’s Class Three Lek Yuen Handicap (1,200m) at Sha Tin....
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My Wish to fly the Sha Tin Trophy flag for Mark Newnham with Invincible Ibis sidelined
Mark Newnham will rely solely on Group One winner My Wish in Monday’s Group Two Sha Tin Trophy (1,600m) as last season’s Derby winner Invincible Ibis’ immediate future is uncertain after suffering a l...
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SailGP has the look of a runaway train, but co-founder Russell Coutts ‘far from satisfied’
On the face of it, Grand Slam Track should have worked. The brainchild of Michael Johnson, the four-time Olympic gold medal sprinter, the initiative was designed to give track and field a regular seas...
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Alexander Zverev stunned by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Shanghai semi-finals
Top seed Alexander Zverev fell to a relentless Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Saturday over three tense sets. Davidovich Fokina, ranked world No 26, fought back to ...
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All Blacks coach vows to stick to running game at World Cup after humbling Wallabies again
New Zealand coach Dave Rennie said his team would be sticking to their expansive style at next year’s World Cup after the All Blacks thrashed the Wallabies for a second successive week with some se...
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Knicks chase back-to-back titles in NBA built to stop dynasties, face LeBron James first up
New York have barely stopped celebrating their first NBA title in 53 years, and the Knicks are already chasing a repeat in a league that is built to stop one. The NBA has crowned a record eight differ...
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Ka Ying Rising falls agonisingly short of back-to-back Everest wins as Tempted hangs on
Ka Ying Rising’s record winning streak came to an end in dramatic style in the world’s richest turf race on Saturday after the Hong Kong champion’s agonisingly close defeat in the Group One The Everes...
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Olympian-turned-singer Fong hoping to inspire Hong Kong by swimming from city to Macau
Alex Fong Lik-sun will have to battle jellyfish, unpredictable weather, and some unknowns of the deep when he dives into the sea next month for his latest charity challenge. The Olympian-turned-pop st...
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Japan drop table tennis star Mima Ito, could axe Sora Matsushima-Miwa Harimoto partnership
Former Olympic champion Mima Ito has been dropped from Japan’s latest national table tennis squad, replaced by 28-year-old breakthrough player Hitomi Sato, who finished runner-up at the recent WTT Chi...
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Asian Cup football remains on track but golf, cycling events affected after Saudi attack
Golf’s Asian Tour has postponed the Saudi International indefinitely and cycling’s Urban World Championships have been cancelled following a deadly attack on Riyadh, although local organisers said nex...
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World Fencing League bringing sport’s best and brightest to Hong Kong in April
Hong Kong will host a World Fencing League event next year, bringing the sport’s best and brightest to the city for one day in April, sources have told the South China Morning Post. The brainchild of ...
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Chad Schofield optimistic Tempted has what it takes to dethrone Ka Ying Rising in The Everest
Chad Schofield rates Ka Ying Rising “probably one of the best we’ve ever seen”, but the former Hong Kong-based jockey is confident his The Everest mount Tempted has what it takes to beat the world’s b...
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Hong Kong Olympian wonders if AI is the answer to recapturing our humanity
The 0.1 second that stood between Yvette Kong Man-yi and qualifying for the 2012 Olympics was “unbearable”, the Hong Kong swimmer writes in her newly published memoir, The Unmeasured Human. It was, th...
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Black Foils SailGP team hope Hong Kong launches historic, redemptive 2027 season
After their season was torched by “the biggest crash in SailGP history”, New Zealand’s Black Foils team are already plotting to use Hong Kong as the launch pad for a historic and redemptive 2027 seaso...
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Fitness brand Hyrox moves to shut down fake Macau group, says planned race ‘not authorised’
Hyrox has warned fans that a group calling itself the Hyrox Association of Macau is not part of the global fitness brand and has no authority to run races in the city. The rapidly growing company said...
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AFC Champions League 2: Hong Kong’s Tai Po ‘cross a line’ but fail to tame Lion City Sailors
Streetwise Lion City Sailors condemned Tai Po to a 1-0 AFC Champions League 2 defeat at Mong Kok Stadium on Thursday, but victorious boss Mark Jackson accused the hosts of “crossing a line” in their a...
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Chinese referee Ma Ning recounts ‘harrowing’ trip to officiate match with Cristiano Ronaldo
Chinese referee Ma Ning shared details about his “harrowing” journey after officiating an AFC Champions League Elite fixture in Saudi Arabia on social media on Wednesday. Amid escalating tensions in t...
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‘High hopes’ as Indonesia’s women get another shot at national football league
Seven years after Covid-19 put the brakes on Indonesia’s new women’s football league, Zahra Naqiyyah will finally return to the field with “high hopes” for the women’s game in the country. Sunday’s ma...
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Frankie Lor sets Stormy Grove on path to Hong Kong Mile with Group Two Sha Tin Trophy test
Frankie Lor Fu-chuen is hoping last season’s Classic Cup winner Stormy Grove can pass his first test on the road to the Group One Hong Kong Mile when he tackles Monday’s Group Two Sha Tin Trophy (1,60...
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Promising Chinese teen basketball player joins top US high school, sparking training debate
A top American high school snapping up a talented Chinese teen basketball player once deemed “too short” to represent the national team has sparked debate online about the country’s rigid training and...
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Sydney’s wet weather has Zac Purton more hopeful than confident in Ka Ying Rising
Persistent rain in Sydney has Zac Purton more hopeful than confident in Ka Ying Rising as the champion sprinter bids to defend his crown in the Group One The Everest (1,200m) at Randwick on Saturday. ...
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Asian Cup could be switched to 2028, tennis’ Six Kings Slam delayed over Saudi bomb fears
The Six Kings Slam tennis tournament originally scheduled for October has been pushed back to late December, Fifa’s esports finals have been postponed, and officials are considering whether to move t...
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ACL 2: Tai Po braced to face ex-England junior player on roll as coach in Far East
Mark Jackson was a good enough footballer to make 18 Premier League appearances for Leeds United; to play at Old Trafford, Goodison Park, Highbury and Anfield; and to keep the prolific Ian Wright off ...
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Derby winner Massive Sovereign rolls back the years in dominant Happy Valley success
Former Hong Kong Derby winner Massive Sovereign rolled back the years with a devastating turn of foot to win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night and has Frankie Lor Fu-chuen dreaming of Group One targe...
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Regulator expects Man City to face January showdown over breaches of Premier League rules
The chair of English football’s independent regulator has said he expects Manchester City’s appeal after being found guilty of more than 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules to be heard by J...
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Culprits found, say sorry after sparking flashpoint during WTT China Smash final
A table tennis team from Chinese Taipei have issued a formal apology on Wednesday after video footage confirmed two of their junior players accidentally triggered a camera flash that disrupted the men...
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A place in university the next goal for Chinese athlete Chen Yujie, Asia’s fastest woman
Fresh from a dominant showing at the Asian Games, teenage track star Chen Yujie is balancing professional training for next year’s world championships with preparations for the national college entran...
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