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Andrew McNicol
Reporter, Sport
Andrew McNicol is a sports writer with a particular interest in football, rugby and mixed martial arts. He also enjoys covering local athletes and niche sports in the region. He has a master's degree in Media and Communications Governance from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
A two-time world champion, he’s been dubbed the Michael Jordan and Lionel Messi of esports, now he’s out to add Asian Games gold to his collection, but who is Lee Sang-hyeok, and how much is he actually worth?
Pioneers in Japanese breakdancing are inspiring Hong Kong counterparts as they prepare for breaking’s Olympic debut, when medals matter but respect means more.
National soccer side have ‘headaches’ in attack and defence for Norwegian’s first match in charge, a friendly against Malaysia, before the Asian Cup qualifiers.
‘Each new reduction in restrictions brings us one step closer to normality,’ says Valley chairman Trey Deaver, with club rugby, hockey and netball set to resume after three coronavirus-hit seasons.
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German league’s digital boss in Asia wants to transform traditional, fragmented football viewing experience with Japan market already on board, and Hong Kong ‘one of the markets we would really like to bring the feed to life’.
The 30-year-old has several ‘hates’, including fledgling careers in the Super Trofeo Europe, simulator sales in Hong Kong, and wants to pass on industry experiences having ‘made a lot of mistakes in motorsports’.
Club urges FA to ‘release all details of their investigation’, saying Lo Siu-kei committed Covid-19 breach but had little part in alleged drinking or vandalism.
With increasing mainstream presence, and management agencies and professional leagues in the works, Korean breaking is entering a new era.
Jorn Andersen is scouting Kitchee and Lee Man as he mulls Asian Cup qualifiers squad, with Hong Kong players tasting first competitive action since he took charge last December.
New signing Ruslan Mingazov’s goal is the difference as Kitchee show little sign of rust despite more than three months without competition.
‘The main target is to make sure Lamborghini wins’, says the 30-year-old, before outlining why esports is the only way for young Hong Kong drivers until Covid-19-impacted borders open up.
With a rich Asian player history and a new Chinese poster boy, head of Asia-Pacific Kevin Sim hopes ‘someone from Hong Kong or China will play in the Bundesliga soon’.
The two-time US champion says she is ‘so satisfied’ with her career, before being congratulated by retired trailblazer Michelle Kwan and other teammates.
The 22-year-old Alfa Romeo driver finishes P11 after pit stop and safety car struggles, but says ‘it gives me a lot of confidence going into the European circuits, where I know the track much more’.
‘My goal is to enjoy and cherish this moment because I’m not going to have this opportunity ever again,’ says the 18-year-old Kahlen Cheung Cheuk-ka, who has been forced to train off the ice since January.
The 22-year-old Alfa Romeo driver fails to make it out of a ‘messy’ Q2, citing unfamiliarity with Albert Park tracks – ‘we’re still learning’.
Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Cheung praises GOLD4HK’s ‘great’ investment in following team around as they ‘focus on training and bringing back gold again’.
Hong Kong men’s freestyle record-holder Ian Ho Yentou has been in top form this season, eyeing a potential butterfly debut at the Budapest world championships and top eight finish at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Former world No 11 Liang Wenbo is caught on security camera hitting and kicking a woman in Sheffield in what local authorities called ‘a sustained and deliberate assault’. World Snooker Tour bans him ‘with immediate effect’.
With a debut for break dancing, surfing to be held in Tahiti, and a pledge for 50 per cent female athlete participation, Paris promises a lot of ‘firsts’.
The former Brazil captain says his country has moved on from its 7-1 nightmare to Germany, while England will ‘cause trouble’, and African teams will be ‘a lot of work’ at the World Cup in November.
From high school dropout to League of Legends’ unanimous GOAT, here’s how 25-year-old Lee Sang-hyeok is defying logic once again as he eyes a record-breaking fourth world championship title.
The 26-year-old hooker gets ‘the shivers just thinking about’ upcoming Varsity Match at Twickenham, assuring Hong Kong team he is available for its 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers.
The 27-year-old Toyota Verblitz forward acknowledges development in Asia but cites the Japanese set-up for ‘bringing the standard up’, as coach Simon Cron outlines potential for future Asian player recruitment.
The university’s flexible and lenient programme ‘unprecedented in Hong Kong’ and a ‘real game-changer’, says young sailor Russell Aylsworth, joining tennis player Coleman Wong and alpine skier Adrian Yung.
The sport’s world governing body issue suspended three-month bans to former world champions Liu Yuchen and Li Junhui, and fellow Chinese men’s doubles pair He Jiting and Tan Qiang after independent hearing.
‘We are the best Asian team’, declares 20-year-old Russell Aylsworth, who alongside 49er teammate Akira Sakai is training for Hangzhou glory in September.
East Asia Super League team Bay Area Chun Yu Phoenix now the Bay Area Dragons, as the franchise relocates to Manilla to compete in the Philippine Basketball Association’s Governors’ Cup later this year.
‘I told myself everything would be fine and that there was no pressure. But athletes always want to leave it all out there,’ the 19-year-old Charlie Chan Cheuk-lam pens on in a heartfelt social media post.
Hong Kong hurdler clocks 8.45 seconds in 60m heats – 0.13 seconds off the unofficial Hong Kong record – as coach eyes more world-class competitions.
