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Haughey says having pool named after her at SCAA not even on her ‘bucket list’
The sports club invited former coaches and members of her old swimming school to attend the naming ceremony in Causeway Bay.
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First test event for National Games 2025 to be held this month, with more by May
13 Nov 2024 - 8:00AM
China’s Xu, Vendee Globe sailors’ clean start with ‘monster under the bed’ ahead
12 Nov 2024 - 11:13AM
Hong Kong
Fencer Cheung will decide on plans for next Olympics by June, coach Koenig says
Hong Kong’s foil head coach says he is confident he will ‘find the words’ for his disciple to stay motivated to continue into the next Games.
12 Nov 2024 - 7:15AM
Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka long celebrates after winning the individual foil final against Italy’s Filippo Macchi at the Paris Olympics in July. Photo: AP
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‘We all can do it’: 88-year-old completes 12th marathon at Athens’ The Authentic
Ploutarchos Pourliakas’ latest race took place at the site where a messenger ran to bring the news from Marathon battlefield 2,500 years ago.
11 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM
Hong Kong
Kaylin Hsieh will fill Vivian Kong’s shoes as Hong Kong’s top epeeist: head coach
Zheng Zhaokang says Hsieh has already achieved much in the sport, and feels the Olympic champion’s departure will not affect the team.
11 Nov 2024 - 7:49PM
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Cycling great Cavendish signs off with emotional win at Singapore Criterium
The 39-year-old, who holds the record for most Tour de France stage wins, pulled away after the final bend to win final race of his career.
10 Nov 2024 - 8:08PM
Paris Olympics 2024
Viral Paris Olympics star Kim takes break from shooting to spend time with family
The 32-year-old who rose to stardom during the Games, where she won a silver, says she is tired from the competing and public attention.
10 Nov 2024 - 6:03PM
South Korean shooter Kim Ye-ji posing for a photo during an interview at a shooting range in Seoul in October. Photo: AFP
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One-armed Paralympian to be China’s first sailor in around-the-world solo race
Xu, who competed in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing and set a national record at the world championships, is set for his toughest challenge.
8 Nov 2024 - 5:30PM
Other Sport
China’s most decorated gymnast hails ‘brilliant career’ of Hong Kong’s Shek
Shek won Asian Games gold in the men’s vault in 2014 and 2018 and qualified for this year’s Olympics in Paris.
8 Nov 2024 - 12:06PM
Hong Kong
HZMB to host sports event for first time in cycling test race for National Games
More than 70 cyclists, including three from the city’s national men’s team, complete the 230-kilometre, cross-border ride on November 24.
7 Nov 2024 - 9:07PM
Hong Kong
Kai Tak’s first indoor test event will be local basketball game, sources say
Clash between Hong Kong’s under-22 National Games squad and City University expected to take place next month.
7 Nov 2024 - 12:41PM
The HK$30 billion Kai Tak Sports Park is nearing completion. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong
Hong Kong polo community out to change perception of it as a ‘rich man’s sport’
They say the sport, which is no more expensive than golf or skiing, has been around a long time but not much has been done to popularise it.
7 Nov 2024 - 12:09PM
Other Sport
Hong Kong Windsurfing Open star wants Olympic rule change after Paris heartbreak
The Briton finished in the top three in 13 of her 14 races in the iQFoil in the French capital this summer but settled for bronze.
6 Nov 2024 - 5:17PM
China
O’Sullivan continues Chinese love affair, says country ‘greatest place on Earth’
Days after the seven-time world champion took Hong Kong residency, O’Sullivan is in Nanjing and visiting a place that ‘blows me away’.
5 Nov 2024 - 6:30PM
Hong Kong
Zheng keeps WTA Finals hopes alive, Edu quits Arsenal role, Amorim eyes City test
Zheng Qinwen claims first career win over Elena Rybakina in Saudi Arabia, while Edu linked to job with Nottingham Forest owner.
5 Nov 2024 - 7:33AM
China’s Qinwen Zheng celebrates during her WTA Finals match against Elena Rybakina. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong
World Cup wins earned Olympic star Haughey US$60,000, but who is richest swimmer?
World Aquatics dished out a total of US$775,000 to the top three men and women over the course of the three-stop competition.
3 Nov 2024 - 11:38AM
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Chinese Olympic champion Qin Haiyang insists fiancé’s claims of affair ‘fake news’
World record holder doubles down on stance on allegations, but social media users go on attack after 50m breaststroke win in Singapore.
2 Nov 2024 - 3:09PM
Hong Kong
Haughey crowned 200m freestyle queen after winning World Cup race for third time
Siobhan Haughey completed a clean sweep of the event in Singapore, having already won in Shanghai and Incheon.
2 Nov 2024 - 3:11PM
China
Region hosts the best snooker events, says new Hong Kong resident O’Sullivan
The 7-time world champion, who will face 6 players at the Macau Masters in December, says players love the fans and how events are organised.
1 Nov 2024 - 4:00PM
Seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan (left), with Wynn Macau president Linda Chen, will play six matches at the Macau Snooker Masters. Photo: Handout
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Verstappen blasts critics, Alcaraz’s Halloween nightmare in Paris, Amorim delay
Just 47 points now separate Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, and the pressure on the Red Bull driver is starting to tell.
1 Nov 2024 - 7:29AM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ‘a great place to live’, says snooker star and new resident O’Sullivan
The seven-time world champion is the latest person to take advantage of the city’s Quality Migrant Admission Scheme.
1 Nov 2024 - 3:03AM
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Dodgers come from behind to beat Yankees 7-6 for first World Series win since 2020
New York had hoped to become first team to force a Game Six after trailing 0-3 in a World Series series but fell short; Japan celebrates win.
31 Oct 2024 - 12:51PM
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