With the Olympics only weeks away, Siobhan Haughey limbers up for Paris by smashing 800 metres freestyle record in her very first attempt at the distance.
Head coach Andrew Wright says Jason Ng will have the best team possible to support him as he tackles final stage of qualification for Summer Olympics.
City’s fencing championships slated as one of the test events the city has vowed to stage six to 12 months before it co-hosts the Games.
Officials condemned as flooding hits decisive matches in city’s top league, after fixtures go ahead despite pleas to postpone.
Vera Lui says she has worked on her technique since last year’s Asian Games and is heading ‘in the right direction’.
Kregor Zirk had to pay €100 an hour to use pool in Estonia, so switched to Hong Kong, and believes he is giving Siobhan Haughey ‘a little spark’ in her Paris medal hunt.
Hosts take maiden World Cup title only weeks after missing out on a place in the Paris Olympics.
Olympic champion loses to world No 83 Davide Filippi of Italy but looks forward to two more competitions to improve Games seeding.
Camille Cheng says becoming an Olympian created its own pressure of always having to perform at that level.
Head coach Gregory Koenig is bracing Cheung Ka-long for having a target on his back in Paris this summer, when he will defend his gold medal.
The 26-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist hopes to become the first female long jumper from Hong Kong to compete at the Games.
Swim sensation Siobhan Haughey and Olympic golden boy fencer Cheung Ka-long named ‘best of the best’ at Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards.
The world top-50 veteran says the game has made him mentally stronger but he will need to keep evolving to keep the next generations at bay.
Jason Ng finishes sixth at Asian Triathlon Championships in Japan, but with China’s Fan Junjie grabbing podium spot the battle to top the rankings is still anyone’s to win.
Wong Ka-lee loses in first bout of the day at Asian Judo Championships to Kurbanay Kurbanova in women’s under-48kgs category.
The city’s athletes have secured just 20 places so far at this summer’s multi-sport event, compared with 46 in Tokyo, but several are still in the running for spots.
‘These are the rules we agreed with, so we have to follow them,’ Hong Kong coach Gregory Koenig says as continent quotas leave defending champion Cheung Ka-long as the city’s only foilist going to Paris.
Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau declines to reveal medal target, but Michael Luk says Hong Kong government should be ‘proactive’ and match prizes from companies and Jockey Club.
Boey Leung left with sore head and reveals the damage inside her helmet, but says no serious injuries after incident during Madison.
Home men’s and women’s teams exit competition as top four in each chase a first ticket to Paris on Sunday.
Tournament holds its third edition in the city, as proceeds go to medical missions in the Philippines, and grass-roots rugby programmes in the Philippines, Laos and Hong Kong.