Siobhan Haughey wins 200m gold in Barcelona in a time of 1:54.57 seconds, knocking 00.9 seconds off Camille Muffat’s previous best.
Cheung Ka-long is aiming to become first foilist to win back-to-back gold medals in more than 50 years, but says treating major events like practice sessions helps him feel ‘less nervous’.
Ng On-yee wins British Open for first time in her career with 4-1 victory over Thailand’s Mink Nutcharut, while Wang Yuchen secures World Snooker Tour card for next two seasons.
Hong Kong swim star lays down second best time of the season to beat reigning world champion Marrit Steenbergen to gold on second day of Mare Nostrum meet.
Swimming leg in Kazakhstan should have been cancelled because of ice-cold water temperature, coach says, but Jason Ng beats Kazakh rival Ayan Beisenbayev to place in France.
Nicholas Halliday, who has represented the city since he was 15, aims to do better than Stephanie Norton, who finished 39th out of 44 sailors in her category in Tokyo.
With Hongkonger Ng slightly ahead in the standings, the Kazakh’s team has stacked the field with his teammates to try to gain an advantage.
Chelsea Hodges is Australia’s top breaststroke swimmer and won gold at the Tokyo Olympics as part of 4x100m medley relay team, but 22-year-old had first hip operation at just 15.
The city could yet add a further men’s singles ticket to their women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles places.
Government department says skaters were consulted about late changes, but coach says, ‘Some were only 10 years old. How can they make such a decision?’
Toymaker Mattel unveiled the range, which seeks to shine a light on women sports role models, on Wednesday as Barbie turns 65 this year.
If the former kindergarten qualifies for Paris, it would be her first – and probably last – chance to win gold in the sport, which is making its Olympics debut.
Cost overruns, corruption and Covid tarnished the Japanese public’s memory of their Games, with a lot of their anger directed towards organisers.
Comic-book has sold 60 million copies and spawned hit film, triggered a boom in interest, and seen era of superstars such as Ran Takahashi.
Olympic champion Cheung Ka-long seals gold in Grand Prix event in Shanghai, while Vivian Kong takes third title of season with World Cup victory in Fujairah
Kazakhstan’s Ayan Beisenbayev needs a podium place in final event in his home country next weekend to deny Jason Ng a place in Paris.
Officials hope incentive will spark push for glory, with athletes able to win HK$1.25 million for gold in singles event, with success in doubles earning pair HK$1.875 million.
The 100m and 200m Tokyo Olympics silver-medallist said swimming the 800m allowed her to ‘get to be nervous’ before racing.
Robbie Capito wins UK Open Pool Championship with 13-10 win over Mieszko Fortunski, then warns loss of Tier A status means 90 per cent loss of funding for sport in Hong Kong.
Four-time Olympian Stephanie Au will be 32 by the time the world’s biggest sporting event gets under way in France in July, and is confident of qualifying for her ‘last big one’.
Zhu Ting has not played for the national team for more than two years after the bitter disappointment of the side’s ninth-place finish at Tokyo Games.