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From first appearance in Manila to first gold in Seoul, the Post looks back at some memorable moments in Hong Kong’s Asian Games history.
Mixed doubles pair Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet equal Hong Kong’s best doubles result but admit they were not good enough in the final.
Home favourites have easy 21-12, 21-12 win over Malaysian rivals in semi-finals. Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie continues run to men’s singles crown.
Home mixed doubles pair come from behind to beat second seeds and reach the semi-finals, while Taiwan’s Lee Chia-hao, who had caused a huge upset by beating Viktor Axelsen, bows out.
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Olympic champion beaten in straight games by qualifier, while Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk-yiu makes second round as he attempts to defend title.
Head coach Szeto Man-chun says he feels shame after 10-0 hammering by hosts Uzbekistan, the low point of a tournament in which Hong Kong failed to score a single goal.
Head coach pleased his side could ‘play so aggressively’, as he has been seeking, before October’s World Cup qualifier against Bhutan.
Newly promoted 247FC sign two South Americans to help make them competitive, with plans to bring in more, and say it could raise the overall standard in the city.
17-year-old finishes first in boys’ 200m breaststroke at World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Israel, becoming second athlete from city to win event at competition.
Coach says ‘players are not used to going 90 minutes under high tempo’ after Everton Camargo’s debut goal is cancelled out by late Cambodia reply.
The 25-year-old struggled at the Asian Championships and World University Games in July because of a sprained ankle, but will compete at a local meet this weekend.
Hong Kong’s men’s tennis No 1 continues where he left off after University Games medal success, winning first-round tie at Victoria Park.
Football’s video assistant referee system, freshly introduced in the city, prompts match officials to disallow first-half goal that would have given Sham Shui Po the lead against North District.
Newly naturalised striker Everton Camargo named in head coach Jorn Andersen’s squad for friendlies against Cambodia and Brunei days after obtaining Hong Kong passport.
Saturday’s Hong Kong Premier League matches postponed with No 8 signal still in effect, meaning Kitchee won’t play until four days before their first game in Group F against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
The Hong Kong 2023 Cyclothon will feature different race lengths for professionals, amateurs and family fun.
Some weekend fixtures not expected to go ahead with officials planning to postpone matches if No 8 signal or higher in effect.
Head coach William Thomas says four or five medals in Hangzhou would be ‘dream performance’.
Organisers set a quota of 74,000 runners, with only 37,000 and 18,500 taking part in the last two respective editions of the city’s largest sporting event.
Konger FC, featuring four former Hong Kong internationals, play their first match in Manchester Saturday Morning Football League.
Sri Lanka-born Karunaratne – Hong Kong’s last representative at the ITF event – makes useful progress ahead of her first Games next month, after an injury-hit start to the year.
Angus Ng misses opportunity against his old rival Shi Yuqi of China, while Lee Cheuk-yiu crumbles against rising star Kodai Naraoka.
Men’s team were set to play in Hangzhou preliminaries, with a 12-member squad assembled, before a sudden change in rules.
Hong Kong giants’ group stage opponents set with former Austria international Jakob Jantscher to join from Sturm Graz next week.
Both win singles openers in Hong Kong-hosted ITF W40 event, but Eudice Chong says ‘lapse of concentration’ in their doubles loss is a timely lesson before Hangzhou.
‘I’m just focusing on my own swimming,’ Siobhan Haughey says after 50-metre freestyle victory at Hong Kong Open in Victoria Park on Saturday.
Premier League side hail ‘a great night for Hong Kong football’ with daunting Asian Champions League clash against defending champions next.
Head coach Henry Vom ‘proud we kept fighting’ as Hong Kong Premier League outfit capitulate in extra time after Haiphong’s late equaliser.
BC Rangers head coach admits players seeking to repair wounded pride when club makes Champions League debut on Tuesday.
Hong Kong boss Jorn Andersen knows his team needs to start hitting the back of the net, and hopes friendlies against Cambodia and Brunei will produce confidence-boosting wins.
