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Football
English Premier League: Liverpool host Foxes, Arsenal prepare for life without Saka
After returning to rampant form against Spurs last weekend, the league leaders will hope to finally capitalise on their position this season.
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Snooker No 1 Trump says Hong Kong girlfriend ‘main reason’ he became resident
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Football
Minister Thohir determined to take ‘sleeping giants’ Indonesia back to World Cup
The head of the national football body is banking on a top-down approach to put his country in the frame for a trip to the 2026 finals.
4 hours ago
Indonesian cabinet minister and PSSI chairman Erick Thohir wants his country’s football team to be in the top 50 in the world by 2045. Photo: AFP
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Skippers brace for gale-force winds in demanding Sydney-Hobart sailing race
A fleet of 105 setting sail on Boxing Day from Sydney Harbour, including Hong Kong-based Antipodes, will face fine weather and then strong gusts.
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Football
Manchester United’s Diogo Dalot spends Christmas Eve helping homeless at charity
Portuguese international defender turned up unannounced with his partner at the homeless charity, surprising visitors with clothing and food.
25 Dec 2024 - 3:00PM
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Hong Kong footballer eyes 2025 return after ‘life-changing’ surgery in Australia
Dominic Johns is walking without crutches and training every day after successful procedure on snapped tibia and fibula bones in right leg.
25 Dec 2024 - 1:00PM
Dominic Johns is now walking without the crutches that accompanied him for more than six months. Photo: HKFC
China
Hong Kong can become hub for not just GBA but also Asia, says tennis boss
Michael Cheng also says more players could come to the city to prepare for tournaments, as China’s No 1 player Zhang Zhizhen has just done.
25 Dec 2024 - 12:58PM
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Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger killed in avalanche days after 26th birthday
The young athlete, who competed at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, was practising at a Swiss resort area when she was caught in a snowslide.
25 Dec 2024 - 10:37AM
Hong Kong
Late-blooming Hong Kong fencer Ho on upward climb – and looking for new targets
A World Cup bronze in Vancouver last month capped a history-making past 14 months for the 28-year-old – and he thanks one man for it.
25 Dec 2024 - 9:00AM
Europe
Amsterdam court sentences 5 men for ‘hit-and-run’ style attacks on Israeli fans
The court found them guilty of public violence, theft, and assault, with one man receiving a six-month sentence stemming from riots surrounding a soccer match.
25 Dec 2024 - 12:08AM
Police stand guard as Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters light flares at the Dam square, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on November 7. Photo: AP
Hong Kong
World No 1 snooker player Judd Trump becomes Hong Kong resident
Trump follows fellow snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan in becoming a resident of the city via Quality Migrant Admission Scheme.
24 Dec 2024 - 8:49PM
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Football
FPL: splash your Saka cash on Isak, or bet on Foden and City getting better
The title cannot be won over Christmas, but it can certainly be lost in a haze of mince pies and parties. Here are some tips for Gameweek 18.
24 Dec 2024 - 5:30PM
Football
Korean 2-time Asian champions Jeonbuk appoint ex-Chelsea star Poyet as manager
The first Uruguayan to manage in England’s top league will have the task of reviving the fortunes of the nine-time Korean champions.
24 Dec 2024 - 4:51PM
Hong Kong
‘I learned so much’: Wayne Griffiths reflects on life, career shared with his Dad
Former world champion Terry Griffiths was laid to rest on Monday with a celebratory service and nothing ‘too heavy’ – ‘Dad didn’t like fuss’.
24 Dec 2024 - 2:02PM
The late former snooker world champion Terry Griffiths (left) and his son and Hong Kong coach Wayne Griffiths.
HK Sevens
French rugby royalty UBB set to bring ‘passion and spirit’ to Hong Kong 10s
UBB coach Laurent Ferrères on lookout for next international stars in Hong Kong, recalls ‘one of biggest experiences of life’ at HK Sevens.
24 Dec 2024 - 12:00PM
Racing
Aurora Lady headlines hot Boxing Day feature: ‘He’s only going to get better’
Pierre Ng’s progressive four-year-old one of four last-start winners in Thursday’s Class Three Uranus Handicap (1,200m).
24 Dec 2024 - 11:54AM
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Who keeps the floodlights on in Hong Kong football’s financial black hole?
Burning cash and sharing pitches with the public, city’s teams are ill-equipped to play in mainland China and resistant to forcing change.
20 Jul 2024 - 2:12PM
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Outdoor
F1 star Bottas among those embracing fast-growing sport of gravel riding
Thirty-four cyclists competed in the first edition of Dirty Kanza in 2006 – this year 5,000 riders started the race, now renamed Unbound Gravel, with many more left out.
24 Jun 2024 - 3:08PM
Health & Wellness
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Hong Kong Macau Grand Prix star on using her pain to drive herself forwards
Vivian Siu went through a ‘dark time’ after her mother died of cancer. But the Hong Kong native got her life back on track, became a racing-car driver and in 2023 made history at the 2023 Macau Grand Prix.
31 May 2024 - 11:30AM
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Outdoor
From street culture to Paris Games: how Japan’s skateboarding youth turned tide
Children as young as six can be seen zipping up ramps and grinding down rails at skate parks all over the country, with instructors teaching tricks while parents wait patiently nearby.
4 Jul 2024 - 3:32PM
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OPINION
Richard Breslin
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Kai Tak shows how sports infrastructure can lift neighbourhoods
21 Dec 2024 - 10:56AM
Dan Hough
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Football is a mirror on our souls, and reveals many problems faced by society
31 Oct 2024 - 3:28PM
Mike Rowse
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Plenty in Hong Kong to promote but are tourism planners looking?
6 Oct 2024 - 5:59PM
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Debbie Chan
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Hong Kong has what it takes to be a unique sporting events capital
2 Oct 2024 - 11:08AM
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Female sumo wrestler brings her sport to Argentina
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Mainland visitors could double by 2030, says Hong Kong Jockey Club chief executive
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Hong Kong Jockey Club details mainland China plans
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14-year-old Hong Kong swimmer wins Paralympic bronze
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