Follow South China Morning Post - Hong Kong Sport, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp55 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 03:36:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRoY5JfbWILVlaCY3L745TL_ Youngster Lee Sze-wing struck gold in the women’s individual road race as Hong Kong saved the best for last at the National Games in Xian on Sunday.Racing in Shangluo, 120km southeast of Xian, the 20-year-old local ace beat a bunch of experienced riders as Hong Kong continued their excellent cycling record at the games, often referred to as the “mini Olympics” in the mainland.Despite her tender age, Lee has been strongly tipped to be the star of the future after turning full time last year. She…]]> Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:51:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRoY5JfbWILVlaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRp7Scj8LjycRiejEQ2Mq9rY World-renowned Hong Kong surgeon Dr Freddie Fu Ho-keung died at home in Pittsburgh, USA aged 71 on Saturday.Fu was famously credited with saving the career of superstar footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic after the Swede suffered a career-threatening knee injury while playing for Manchester United in March 2017.After performing surgery on the striker’s seriously ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, Fu told the Post that Ibrahimovic had “many years” left at the top of the game.Ibrahimovic made a near…]]> Sun, 26 Sep 2021 10:12:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRp7Scj8LjycRiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRoALEfSQFPibcb1naedg1wr Hong Kong runner Christy Yiu Kit-ching blamed a lengthy quarantine period for her disappointing result in women’s marathon at the National Games.On a chilly and wet Sunday morning with temperatures dropping to 18 degree Celsius, Yiu and 27 runners, including three mainlanders who represented their country at last month’s Tokyo Olympics, started the race under a heavy downpour in Yongning, the gate of the old walled city of Xian.At the finish in Xian’s Olympic Sports Stadium, three runners were…]]> Sun, 26 Sep 2021 09:29:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRoALEfSQFPibcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRpsh1AmbC71ol1cWWor9YPv Societe Generale Valley bounced back from an season-opening loss to overwhelm KPMG Hong Kong Scottish 24-12 in round two of the Dettol Men’s Premiership on Saturday.It was Scottish who drew first blood in a sweltering Shek Kip Mei after full-back Sean Taylor scored thanks to a good passing combination with scrum-half Thomas Wilson on the break.But it did not take long for Valley’s fill-in fly-half Mitchell Purvis to get their first points on the board with a penalty goal. Valley were soon…]]> Sun, 26 Sep 2021 08:54:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRpsh1AmbC71ol1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRoAf9fiXj6805s0ohxaO6Yr Hong Kong riders will turn their attention on the individual road race events on Sunday after failing to win medals in what has so far been a disappointing campaign on Saturday.On Saturday, both the men’s and women’s time trial teams on the road came shy of finishing on the podium. The men’s managed sixth place out of 13 teams in their 100km race while the women’s came last from 13 teams in their 50km race.Hong Kong has so far won one gold and two bronze cycling medals in Shaanxi, compared to…]]> Sat, 25 Sep 2021 14:16:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRoAf9fiXj6805s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRoqiYe_pcnyWKCY3L745TL_ Kenneth Cheng Man-kit came agonisingly close to winning an equestrian medal at the National Games after finishing fifth place overall in Xian, as Hong Kong narrowly missed out on another medal for a second successive day.A day after Jason Hak Shun-yat fell shy of finishing on the podium with his fourth place in men’s golf, Cheng almost completed a fairy tale ending when he made a stirring comeback in his second session after a disappointing start in the opening round in the showjumping final…]]> Sat, 25 Sep 2021 13:54:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRoqiYe_pcnyWKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRpumPyS8M-ydpVjH6qdYdAk Hong Kong’s wait for an 15th appearance at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup will go on until at least the 2026 tournament after they lost their final group F qualifier to the Philippines in Tashkent on Friday.The Malditas won 2-1 to secure a second win and top spot in the winner takes all final group game. Hong Kong had drawn their opener with Nepal, whom the Philippines had beaten in the first game of the group in Uzbekistan.Hong Kong needed to win to seal a place at India 2022, their first…]]> Sat, 25 Sep 2021 11:19:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRpumPyS8M-ydpVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRqCWt6JxjqpnClmFkX7M1Jw Hong Kong’s Olympic swimming star Siobhan Haughey helped her International Swimming League side Energy Standard to another match victory and served up a side dish of revenge from the Tokyo Games.Haughey, who won silver in the 100m freestyle in the Japanese capital this summer, took victory in Naples where she beat Olympic gold medallist Emma McKeon of the London Roar to the wall at the Piscina Felice Scandone.The Hongkonger finished in 51.42 seconds with the Australian Olympic champion just…]]> Sat, 25 Sep 2021 04:47:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRqCWt6JxjqpnClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRoVSAHs5k5LAylmFkX7M1Jw Show jumper Kenneth Cheng Man-kit is fighting against the odds as he attempts to further Hong Kong’s glory at the China National Games and he is doing it all alone.The 33-year-old, Hong Kong’s sole equestrian representative in Xian, has made it to Saturday’s 24-rider final without a support team and on a rented horse. He finished fourth overall in Thursday’s qualifiers.“We feel quite sorry for our rider because we have no one to accompany him to Xian due to the strict quarantine requirements,”…]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:53:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRoVSAHs5k5LAylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRo1HGfCY92SvXn9ye8UNv30 With the Dettol Men’s Premiership well under way, round two promises another rust-shaking outing with a particularly tasty match-up between new-look sides KPMG Hong Kong Scottish and Societe Generale Valley in Shek Kip Mei on Saturday.Both have yet to kick into full gear, as Scottish suffered an end-to-end 30-22 loss to Kroll USRC Tigers in their opening game. Valley fell to arch-rivals Natixis HKFC 29-14, with head coach Mark Fatialofa returning to his squad having missed most of their…]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:00:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRo1HGfCY92SvXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRpD3jhZc8sJh5VjH6qdYdAk A last-ditch display of dogged determination dragged Hong Kong’s Jason Hak Shun-yat back into medal contention on Thursday during the third round of the men’s golf event at the National Games.After a fine start of three birdies through the first five holes, the 27-year-old began to struggle for consistency around the turn. His round was petering out at one-under par for the day, which would have seen him slump down the leader board and back into the pack as the field began to get to grips with…]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:48:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRpD3jhZc8sJh5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRrHGHgPhu1yjMb1naedg1wr Épée star Vivian Kong Man-wai could not repeat her National Games individual medal-winning feat from a day earlier as the Hong Kong women’s épée team bowed out of the quarter-finals in Tianjin on Wednesday.World number six Kong’s win over Tokyo 2020 Olympics champion Sun Yiwen in the bronze medal play-off on Tuesday ensured her team was seeded higher.But Kong and teammates Debbie Ho Tik-lam and Coco Lin Yik-hei could not avoid being matched up with China’s Olympic team, losing 32-44 to miss a…]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:38:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRrHGHgPhu1yjMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRrl9qASCPQHUJVjH6qdYdAk Hong Kong’s women’s representative football team got off to a solid start in their AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifying campaign, earning a 0-0 draw with Nepal in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.The result means that Hong Kong now face the Philippines in a battle for top spot and a chance to end what is an 18-year wait to play in the continental competition and will be 19 years by India 2022.Hong Kong coach Ricardo Rambo described it as a “difficult match” because of a number of factors that saw him select an…]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 05:21:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRrl9qASCPQHUJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRr0IFUdZViovClmFkX7M1Jw Through it all – bouts of depression, anxiety, concussions, injuries, moving continents, endless travel, getting cut and traded – Jordan Laroche said he has no regrets.The ice hockey goalie’s story is a familiar one, as for every Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Marc-Andre Fleury, there are millions of athletes who never made it for various reasons.Laroche’s quest to become a professional ice hockey goalie took him from Hong Kong to Canada, and through a series of trials and tribulations,…]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:15:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRr0IFUdZViovClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRqNx84A8L64n3n9ye8UNv30 Hong Kong hurdler Vera Lui Lai-yiu narrowly missed out on a spot in the National Games women’s 100m hurdles final at the Xi’an Olympic Sports Stadium on Tuesday.The 26-year-old 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist ran 13.33 seconds in her heat, just four milliseconds off You Na of Hubei in second, while Jiangsu representative Wang Li won the heat in 13.19. She finished ninth, 0.02 seconds off qualifying in the top eight.Fellow Jiangsu hurdler Wang Dou, Chen Yinfeng of Yunnan, Lin Yuwei of Fujian…]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:45:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRqNx84A8L64n3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRqp5XS8zkbH6nn9ye8UNv30 Hong Kong’s star épée fencer Vivian Kong Man-wai clinched bronze at the National Games after beating reigning Olympic champion Sun Yiwen 15-14 in the women’s individual event in Tianjin on Tuesday.World number six-ranked Kong piled the pressure on Sun, ranked four places above her, in a razor-thin bronze play-off contest to clinch the city’s sixth medal of the Games.The 27-year-old Kong lost to in-form Lin Sheng 11-15 in the semi-final. Fujian representative Lin – a 2019 team world champion –…]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:54:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRqp5XS8zkbH6nn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRpI6W-kfY3IuKCY3L745TL_ Hong Kong’s Jason Hak Shun-yat moved into an early share of second place following the opening round at Xi’an Qinling International in the individual golf event at the National Games on Tuesday.Hak, who has enjoyed a sensational 2021 season finishing in the top five in six of his seven events so far this term on the China Tour, registered a fine six-under-par opening round, which included six birdies and no blemishes.It looked likely the 27-year-old would hold onto the overnight lead before a…]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:29:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRpI6W-kfY3IuKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRrvKgo9lJk4ul1cWWor9YPv Hong Kong high jumper Cecilia Yeung Man-wai finished 15th in the National Games women’s high jump final at the Xi’an Olympic Sports Centre Stadium on Tuesday.The 27-year-old, who earlier this year returned from a career-threatening Achilles injury sustained in 2019, cleared 1.75 metres once but failed to do so in the proceeding 1.80m category. Though she equalled her season best set in Hong Kong in May, Yeung was far off her personal best of 1.88m set in Taipei in 2017.“Although I didn‘t…]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:17:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRrvKgo9lJk4ul1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRofi6ZeDjUpfyejEQ2Mq9rY Hong Kong’s men’s foil team won a bronze medal at the National Games on Monday after defeating Jiangsu 45-36 in a tense third-place play-off.It represents the fifth medal that Hong Kong has won so far at the Games, often referred to as the “mini Olympics” in the mainland, where top athletes from all over China are competing.Hong Kong were the pre-event favourites of the competition, headed by Olympic individual champion Edgar Cheung Ka-long. But the city’s Tokyo hero was forced to pull out at…]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:02:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRofi6ZeDjUpfyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRr1RHildcBbK8b1naedg1wr Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey maintained her incredible form in 2021 as she led her team Energy Standard to victory in match eight of the International Swimming League (ISL) in Naples, Italy on Sunday.First up, Haughey claimed second place in the 100-metre freestyle narrowly trailing Australia’s Emma McKeon and ahead of her Energy Standard teammate Sarah Sjostrom. McKeon returned in 51.05 seconds, just 0.11 off Haughey’s league record time of 50.94.Later, Haughey dominated her pet event, the 200m…]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:25:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ZnFXRqn9BRr1RHildcBbK8b1naedg1wr