South China Morning Post - Hong Kong Sport

Having created one of the runaway television hits of this summer’s Fifa World Cup, Lenovo is plotting to up the AI ante for the women’s version next year in Brazil. In addition to building digital twins for all 1,248 players to enhance semi-automated offside technology for the 2026 finals, labelled “the first AI World Cup”, and rolling out an analytical tool aimed at “democratis...

Olympic golds, a cupboard full of medals and a historic men’s foil team silver at the Kerry Fencing World Championships mean the city’s athletes head to next month’s Asian Games with the weight of expectation on their shoulders. Success is no longer just hoped for when it comes to the men and women who will represent Hong Kong in Japan, it is almost demanded, even if individuals...

The fencing bug that gripped the city after Cheung Ka-long’s 2021 Olympic gold bit Amelie Tsang just as much as any Hongkonger, even if she was born 5,981 miles (9,625 kilometres) away in London. As an eight-year-old, picking up a foil for the first time Tsang instantly “fell in love” with the sport. Now she is competing for Great Britain and has her heart set on reaching the 20...

Hong Kong could cement its place as a host on fencing’s elite Grand Prix circuit for years to come if everything goes well at an inaugural event next May. With officials and athletes praising the way the Kerry Fencing World Championships have been staged over the past 10 days at AsiaWorld-Expo, the decision to have the city replace Shanghai on the three-stop circuit alongside Tu...

As he reflected in a high-rise Wan Chai pizza restaurant on Italy’s breathless team foil World Championships final victory over Hong Kong, Filippo Macchi could not help winding his mind further back to the Olympic gold medal bout he lost to Cheung Ka-long two years ago. “I still have some nightmares about it, because I put all my energy and efforts into this sport every day,” Ma...