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scmp.com | Josh Ball
The city would be “a perfect venue for Formula One” and should campaign to stage a race or risk being left behind by its neighbours, a Hongkonger who worked on the successful bid to bring the elite motorsport to Thailand has said. Bangkok is expected to be part of the F1 schedule from 2028, joining Japan, Singapore and Shanghai as Asian stops on an increasingly congested calendar that now has 24 events on it.
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Josh Ball
Four of the world’s biggest football teams are coming to Hong Kong in the summer, and the city is already host to the best Sevens tournament there is, so what’s next? The city wants to be an international sporting hub, and now has the stadium to fulfil part of that dream, but one swallow does not a summer make and we’ve been thinking about what else we’d like to see happen. Call it a wish list, call it a money-no-object fantasy, but if you don’t dream big then what’s the point.
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3 weeks ago |
msn.com | Josh Ball
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Josh Ball
The Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens is over for another year, and what a weekend it was – an incredible coming-out party for the tournament’s new home and a thrilling three days of rugby. Argentina’s men won for the first time, and New Zealand’s women for the third in a row, and Hong Kong’s teams put together a double delight for the home crowd. So, after 74 matches, countless tries, world-class entertainment and a couple of hiccups, here are five things we learned this weekend.
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Josh Ball
New Zealand and Argentina made history as the first Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens of the Kai Tak Stadium era came to a close on Sunday, with a mixture of nostalgia, a look to the future and continuing questions over the present. For those of a certain vintage, the fly-past by a Cathay Pacific A350 evoked memories of a time when planes, rather than rugby balls, were landing where players now raced around.
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