Lars Hamer

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Lars Hamer

Countries across the world are building competitive dragon boat teams capable of challenging those from China, but the biggest win comes from the friends and communities built along the way, international athletes and officials in Hong Kong said on Saturday.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Lars Hamer

An emotional Zheng Qinwen said she had lost her French Open quarter-final against Aryna Sabalenka, rather than the world No 1 doing anything special to win it in straight sets. Zheng, playing in her first tournament at Roland Garros since becoming Olympic champion last summer, went down 7-6, 6-3 in an error-strewn performance on Court Philippe Chatrier.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Lars Hamer

Hong Kong entrepreneur Jonathon Wan Kwok-keun is no stranger to overcoming mental setbacks - when he was 18 and swimming near Ocean Beach, San Francisco, he was pulled under by a current, lost consciousness, and needed a nearby surfer to save his life. Now 51, Wan does not remember much about that day in a city he has called home since 1991. But the mental scars remained, and he did not swim again for nearly two decades.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Mike Chan |Lars Hamer

Known lovingly as the “mother of Asian women’s football”, the founding president of the Hong Kong Ladies Football Association (HKLFA) Veronica Chan Yiu-kam has died, aged 102. Pui Kwan-kay, president of the Football Association of Hong Kong, China (HKFA), said Chan died on Saturday morning at her home in Tin Shui Wai.

4 weeks ago | scmp.com | Lars Hamer

Canton United, an amateur team playing in mainland China’s fourth tier, have announced the signing of former AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain forward Jeremy Menez, as they attempt to join the Hong Kong Premier League. The club, who are based in Guangzhou, wrote on Weibo that they had signed the former French international, who retired last September. Menez, 38, has not commented publicly on the move, but Canton said he would join in July. The Post has contacted Menez for comment.