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1 month ago | scmp.com | Paul McNamara |Mike Chan

Hong Kong captain James Christie warned his team that their landslide 43-21 victory over Japan on Saturday would mean nothing if they do not finish the job in Sunday’s Melrose Claymores final. For the second straight day, the city’s men overcame a sticky start to thrill a raucous Kai Tak Stadium. There was a sense of deja vu, too, in the way the Hong Kong women got the ball rolling, walloping Thailand 47-0 about 24 hours after they inflicted similar pain on Kazakhstan.

1 month ago | scmp.com | Paul McNamara |Mike Chan

Hong Kong gave their jubilant supporters cause for cheer by recording twin triumphs on the opening day of the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. Competing in the secondary Melrose Claymores tournament, the city’s women scored five tries in a 29-14 win over Kazakhstan on Friday. For the men, Max Denmark led the way with a hat-trick, as head coach Jevon Groves’ team survived an early hiccup to blow away China 31-7. Harry Sayers and James Kee, on his debut, also crossed for Hong Kong.

2 months ago | msn.com | Mike Chan |Paul McNamara

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The incident at the World Grand Prix where Hong Kong snooker fans were kicked out while a match was in progress could have been avoided entirely, the Post has learned, sparing the city from an embarrassing episode that made headlines around the world.

Feb 9, 2025 | scmp.com | Wynna Wong |Lars Hamer |Mike Chan

Three mainland Chinese runners were disqualified for wearing the wrong bibs during Sunday’s Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, with officials warning that they did not rule out taking further action once an investigation had been completed. The decision to strip He Yingbing and Sun Xiaoyang of their first and second places in the half-marathon and to scratch an athlete in the 10km race overshadowed a relatively comfortable win for Kenya’s Bethwell Kipkemboi in the main event.