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China’s anti-doping agency said Friday it will cooperate with a compliance audit ordered by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) involving a case where 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a ...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/27/china-anti-doping-agency-says-will-actively-cooperate-with-world-anti-doping-agency-audit/

By James Edgar Beijing on Monday called reports about 23 Chinese swimmers testing positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 “fake news”. The sport was rocked at the ...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/22/beijing-calls-reports-on-23-chinese-swimmers-failed-doping-test-fake-news/

The Hong Kong Games opened on Sunday – the first time the multisport event has been held in five years. Sunday’s ceremony at Hung Hom Bay’s Coliseum saw an 18-district cheering team competi...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/22/9th-hong-kong-games-opens-with-8-inter-district-sporting-competitions/

Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed Saturday, defending the decision to let them compete based...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/21/chinese-swimmers-who-competed-in-tokyo-olympics-failed-doping-tests-ahead-of-games/

By James Edgar The top three in Sunday’s Beijing half marathon have been stripped of their medals, organisers said, following an investigation into the finish that saw China’s He Jie controve...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/19/chinese-runner-he-jie-among-3-stripped-of-beijing-half-marathon-medals-after-controversial-finish/

Beijing half marathon organisers said Monday they were investigating after footage shared widely online appeared to show three African runners deliberately allowing China’s He Jie to win. Video...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/15/organisers-of-beijing-half-marathon-look-into-embarrassing-win-by-chinas-he-jie/

Hong Kong is to host eight competitions at the 2025 National Games, alongside events in Macau and Guangdong. It is the first time the city has co-hosted the Chinese sporting contest, which will s...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/12/hong-kong-to-host-8-sporting-events-at-2025-national-games/

Hong Kong has purchased the broadcasting rights for the Paris Olympics this summer, with the games licensed to four TV stations in the city. Addressing reporters at a weekly press conference on T...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/09/hong-kong-buys-broadcasting-rights-for-paris-olympics-for-undisclosed-fee-as-leader-john-lee-cites-value-to-society/

The sold-out Hong Kong Sevens kicked off at the Hong Kong Stadium on Friday, marking the international rugby tournament’s return to pre-pandemic popularity. The Sevens returned to Hong Kong aft...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/06/hkfp-lens-rugby-sevens-kicks-off-for-final-time-at-hong-kong-stadium/

The 2024 Hong Kong Sevens is set to sell out, organisers have said, after more than 39,500 of the 40,000 tickets to the international rugby tournament had been sold by Tuesday. More than 40 per c...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/03/hong-kong-sevens-set-to-sell-out-as-overseas-spectators-return-to-tournament/

By Holmes Chan For three decades Joe Lau has tied his racehorse training career to the rising and falling fortunes of the Macau Jockey Club, but in a few days it will all be over. On April 1, hor...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/03/29/still-in-shock-why-macau-horse-racing-is-coming-to-an-end/

The South China Athletic Association (SCAA) is investigating a leak of members’ personal data, it said on Monday, as the privacy watchdog’ office warned that around 70,000 data subjects had b...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/03/20/hong-kongs-south-china-athletic-association-investigates-data-hack-70000-data-subjects-affected/

The Argentina Football Association (AFA) said Thursday the national team will play two friendlies in the United States in March after China cancelled matches in a spat over a Lionel Messi no-show...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/23/argentina-to-tour-us-after-china-cancels-two-friendlies-over-lionel-messi-row/

Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi has told Chinese fans that his absence from a much-publicised Hong Kong match was not political, after he was accused of attempting to humiliate the city as it...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/20/footballer-lionel-messi-tells-chinese-fans-no-politics-at-play-in-hong-kong-no-show/

Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong won the first long-course world title of her career by taking gold in the women’s 200m freestyle on Wednesday. Haughey, the Olympic silver medallist at both the 10...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/15/swimmer-siobhan-haughey-wins-hong-kongs-first-world-gold-ever-taking-pole-position-in-womens-200km-freestyle/

Sports bosses in China have cancelled two friendly matches featuring world champions Argentina, after their star man Lionel Messi failed to turn out for his club in a Hong Kong exhibition match. ...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/10/chinese-cities-axe-2-argentina-matches-after-lionel-messis-hong-kong-no-show/

A rare moment of public preoccupation has hit Hong Kong as a result of the incident which would in due course probably be called Messigate by the popular tabloids, if we had any left. The hero of...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/10/hong-kongs-messi-mess-fun-but-a-distraction-from-more-important-matters/

Lionel Messi’s no-show at a match in Hong Kong has triggered a surge of online outrage in the city and in mainland China, with the football superstar accused of seeking to embarrass Beijing —...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/09/how-outrage-over-lionel-messis-hong-kong-no-show-spread-to-china/

The organiser of Inter Miami’s controversial exhibition match in Hong Kong – which saw football superstar Lionel Messi sit out the entire game – has announced a 50 per cent refund to fans a...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/09/messi-match-organiser-tatler-asia-announces-50-refund-after-stars-absence-from-hong-kong-game/

A Hong Kong lawmaker has warned that the organiser of Inter Miami’s controversial exhibition match in Hong Kong must give refunds to spectators within a week or face legal action. The controver...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/09/hong-kong-lawmaker-vows-legal-action-against-messi-match-organiser-if-no-ticket-refund-in-a-week/

China’s state-run Global Times has warned of possible “political motives” behind Lionel Messi’s failure to play in a much-publicised Hong Kong exhibition match, an absence which angered t...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/08/political-motives-and-black-hand-behind-messis-hong-kong-no-show-claim-govt-advisor-china-state-media/

Hong Kong authorities are urging the organiser of an exhibition match to explain star footballer Lionel Messi’s absence from the pitch, Chief Executive John Lee has said, as the city’s consum...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/06/messi-game-organiser-should-explain-fiasco-hong-kong-leader-john-lee-says-as-consumer-watchdog-receives-over-400-complaints/

Organisers of a Hong Kong football match which drew boos after star man Lionel Messi failed to play said Monday they deeply regretted the no-show, and would withdraw a bid for a HK$16 million (US...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/06/lionel-messi-match-organisers-tatler-asia-deeply-regret-no-show-axe-hk16m-govt-funding-bid/

Argentine football icon Lionel Messi was contracted to play for at least 45 minutes on Sunday, Hong Kong’s sports minister, who attended the friendly, told the press on Monday. However, the 36-...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/05/no-show-lionel-messi-was-contracted-to-play-at-taxpayer-subsidised-inter-miami-match-says-hong-kong-official/

By Daniel Hicks Lionel Messi and David Beckham were booed on Sunday after the Argentina superstar sat out Inter Miami’s pre-season friendly in Hong Kong. The World Cup-winning captain, who has ...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/04/hong-kong-govt-demands-answers-after-lionel-messi-sits-out-friendly-fans-boo-call-for-refunds/

Tens of thousands of football fans turned out to see Lionel Messi train with his Inter Miami teammates in Hong Kong on Saturday, as “Messi mania” took hold of the city. Police closed off stre...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/03/lionel-messi-mania-hits-hong-kong-as-thousands-flock-to-inter-miami-training/

Hong Kong has withdrawn from an esports tournament at the AFC Asian Cup after a computer programme for the event failed to include “China” as part of the city’s name, the Football Associati...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/02/hong-kong-withdraws-from-esports-competition-after-gaming-programme-omits-china-from-name-of-team/

The former head of China’s top football body Chen Xuyuan is to stand trial for bribery on Monday, Beijing’s state media said, as an anti-corruption drive sweeps up once-major players in the s...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/29/ex-head-of-chinas-top-football-body-chen-xuyuan-stands-trial-for-bribery/

By Peter Stebbings Aleksandar Jankovic looks set to pay the price for China’s worst Asian Cup in history, but the problems afflicting Chinese football run far deeper than the coach. China had h...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/28/problems-run-deep-as-chinese-football-slides-into-abyss/

Hong Kong’s dreams of making history by reaching the knockout rounds of the AFC Asian Cup finals in Qatar were dashed on Tuesday following a 3-0 defeat by Palestine. But several hundred fans ch...

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/24/afc-asian-cup-hong-kong-football-team-makes-tearful-exit-after-3-0-defeat-by-palestine/