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SCMP Best Bets: Bustling City can make the punters happy at Sha Tin

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SCMP Best Bets: Bustling City can make the punters happy at Sha Tin

Jay Rooney GIANT LEAP - R7 (4) Only just caught last start and can go one better tonight Owen Goulding DRAGON AIR FORCE - R9 (6) Hugely unlucky not to win last start when checked late on; can gain compensation Paul Lally JOLTIN - R6 (10) Good run last start when stepped up in distance and there is more to come Phillip Woo HAPPY UNIVERSE - R6 (1) Has strong claims after returning a nail-biting third over this trip Trackwork Spy BUSTLING CI…

4 hours ago • SCMP Sport

AFC to refer Jordan FA chief to judicial bodies over claims about Fifa head Infantino

AFC to refer Jordan FA chief to judicial bodies over claims about Fifa head Infantino

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Tuesday said it ⁠would refer Jordan ⁠Football Association president Prince ⁠Ali bin Hussein to its judicial …

4 hours ago • SCMP Sport

Caspar Fownes has Sky-high hopes for Class Three duo at Sha Tin’s all-weather meeting

Caspar Fownes has Sky-high hopes for Class Three duo at Sha Tin’s all-weather meeting

Caspar Fownes rates Sky Vino and Sky Cap solid top-three chances in their respective Class Three races at Wednesday night’s Sha Tin dirt meeting as he…

5 hours ago • SCMP Sport

Li Bingjie reclaims Asian record as Chinese swimmers eye world championships in Beijing

Li Bingjie reclaims Asian record as Chinese swimmers eye world championships in Beijing

China’s top swimmers have returned to the pool following their dominant Asian Games display and once again put their competitors on notice with strong…

6 hours ago • SCMP Sport

Football star Kylian Mbappe faces huge China backlash over ‘unacceptable’ remark

Football star Kylian Mbappe faces huge China backlash over ‘unacceptable’ remark

French football superstar Kylian Mbappe has issued an apology after an “ill-judged” comment about China sparked intense backlash on social media and l…

7 hours ago • SCMP Sport

Top doubles players urge ATP bosses to rethink changes that would gut the sport

Top doubles players urge ATP bosses to rethink changes that would gut the sport

Leading men’s doubles players have called on the ATP Tour to reconsider ⁠plans that would reduce the ⁠size of the doubles competitions at ⁠events and …

11 hours ago • SCMP Sport

Winning Ballon d’Or ‘beyond my wildest dreams,’ but Harry Kane has plenty more to prove

Winning Ballon d’Or ‘beyond my wildest dreams,’ but Harry Kane has plenty more to prove

Harry Kane is targeting Champions League glory for Bayern Munich and ending England’s wait for a major international tournament after lifting the Ball…

16 hours ago • SCMP Sport

Officials pledge to quell dog attacks before inaugural Northern Metropolis Marathon

Officials pledge to quell dog attacks before inaugural Northern Metropolis Marathon

A new race blending urban and countryside views across Hong Kong will take place on Sunday, featuring the newly opened Fanling Bypass as the finish li…

Yesterday • SCMP Sport

‘Passing down of the torch’ to young Asian Games winners bodes well for Hong Kong: John Lee

‘Passing down of the torch’ to young Asian Games winners bodes well for Hong Kong: John Lee

Hong Kong’s athletes were praised for producing “a beautiful harvest of medals” at this year’s Asian Games, and the success of the delegation’s younge…

Yesterday • SCMP Sport

Harry Kane primed to pip Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe to ‘world’s best’ Ballon d’Or glory

Harry Kane primed to pip Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe to ‘world’s best’ Ballon d’Or glory

England captain Harry Kane is the favourite to win a wide-open race to be crowned Ballon d’Or winner at a glitzy London ceremony on Monday, with Lamin…

Yesterday • SCMP Sport

Total turnover rise pleases Jockey Club as host of Australian gallopers eye HKIR

Total turnover rise pleases Jockey Club as host of Australian gallopers eye HKIR

A decline in local turnover might have given Jockey Club boss Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges cause for concern to start the season, but a surge in wager…

Yesterday • SCMP Sport

Asia’s answer to NCAA basketball takes big step forward with new 18 team season

Asia’s answer to NCAA basketball takes big step forward with new 18 team season

Asia’s answer to NCAA basketball has taken another big step forwards, with 18 universities weeks away from the start of a two-conference season. The t…

Yesterday • SCMP Sport

David Hayes backs Bustling City to bounce back from shock $1.4 defeat last start

David Hayes backs Bustling City to bounce back from shock $1.4 defeat last start

Bustling City was one of two shock beaten favourites for David Hayes on one weekend, but the Australian Hall of Fame trainer is adamant the horse he d…

Yesterday • SCMP Sport

Jordan FA chief accuses Fifa head Infantino of turning AFC Congress into a political stage

Jordan FA chief accuses Fifa head Infantino of turning AFC Congress into a political stage

Jordan Football Association president Prince Ali bin Hussein accused Fifa leader ⁠Gianni Infantino on Sunday ⁠of hijacking the Asian Football ⁠Confede…

Yesterday • SCMP Sport

John Catlin basks in ‘truly special’ win as he joins greats on Hong Kong Open winners list

John Catlin basks in ‘truly special’ win as he joins greats on Hong Kong Open winners list

The list of Link Hong Kong Open winners has always read like an honour roll of golf’s great and good; on Sunday John Catlin added his name to that ill…

Yesterday • SCMP Sport

Ka Ying Lightning strikes to maintain unbeaten record and give David Hall a birthday treat

Ka Ying Lightning strikes to maintain unbeaten record and give David Hall a birthday treat

Ka Ying Lightning struck again at Sha Tin on Sunday to remain unbeaten and give David Hall the best birthday possible in the Class Three Lukfook Jewel…

2 days ago • SCMP Sport

Brenton Avdulla boosts hopes of licence extension with Group Two win on Raging Blizzard

Brenton Avdulla boosts hopes of licence extension with Group Two win on Raging Blizzard

Brenton Avdulla boosted his hopes of securing a licence extension with a deserved feature success aboard consistent sprinter Raging Blizzard in Sunday…

2 days ago • SCMP Sport

Pickleball gets into Hong Kong mainstream as world’s top players, fans old and new gather

Pickleball gets into Hong Kong mainstream as world’s top players, fans old and new gather

Loud cheers, thumping bass lines, flashing court lights and the crisp pop of plastic paddles filled Kai Tak Arena on Sunday as Asia’s largest professi…

2 days ago • SCMP Sport

Asian Tour: John Catlin claims Hong Kong Open title on historic day for golf in city

Asian Tour: John Catlin claims Hong Kong Open title on historic day for golf in city

In the end there was no Sunday shoot-out at the Link Hong Kong Open, just John Catlin cruising to a five-shot victory on a historic day for golf in th…

2 days ago • SCMP Sport

Max Verstappen’s advice to Kimi Antonelli at US Grand Prix: enjoy the ride and celebrate

Max Verstappen’s advice to Kimi Antonelli at US Grand Prix: enjoy the ride and celebrate

Max Verstappen advised Kimi Antonelli to enjoy the ride and get ready to celebrate as the Italian stands on the brink of becoming Formula 1’s youngest…

2 days ago • SCMP Sport

Hongkonger Chan linked with vacant China women’s football head coach role

Hongkonger Chan linked with vacant China women’s football head coach role

China football bosses have given themselves less than a week to find a new coach for the senior women’s team, and fans are already starting to suggest…

2 days ago • SCMP Sport

Hong Kong Open readies for Sunday shoot-out as Fanling finally bares its teeth

Hong Kong Open readies for Sunday shoot-out as Fanling finally bares its teeth

Fanling has finally bared its teeth and there will be an 18-hole shoot-out on Sunday that hopefully proves worthy of the rich rewards awaiting the Lin…

2 days ago • SCMP Sport

Spanish coaches dominate Ballon d’Or, have become football’s hottest commodity

Spanish coaches dominate Ballon d’Or, have become football’s hottest commodity

Spain’s growing influence on world football will be on full display at Monday’s Ballon d’Or gala, when the sport’s top performers will be honoured at …

3 days ago • SCMP Sport

SCMP Best Bets: Lightning can strike again for punters at Sha Tin

SCMP Best Bets: Lightning can strike again for punters at Sha Tin

Jay Rooney SPEEDY POWER - R5 (13) Great first run for new stable and can strike from an improved draw Owen Goulding HAPPY BOSS - R11 (9) Lead-up tri…

3 days ago • SCMP Sport

China dad handed 3-year race ban after dragging rope-tied son around marathon

China dad handed 3-year race ban after dragging rope-tied son around marathon

A marathon runner in China who dragged a nine-year-old boy around a half-marathon using a rope has been handed a three-year ban and had his result era…

3 days ago • SCMP Sport

Hong Kong end Asian Para Games on high note, with boccia gold, fencing silver

Hong Kong end Asian Para Games on high note, with boccia gold, fencing silver

Hong Kong boccia pair Leung Yuk-wing and Cheung Yuen ensured the city’s delegation ended the Asian Para Games in Japan on a high note with mixed pairs…

3 days ago • SCMP Sport

Andrea Atzeni optimistic Crimson Flash will relish rise in trip in Group Two Premier Bowl

Andrea Atzeni optimistic Crimson Flash will relish rise in trip in Group Two Premier Bowl

Andrea Atzeni is confident the rise to 1,200m will suit Crimson Flash when the classy sprinter chases a career-best victory in Sunday’s Group Two Lukf…

3 days ago • SCMP Sport

Ka Ying Attack and Ka Ying Lightning spearhead David Hall super-squad for Sha Tin

Ka Ying Attack and Ka Ying Lightning spearhead David Hall super-squad for Sha Tin

David Hall has enjoyed a fine start to the season and unleashes improving sprinter Ka Ying Attack and excitement machine Ka Ying Lightning in a bid to…

3 days ago • SCMP Sport

Newest Chinese swimming sensation is already turning heads, and he’s only 12 years old

Newest Chinese swimming sensation is already turning heads, and he’s only 12 years old

China may have unearthed another swimming sensation in 12-year-old Hu Rundong, who turned heads by winning gold, setting records and meeting first-cla…

3 days ago • SCMP Sport

Wales, Australia, managing David Silva all part of Sha Tin coach’s rich tapestry

Wales, Australia, managing David Silva all part of Sha Tin coach’s rich tapestry

Tom Ballantyne was playing a pre-season friendly for Welsh club Monmouth Town when he “got clattered” and sustained a tibia plateau fracture. “I broke…

3 days ago • SCMP Sport

Asian Para Games: no gold for Hong Kong, but table tennis team keep medals coming

Asian Para Games: no gold for Hong Kong, but table tennis team keep medals coming

The para table tennis team are quickly becoming the city’s most successful group at the current Asian Para Games at Aichi-Nagoya after taking home a f…

4 days ago • SCMP Sport

Coach of China’s women’s football team leaves post eight months before World Cup

Coach of China’s women’s football team leaves post eight months before World Cup

Ante Milicic has left his post as coach of China’s national women’s team, the football association said on Friday, eight months before the World Cup. …

4 days ago • SCMP Sport

Matthew Cheung 36 holes from history after taking Hong Kong Open lead at halfway point

Matthew Cheung 36 holes from history after taking Hong Kong Open lead at halfway point

Matthew Cheung rode a wave of emotion and a little bit of luck to take a three-shot lead in the Link Hong Kong Open on Friday, leaving himself 36 hole…

4 days ago • SCMP Sport

Fencing risks global divide as top official fires off world league threats

Fencing risks global divide as top official fires off world league threats

Days after the World Fencing League (WFL) said it would start its 2027 season in Hong Kong, the sport’s world governing body has warned athletes and o…

4 days ago • SCMP Sport

Indian para swimmer sent home from Japan over misconduct allegations, could face life ban

Indian para swimmer sent home from Japan over misconduct allegations, could face life ban

Former world No 1 Indian para swimmer Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh has been sent home from Japan after being accused of molesting a female hotel employ…

4 days ago • SCMP Sport

Asian Football Confederation endorses Gianni Infantino for another term as Fifa president

Asian Football Confederation endorses Gianni Infantino for another term as Fifa president

The head of the Asian Football Confederation said ⁠on Friday the regional body would support Gianni Infantino’s bid for re-election as Fifa president.…

4 days ago • SCMP Sport

Local pair’s brush with Hong Kong Open history a sign the sport is flourishing

Local pair’s brush with Hong Kong Open history a sign the sport is flourishing

There was a moment on Thursday when history looked like being made at the Link Hong Kong Open, and while forgiving greens and some generous pins meant…

4 days ago • SCMP Sport

Asian Para Games: Hong Kong win gold again as swimmer Chan Yui-lam defends title

Asian Para Games: Hong Kong win gold again as swimmer Chan Yui-lam defends title

Hong Kong won a gold medal at the Asian Para Games for the second day in a row after swimmer Chan Yui-lam defended her 100m butterfly (S14) crown on T…

5 days ago • SCMP Sport

Philippines’ Eala ousted as Rybakina moves into Ningbo Open last 8 on return from injury

Philippines’ Eala ousted as Rybakina moves into Ningbo Open last 8 on return from injury

Alexandra Eala crashed out in the Ningbo Open last 16 on Thursday as world No 1 Elena Rybakina reached the quarter-finals on her return from injury wh…

5 days ago • SCMP Sport

Local golfers briefly top Hong Kong Open leaderboard in strong start on day one

Local golfers briefly top Hong Kong Open leaderboard in strong start on day one

In the 67 years the Link Hong Kong Open has been in existence, the leaderboard has never featured two local players at the top – Matthew Cheung and Is…

5 days ago • SCMP Sport

David Hayes plans to tinker with winkers in Ka Ying Rising’s The Everest redemption bid

David Hayes plans to tinker with winkers in Ka Ying Rising’s The Everest redemption bid

Still hurting from Ka Ying Rising’s agonisingly close The Everest defeat, David Hayes has flagged a gear change for the champion sprinter’s bid for re…

5 days ago • SCMP Sport

Asian Para Games: mayor sorry for ‘painful’ mistakes after playing wrong national anthems

Asian Para Games: mayor sorry for ‘painful’ mistakes after playing wrong national anthems

Officials at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya played the wrong national anthems three times this week, prompting the mayor to apologise just weeks after…

5 days ago • SCMP Sport

David Eustace mulls Lightning Stakes aim with Colourful King ahead of key Sha Tin test

David Eustace mulls Lightning Stakes aim with Colourful King ahead of key Sha Tin test

David Eustace is plotting a path towards the Group One Lightning Stakes (1,000m) at Flemington and Royal Ascot with super sprinter Colourful King, wit…

5 days ago • SCMP Sport

China edge past US at gymnastics world championships to win first gold in 20 years

China edge past US at gymnastics world championships to win first gold in 20 years

China denied the United States an eighth consecutive women’s team title at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Wednesday to win their first…

5 days ago • SCMP Sport

How Stockport County became ‘bigger than Manchester United’ in China

How Stockport County became ‘bigger than Manchester United’ in China

Around six years ago, during one of his 105 visits to China, Steve Bellis was approached by a Scotsman at a British Council function. “He said, ‘Remin…

5 days ago • SCMP Sport

James Orman slots first Hong Kong treble as Zac Purton also bags three-timer at Happy Valley

James Orman slots first Hong Kong treble as Zac Purton also bags three-timer at Happy Valley

James Orman slotted his first Hong Kong treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night as champion jockey Zac Purton continued his momentum with a three-ti…

6 days ago • SCMP Sport

Chinese athlete Wu Yanni reveals health struggles over past year, vows to keep competing

Chinese athlete Wu Yanni reveals health struggles over past year, vows to keep competing

Veteran Chinese hurdler Wu Yanni has responded to renewed public criticism following her bronze-medal finish in the 100m hurdles at the Asian Games in…

6 days ago • SCMP Sport

Asian Para Games: Hong Kong boccia player secures first gold as athletes boost medal haul

Asian Para Games: Hong Kong boccia player secures first gold as athletes boost medal haul

Hong Kong delivered a strong medal haul at the Asian Para Games on Wednesday, with the city winning their first gold after boccia player Vivian Lau Wa…

6 days ago • SCMP Sport

Chinese star Fan Zhendong lashes out after fan posts videos of him on social media

Chinese star Fan Zhendong lashes out after fan posts videos of him on social media

Chinese table tennis star Fan Zhendong has again condemned secret filming after photos of a private trip were leaked online. On Tuesday, a self-procla…

6 days ago • SCMP Sport

LeBron James remains realistic after Philadelphia 76ers beat New York Knicks in NBA opener

LeBron James remains realistic after Philadelphia 76ers beat New York Knicks in NBA opener

LeBron James said the Philadelphia 76ers still had plenty of room for improvement after launching their NBA season with an impressive opening night vi…

6 days ago • SCMP Sport