British group Kaiser Chiefs have said they were pleased to claim a small slice of history at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday by becoming the first rock band to play at Kai Tak Stadium since its March 1 opening. The five-piece played a five-song set during the rugby tournament’s final day, as part…
Four of the world’s biggest football clubs will descend on Hong Kong this summer to play at Kai Tak Stadium, organisers announced on Monday. Hong Kong Football Festival will feature English Premier League trio Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, plus Italian giants AC Milan, with the teams playing pre-season friendly matches at the city’s new…
New Zealand’s Jazmin Felix-Hotham was no stranger to playing in the Hong Kong Sevens but this year is a special one for her. Playing at the new Kai Tak Stadium was only one of the reasons: the trip to the city also reunited her with her father, Nigel Hotham, who moved to Hong Kong last…
Hong Kong coaches have identified what their teams need to do in the months to come before the city hosts the National Games in November. The city’s men’s team retained the Melrose Claymores trophy with an emphatic 38-5 win over China, while their women’s counterparts blew Kazakhstan away in a 45-5 win, playing most of…
For the second time in 24 hours, concession stands ran out of food and drinks, customers waited 45 minutes or more to be served, and there were stories of chaos and confusion among staff members. There were issues outside Kai Tak Stadium, too, with gates remaining shut in the face of large numbers of people…
China women’s dramatic 24-19 sudden-death victory over Great Britain on Saturday saw them avoid the possibility of earning the “worst team of the tournament” tag at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. A dismal 24-10 defeat to the United States in their final Pool C fixture earlier in the day had left them in danger of…
A new era of the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens began at Kai Tak Stadium on Friday, winning plaudits from players and supporters alike and with organisers hailing “an exciting new chapter in the tournament’s storied history”. With 90 per cent of the 47,000 tickets sold, officials said 33,735 fans passed through the gates on the…
A new era of the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens began at Kai Tak Stadium on Friday, winning plaudits from players and supporters alike and with organisers hailing “an exciting new chapter in the tournament’s storied history”. With 90 per cent of the 47,000 tickets sold, officials said 33,735 fans passed through the gates on the…
Two talented youngsters could make their international debuts in the white-hot atmosphere of this week’s Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, after the city’s 13-player men’s and women’s squads were named on Sunday. James Kee, 19, and 24-year-old Rory Stewart-Cox were both included in Jevon Groves’ party, as Hong Kong try to bounce back from a disappointing…
Discussions about a long-term deal between Hong Kong and LIV Golf were still at an early stage, with more information likely to emerge in the next few days, sources told the Post on Wednesday. And while Scott O’Neil, the LIV Golf CEO, said he was not in a position to comment publicly, he told a…