Yue Tze-nam has said Hong Kong needed to “improve our chemistry” in time for their vital AFC Asian Cup qualifier against India at Kai Tak Stadium on Tuesday. Supporter dissent towards Ashley Westwood following Thursday’s 0-0 friendly draw with Nepal distracted from a performance low on quality and imagination in the final third. The city…
Ahead of the Hong Kong football team’s first match at the newly minted 50,000-seat main stadium in Kai Tak Sports Park against India in an AFC Asian Cup qualifier on June 10, some fans are gearing up to support the home squad with rapturous cheering. One such fan is loudspeaker-wielding Chester Cheung, who for years…
Sun Ming-him said the Chinese Super League (CSL) had taught him “how to deal with the psychological side of football”, as he looked forward to a crucial week for the Hong Kong team. Left-back Sun quickly became a regular starter for Cangzhou Mighty Lions after his transfer from Eastern in February 2024. The 24-year-old’s career…
Ruben Amorim has said it would be “so much fun” to bring Manchester United back to Hong Kong in a future where the club was thriving. Barely 24 hours after they landed in the city, United beat Hong Kong 3-1 on Friday night, before rushing straight for the airport and home. Head coach Amorim’s team…
Raj Gurung joined an elite group of Hong Kong residents this month, after successfully reaching the top of Mount Everest. Despite only taking up climbing three years ago, the 53-year-old bar owner summited the world’s highest mountain on May 18. Gurung’s journey took two attempts spanning nine days, and forced him to pass six dead…
An American climber died attempting to scale the world’s fifth-highest mountain, Makalu, in the Himalayas, his expedition organizer said Monday. It was the second death of this climbing season. Alexander Pancoe, 39, died at Camp 2 of the 27,838-foot mountain Sunday evening. “He had descended after an acclimatization rotation to Camp Three, and was not…
Help may at last be on the way for the Nepali Sherpas who carry heavy loads for foreign climbers through treacherous sections of the world’s tallest peak. When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount Everest, expedition companies will test drones that can ferry loads as heavy as 35 pounds in the high…
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Nepal, the small Himalayan nation bordering China, was negotiating with Beijing over a major injection of infrastructure financing when the United States stepped in with a lucrative offer. Over five years, the American government would give the country $500 million in grants to expand its electricity grid and improve its roads — a huge sum…
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