BEIJING (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has found a sponsor in China to replace long-term commercial partner Panasonic from Japan. TCL was signed to an eight-year, four-Olympics deal through 2032 in the sponsor category of home audiovisual equipment and appliances, the IOC said on Thursday. The value in cash and operational services was not…
Late Wednesday night, members of the International Olympic Committee gathered for a dinner at the Olympic Museum on the banks of Lake Geneva. The next morning, they would see presentations from seven candidates vying to be their leader, a role that would by most measures be the most important in international sports. At the closed-doors…
Siobhan Haughey said having a pool named in her honour at the Hong Kong club where she learned to swim as a child was something she “never thought possible”. The South China Athletic Association paved the way for Haughey to become a three-time Olympian, and on Wednesday invited her former SCAA coaches, current members of…
China’s swimmers have formed a strong bond with their Hong Kong counterparts at the Swimming World Cup, with Zhang Yufei celebrating her friendship with “the one who gives gifts” and Pan Zhanle suggesting he would like to form a relay team with the city’s swimmers. Hong Kong sent 20 swimmers to compete across the Shanghai,…
A veteran Hong Kong Olympian is poised to add another chapter to his sporting CV when he makes a belated Ironman World Championship debut in Hawaii on Saturday. Michael Tse, formerly the strength and conditioning head coach at Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI), rowed for the city in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He is a…
Fixes ypo in headline, not other changes Olympics-Coe, multi-millionaire Eliasch among seven candidates for IOC presidency Sept 16 – World athletics chief Sebastian Coe, multi-millionaire and Olympic newcomer Johan Eliasch and Zimbabwe’s Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry are among seven candidates for next year’s International Olympic Committee presidency election, the IOC said on Monday. IOC Vice…
Hong Kong Sports Commissioner Sam Wong Tak-sum has announced his resignation just a year after taking up the job. The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau said on Thursday night Wong had asked to resign for personal reasons, and it had agreed. Wong succeeded Yeung Tak-keung on August 22 last year and will now step down…