Kenyan runners dominated the men’s race in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday, while the winner of the women’s race, Belarus’ Volha Mazuronak, was unable to achieve her target of knocking down her 2019 city record. Bethwell Kipkemboi was the first across the line on a chilly morning in Victoria Park, finishing in…
Bethwell Kipkemboi won Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday, and Kenya’s men took the first three places on a day when visitors dominated the city’s flagship athletics event. Kipkemboi crossed the line at Victoria Park in two hours, 11 minutes and 13 seconds, with Kennedy Kipyeko taking second in 2:11:35. Their compatriot Vincent Kiprono…
Hong Kong is set to record its coldest day of this winter on Sunday, with the Observatory forecasting temperatures will fall to a low of 9 degrees Celsius [48.2 Fahrenheit] under the influence of an intense monsoon. The coldest day recorded so far this winter was January 12, when the mercury fell to 11 degrees…
Vendors at Hong Kong’s largest Lunar New Year fair are slashing their prices on flowers and other goods to clear stock, reporting weaker sales on the final day of operations, while some visitors have said they are spending cautiously. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po visited the 395-stall fair at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay on…
Flower vendors at the Lunar New Year market in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park have reported poorer sales compared with last year despite the higher footfall, but trendy accessories and snake-themed paraphernalia have proved a hit with shoppers. The 395-stall Victoria Park Chinese New Year Market, the city’s largest, was bustling with shoppers on Saturday, with…
Flower vendors at the Lunar New Year market in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park have reported poorer sales compared with last year despite the higher footfall, but trendy accessories and snake-themed paraphernalia have proved a hit with shoppers. The 395-stall Victoria Park Chinese New Year Market, the city’s largest, was bustling with shoppers on Saturday, with…
Hong Kong’s tennis chief said the city has the potential to become a tennis hub for not just the Greater Bay Area but also of Asia. Michael Cheng Ming-git, president of the Hong Kong, China Tennis Association, also hinted that more players would come to Hong Kong to train ahead of, or amid, tournaments around…
The organiser of the Kerry Hong Kong Streetathon 2024 has expressed regret after up to 30 half-marathon participants were believed to have run an extra 9km (5.6 miles) due to a mix-up by volunteers at Sunday’s annual race. Andes Leung Pak-hang, CEO and co-founder of race organiser RunOurCity Foundation, said on Monday that more could…
One of the world’s greatest tennis coaches, Toni Nadal, has issued a personal rallying cry to Coleman Wong Chak-lam, as the Hong Kong prospect weighs up how to build on an up-and-down 2024. Wong will begin his 2025 campaign at the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open, after organisers awarded the local star a…
A domestic worker who was taught how to swim by a charity will join a relay team composed of former Olympians in making a 45km (28 miles) journey in the waters around Hong Kong Island to raise money for the underprivileged to have free swimming lessons. Josephine Tolentino, a 54-year-old from the Philippines who has…