Hong Kong officials hail return of rugby Sevens as ‘resounding success’, as Australia defy the odds to secure last-gasp win

Ticket sorted. Fancy dress sorted. Party head on! For those lucky enough to be heading to the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, on 5-7 April, this year's event should be even more memorable than any that have gone before in the last half a century - and that takes some doing, given its sporting bucket-list reputation as Mardis Gras meets…

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu was front and centre at Victoria Park Stadium on Sunday, presenting the victorious Andrey Rublev with his Hong Kong Tennis Open trophy and hailing the return of the "world-class sports event". Hong Kong's first ATP Tour event since 2002 has been widely praised, but it's the presence of Lee at the event and…

If only Peter Lau Pak-fai could bottle the glorious chaos that followed Romantic Warrior's awe-inspiring Cox Plate victory and bring it back for other Hong Kong owners to taste. It's no secret the Moonee Valley atmosphere is truly unique and the Cox Plate a truly special race, but the minutes that followed Hong Kong's first victory in the race were…

With only 1250 horses in training - or around 0.7 percent of the world's horse population - Hong Kong's racing once again displayed its world-class quality. Golden Sixty, the first horse in the history of Hong Kong racing to have secured three consecutive Horse of the Year crowns, and fellow Gr1 winners, Lucky Sweynesse and Romantic Warrior, are…

The Hong Kong Jockey Club posted another turnover record after Sunday season's finale at Sha Tin, with punters wagering HK$141.1 billion during the 2022-23 campaign. Turnover reached record heights for the third consecutive season, with this term's figure representing a 0.5 per cent increase on last year. "Under such a challenging economic…

SIX months after Hong Kong reopened to the world, the city still has a steep climb to reclaim its place as Asia's premier finance and tourism hub. Hong Kong, led by former policeman and now chief executive John Lee, has been pushing hard to revive the city's reputation with high-level events, new visas programmes to lure top talent, tax concessions…

British and Irish racing has been urged to have a greater presence at Hong Kong's two major meetings with the city fully open for business again after the pandemic. Sunday's £6.7 million FWD Champions Day will be Hong Kong's first international meeting since all restrictions were lifted, at which two British runners will take part. The Hong Kong…

The year 2022 could not have panned out more differently for the two Asian hubs. Hong Kong, which aligned itself with China's Zero COVID policy until quite recently, has seen its economy slow and professionals head for the exit; however, its fundamentals remain strong, and the city is known for nothing if not its resilience. And while Singapore…

HONG KONG - Canada lost a close game to Ireland before edging Kenya on Saturday at the Hong Kong Sevens, missing out on the Cup quarterfinals in the opening event of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. The Canadian men, who lost their opener 36-0 to Argentina on Friday, finished third in Pool D on Saturday after losing 19-17 to Ireland and beating…

HONG KONG - Canada lost a close game to Ireland before edging Kenya on Saturday at the Hong Kong Sevens, missing out on the Cup quarterfinals in the opening event of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. The Canadian men, who lost their opener 36-0 to Argentina on Friday, finished third in Pool D on Saturday after losing 19-17 to Ireland and beating…

Southeast Asia is Hong Kong's most potent economic hinterland outside the Chinese mainland, and there is no reason for countries in the region to view the city as a "zero-sum competitor". That was the underlying message from top officials and commentators who participated in the inaugural Hong Kong-Asean Summit 2022 organised by the Post. Yu…

Organisers of the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens were on Wednesday monitoring the weather forecast as Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae bore down on the city and forced the cancellation of the day's horse racing at Happy Valley. News that the Hong Kong Observatory had raised the typhoon signal No 8 on Wednesday afternoon prompted Hong Kong Jockey…

Hong Kong will stick with its push to reopen to the world unless a dangerous new virus variant emerges, said the city's top health official, while stressing the financial hub has an obligation to protect mainland China from major COVID-19 outbreaks. "We have to be prepared. Emerging diseases may come anytime," Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said…

Hong Kong will stick with its push to reopen to the world unless a dangerous new virus variant emerges, said the city's top health official, while stressing the financial hub has an obligation to protect mainland China from major Covid-19 outbreaks. "We have to be prepared. Emerging diseases may come anytime," Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said…

Hong Kong will stick with its push to reopen to the world unless a dangerous new variant emerges, said the city's top health official, while stressing the financial hub has an obligation to protect mainland China from major Covid-19 outbreaks. "We have to be prepared. Emerging diseases may come anytime," Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said in a…

Hong Kong will stick with its push to reopen to the world unless a dangerous new variant emerges, said the city's top health official, while stressing the financial hub has an obligation to protect mainland China from major Covid-19 outbreaks. HONG KONG (Sept 29): Hong Kong will stick with its push to reopen to the world unless a dangerous new…

After keeping racing going by locking down its key participants, the Jockey Club must now hope those same key participants are somehow exempt from the Hong Kong government's impending "lockdown". Hong Kong racing has withstood everything the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown at it so far, with not a meeting lost and turnover ballooning, but it will…

The 2021 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens will be postponed from April until November, the Post understands. An official announcement will be made by governing body World Rugby on Thursday. Originally slated for April 3-5, the decision comes as no surprise given Hong Kong is struggling to contain cluster outbreaks and untraceable infections in…

The Wednesday night races in Hong Kong's Happy Valley are typically a raucous ritual that can draw up to 20000 people to the course. But during the coronavirus pandemic, race day feels quite different. When the bell sounds and the horses break from the starting gates there is an eerie silence where there would usually be cheers and…

THE once wild child of world rugby - the Hong Kong Sevens - was born 40 years ago this weekend, aptly conceived over a boozy lunch as a promotional tool for a cigarette company. The first two days of that 1976 competition were special for Australia, in that they were the only times Australian teams have appeared at the famous event without being…