To develop sports and achieve internationally recognized results, you will need good athletes as well as (if more important than) a good coach. A decade ago, the Hong Kong Cycling Team was merely an also ran; today, it is the cradle of world champions....

Sports have already become an integral part of the modern education curriculum. The need to nurture a new breed of physical teachers has become even more important with the recent introduction of reforms to the local academic system.

Professor Amy H...

Beginning in the 1980s, the Hong Kong Table Tennis Team started to recruit talents from the mainland by targeting ex-players of China’s national team. In 1999, Ching Li joined this table tennis team to represent the Special Administrative Region. Li re...

The marathonis the most challenging long-distance running sport, and the struggle to complete 42.195km is a goal shared by many of its participants. Among those are two Hong Kong residents who are actively involved in the sport andextend their enthusia...

In Hong Kong, the science of sports has a brief history of twenty years, but its importance is increasingly felt with its latest developments. Its application is no longer confined to the medical treatment of injured athletes; rather, it is an importan...

Although most Hong Kong residents still take Rugby as a "foreign hobby", the fact is the Hong Kong Rugby Team has been recruiting an increasing number of ethnic Chinese players. Shun-Kei Fan and Salom Yiu are two of them who represented Hong Kong in th...

How can the Olympic spirit be sustained in between the Olympic Games?

Watson Ng has been teaching physical education for more than 30 years, and has devoted his efforts to promote the Olympic motto of “faster, higher, and stronger”. Over the years, ...

Dr. Si Gangyan is Head of Psychology Department at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. When members of the Hong Kong Table Tennis Team compete in overseas events to qualify for the Olympics, he traveled with them to offer on-the-site counseling support to ...

Under the leadership of Coach Shen Jiang-kong, the Hong Kong Cycling Team has vied for a decade and won several world champions. Members of the team are making final preparations for the London Olympics.

Will Choi Ki-ho or Kwok Ho-ting represent Hon...

In Hong Kong, badminton is one of the designated elite sports and the Hong Kong Badminton Team has achieved outstanding results in recent years. Six months ago, its coach Tim Ho started to strengthen training and lead them into international competitio...