Hong Kong’s team will be out to at least match their performance at the Tokyo Games, but future growth may rely on expanding to new sports.

Players say less funding makes it hard to sustain careers, but their sport, which already had a stay of execution, fails Olympic criterion.

Second victory over the English in four days guarantees Japan’s best showing at the tournament.

Paul George, Jimmy Butler, James Harden and Kyle Kuzma put on a show as part of 12th Yao Foundation event at Asia World-Expo.

Co-captains say support has been hugely exciting and chance to return to ‘amazing’ Mong Kok Stadium motivation to beat Japan in last 8.

Pair will be joined by LA Clippers guard James Harden and Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma for exhibition game against Chinese Basketball Association select team.

The Games is in her blood and Kallie Wong is targeting a place at the 2028 edition in Los Angeles.

Ireland deal blow to hosts Hong Kong, then Japanese make their task more difficult by beating England.

But home team Hong Kong are on course, coach says, as they aim to better past showings.

Players gaining opportunities to further their education as lacrosse gains a foothold in a country more renowned for athletics.

Medallists’ achievements mask shortage of other contenders and lack of successors, while sporting bodies decline to discuss what comes next.

Women’s U20 Championship ‘will raise awareness’ of the sport, chairman of local governing body says as it eyes qualifiers for LA Games.

City’s team beat Jamaica on tournament’s opening day, but sterner test awaits next as they face England.

Hong Kong team and Macau Black Bears will join teams from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Philippines for East Asian Super League’s second season.

Tseng Tzu-chiang says Harry Potter author is ‘pride of Taiwan’ after she entered gender row surrounding Lin and Algeria’s Imane Khelif.

Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng beat Japan 3-0 to make it five from five for China in table tennis events.

Women’s team complete table tennis haul, while eight Aquatics Centre golds make the country the most successful in diving in Games history.

Wu Yu says she felt as though winning was her mission, and did not know if it would be her only chance to compete at a Games.

Li Qian and Atheyna Bylon will fight for the women’s 75kg title at Roland Garros on Sunday, with some remarkable resemblances between them.

Victory in Friday’s final against Sweden was the fourth men’s team gold for Ma over the course of a 12-year Olympic career.

Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin battle past Sweden to defend crown China has won at every Olympics since 2008.

Games ‘made me realise the difference’ between the best and the rest, but he vows to work to narrow the gap.

Chinese Taipei boxer will fight Poland’s Julia Szeremeta on Sunday with both gold and history on the line.

China are expected to achieve clean sweep of diving gold medals at this Olympics, thanks to likes of Quan Hongchan, Wang Zongyuan.

The Canadians had little chance against a good French team backed by partisan fans – moving to the next venue proved just as tough for some.

The 44-year-old Hongkonger officiated final match of his career in the women’s final before taking on a new job as the Referee Lead in Fiba 3x3.

She says her singles loss from a 2-0 lead was a turning point in the sixth seeds’ defeat by the No 15 team in the round of 16.

Even waiting to enjoy Noah Lyles’ victory meant battling 20,000 other people trying to get home.

An Se-young’s triumph in the women’s badminton singles South Korea’s first gold in the event since Bang Soo-hyun in Atlanta in 1996.

‘It’s unbelievable, the support for us,’ Wang said. ‘Whether they were here or watching us play live back home, they gave us strength.’