[2022年7月22日，香港]: 香港男子十五人欖球代表隊落實23人大軍名單，準備於7月23日（星期六）在澳洲舉行的「十五人欖球世界盃2023」亞洲區外圍賽中迎戰湯加。勝出者將直接入圍明年在法國舉行的世界盃，而負方則需轉戰國際遺材賽，與其他三支國家隊爭奪最後的一張入場券。 港隊主帥伊雲斯（Lewis Evans）決定派出與上一仗亞錦賽險勝南韓時的陣營，並只作出了少許改動，大軍將於明日澳洲時間下午五時半（香港時間下午三時半）對陣湯加。 人腳的改動主要是後排的球員，伊雲斯堅持採用麥菲史密夫（Callum McFeat-Smith）、普斯（Alexander Post）和所羅蒙拿（Faisal Solomona）為前鋒。鎖鋒馬克派俄（Mark Prior）因傷缺陣，讓根寧咸（James Cunningham）與柏迪贊堅臣（Patrick Jenkinson）並肩作戰。在南韓之戰的後備球員雲達史密（Luke van der Smith）將與占士梳亞（James Sawyer）和隊長夏斯迪（Josh Hrstich）為後排前鋒。 拜恩菲立斯（Bryn Phillips）在今仗中先在後備席準備，甘比斯（Jack Combes）、麥尼殊（Gregor McNeish）和曉士（Glyn Hughes）則負責守住中場。曉湯姆（Tom Hill）和賓布蘭（Ben Axten Burrett ）將再次成為中鋒拍檔，而薜班頓（Guy Spanton）取代希臣史密夫（Charles Higson-Smith）成為側翼鋒，禾爾尼（Matt Worley）、迪堤亞尼（Nathan DeThierry）一起為後衛。 後備席的球員包括艾法列治（Ian Etheridge）、扁確特（Jamie Pincott）、蘇利雲（Kyle Sullivan）、G. 黎曼治（Gregor Ramage）、彭迪爾（Will Panday）和拜恩菲立斯。 在上一仗對陣南韓時，港隊大部分時間只以14人應戰，但仍能堅忍地取勝，今場對陣湯加的挑戰更大，港隊在過去幾星期都在澳洲進行訓練。湯加目前世界排名第16位，領先香港5位，雖然敗陣並不會讓香港進軍世界盃夢碎，但明日之戰是港隊為香港欖球總會（欖總）第70個賽季創造歷史性時刻的最佳機會。 主帥伊雲斯並沒有忘記今場比賽的性質，說：「為了今場比賽，我們一直迎難而上。我們需要安排五個不同航班才能讓35名球員和工作人員從南韓飛到這裡，這本身已是一個艱巨的任務。但最重要的是說明港隊並不會浪費任何機會，我們都會盡力証明自己的價值。」 伊雲斯在賽前表示：「我們即將面對世界欖球中最強的球隊之一湯加，他們擁有出色的欖球傳統和歷史，也參加過多屆欖球世界盃，而且他們的成員都是效力不同國家的頂尖球員，擁有非常豐富的經驗。 但這並沒有令我們畏懼，我們將之看為一個讓香港進軍世界盃的機會，令人十分興奮。從南韓一仗中我們也有所得益，那是相差一分的險勝，所以我們知道球隊需要進步才能擊敗湯加，我們都認清了這一點。」 如果將輸贏撇開不說，也許欖總的最大成就是受疫情影響三年後，仍能派出一支球隊出戰。 欖總總經理候祖瑟芬（Jo Hull）表示：「在亞洲欖球錦標賽中戰勝南韓不單是一場勝利，而是向球員、球隊和球迷表示，即使採用混兵策略，我們仍然能取得成功。 香港的球員可以看到這支球隊取得的成就，並知道他們可以繼續上班上學，繼續在香港出戰超級欖球聯賽，或者可以長駐海外仍有機會效力港隊；這就是意義所在，創造了欖總的新一頁。」 出戰「十五人欖球世界盃 2023」亞洲區外圍賽之香港男子十五人欖球代表隊名單： 1. Callum McFeat-Smith 2. Alexander Post 3. Faizal Solomona 4. James Cunningham 5. Patrick Jenkinson 6. James Sawyer 7. Luke van der Smit 8. Josh Hrstich （隊長） 9. Jack Combes 10. Gregor McNeish 11. Guy Spanton 12. Tom Hill 13. Ben Axten-Burrett 14. Matt Worley 15. Nathan DeThierry 16. John McCormick-Houston 17. Ashton Hyde 18. Ian Etheridge 19. Jamie Pincott 20. Kyle Sullivan 21. Gregor Ramage 22. Bryn Phillips 23. Will Panday Information and photo source : Elite Step Asia / HKRU

WTT 匈牙利支線賽 女子雙打決賽 李晧晴/朱成竹 vs Choi Hyojoo/Lee Zion(韓國）3：2勝獲得冠軍。 香港隊將乘搭TK70於7月23日下午5時25分抵港。 資料及相片來源 : 香港乒乓總會

為慶祝香港特別行政區成立25周年活動：「香港哥爾夫球會同樂日」將於 7 月 24 日 (星期日) 上午 10 時至下午 6 時舉行。 粉嶺舊場將會開放給公衆參觀，讓大家在綠油油的百年林蔭古樹中悠閒漫步，盡情「森」呼吸。 同樂日活動豐富，包括 哥爾夫 和 活木球 體驗、 攀樹 活動及兒童遊戲區 ，活動不限年齡，適合一家大小參與。大家亦歡迎參觀球場内的蝴蝶園和非洲盾臂龜區 。 大會提供來回上水站（C出口）及粉嶺球會之免費穿梭巴士服務。 所有12歲或以上之入場人士需符合「疫苗通行證」要求。有興趣參加之人士必須於球會網站 (https://www.hkgolfclub.org/cms/?p=44773&lang=zh-hans) 進行預先登記，當天方能進場。 預先登記將於7月20日(星期三)上午10時開始，預先登記之名額以先到先得方式分配。因應2019冠狀病毒病公共衞生防護措施，如預先登記之人數超越場地容量，預先登記將會停止。 所有活動費用全免。 資料及相片來源 : 香港哥爾夫球會 ＃香港哥爾夫球會同樂日 ＃香港哥爾夫球會 ＃HongKongGolfClub

【2022年7月20日 - 香港】香港排球總會於2022年7月16日假香港浸會大學附屬學校王錦輝中小學傅浩堅教授演講廳舉辦「第三屆亞洲女排挑戰盃香港代表隊答謝及分享會」。香港女子成年排球代表隊日前於泰國佛統舉行的第三屆亞洲女排挑戰盃中勇奪冠軍，創出港隊於國際比賽的最好成績。總會為此特別安排答謝及分享會，並邀請到奪冠成員、一眾嘉賓及各個支援團隊的代表出席，當中包括香港浸會大學附屬學校王錦輝中小學校監傅浩堅教授BBS, MH, JP、香港浸會大學附屬學校王錦輝中小學總校長陳偉佳博士、香港中文大學醫學院助理院長(校友事務)兼香港排球總會義務醫療顧問容樹恒教授MH, JP，以及專業體能團隊代表李韋煜博士等。 香港排球總會會長吳守基先生GBS, MH, JP致辭時感謝香港女子成年排球隊及教練團在過去幾年的努力，並代表總會感謝香港浸會大學附屬學校王錦輝中小學借出場地支持港隊作恆常訓練基地；感謝容樹恒教授擔任總會義務醫療顧問，以及雷雄德博士擔任義務科研顧問，指兩位專家在港隊的科學化訓練上提供了寶貴的專業意見。容教授領導的中大運動醫學團隊為港隊球員在這段期間的支援，加上專業體能團隊的體能訓練，令球員迅速提升狀態，在今次比賽取得驕人成績。 香港浸會大學附屬學校王錦輝中小學校監傅浩堅教授BBS, MH, JP祝賀女子成年排球代表隊於比賽中奪冠，認為這次成績再次證明了香港運動員的實力，校方將繼續借出場地予港隊練習；香港中文大學醫學院助理院長(校友事務)兼香港排球總會義務醫療顧問容樹恒教授MH, JP致辭時感謝總會邀請他擔任義務醫療顧問，並代表中大運動醫學團隊感謝總會及港隊提供平台予團隊有學習及實際操作的機會。 香港女子成年排球代表隊副隊長余映姿代表一眾隊友致感謝辭，感謝總會一直以來的支持，亦向教練團隊、醫療團隊、專業體能團隊以及提供恆常場地的王錦輝中小學表達謝意；同時她代表隊伍感謝香港隊的支持者，承諾將來會繼續努力練習，盡力於比賽中取得最好的成績。隨後，總會會長吳守基先生GBS, MH, JP及執行委員會主席暨香港代表隊事務委員會主席趙文憲先生送贈紀念品予女子成年排球隊，以嘉許參賽隊員及教練團的努力。 香港排球總會將繼續支持本地排球以及香港排球代表隊之發展，並希望日後能為港隊爭取更多參與國際比賽之機會；除本次香港女子成年排球代表隊出賽外，香港男子成年排球代表隊將於8月出戰同樣於泰國舉行的亞洲盃男子排球賽，而香港男子青年排球代表隊亦會參加巴林里法舉行的第21屆亞洲男子U20排球錦標賽，總會希望各隊伍能於比賽中盡展所長，爭取佳績。 資料及相片來源 : 香港排球總會

It’s the big game on Saturday, Hong Kong versus Tonga! Cluch have acquired the rights for the game and for fans within Hong Kong, you can watch for free! Info below and sign up for the stream here: https://cluch.tv/TO_v_HK 本週六，港隊將繼續爭取世界盃入場劵，迎戰東加！ 體育串流平台Cluch 將提供免費直播予本地球迷，㩒入上面連結，睇直播支持港隊！ Information and photo source : HKRU

2022年11月19日 許建德及區天駿成逾200名參賽車手中僅有香港代表兩人分途出戰不同級別，許建德參加金盃賽，區天駿出戰Pro-Am盃兩位車手目標均鎖定冀成為首位香港車手嬴得比利時著名年度大賽組別冠軍 兩名香港賽車代表許建德及區天駿，落實參加年度最大型的GT賽，比利時斯帕24小時耐力賽（24 Hours of Spa）。許建德（Jonathan）將代表Sky Tempesta Racing參加金盃賽（Gold Cup），區天駿（Antares）則代表Herberth Motorsport爭奪Pro-Am盃。這兩位港將將會是超過200名來自不同國家參賽的僅有香港代表。連續進行24小時的耐力賽，將在7月28–31日舉行。 挑戰Pro-Am盃的區天駿，將與澳門車手謝榮鍵（Kevin），保時捷廠車手Jaxon Evans和Dylan Pereira 加盟德國車隊Herberth Motorsport，駕駛9號保時捷911 GT3-R赴戰。這隊伍組合匯聚豐富的保時捷比賽經驗，於今年二月的亞洲利曼系列賽（Asian Le Mans Series）閉幕戰，由Antares駕駛同一台戰車勇奪亞軍。Antares希望能延續勢頭，在全球矚目的耐力賽事為香港爭光。 另一位參賽的香港車手許建德，在2021年賽季成功為香港贏得第一個GT世界挑戰賽歐洲賽（GT World Challenge Europe）年度總冠軍錦標，取得耐力賽盃Pro-Am組別的冠軍。去季他與英國車隊Sky Tempesta Racing達成此項創舉，今季亦再度效力該支車隊參賽，並從過往的法拉利轉換成新的平治-AMG戰車。與去季不同，Jonathan於今年的斯帕24小時賽將轉戰金盃賽事（Gold Cup），將會再次聯同兩位合作無間隊友Christopher Froggatt及Eddie Cheever，以及新加入的Loris Spinelli組成4人陣容，以93號的Sky Tempesta Racing平治-AMG GT3為戰駒參賽。這場比賽同時亦是今年GT世界挑戰賽歐洲賽賽季的其中一站，許建德與其隊友希望能在比利時站上盡可能取得積分，他們在開季首兩站賽事上並不輕鬆，目前在積分榜上排在第9位。 斯帕24小時耐力賽在比利時經典的Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps賽道上舉行，這條著名的賽道長久以來被車手及觀眾愛戴。長達7公里沿山而建的賽道夾雜著高低起伏的中速及高速彎角，對駕駛和技術要求比眾多賽道更嚴謹。每年參賽陣容囊括各大車廠隊伍，包括雅士頓馬田、奧迪、賓利、寶馬、法拉利、林寶堅尼、麥拿侖、平治-AMG及保時捷。群雄爭奪，被公認為賽車壇最矚目賽事之一。斯帕賽道天氣多變聞名，考驗車隊及車手們的應變能力，為緊湊的年度大戰更添刺激。Jonathan與Antares兩位香港車手為此賽已備戰多時，日內將起程赴比利時作賽前最後整備，期望能夠為香港赢取各所屬組別殊榮。 許建德 | 93號 Sky Tempesta Racing 平治-AMG GT3 車手 「這是我個人第4次參加斯帕24小時賽，看來亦將會是最具挑戰的一次。今季的金盃賽已被認為是競爭極其強烈的組別，所有參賽車手實力都非常強，再加上今次會有合共超過60部賽車參賽，能夠避開所有不利狀況順利完賽是致勝關鍵。今年我們的上半季比賽已漸熟習新的平治-AMG GT3戰車，相信能夠在這此大賽中有所發揮。」 區天駿 | 9號 Herberth Motorsport 保時捷911 GT3-R車手 「我很高興第3次參加斯帕24小時。累積前兩屆實戰經驗，我和Jaxon，Dylan，及Kevin會揮出100%力量應付這場千變萬化的比賽。斯帕耐力賽對車手表現、隊員默契及車隊技術水平，每項都是頂級挑戰。我在二月份亞洲利曼錦標賽熟悉了這部保時捷911 GT3-R的脾性，車隊和隊友也於上月官方試車日作了良多技術改善和戰略調整，務求比賽中遇強越強。斯帕大賽歷年來都是變化莫測，我們會專注直前，把握每個大小機會。」 比利時斯帕24小時耐力賽賽程表（GMT+2 時區） 7月28日，星期四 1050 - 1220：自由練習 1615 - 1715：排位預賽 2040 - 2200：排位賽 2220 - 2350：晚間練習 7月29日，星期五 1820 - 1850：熱身 1900 - 1930：Superpole 超級排位賽 7月30日，星期六 1645：比賽開始 7月31日，星期日 1645：比賽完結 Information and photo source : CBR Media

ANTÓNIO FÉLIX DA COSTA WINS SECOND RACE IN NEW YORK CITY E-PRIX DOUBLE-HEADER: ROUND 12 OF THE ABB FIA FORMULA E WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP * Da Costa scores first win of the season for DS TECHEETAH in New York City E-Prix Round 12 as the Formula E title race takes another turn * Second place for Stoffel Vandoorne propels the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team driver to the top of the Drivers’ World Championship * Mitch Evans takes third place and closes the gap on Edoardo Mortara who could only claim a point for a 10th place finish * Both New York City E-Prix races are a sellout for the first time NEW YORK CITY, USA. Sun. 17 July 2022 – António Félix da Costa led from the start to Chequered Flag in the second race of the New York City E-Prix double-header, the first victory of the season for da Costa and his DS TECHEETAH team. Stoffel Vandoorne (Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team) came home second in Round 12 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to move ahead of Edoardo Mortara (ROKiT Venturi Racing) at the top of the Drivers’ World Championship standings. A third place finish for Mitch Evans of Jaguar TCS Racing also closed the gap on Edoardo Mortara to five points after Mortara was limited to 10th place and a single point. A braking problem in Qualifying had marooned Mortara at the back of the grid. In front of a second sell-out crowd on the scorching Brooklyn Street Circuit, Portuguese da Costa sprinted away from first on the grid and fended off the attentions of Alexander Sims (Mahindra Racing) early on before Vandoorne applied pressure later in the race. The Mercedes-EQ driver could find no way through, with da Costa expertly controlling his car’s energy and position all the way to the Chequered Flag. Mitch Evans wound up third, holding on to a mid-race half-spin as he tried to break into the top. Evans hit a bump in the Turn 6 braking zone and caught a huge sideways slide to keep it out of the wall and drop only to fifth. By the Chequered Flag he had fought his way back to third and silverware, with Sims following home in fourth for Mahindra Racing. Sam Bird's scrap to fifth position from 16th on the grid left the Jaguar garage in raptures and reignited their Teams' World Championship push. Robin Frijns rounded out the top six for Envision Racing. Nyck de Vries (Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team) was next over the line in seventh, with Jake Dennis (Avalanche Andretti) in eighth, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team’s André Lotterer in ninth and Mortara recovering for a valuable point in 10th. With just four rounds to go, Vandoorne returns to the top of the Drivers' World Championship, with an 11-point margin over prior leader Mortara. Evans is five points further back in third with Jean-Éric Vergne unable to score, the Frenchman sits 27 points shy of the top. Mercedes-EQ is top of the Teams' running, ten points up on DS TECHEETAH It’s London calling for the next stop in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The London E-Prix double-header on 30 and 31 July is a unique event in the Formula E calendar with an outdoor/indoor track running through events venue ExCeL London. Following Rounds 13 and 14 in London, it’s the Season 8 climax in South Korea with the first-ever Seoul E-Prix double-header of races concluding the biggest-ever 16-race calendar. ANTÓNIO FÉLIX DA COSTA, DS TECHEETAH, #13 said: “I love it! This is a little bit like our Monaco, it is such an incredible city and to win here - I finished second and third here in the past - but to win this one today is amazing, especially given where we were coming from after such a tough start to the season. I love this, I love the struggle and to keep proving everyone wrong, working with my guys and keep on improving and finding ourselves better, and here we are standing as a winner this season again, amazing. Thank you so much to the team, FANBOOST, everybody, I love it. "The guys behind were keeping me honest the whole way. I didn't have a lot of information how we were doing on energy, so I was just trying to stick to my targets and I was mentally ready to fight, if I have to lose a position I would, but I really wanted this win and I could see with like ten laps to go what Stoff had and that I could keep him behind if I made no mistakes. The track was picking the grip a lot, cars starting to oversteer, very hard not to make mistakes, but I am so happy with this. "(It is our) first win of the season. We have worked so hard man, these guys called me out to Paris and I spent weeks in the sim. It's boring, it sucks! But I need to thank them as well. I know I am the one lifting the trophy now but I couldn't do it without the 18 guys behind me, back in Paris as well. I am so happy and to do it with all the fans is amazing. The end lap was really amazing.” STOFFEL VANDOORNE, MERCEDES-EQ FORMULA E TEAM, #5 said: “It is a great result today, and overall the weekend was a great result. P4 yesterday, P2 today, and especially after what happened yesterday with the big crash, the team had to change a complete new chassis and rebuild a new car overnight. They gave me a good one again today, so thanks to them. This result is definitely for them. It has been a good weekend for us in New York. "I have always had consistency, obviously last season with the more random qualifying format it was difficult to show, but I think this year it is possible to excel a little more. So far we have been on a very good run, but we can't back it down because competition is super strong - Antonio's first victory today - Mitch was super strong again in the race, he was hunting us down. It comes down to small details, we need to keep on top of it.” MITCH EVANS, JAGUAR TCS RACING, #9 said: “When you're in the title fight you have got to get stuck in when your back is against the wall. There was the time I got the pothole and the car went, and I thought 'that's it we are over'. Before that I thought it was a pretty cheap move from Nyck to try and overtake me, obviously he is trying to help his teammate but it was one of those moves where I had to get out of the way or we make contact, and he obviously hits Alexander as well. Anyway it is the way it is, it is all strategy and tactics at the end of the day, but its not really my taste but even after that I am pretty sure the car was damaged after the big moment, and I thought I was out to be honest. The pace was good today, and without Nyck sticking up the inside of me I thought we would have won today. "It is all part of the game, when you play your next move, sometimes it comes continuously but sometimes you need to wind it up for a few laps. Alexander was quick today in qualy, he got me in the Duels, and fairplay to them they were strong in the race and held their own. We had a really good pace today, unfortunately the win slipped away from us, but the pace was strong and that is encouraging.” Information and photo source : Formula E and the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship

In Sunday’s final in Ankara, the reigning European champions hammered out a 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-22) win over Brazil and left the South Americans with a third consecutive VNL silver. Earlier on Sunday, Serbia made their first-ever VNL podium after winning the bronze medal match, also in straight sets. The reigning world champions bounced back from their semifinal loss to Brazil on Saturday and claimed a hard-fought 3-0 (27-25, 25-17, 26-24) victory over Finals hosts Türkiye. Egonu on fire as Italy claim gold Italian star opposite Paola Egonu once again led her team as the best scorer of the final match. This time she tallied 21 points, including three blocks, towards the three-set victory. Outside hitter Caterina Bosetti added another 11. Opposite Kisy Nascimento was Brazil’s best scorer on 14 points, followed by captain Gabriela Guimaraes on 11. A five-point run, including three kills by Egonu and a block by middle Cristina Chirichella, helped Italy open a wide early 10-3 lead in the first set. Brazil scored some great points trying to get back on track, like an ace by middle blocker Ana Carolina Da Silva for 17-13, or an overpass kill by Gabi for 23-20, but what could have really served as a momentum changer was a three-point series with an ace from Gabi and monster blocks from Kisy and Carol for 23-22. However, it was still not enough to completely catch up. Italian middle Anna Danesi took advantage of a free ball mistake on the opponents’ side to hammer the overpass for a 24-22 set point. Two serving errors later, the set was over at 25-23 Italy’s way. The second set was quite close until Bosetti’s gentle touch widened the margin to three, 12-9 Italy’s way. Shortly after, great hits through the middle by Danesi and Chirichella and a couple of spiking errors by Brazil in between extended it further from 12-10 to 16-10. Once again, Brazil kept fighting to partially close that gap, but were never able to recover completely. Egonu attacked between the blocker’s hands to bring in set point at 24-21. A rally later, sub-in setter Ofelia Malinov surprised the opponents with a ball over on two to close the set at 25-22. Italy were able to break away again right after the technical timeout, which came at 12-11 Brazil’s way. A solid hit by outside Elena Pietrini was followed by kill blocks from Egonu and Danesi and a successful swing from Bosetti for 15-12. With sub-in Ana Cristina de Souza pumping additional fuel to the Brazilian offence, the South Americans were able to battle their way back to a 20-20 level. But that was as far as the Italians would let them go. They regained control of the scoreboard. Egonu’s off-the-block hit delivered the match point at 24-22 and Chirichella produced the match winner with a monster block for 25-22. Serbians beat hosts to win bronze Serbian outside hitter Sara Lozo was on fire with a 62% success rate in attack and a kill block towards a 19-point match high, followed by cross-court teammate Bianka Busa with 14 points and opposite Ana Bjelica with 12 in the bronze medal game. Turkish opposite Ebrar Karakurt was her team’s most prolific player with 14 points, while middle blocker Zehra Gunes added another 13, including five blocks. The VNL action doesn’t stop here, however, with the men’s competition in Bologna running 20-24 July. For more information on the VNL finals visit the Volleyball World website. Information and photo source : Volleyball World

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