Hong Kong football chiefs ‘not advanced enough, could be doing much better job’ – and city should legalise gambling on matches, national team star Philip Chan says

Philip Chan Siu-kwan says Hong Kong footballers are being failed by a local governing body lacking vision and urgency, and which “does things that cannot be explained”. One of Hong Kong’s stand-out performers at last month’s Asian Cup in Qatar, the Tai Po midfielder said the sport was “in a stalemate” in the city, and …

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Lionel Messi won’t have it easy in Hong Kong, says coach plotting to stop the GOAT and co – ‘we don’t want to play like a friendly’

Eclipsing the “GOAT” and his mates may seem an impossible task for Hong Kong’s invitational team as they face Inter Miami, but their coach insists they are not about to roll over. No matter that Lionel Messi, often dubbed the “greatest of all time”, has caused pandemonium on his arrival in the city. National team …

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