Hong Kong football has suffered a hurtful blow after failing to obtain hosting rights for any of the next three East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) Championship finals. In an additional setback, the city will not stage the qualifying competition for next year’s tournament, after that honour was instead handed to Kaohsiung in Taiwan. Eric Fok …
But the immediate priority is to explore an untapped local talent pool, with a view to producing more homegrown players. Damian Dai, Eastern’s development director, said a direct switch to the Chinese Super League was never considered, because “it would be like jumping from primary school to university”. Eastern fielded six players aged 25 or …
“I have recently been playing in the Hong Kong team, and do not want to stop,” Li said. “The surroundings here are more comfortable for me. In mainland China, I was not feeling really happy. I was without my friends and family, and had no close support. Li Ngai-hoi has featured more regularly in Hong …
Having seen far too many one-sided games over the past two years, Andersen would split the top-flight midway through the season, so the to six and bottom five teams contest their own mini leagues in the second half of the campaign. The 61-year-old would scrap at least one of the three existing cup competitions – …
Hong Kong footballer Alex Jojo, who starred in the national team’s record-breaking run at this year’s Asian Games, has completed a transfer from Tai Po to IK Oddevold in Sweden. Defender Jojo, 24, who made five appearances at the Games in Hangzhou as the city’s under-23s reached the Asiad semi-finals for the first time, is …