Asia Sports Weekly News Bulletin – ISSUE 87 Week of 19 October 2026
(1) Major Sports Events Committee awarded “M” Mark to three events
The Major Sports Events Committee has granted “M” Mark recognition to the Link Hong Kong Open 2026, the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes 2026 and the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2026.
(2) 2026 China Outdoor Sports Industry Conference’s Changping special session focuses on “Start Momentum · Coexistence · Gathering Strength”
The Changping special session of the 2026 China Outdoor Sports Industry Conference was held in Beijing’s Changping District, launching a three-year action plan and signing 14 cooperation projects.
(3) Hong Kong’s 80-strong team set for Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games; teacher-student duo as flag-bearers
Hong Kong has fielded 80 athletes in 10 sports at the 5th Asian Para Games. Taekwondo athlete Yeung Siu-kei and athletics sprinter Katie Wong Wing-hei served as joint flag-bearers at the opening ceremony.
(4) 18-year-old Jovi Ma Ka-yin won IBF Bowling World Cup men’s singles gold
Hong Kong’s 18-year-old Jovi Ma Ka-yin claimed the men’s singles title at the 2026 IBF Bowling World Cup in Munich, becoming only the second Hong Kong bowler to win the event after Wu Siu-hong in 2015.
(1) Major Sports Events Committee awarded “M” Mark to three events
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The Major Sports Events Committee (大型體育活動事務委員會) has awarded “M” Mark recognition to three upcoming international events: the Link Hong Kong Open 2026 (領展香港高爾夫球公開賽2026), the Hong Kong Sixes 2026 (香港六人板球賽2026) and the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2026 (保誠香港網球公開賽2026).
Committee chairman Wilfred Ng (吳守基) said the three high-level competitions will bring world-class athletes to Hong Kong. Venues will include Fanling Golf Course (粉嶺球場), Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground (天光道遊樂場) and the Victoria Park tennis centre court (維多利亞公園網球主場), showcasing Hong Kong’s ability to host a diverse range of international sports events.
He added that the events will deliver outstanding spectator experiences for residents and visitors alike and further strengthen Hong Kong’s position as a centre for major international sports events.
The “M” Mark scheme continues to serve as an important quality endorsement that helps organisers attract sponsorship, media coverage and international participation, reinforcing the city’s sports-event calendar across different disciplines.
News Source: https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1874030-20261015.htm
(2) 2026 China Outdoor Sports Industry Conference’s Changping special session focuses on “Start Momentum · Coexistence · Gathering Strength”
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The Changping special session of the 2026 China Outdoor Sports Industry Conference (中國戶外運動產業大會) was held at the Future Science City Waterfront Park (未來科學城濱水公園) in Beijing’s Changping District. Under the overall conference theme “Splendid Outdoor Sports, Sci-Tech Innovation Creates the Future (京彩戶外·科創未來),” the session centred on three chapters: “Start Momentum (啟勢),” “Coexistence (共生)” and “Gathering Strength (聚力).”
Secretary of the Changping District Committee Gan Jingzhong (甘靖中) and Deputy District Mayor Liu Xiaodong (劉曉東) released and explained the Changping District High-Quality Development Three-Year Action Plan for the Outdoor Sports Industry (昌平區戶外運動產業高質量發展三年行動計劃). The plan aims to turn Changping’s ecological and sci-tech advantages into a full-scenario outdoor sports destination, with a spatial layout of “two horizontals, four verticals and ten clusters (兩橫、 四縱、十組團).”
Fourteen key projects covering cycling, water sports, outdoor camps, smart equipment and international event operations were signed on site. A “City Partner Invitation Plan (城市合夥人邀約計劃)” was also launched, opening mountain, waterfront, greenway, park and venue resources to industry partners across eight directions.
News Source: https://www.tkww.hk/a/202610/16/AP6ad17edfe4b0e1e2ee73ceb7.html
(3) Hong Kong’s 80-strong team set for Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games; teacher-student duo as flag-bearers
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The 5th Asian Para Games is being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Hong Kong China has sent an 80-athlete delegation across 10 sports. Taekwondo athlete Yeung Siu-kei (楊肇麒) and athletics sprinter Wong Wing-hei (王穎晞) have been named joint flag-bearers for the opening ceremony.
Yeung, who previously competed in para athletics high jump, is switching to taekwondo (men’s –70 kg) as Hong Kong’s first Asian Para Games taekwondo representative. Wong, who has left-side weakness from a childhood fever, competes in the T36 100 m and 200 m. The pair are teacher and student at the same special school and support each other while sharing the responsibility of representing Hong Kong.
Wheelchair fencing legend Yu Chui-yee (余翠怡) will make her fifth consecutive appearance, competing in eight events and expressing confidence in the women’s team events. Former wheelchair fencer Chan Yui-chong (陳蕊莊) is returning in shooting (women’s P2 SH1 10 m air pistol).
The delegation’s size and breadth of sports underline Hong Kong’s continued investment in para-sport development and the depth of talent emerging from both elite and school-based pathways.
(4) 18-year-old Jovi Ma Ka-yin won IBF Bowling World Cup men’s singles gold
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Hong Kong’s 18-year-old Jovi Ma Ka-yin (馬嘉言) won the men’s singles title at the 2026 IBF Bowling World Cup (IBF保齡球世界盃) in Munich, Germany, becoming only the second Hong Kong bowler to claim the World Cup men’s singles crown after Wu Siu-hong (胡兆康) in 2015.
Competing in a best-of-three format, Ma topped Group A and defeated Dutch bowler Mathijs Beverdam in the semi-finals (211–202, 218–213). In the final, he edged France’s Gregory Rius 202–201 in the first game and 203–198 in the second to take the gold in straight games. Teammate Keith Mark Siu-ki (麥紹岐) exited in the quarter-finals.
The victory ends an 11-year wait for a Hong Kong World Cup men’s singles champion and marks a significant milestone for the territory’s tenpin bowling programme.
Ma’s success at such a young age highlights the strength of Hong Kong’s junior development pathway and is expected to raise the profile of the sport among a new generation of local players.
