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Captain Owen Bailey scored the extra-time winner as Newcastle United defended their HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens title after defeating Scotland’s Rangers 4-3 in a thrilling final at Hong Kong Football Club on Sunday.   In a repeat of the 2018 final, Rangers raced into a two-goal lead at half-time courtesy of a brace from Andrew Dallas only for Bailey […]

West Ham began the 20th edition of the annual seven-a-side competition with wins over HKFC Captain’s Select and London rivals Fulham before playing out a goalless draw against Portuguese debutants Portimonense in Group A at Hong Kong Football Club.   Sunday’s meeting with Brighton is the first step towards finally lifting the Main Cup trophy after final defeats by Atletico […]

Two-time Masters champions Citi All Stars made an unbeaten start to the 20th anniversary edition of the HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens at Hong Kong Football Club on Friday.   Citi All Stars, who lifted back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017 but were eliminated at the semi-finals last year, began their campaign with a 2-0 victory over hosts HKFC Chairman’s Select, with the […]

Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Ed Francis believes the English Premier League side can become HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens champions at the first time of asking as they prepare to make their debut at Hong Kong Football Club.  The Midlands club are one of three newcomers to the annual seven-a-side tournament alongside fellow English team Fulham and Portugal’s Portimonense, and […]

Few clubs can claim to have scaled such dizzy heights and suffered such lamentable lows as much as Wolverhampton Wanderers.  One of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888, Wolves, as they are universally known, are one of the most historic and successful clubs in the United Kingdom.  They are currently undergoing a huge resurgence […]

They cherish their home-grown heroes at Fulham. That much is confirmed by a visit to the London club’s Craven Cottage stadium.  Adjacent to the Grade II listed cottage, from which the stadium takes its name, is the Johnny Haynes Stand – renamed in honour of the flying forward who advanced through the ranks at Fulham […]

  Jose had a rare opportunity in that era, to go and study in London. Football had taken hold as the fashionable game of the time in the English capital, and the young Portuguese immediately fell in love with game. Back in Portugal, he showed all his father’s organisational acumen and dynamism by imparting his passion for the game among the young of Portimao, […]

Newcomers Fulham and Portimonense will face off in the group stage of the 2019 HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens following Wednesday’s draw for the 20th anniversary edition of the tournament at Hong Kong Football Club.   The English and Portuguese sides will be joined in Group A by competition regulars West Ham United and local outfit HKFC Captain’s Select for the tournament, […]

Portimonense will become the first team from Portugal to play at the HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens when the Primeira Liga side run out at Hong Kong Football Club in May during the 20th anniversary of the seven-a-side tournament. The side from Portimao in the Algarve region will join the likes of fellow newcomers Wolverhampton Wanderers […]

English duo Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fulham will make their debuts at this year’s HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens, adding to the challenge faced by defending champions Newcastle United as May’s seven-a-side tournament at Hong Kong Football Club celebrates its 20th anniversary. Six-time champions Aston Villa, two-time winners Leicester City, last year’s runners-up Rangers from Scotland as well as West Ham […]

  Newcastle United won the HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens title for the first time since 2012 on Sunday evening as the English Premier League club secured a 1-0 win in sudden-death extra-time over Glasgow Rangers.   Callum Roberts scored the winning goal midway through the four-minute four-on-four tie-breaker period after the final finished scoreless after […]

  Reigning champions Leicester City will meet last year’s beaten finalists Aston Villa in the quarter-finals of the HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens on Sunday after both sides advanced to the knockout phase of the 2018 edition.   Leicester City, who won the 2017 decider 3-0 to claim a second title in five years, finished in […]

Citi All Stars made the perfect start to the defence of their HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens Masters title on Friday evening as the two-time champions collected maximum points to hold a two-point point lead at the top of Group B at the end of the first day’s play.   A 3-0 win over Yau Yee […]

  HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens champions Leicester City go into the defence of their title at Happy Valley this weekend confident of retaining the trophy they won 12 months ago at Hong Kong Football Club.   Leicester City kick off their challenge for a third title in six years when they take on Singapore Cricket […]

  Luis Boa Morte compared his former manager Arsene Wenger to Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara due to the impact the Frenchman has had on football in England during more than two decades in the Premier League.   Wenger announced last week that he would be standing down at the end of the season from the […]