Hong Kong · Sports & events

The city's rugby weekend lands in spring and now fills the stadium at Kai Tak Sports Park. Tickets go by ballot months ahead and resell hard.

Wednesday evening meetings in a floodlit valley ringed by tower blocks, running through the season from roughly September to July. Public enclosure entry costs about HK$10.

The Hong Kong Premier League runs across the cooler months, with matches at Hong Kong Stadium and Mong Kok; the city marathon fills the tunnels in winter.

Crews race off Stanley and Aberdeen at the Tuen Ng festival in early summer. The rest of the year, the hiking trails are the free participatory sport.