Thursday 30 July 2015

1600 HKSAR Name of the Day

Hard Tsui Chi-kin, 25, just quit his job as a surveying assistant at a construction site to train full-time for the next two years as he hopes to represent Hong Kong at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta (March 2015), Hong Kong

 Hard Tsui Chi-kin. Pic Felix Wong

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Tuesday 28 July 2015

1599 HKSAR Name of the Day

Addie Lin Chun-kwok, clerk, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Rare for males; Rare for females

Monday 27 July 2015

Goalkeeper with Heat Ray Superpower



Great sporting photos. The backdrop of the Guinness advertisement makes it appear the Paris Saint Germain goalkeeper (green) is using superpowers to stop the ball from going in.


Reference

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois blasts home unstoppable penalty for Chelsea as they beat PSG in friendly

English champions beat French counterparts in shootout after feisty 1-1 draw
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 26 July, 2015, 12:15pm



Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made two shoot-out saves and fired home the winner as the Blues downed Paris Saint Germain on penalties in an International Champions Cup friendly.
Ninety minutes of action saw the teams level at 1-1 after goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the first half and Victor Moses in the second.
Courtois saved the day for the Premier League champions, denying spot-kicks from Jean-Christophe Bahebeck and Thiago Silva before blasting the winner into the top corner for the 6-5 shoot-out triumph against the French champions.
Thibaut Courtois makes a save in the penalty shootout. Photo: AFP

It was a morale-boosting win for Chelsea, who fell 4-2 to Major League Soccer’s New York Red Bulls to open their pre-season North American tour.

The match between two clubs that clashed in the late stages of the Champions League the past two seasons got off to a tense start before a crowd of 61,224 at Bank of America Stadium, home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.

The first minute saw a run-in between Diego Costa and Paris defender Serge Aurier, while Ibrahimovic appeared to strike John Terry in the head a couple of minutes before scoring, although neither player was cautioned.
Diego Costa clatters into Serge Aurier. Photo: AFP Serge Aurier and Diego Costa have a friendly discussion. Photo: AFP

Paris Saint Germain went ahead in the 25th minute. After Matuidi won possession near the edge of the penalty area and fed Jean-Kevin Augustin. The teen talent’s shot hit the post and fell to Ibrahimovic, who slotted it into an unguarded net.
 Courtois replaced Begovic at halftime as both sides made multiple substitutions.
The Belgian turned away a 50th minute shot from Thiago Motta and as the half wore on Chelsea began to assert themselves.
Eden Hazard in action for Chelseas. Photo: AFP

After Cesc Fabregas and Lucas were off target, Moses combined with Fabregas for the equaliser in the 65th.
Radamel Falcao then came on for his first appearance for the Blues since signing a one-year loan deal in the wake of a disastrous one-year loan at Manchester United.
David Luiz with former Chelsea teammates Ramires and Willian. Photo: AFP

The Colombian looked sharp, and converted Chelsea’s first penalty of the shoot-out.
Chelsea play European Champions Barcelona in their last International Champions Cup match in Washington on Tuesday, while Paris Saint Germain take on Manchester United at Chicago’s Soldier Field on Wednesday.

Sunday 26 July 2015

Friday 24 July 2015

1597 HKSAR Name of the Day

Musetta Wu, director of sports, international and promotions, Hong Kong Cable Television, Hong Kong

see 0231 HKSAR Name of the Day

means "little bagpipe"

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Wednesday 22 July 2015

1596 HKSAR Name of the Day

Esa Leung Kit-ling, curator, Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong
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Monday 20 July 2015

1595 HKSAR Name of the Day

Rommy Cheung Wai, former association chairman and PADI course director, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Creation; Substitution

Saturday 18 July 2015

Thursday 16 July 2015

Tuesday 14 July 2015

1592 HKSAR Name of the Day

Delphine Wong, SCMP Letters, Hong Kong

Greek origin, and the meaning of Delphine is "dolphin"

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Sunday 12 July 2015

1591 HKSAR Name of the Day

Mamie Lau May-ming, senior environmental protection officer, Hong Kong Government

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Name Category: Rare; Phonetic-based?

Friday 10 July 2015

1590 HKSAR Name of the Day

Elinda Luk, Hospital Authority spokeswoman, Hong Kong

variant name of "Belinda"

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Wednesday 8 July 2015

1589 HKSAR Name of the Day

Clarus Chu Ping-shing, assistant conservation officer, World Wide Fund for Nature, Hong Kong

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Monday 6 July 2015

1588 HKSAR Name of the Day

Seneca Cheung, Apple Daily, Hong Kong

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Saturday 4 July 2015

1587 HKSAR Name of the Day

Keane Shum, social chairman, Hong Kong Club, Yale University
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Thursday 2 July 2015

1586 HKSAR Name of the Day

Marcellus Wong, deputy president, accounting association CPA Australia

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