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Feb 10, 2025

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DeepSeek has raised the price of accessing its V3 model via API for the first time since it exploded in popularity last month.

Alibaba offers more DeepSeek AI models at low prices, denies investment rumours

Feb 10, 2025

Alibaba offers more DeepSeek AI models at low prices, denies investment rumours

Alibaba is giving clients access to six new DeepSeek models, while rejecting speculation that it is investing in the fast-rising start-up.

Asian Winter Games: Hong Kong end turbulent 36 hours with defeat, but quarter-finals await

Feb 10, 2025

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The men’s team lost 6-5 in overtime to Kyrgyzstan in the ranking round, but the last eight already represents an improvement on previous Games.

Olympic stars Siobhan Haughey, Cheung Ka-long lead Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards nominees

Feb 10, 2025

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The ‘one bright spark’ in Gillingham’s weekend defeat

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Gillingham’s furious manager John Coleman singled one player out for praise on an otherwise forgettable match at Barrow.

Gillingham edging towards the danger zone

Feb 10, 2025

Gillingham edging towards the danger zone

Gillingham manager John Coleman accepts that they’re heading towards a relegation battle on current form.

KentOnline’s team of the week

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Hong Kong Premier League ‘technically better’ than English Football League – Lee Man ace

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Englishman Ryan Tafazolli targets double glory and return to ‘level where I’ve previously been’ after shock loan switch from Wycombe.

Asian Winter Games: Hong Kong ice hockey players hurt in shocking attack by Turkmenistan rivals

Feb 9, 2025

Asian Winter Games: Hong Kong ice hockey players hurt in shocking attack by Turkmenistan rivals

The assault took place after Hong Kong’s men had beaten Turkmenistan 5-1 in a Group C clash in Harbin.

DeepSeek raises fear of a cold war powered by accessible AI

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The US must abandon its evidently futile tech sanctions on China and instead work with it to set clear rules governing AI use.

Asian Winter Games: China unearths new aerials star, Hong Kong’s Yung shines in men’s slalom

Feb 9, 2025

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Li Xinpeng leaves Olympic champion in the shade to claim gold with flawless final jump, China and South Korea skaters continue battle on ice.

Hong Kong Marathon: disqualified runners may face more action over bib swaps, officials say

Feb 9, 2025

Hong Kong Marathon: disqualified runners may face more action over bib swaps, officials say

Trio of mainland Chinese athletes pulled from half-marathon and 10km races, with organisers looking into agent’s actions.

China’s 3 big telecoms operators rush to integrate DeepSeek models into cloud services

Feb 9, 2025

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China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom will mainly use the DeepSeek models in their cloud services.

Hong Kong marathon: city’s fastest woman Virginia Lo Ying-chiu ‘emotional’ ahead of finish

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Lo, who went under two hours, 40 minutes for the first time in only her third full marathon, says ‘I wasn’t running alone today’.

Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon: Kenya men dominate; women’s No 1 rues failed record

Feb 9, 2025

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Bethwell Kipkemboi says ‘challenging’ countrymen were a spur; Belarus’ Volha Mazuronak ‘happy with win’ despite failure to beat 2019 time.

Hong Kong Marathon: bibs mix-up sees mainland pair disqualified, Kipkemboi wins main event

Feb 8, 2025

Hong Kong Marathon: bibs mix-up sees mainland pair disqualified, Kipkemboi wins main event

Half-marathon winner He Yingbing and runner-up Sun Xiaoyang stripped of finishes. Bethwell Kipkemboi seals men’s full title, Mazuronak first woman.

Chairman’s embarrassment at Gillingham performance

Feb 8, 2025

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Elon Musk says he doesn’t want to buy TikTok’s US business after all

Feb 8, 2025

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‘No idea, no passion, no fight, no drive, no desire’

Feb 8, 2025

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Gillingham manager John Coleman felt his team threw in the towel during the second half at Barrow and labelled the performance a disgrace.

Report: Gillingham’s season hits another low

Feb 8, 2025

Report: Gillingham’s season hits another low

Gillingham slipped further down the League 2 table after another disappointing performance.

Matchday Live: Barrow v Gillingham, Tonbridge v Worthing, Dartford v Hashtag

Feb 8, 2025

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Follow this afternoon’s football action in our live blog, including Gillingham’s trip to Barrow.

Hong Kong cyclists benefit from ‘classroom’ time to beat China for Asian relay medal

Feb 8, 2025

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Head coach Hervé Dagorne optimistic team can surpass two-medal target after six-week Australia camp.

‘Sky is the limit’ for Hong Kong cricketers, as World Cup quest continues against Bahrain

Feb 8, 2025

‘Sky is the limit’ for Hong Kong cricketers, as World Cup quest continues against Bahrain

Anshy Rath in buoyant mood following sublime undefeated 90 to see off Singapore, as city team hunt fourth straight win on Sunday.

Gillingham’s young defender sent out on loan

Feb 8, 2025

Gillingham’s young defender sent out on loan

Gillingham’s promising young defender Harry Webster has joined Chatham Town on loan.

Asian Winter Games: Li’s golden start, Gao’s speedy record cap China’s perfect day

Feb 8, 2025

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A late replacement for the injured Eileen Gu, Li Fanghui claims title of her own as China end day just ahead of South Korea in medal race.

Asian Winter Games: China’s Gao sets record after South Korea skaters make dominant start

Feb 8, 2025

Asian Winter Games: China’s Gao sets record after South Korea skaters make dominant start

Team lives up to dominant billing, taking first three short-track golds, before Chinese speedster Gao Tingyu gets hosts off the mark.

‘Cool sweepings’: Hong Kong curling team making their presence felt at Asian Winter Games

Feb 8, 2025

‘Cool sweepings’: Hong Kong curling team making their presence felt at Asian Winter Games

Winning a medal is the target for the team, who are making their debuts at this level – and would be a real coup for the ‘snowless city’.

Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon: plan for Kai Tak finish line at early stages only

Feb 7, 2025

Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon: plan for Kai Tak finish line at early stages only

The sports park could be chosen in future for the race, which will be run on Sunday in conditions likely to be conducive to breaking records.

Tech war: DeepSeek fires up AI deployments into PCs, robots and EVs amid US sanctions

Feb 7, 2025

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PC giant Lenovo, robotics firm UBTech and EV maker Geely are among the major Chinese hi-tech manufacturers adopting DeepSeek technology.

Singapore Smash: China table tennis women sweep last-4 spots, Frenchman spoils men’s party

Feb 7, 2025

Singapore Smash: China table tennis women sweep last-4 spots, Frenchman spoils men’s party

Last two Japanese players fall, while Alexis Lebrun, who won a team bronze at the Paris Olympics, is only non-Chinese singles player left.

DeepSeek warns of fake social media accounts as AI app’s popularity soars

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The Chinese AI start-up has urged the public to be vigilant of accounts posing as its founder or selling cryptocurrencies in its name.

Liverpool to play pre-season game in Hong Kong, sources say, EPL trio linked to event

Feb 7, 2025

Liverpool to play pre-season game in Hong Kong, sources say, EPL trio linked to event

Multiple sources say Premier League leaders have committed to playing a game in the city this summer, with all-British tie also in works.

Hong Kong waiting for ex-Blackburn star, as defender’s passport application rumbles on

Feb 7, 2025

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Jay Haddow relinquishing English and Japanese citizenship to qualify as local for Premier League Kitchee.

Asian Winter Games opens with ‘distinctly Chinese, uniquely Asian and spectacular’ display

Feb 7, 2025

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Short-track speed skater Lam Ching-yan and alpine skier Adrian Yung named city’s flag bearers, represent ‘new generation’ of athletes.

New Gillingham signings make an instant impression on the manager

Feb 7, 2025

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Gillingham’s transfer deadline-day signings made a positive impression on the manager before they’d even kicked a ball for the team.

Gillingham’s manager will raid the youth team if needed

Feb 7, 2025

Gillingham’s manager will raid the youth team if needed

Gillingham’s youth players will be called upon by the manager if he doesn’t get the right response from his senior professionals.

Dack’s desperate to bring the good times back to Gillingham

Feb 7, 2025

Dack’s desperate to bring the good times back to Gillingham

Attacking midfielder Bradley Dack thinks relegation talk is nonsense and remains driven to try and bring success to Gillingham.

Football fixtures and results

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