Foot & Soccer Soccer Match Reports, Football News 
March 31 – Liverpool will tour Asia for his or her pre-season, with marquee fixtures in Hong Kong and Japan. The Reds haven’t certified for the Membership World Cup and aren’t within the Premier League’s Summer time Sequence, each of that are within the US this summer time.
The centrepiece of the tour will likely be a conflict with AC Milan on the brand-new Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong, marking the primary soccer fixture on the state-of-the-art 50,000-seat venue. The stadium is the flagship of the HK$30 billion Kai Tak Sports activities Park (KTSP) mission, which is about to rework Hong Kong into a number one vacation spot for worldwide sports activities and leisure.
KTSP has already secured main company backing, with world lodge group Marriott Bonvoy not too long ago unveiled because the venue’s unique Founding Resort Accomplice. The multi-year deal follows HSBC’s appointment as Premier Founding Accomplice in January, underscoring the monetary enthusiasm behind the event. Each partnerships fall beneath the ‘Championing Hong Kong’ initiative, designed to place the town as a worldwide hub for sports activities, tradition, and tourism — which appears to have taken its subsequent step in fashion.
The stadium formally opened with Hong Kong’s flagship Rugby Sevens event final week.
Liverpool beforehand visited Hong Kong in 2017 and performed in Singapore final 12 months. The tour will conclude in Japan, with match particulars nonetheless to be confirmed.
Ben Latty, Liverpool’s chief industrial officer stated: “We’re very grateful to our principal associate, Normal Chartered, for his or her help in sponsoring the Normal Chartered Trophy towards AC Milan, 20 years on from that magical evening in Istanbul.
“It’s an excellent honour for us to benefit from the award-winning and first-rate hospitality of Japan Airways, our official airline associate, to fly us in consolation and guarantee our pre-season tour begins and ends in one of the simplest ways potential.”
Whereas in Asia, Liverpool can even take part in area people initiatives and cultural actions in addition to host supporter occasions with membership legends.
Mary Huen, CEO of Normal Chartered Hong Kong, stated: “As the principle membership associate of Liverpool Soccer Membership and the principle sponsor of the Normal Chartered Trophy – Hong Kong, we’re thrilled to carry the Reds again to Asia this July.
“At Normal Chartered, partnerships are in our DNA. We’re due to this fact delighted to current this occasion with our long-term associate Liverpool FC – one of many world’s most profitable soccer golf equipment – in our financial institution’s vastly necessary market, Hong Kong.”
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