'We focused on playing despite anthem saga'
The Hong Kong women's ice hockey team has returned to the SAR on Tuesday, after winning a gold medal at the world championships in Romania.  Team Hong Kong came in first after winning four out of five matches at the Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division III – Group A. Team captain Adrienne Li thanked Hong Kong people for their support and said the team only focused on the games despite an ongoing row over the national anthem.  "As a team, we have to play hard regardless of what's happening outside. We’ve all trained hard for the last 10 years. All the players come together once a year to go to the world championships, so we basically focused on our game mentally and also physically," she said. "We cannot afford to make any mistakes on the ice, so we have to make sure we focus, and that's the key issue." Another player, Chloe Chan, also described the historic win as a dream come true.  Meanwhile, the chairman of the Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association, Kan Yeung-kit, said all local athletes have been affected by the anthem blunder, adding that it’s time to "cool down" the debate.  The association has recently been ordered to submit a report detailing plans to improve its governance, after a protest song was played in place of 'March of the Volunteers' at a tournament featuring Hong Kong in Bosnia in February. The Sports Federation & Olympic Committee has begun suspension proceedings against the city's ice hockey body, and the government has indicated that it may reduce its subsidies if the association fails to submit a satisfactory proposal to address its problems.