Sports

Wushu masters and athletes from 19 foreign countries, along with their counterparts from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, will participate in the city’s first-ever Wushu Masters Challenge on August 11-14, the Sports Bureau (ID) and Wushu General Association of Macau (WGAM) said on Thursday. According to a statement released by the two organisers, […]

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Sunday that he estimated the budget for the city’s Wushu Grand Gathering to range between 10 million and 20 million patacas, adding that the exact figure will be announced by the Sports Bureau (ID) in the near future. Tam made the remarks on […]

China’s national team won the “FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix Macau 2016” (WGP). The three-day event, held in the Macau Forum from June 17 to 19, saw the team renew the title it first won in 2014, the last time the event was held in the territory. The Chinese national team climbed to the top […]

This year’s edition of Macao Eco TrailHiker will be held on Saturday, October 29 with the theme, “Exploring the Greener Side of Macau with You.” Two separate races will be held: a 30km “Corporate Challenge” at 8 a.m. and a 10km “Family & Fun Event” at 10 a.m. The courses will follow the same route […]

The 2016 Macau International Dragon Boat Races wrapped up on Thursday with different teams, both local and international, competing for the top titles. The NanHai JiuJiang male and female teams, from the neighbouring Guangdong Province, won the grand final races. The Thailand National team got the second place. Last year, the Philippine Dragon Boat’s women […]

Ukraine’s Vitaliy Shafar and Olena Shurkhno have taken this year’s Macau Marathon titles in the male and female categories, respectively. Shafar was clearly the strongest in his category, running the 42.195 kilometers in a mere 2:14:44. Shurkhno won with a time of 2:33:24 in the race held Sunday in Macau’s streets. A total of 8,000 […]

Two-time defending champion PV Sindhu completed a hat-trick of titles at the Macau Open after defeating sixth seeded Minatsu Mitani 21-9 21-23 21-14 in the finals on Sunday. Fifth seeded Sindhu earlier advanced to finals of the event with a gruelling three-game triumph over second seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the semifinals. World No. […]

Swedish driver Felix Rosenqvist, from SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Powerteam won the F3 Macau Grand Prix in a Dallara/Mercedes on Sunday in 24m 52.619s. Rosenqvist also won last year´s F3 Macau Grand Prix. Second in line was Monaco born, Charles Leclerc (Gap 0.503s) in a Dallara/Wolkswagen followed by British Alexander Sims (Gap 2.701s) in […]

British Superbike and Isle of Man TT star Peter Hickman used his Briggs Building Equipment BMW S1000RR to win the 49th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix on Sunday. Hickman finished the 12 laps race in 29:22:021s with the best at 2:24:940s. In second place and third place respectively was Martin Jessop and multi-time Macau victor Michael […]