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China defeat Thailand in four sets (18-25, 25,20, 25-18, 25-19) on Sunday’ s game of group A of the “2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix” held in Macau between 8th and 10th. China finished the weekend with a 100 per cent record after wins over Argentina and Puerto Rico. Thailand took two victories to take […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Thursday that it would be better for the local community to put its long-standing “desire” of Macau becoming a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) aside. He made the appeal during a question-and-answer session in the Legislative Assembly (AL). Two dozen lawmakers raised questions during the two-and-a-half-hour […]

Macau, China, 27 Feb – Chinese players Zhang Jike, Ma Lin and Ma Long demonstrated strength in the 20th Asian Championships Men Team finals held Sunday in Macau. However, the Japanese players Koki Niwa, Jun Mizutani and Kenta Matsudaira must be given credit for a wonderful job as they challenged the Chinese players in each […]

Macau, China, 5 Dec – Kenyans won the men’s and women’s 2011 Galaxy Entertainment International Marathon Sunday. Chemlany Stephen Kwelio, aged 29, won the men’s marathon, clocking up 2:12.49 hours. He finished second in last year’s local event. Maisei Julius Kiplimo of Kenya finished the men’s marathon in second place, clocking up 2:12.53 hours, while […]

Macau, China, 20 Nov – Spanish driver Daniel Juncadella won a thrilling Macau Grand Prix on Sunday with the time of 42:17.099 making the most of a safety car restart to haul himself to the head of the field. Juncadella had been running fourth for Prema early on as pole position man German Marco Wittmann […]

Macau, China, 20 Nov – British Michael Rutter made Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix history Sunday by taking a seventh victory on the Guia street circuit, bettering the existing record he had shared with driver Ron Haslam since 2005. Second was Rutter’s team mate Martin Jessopp, with Ian Hutchinson on the Swan Yamaha 1000 making a […]

Macau, China, 20 Nov – British driver Rob Huff won the final round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship in Macau on Sunday, but all eyes were on his Chevrolet team-mate Yvan Muller, from France,  who captured the drivers’ crown with a third placed finish Huff knew he needed to win the race to […]

Macau, China, 19 Nov – German driver Marco Wittmann won the qualification race for the Macau Grand Prix on Saturday with a controlled drive at the head of the field, as the event finished under the safety car. The driver’s job from pole position was made easier when front row starter Portuguese Antonio da Costa […]

Macau, China, 14 Nov – The Macau Grand Prix this weekend will run on a budget of HK$140 million (US$ 17.5 million) but major sponsorship will offset costs, it was revealed, according to The South China Morning Post. . While many international sporting events are struggling during the economic downturn, the Macau Grand Prix is […]