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Macau, China,26 Aug – World No.1 Brazil and defending event champion the United States secured their berths in the semifinals of the 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix final round with respective wins in pool B here Thursday. In pool A, World Grand Prix newcomer Serbia rallied past reigning world champion Russia 3-1 while dark horse […]

Macau, China, 25 Aug – Eight-time title winners Brazil, defending event champions the United States, Russia and Serbia claimed opening victories in the final round of the 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix kicking off here on Wednesday. Finishing top of the preliminary rounds with an unbeaten 9-0 record, the Brazilian women clean swept former world […]

Macau, China, 4 Jul -Vietnam star Le Cong Vinh took his FIFA 2014 World Cup qualifiers to eight in two games after the three-time Vietnamese footballer of the year followed up his first round, first-leg hat-trick with five goals in the ASEAN side’s 7-1 hammering of Macau in Sunday’s second-leg. Cong Vinh hit a first-half […]

Ho Chi Ming , Vietnam, 30 Jun  – A first-half hat trick by international striker Cong Vinh Le helped Vietnam to a 6-0 thrashing of Macau in Wednesday’s first leg of their 2014 World Cup qualifier. Vietnam delivered on its strong favoritism for the Asian qualifying first-round match, with Le scoring in the 19th and […]

Macau, China, 7 Jun – China Nanhai Jiujiang team, a frequent winner of the annual Macau International Dragon Boat Races, has once again dominated the race this year, closing the three-day event Monday with another victory in the event’s 500 metre international race open category. Including Monday’s victory, the team has won the same race […]

Lausanne, Switzerland, 18 May – The International Gymnastics Federation(FIG) has suspended Macau and 10 other countries for failing to pay dues to the sport’s ruling body. The governing body said the 11 are Cyprus, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Macau, Macedonia, Paraguay, Seychelles, Syria, Tajikistan, and Yemen. FIG rules bar the countries from organizing or competing in […]

Macau, China, 6 Dec – Ethiopia’s Tekeste Nekatibeb Nurelign and Wang Xueqin from the mainland won the men’s and women’s segments, respectively, of the 29th Macau Galaxy Entertainment International Marathon Sunday. Nurelign reached the finish line in two hours, 16 minutes and 15 seconds, grabbing the men’s full marathon’s top prize of US$15,000 and an […]

Macau, China, 29 Nov – Macau’s Choi Sut-Ian (R) won the bronze medal at the women’s 3m springboard diving final at the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou. Macau won six medals ( one gold, one silver and 4 bronze) in the games that closed Saturday. Macau’s athlete Paula Pereira Carion Thursday won the bronze […]

Guangzhou, China, 26 Nov – Macau’s athlete Paula Pereira Carion (R1) Thursday won the bronze medal on women’s + 68Kg in Karate at the 16th Asia Games in Guangzhou. It’s the fifth medal for Macau in the Asian Games. Wednesday Cheung Pui Si Wednesday won the bronze medal of the women’s individual kata karate and […]