Sports

Macau, China, 11 Dec – Macau’s Zhang Shaoling won Thursday the gold medal in the weightlifting 69kg women’s, ahead of world record holder Liu Chunhong of China, during the East Asian Games in Hong Kong. Macau’s Li Xua won a silver medal in Weightlifting 63 kg Women. Macau won already 12 medals ( 5 gold, […]

Macau, China, 6 Dec – Ukrainian runner Mykhaylo Iveruk today won the 2009 edition of the men’s marathon in Macau with a time of 02:17:45, followed by Kenyan Micah Kipserem Chuma, six seconds later. Third place went to Kenyan Jusius Kibet Mebur with a time of 02:17:58. In the women’s marathon, ethiope Roman Gebre Gessese […]

Macau, China, 4 Dec – Macau´s 159 athletes are taking part in 18 sports of the 5th East Asian Games, including, among others, basketball, swimming, badminton, bowling, indoor cycling and squash. The 2009 East Asian Games is held in Hong Kong until December 13, with a total of 262 events in a record 22 sports […]

Macau, China, 22 Nov – Italian driver Edoardo Mortara took a hard-fought victory in the Macau Grand Prix on Sunday after triumphing in a race-long duel with Signature team-mate Jean-Karl Vernay. The 22 year old Italian had started from third on the grid, but a good start allowed him to move past front-row starter Marcus […]

Macau, China, 22 Nov – Italian driver Gabriele Tarquini (47) secured the 2009 WTCC driver’s title with a fifth-place finish in a second race in Macau today. Brazilian Augusto Farfus (26) was awarded the victory as the action was stopped after just eight laps following a massive crash involving Felix Porteiro, Franz Engstler and Andre […]

Macau, China, 21 Nov – Stuart Easton, the 26-year old British rider,  Saturday won the 43rd Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix on a Honda 1000 on the 6.2-kilometre Guia Racing Circuit, considered one of the most difficult in the world. Easton also won the 2008 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix followed by two other British riders Michael […]

Macau, China, 14 Oct – Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Joao Manuel Costa Antunes announced Tuesday that this year’s “Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix” will bring to Macau racers from 10 countries and regions in Europe, North America and Asia. Six-time “Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix” champion Michael Rutter is set to return to the Guia […]

Macau, China, 11 Oct – French driver Arnaud Kozlinski won Sunday the Super KF World Championship in Macau on his factory CRG / Maxter. Kozlinski, also known as “Koko”, dominated the racing by winning the pre-final in the dry and the final in the rain. Due to the rain the race was stopped after 18 […]

Macau, China, 28 Sept -More than 100 of the world’s leading young karters will come to Macau October 9 to compete for the championship crown at the Kartodromo de Macau on Coloane. It is the first time the world championship is held in Asia. Macau hosts the annual Macau Grand Prix, featuring the FIA Formula […]