Tag: sports
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Tiago Rodrigues shifts from China to UAE F4 Championship for 2024
In 2024, local racer Tiago Rodrigues will race at the Formula 4 (F4) UAE Championship, a five-round championship on two circuits: the Yas Marina Circuit; and ... -
EU court: FIFA and UEFA defy competition law by blocking Super League
UEFA and FIFA defied European Union competition law by blocking plans for the breakaway soccer Super League, the EU’s top court ruled yesterday. The case was ... -
Macau and China win at first Asia & GBA Racing Festival
Local and mainland Chinese racers won several racing categories over the weekend at the first Asia & Greater Bay Area (GBA) Racing Festival at the Macau ... -
ITTF singles World Cups set to return in 2024
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced the return of the men’s and women’s singles World Cups slated for April 2024 in Macau. The world’s ... -
VNL 2024 confirms Macau round in May-June next year
Volleyball’s International governing body, FIVB, has confirmed Macau will be part of next year’s Women’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) world tour. The FIVB’s final layout and ... -
Ethiopian runners dominate local Marathon
Ethiopian runners have showcased exceptional performance at the 42nd Macau International Marathon. Debela Kebebe led the male section of the 42.2 km race, with a time ... -
Estoril swimming pool ends season, ID expects new season as planned
Yesterday, the Estoril swimming pool, also known as San Fa Yuen, officially ended the 2023 bathing season. It was the last of the outdoor swimming pools ... -
Studio City to bring back East Asia Super League in December
Studio City will host East Asia Super League’s 13th game of the 2023-24 season on December 13 at Studio City Event Center. Titled “Melco Style Presents: ... -
Wynn partners with The International Series to bring in golf tournament
Wynn announced a new partnership with The International Series that will introduce a golf tournament to the Macau Golf & Country Club in March 2024, marking ... -
Young swimmer wins first gold at NSYG
Swimmer Chen Pui Lam won her first gold medal in the women’s 50 m breaststroke event Saturday at the 1st National Student (Youth) Games (NSYG) in ... -
Messi’s Inter Miami team strikes two-game deal to play in China in November
Lionel Messi is evidently going back to China, after Inter Miami took advantage of not making the Major League Soccer playoffs by signing a deal to ... -
Macau team kicks off campaign to World Cup 2026 in Yangon
The Macau football team begins its campaign in the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 for the FIFA World Cup 2026 tomorrow. The local team will play ... -
Local swimmer ties best result in Hangzhou Asian Games
Breaststroke swimmer Terence Chao Man Hou has finished sixth at the Men’s 100 meters event at the Hangzhou Asian Games, while preparing for a Men’s 50 ... -
Macau to host October finals of GBA 3×3 Basketball Tour
Macau will stage the Greater Bay Area (GBA) 3×3 Basketball Tour finals next month, the Sports Bureau (ID) and StarMac Entertainment and Production Limited announced yesterday ... -
2023 Marathon to change route passing through Cotai
The 42nd edition of the Macau International Marathon to be run in December has heeded public opinion and will have new routes that will explore the ... -
Sports Bureau: Marathon may run into Cotai resort area
Investigations on extending the annual Macao International Marathon to the resort area in Cotai are underway, Director of Sports Pun Weng Kun has said in response ... -
Macau’s CPK to play at group stage of AFC Cup
Macau’s Chao Pak Kei (CPK) will be playing in this year’s group stage of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup. The CPK will be playing at ... -
Basketball World Cup 2023 in Asia but with little to no attention in Macau
The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup will commence today at 4 p.m. at the Philippine Arena in the city of Manila. The choice could not be ... -
ID: Gov’t providing better support for local athletes compared to other regions
The Sports Bureau (ID) has said the local government is supporting Macau athletes better than other regions. Pun Weng Kun told state broadcaster TDM full-time athletes ... -
Emma Raducanu and Wu Yibing to join MGM Macau Tennis Masters line up
The MGM Macau Tennis Masters will see the participation of Emma Raducanu and Asia’s young talent, Wu Yibing, to the star-studded line-up, gaming operator MGM and IMG announced in ... -
China ends Japan’s long reign to win women’s basketball Asia Cup title
China rallied to claim its first women’s basketball Asia Cup title since 2012 as they beat five-time defending champion Japan 73-71 in an epic final yesterday. ... -
Macau to host another event at the year’s end with Wynn Macau Snooker Masters
Scheduled to take place this year from December 25 to 29, the first-ever Wynn Macau Snooker Masters hopes to attract billiards fans to Wynn Palace’s Grand ... -
Tennis tournament to feature Bencic, Fritz and Tiafoe in December
The inaugural MGM Macau Tennis Masters will feature renowned tennis players in a mixture of singles and doubles in December. Swiss star Belinda Bencic along with ... -
Dragon Boat Races program to extend to two weekends with Macau-HK Cup
This year’s Macau International Dragon Boat Race will not just be back to a fully international format, as previously announced, but will comprise two full weekends ... -
Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming steps down as head of national league
Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as head of China’s struggling national basketball league. An eight-time NBA All-Star, Yao had been leading efforts ... -
Second day of WTT: more eliminations narrow the path into the Round of 16
The World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2023 tournament, which started on Monday, continued yesterday with the second day of the Round of 32. In the ... -
WTT Champions Macao kick off with the Round of 32
The World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2023 tournament kicked off yesterday with the first matches of the Round of 32. In a day with some ... -
Zhongshan crowned MVPs in city’s debut GBA standup paddleboarding competition
The team from Zhongshan has been awarded Best Club Award in Macau’s first Greater Bay Area (GBA) Stand-up Paddle Board competition. The pan-GBA competition is organized ... -
WTT Macao unveils players line-up with 11 foreign representatives
The World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2023 organization has unveiled its final players’ line-up. Among the big names of international table tennis, the organizers have ... -
Kenyan squad dominates 10K
Kenyan athletes dominated the 2023 Sands China Macau International 10K that took to Macau’s roads early yesterday morning. The Kenyan runners not only won in both ... -
Volleyball Nations League to only return to Macau in 2024
The FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League (VNL) is likely to return to Macau next year, the president of Sports Bureau (ID), Pun Weng Kun, told the ... -
Macau GP confirms interest in return of three FIA events
The Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee (MGPOC) is working towards bringing back all three FIA events, including the GT World Cup and the WTCR race, the ... -
Sands’ 10k run on Mar. 19; MOP700,000 in prize money
The 2023 Sands China Macao International 10K will be held on Mar. 19 with a total of 10,000 places available in two categories: the 10K and ... -
Black Bears lose against Saigon Heat in the first abl match
The Macau Black Bears basketball team has lost its first match of this year’s ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) invitational championship. The Bears, the only professional basketball ... -
China’s Wang, Sun crowned at WTT Champions
Chinese paddlers Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha were crowned in the men’s and women’s singles finals at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2022 yesterday. Wang, ...
