This summer in Paris, taekwondo sees its seventh Olympics, now as a more captivating and fairer sport with new sparring rules under landmark settings, according to the World Taekwondo (WT) president. The Olympic taekwondo venue is in the heart of Paris, where the sport was officially selected as an Olympic sport 30 years ago. The […]

Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd (SCL) saw a 3.6 percent quarter-on-quarter gain in adjusted property earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the three months to December 31. Such EBITDA was US$654 million versus US$631 million in the third quarter, according to a Wednesday filing and corporate presentation by the parent Las […]

Macau’s casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the first four days of February is estimated at MOP2.5 billion (US$310.3 million), or MOP625 million a day, said JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd in a Monday memo, citing its industry checks. “The figure is comparable with January’s MOP624 million – which was already a strong beat […]

The tally of visitor arrivals from all source markets to Macau during the Chinese mainland’s lunar new year festivities passed the 1 million mark by the end of Thursday, the sixth day of China’s eight-day holiday marking the Year of the Dragon. Thursday’s aggregate was 176,942, pushing the tally for the first six days to […]

The U.S. Major League, which values tradition, has many unwritten rules. The bat flip, which Korean baseball fans call “bat flip,” was also one of the taboos. If a batter who hit a home run expressed joy by throwing the bat, he should have prepared for a retaliation pitch. Recently, however, a culture that is […]