The 2026 Macau Women’s Sports Carnival held its recreational sport competitions yesterday, also featuring a disease prevention and health consultation booth set up for women, where doctors provided health services, aiming to enhance women’s health awareness and safeguard their physical and mental well-being.
The Macau Sports Bureau (ID), which organised the event, said that about 1,000 people were in attendance.
The two-day event, which started on Saturday in the city’s main square, Largo do Senado (議事亭前地), and concluded yesterday at the Tap Seac Multi-Sports Pavilion, drew participants from 70 women’s representative teams (58 local teams and 12 teams from Chinese mainland cities and provinces).
ID Acting President See Lei Si Leng noted in speech yesterday that the carnival has been held for over 20 years and has become an important platform in Macau for encouraging women’s participation in sporting activities, adding that the event uses sport as a bridge, has established a cross-regional exchange platform, promotes the integration of women’s sports cultures, and has injected diverse vitality into the development of women’s sport in Macau.
Lei underscored that beyond showcasing women’s health and wellness, she hoped the event would raise civil society’s awareness regarding personal physical and mental health, aiming to encourage everyone to integrate exercise into their daily life, thereby achieving a healthier lifestyle. She added that her bureau keeps actively promoting diverse large-scale sporting platforms to encourage citizens to develop a habit of regular exercise.
Women’s General Association of Macau (commonly known as Fu Luen in Cantonese) President Lau Kam Leng noted in a speech she hopes that her organisation can leverage the annual event as an opportunity to continuously foster a social atmosphere of “lifelong sports and fitness for all”, allowing sports to become a key practice for Macau in proactively aligning with the nation’s sports development trends and expanding cross-regional cooperation.
By uniting the power of women through sport, the event aims to support the integration of Hengqin and Macau and showcase new achievements in the development of women’s sport in Macau, Lau added.
Participants compete during the Women’s Sports Carnival at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion yesterday. – Photo: Ida Cheong
