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    • The Sportsfan's Abridged Guide to Professional Summer Sports

      Sweaty nights with strangers and acquaintances, perhaps more than a few cocktails — we know that’s how your summer goes down in Shanghai. We’re referring, of course, to hanging out with your buddies on hot nights at Shanghai’s stadiums and watching pro sports. And as always when we talk China and sports, that means we’re mainly talking about football. Read on

    • Mandarin City Pool Opens On Thursday!

      Feeling blue about club closures? Got a stiff neck because you can’t get a massage? We’ve got some good news for you, finally. Place your Taobao order for a new swimsuit and get the beers in the cooler, because the (in)famous Mandarin City Swimming Pool opens its doors this Thursday at 11am. Read on

    • Swinging From The High Ropes At North Bund’s Magic Jungle

      Nestled away on the river banks of North Bund is a grand structure that goes by the name of Magic Jungle. It might sound like it was summoned by a vengeful druid trying to suffocate the concrete jungle in roots and vines, but in reality, it was just imported from Germany by Wanhong Tourism Shanghai Ltd. in September last year. Stunning views, death-defying chasms, ropework and helmets. Oh, and if you weigh more than 80kg you're not allowed to play on the top ropes. Which is not fair. Read on

    • Last Call: X Games Tickets Closing At 3pm

      Last chance to get your tickets for X Games, (re)launching this weekend. Brazilians Luan Oliveira and Leticia Bufoni are set to compete, as are Zack Warden, Tom Pages, and, big name here, Nyjah Huston, the shoe-in to win everything skate-related. Surrounding the event will be the "X-Feast" food festival and live music from the likes of Soft Lipa and MC HotDog. Tickets available right here until 3pm.

    • Where To Watch The Champions League Final

      This Sunday there is a big football game. The irresistible force of Liverpool will meet the immovable object of Tottenham Hotspur in a match that is already being described as "one of the many football games happening this year" and "on this Sunday." Actually, it’s more like Monday for us [Update: it is, in fact, on Sunday morning. Whoopsie!]. Kickoff is at 3am Shanghai time, but a bunch of bars are staying open to show it. Read on
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    • WWE Live Returns In September To Dropkick Mercedes Benz Arena In The Face

      Mark the date in your friggin’ diary, y’all. Mercedes-Benz Arena hosts the world-famous showdown of spandex and steroids for the fourth year in a row on September 21. The card is packed with muscular, sweaty people ready to theatrically savage each other for the baying crowds. The WWE bandwagon is carting in Roman Reigns (in line to replace Triple H as the face of the company even though no one likes him), the first African-born WWE world champion Kofi Kingston, daughter-of-Ric-Flair Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Asuka, Finn Balor, Xavier Woods, Australian tag-team The IIconics, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Kevin Owens, who sounds like he works in a post office. Kevin. The show comes after the biggest ever WWE tryout in China, which takes place from July 15 to July 18 and gives 50 Chinese athletes the chance to slap someone with enough pizazz to get selected for additional training at the WWE performance centre in Florida, USA. Chinese wrestlers Xia Li and Boa are there right now training for the big September throwdown. Tickets available on SmartTicket. The early bird tickets start at 180rmb, and are likely to go very, very fast.

    • Pumped Up Kickflips: X Games Coming To China For The First Time Ever, Again!

      The premier event for dudes and ladies on small and medium-sized wheels doing improbable things on ramps. Don't miss the world's "ultimate sport and cultural festival" making its debut in China! Which is weird because we distinctly remember it happening before. Anyway, ESPN is (re)kicking it off with a new partner, throwing a two-day event (June 1-2) with three classic disciplines: Skateboard, BMX and Moto X, including a 10-story-high big air stage. Brazilians Luan Oliveira and Leticia Bufoni are set to compete, as are Zack Warden, Tom Pages, and, big name here, Nyjah Huston, the shoe-in to win everything skate-related. Surrounding the event will be the "X-Feast" food festival and live music from the likes of Soft Lipa and MC HotDog. Tickets available right here.

    • Big, Huge, Large, Massive Football Match Happening This Week in Shanghai

      Sure, go ahead and shell out the big bucks this summer to watch some guys wearing Manchester City laundry jog around Hongkou Stadium. City will be here July 20 for the “Asia Trophy,” a football term which means, “match that doesn’t count for shit unless you’re our CFO.” We’ve got a better idea: for less than 200rmb on Sunday night at Shanghai Stadium, you and 25,000 or so crazed fans can catch what is likely to be the most electric Chinese football match of the year. Read on

    • Trend Watch: Go-Karting Under the Pearl Tower

      Formula 1 is over but the next major race has already begun: there’s a new go-karting circuit underneath the Pearl Tower! Opened in April with a spot from one-time literary bad boy and race car driver Han Han, it has yet to be wanghong’d — that means no lines and no waiting to race around Lujiazui at ground-level. Read on

    • Bows, Blows and Myriad Espressos: Archery++ on Xikang Lu

      Great news if you’ve been wondering how to get your fighting fix after Game of Thrones finally roars itself out: there’s a new archery (and boxing) center in the heart of Jing’an: SHC Archery and More. This is space-age shooting, though, like the training center in The Hunger Games: fibreglass bows, LED-lit lanes and Nordic furniture. It’s a decent upper body workout. And fun. Read on

    • Track Meet: Annual Diamond League Event Happening Next Weekend

      Here's something for sports fans. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) organizes the Diamond League, the world's biggest annual track and field meet, where some of the best in the world of athletics compete. The Shanghai Golden Grand Prix is the Shanghai leg, and it's happening at the Shanghai Stadium on May 18. Despite only running for 14 years, Shanghai's already witnessed some amazing achievements in running, jumping, throwing and extreme pole-dancing. For example, Tyson Gay ran the 100m dash in under 9.69 seconds here in 2009, the second fastest of all time. Tickets start at 50rmb for the cheap seats over at SmartTicket.

    • Last Chance To Die, Spartan Race Sign-Ups Close Tomorrow

      Updates! Spartan Race 2019 (and its kid brother) is coming up real soon. May 11, to be exact. Quick reminder on what the race looks like this year. The window for sign-ups is closing fast, as we rapidly approach the Health Ministry's upper limit on "people allowed in a mud pit at once." Head over to SmartTicket before tomorrow at 1pm to get in on the javelin chucking.

    • Spartan Race Sign-Up Now Available: Pay Money To Suffer

      Are you into pain? Are you into not having no sensation in your legs anymore? Having your lungs gnaw their way out of your ribcage to escape what you're doing to them? Are you into mud? Then Spartan Race is for you! It's like Tough Mudder, except if Frank Miller wrote it. It's a good time. A bonding experience. An opportunity for growth, and for white collar gymrats to see how they would've fared during the siege of Athens. If you want an idea of what Shanghai's version of the international obstacle race looks like, we did a gallery last year of people spitting out mudwater. This year it's happening on May 11 (exact time TBA). Plus, tickets are now available. Details on the race and how to sign-up after the jump. Read on

    • More Parks, Metro Lines, and AI -- Great Things Happening in Shanghai in 2019

      More reason to stay in Shanghai! The city's Municipal Development and Reform Commission just released an announcement, listing 138 major projects that are coming to Shanghai (including some that are already finished). Lots and lots of sciencey and techy stuff, public transport and infrastructures, as well as cultural and ecological projects. They look pretty exciting. Read on

    • How To: Buy Tickets for the Coming Shanghai Football Season

      March 1 is crunch time for the Shanghai football fan. The Shanghai derby, when Shanghai Shenhua plays SIPG, is one of the first games of the 2019 Chinese Super League football season and kicks off at 7.35pm sharp. It’s going to be fireworks. Unfortunately, tickets are already sold out and even the dodgy re-sale ones on Taobao have been jacked up to 800rmb a pop. Dammit! Still, if you can't make the derby, then you can at least watch all the rest of the season. Here's how to get tickets for that! Read on
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    • Formula 1 Grand Prix Upcoming, Tickets Going Fast As Super Cars

      The F1 Grand Prix is coming up. Can you hear it? Can you hear the cars go nee-yye-yeeeeeeere-ww-eeeoo in the distance? The race is on from April 12 to 14, and tickets are already going fast. Just a quick reminder that, if you want to be deafened and thrilled by the land rockets, it's time to get tickets on SmartTicket, lest you be left clawing for a view from outside the mesh fence. Zzzzz-zzzoooooooom!

    • Go Running in Nature: RunnersHai Organize Trip For 18k Nature Run

      One of the big drawbacks about living in Shanghai is how far we are from being able to do outdoor activities in nature. Or are we? Running group RunnersHai is challenging that assumption with a daytrip to Yushan in mid-February. You don’t even have to be a runner to join. There are two routes: a 10k hike/jog and an 18k run. No age limits, and the organizers will support beginning runners as much as possible. Read on
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