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    • 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

    • Traditional Chinese Holidays Explained: The Super Bowl

      Seriously, is there anything more traditionally Chinese than watching the Super Bowl? They even made Chinese New Year the same day to celebrate. Kidding! This year’s game will be the New England Patriots (again!) vs the Los Angeles Rams on February 4, and many places that would usually be empty during Chinese New Year will instead be packed with American football fiends, salivating over an oval "pigskin" (appropriate for the Year of the Pig!) being tossed and kicked across a long, green field while huge men ram into each other. Stimulating! Kick-off is at 7.30am Shanghai time. Here's where to watch it! Read on

    • BbbzzzzzoooOOOM: Formula 1 Grand Prix Tickets On Sale NOW!

      Tickets for the Formula 1 Grand Prix in April, one of the biggest events of the Shanghai social calendar, are on sale NOW, and SmartTicket has them. Also on sale are family packages, to take your kids to see the super-fast cars and hear the super-loud and super-exciting roar as they fly by, as well as hotel deals, which get you tickets and some time at The Puli Hotel at up to 20% off. Want to go? Click here to head over to our nifty SmartTicket page, which has all the info, two different views of the track (bird’s eye and satellite), and a super clear seating chart that you shows exactly where along the 上 (shang, for Shanghai) shaped track you’ll be sitting.

    • A Super Free Cross-Country Race with a Super Free Ride to Yellow Mountain

      Organized by FISPORTS, here's an ITRA certified cross-country race at Yellow Mountain that's completely free for foreign passport holders. There will be three categories: a 5k (limited to 700 people), a 20k, and a 50k race (both limited to 400 people). Thanks to a sponsorship from Melrose Pizza, all races are free for foreigners as well as free round-trip transportation for runners and supportive family members who sign up first. At the moment there are about ninety spots left on the buses. The QR code here will lead you to a group chat that will lead you to registration. This is the second attempt at the annual–brace yourself–“Bright Real Estate East Yellow Mountain ECO Trail Cross-country Race 2018.” Last year organizers say all 1,500 spots were filled, but they want to grow the race and host it more frequently, hence the giveaway.
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    • Pay to Throw Spears and Jump Over Fire at The Spartan Race

      That obstacle course for people who want to pretend they are Gerard Butler is back with spear-throwing, wall-scaling, and more heroic feats. The Spartan Race comes in varying levels of intensity: the “sprint” is suitable for all levels (so they say), spanning a 6km distance, with 20 obstacles, while the “super” is more intense at 13km and 29 obstacles. It’s all going down this Saturday in Pudong with start times from 8am to 3pm. Prices start at 439rmb. Get tickets here.

    • After Grand Slams, Tennis Rallies On at Shanghai’s Rolex Masters

      If you’ve been keeping up with Serena Williams’ catsuit-tutu drama, you may be painfully aware Grand Slam season is almost over. However, your chance to watch your favorite players in the flesh is coming up quick. Shanghai Rolex Masters, our own ATP Masters 1000 Tournament, begins at the end of the October Golden Week. Expect the best in men’s doubles and singles including Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and last year’s victor, Roger Federer. The finals have already sold out, but there are still tickets for the first few rounds on SmartTicket.

    • China Squash Open Next Weekend

      Two athletes enter. One athlete leaves. A winner. I'm saying one leaves as a winner, the other one still leaves, they're fine, it's not the Thunderdome here. But it's pretty close! The China Squash Open, which this year has been upgraded to the "PSA World Tour Gold Tournament," is on next weekend (*cough* tickets). Read on

    • Last Call to Register for The Shanghai Marathon

      Shanghai International Marathon is on for November but registration will close at 5pm today. The main event will have 8,000 runners, 10,000 for the half-marathon, 7,000 for the 10k, and 10,000 5k. So yeah, it will be huuuge, and there are still spots left for the commitment-phobes. If you want in, head to Shanghai Marathon's official website and create a profile to begin your registration. Reps there say register ASAP by 4pm today as the site will likely be slowed by heavy traffic. The clock's ticking.

    • Jump 360 Opens a New Location That Isn't a Million Miles Away

      Purveyors of kiddie fun parks Jump 360, aka "that trampoline thing we wrote about you'd go to if it wasn't a million miles away" have opened a brand new springy funtopia near Yili Metro Station on Line 10. That's... not a million miles away! We went to expand our rubber grippy sock collection. Read on
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    • The 5 Biggest World Cup Opening Parties

      Are you ready Shanghai? It’s ON. The first match is Thursday night at 11pm. Russia versus Saudi Arabia. Feel good match of the century! And then three matches Friday, four on Saturday and three on Sunday. If you’re looking for the exhaustive list of basically every venue in Shanghai screening the World Cup games, click here. We should have just done the listical on where NOT to see this thing. (Hello C’s, keep being your wonderful self). However. All World Cup parties are not created equal. Some are going the extra distance with stadium seating, huge movie screen, and alcohol flowing like… well, a lot of alcohol flowing. Click through for the five biggest World Cup openings for Thursday night. Read on

    • Hey, Check It Out, Paris Saint-Germain's Soccer Field Is Already Open

      Suck it, Arsenal, PSG's already opened their bar! ... On the third floor of a mall that isn't open yet. You have to creep in via a door down the service road at the back. But don't let that sell it short; Paris St. Germain's dedicated "fan experience center" has like five cage-match pitches, seven TV screens, a couple Xboxes, a merch store and, naturally, a bar. We stuck our head in. Pics and deets after the jump. Read on

    • Now Available: Tickets to the Shanghai Rolex Masters

      Fans of world class tennis, tickets are now available for the Shanghai Rolex Masters, returning to our fair city October 6 to October 14. Not for a while, sure, but the cheaper categories tend to go pretty quickly. Tickets are starting at 160rmb -- available here -- for China's premier pro tennis event, taking place again at the Qizhong Forest Tennis Center.

    • A Few Places Around Town Showing the UEFA Champions League Final

      There's a big FùTBOL game happening on Saturday night (Sunday morning technically). The "UEFA Champions League Final". Sounds serious. Have you heard of that? Is that something you're invested in? Click through for places around town showing said sporting confrontation. Try to find yourself in front of a screen at 2.30am or so. Read on

    • Soccer Legend Ronaldo to Make Mall Appearance This Saturday

      Gooooooaaaaaaaal. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima or 'O Fenômeno', will be live in Shanghai at Kerry Parkside in all his post retirement glory this Saturday from 2-4pm. It'll be a meet and greet, that's free and open to the public. No autographs will be signed, but you'll be free to bask in the presence of a soccer/football deity. Ronaldo's doing the important work, here to promote the World Cup which will kick off mid-June. Check out details and a flyer with Ronaldo's face (circa 2002) on it here. Go, go, go...but if you're going maybe get there like decently early to line up. Boa sorte!
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    • The Pearl Is Showing the Entire Winter Olympics on their 8-Meter Screen

      The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics has its Opening Ceremony tomorrow night and then its three glorious weeks (or something like that) of all my relatives wringing their hands about how Canada is doing in the hockey. Sports bars around town will have their TVs tuned in to the Games but cabaret club The Pearl is going the extra mile with it, so we'll pay that information forward. The Pearl is showing the Winter Olympics, in their entirety, starting from 9am daily till late night, on their big 8-meter screen -- with happy hour prices throughout. So that's a tip for you if you want to catch one or several Olympics events on a big screen and get some cheep booze to go with your gauche nationalism. Opening Ceremony is Friday night.

    • Kris Wu to Become the First Chinese Artist to Perform at the Super Bowl

      Shanghai just re-elected Ying Yong as its major but that's not important. What's really important is Kris Wu recently became the first Chinese star selected to perform at a Super Bowl event. This Guangzhou-born, Canada-raised 27-year-old singer is probably the hottest Chinese celebrity now, supported in the pocket by an army of fangirls. Wu's career truly took off when he left the K-pop boy band EXO to be a solo artist in 2014 and launched his acting career. He appeared in Chinese hit movies Mr.Six, The Mermaid and also Hollywood blockbusters like xXx: Return of Xander Cage (that really happened) and Valerian. Last year, his song 'Deserve', a collaboration with American rapper Travis Scott has landed at #1 on the U.S. iTunes store. Not a bad tune, especially good if you listen to it with Beats headphones (his brand). Read on
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    • Chatting Basketball's World Game with Ex-Laker/Raptor/ Wizard/Bruin Tracy Murray

      NBA name-about-town Tracy Murray's showing up in Shanghai this week. Let's reel off some achievements? Ex-UCLA Bruins, left as their #5 All Time Top-Scorer, spent 12 years in the NBA, ex-shooting-coach of the Lakers, he once scored 50 points in a game with Washington Wizards. Puts him up there on the Washington honor roll with the likes of Michael Jordan. We caught up with him on the phone as he was stuck in traffic on the way to the Chinese consulate. It was LA traffic, so we spent an easy 20 minutes chatting CBA, NBA, coaching the Lakers, the woes of big feet and Yeezys. Read on
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