The first Portuguese-speaking Games

The 2006 First Portuguese-speaking Games was the second comprehensive sports meeting held in Macau, China. It was held from October 7 to October 15, 2006, and lasted for 9 days. 735 athletes from 11 countries and regions participated, resulting in 48 gold medals. *** There are 11 countries and regions participating in this Portuguese-speaking Games, including Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Portugal, Timor-Leste, and informal members include India , Sri Lanka and hosts Macau, China. The venues for this Portuguese-speaking Games are distributed in three competition areas, including:

Macau competition area: Macau Polytechnic Gymnasium, Tap Seac Sports Center

Taipa competition area: Macau Sports Stadium and Indoor Stadium, Macau University of Science and Technology Sports Ground and Gymnasium

Cotai International Sports Complex Competition Area: Macau East Asian Games Stadium, Tennis School and Media and Information Center The emblem of the 2006 Portuguese-speaking Games consists of two parts, including The red belt is the Chinese character "一", symbolizing the first Portuguese-speaking Games. And the two strokes of deep lake green are the pictogram of the Chinese character "人", together with orange embellishments.

In terms of mascots, the golden retriever "Lai'ao" has become the symbol of this Portuguese-speaking Games. The name "Lai'ao" has the Chinese word "Lai'ao" in both Portuguese and English. "Macao" is homophonic, and indicates that 2006 is the Year of the Dog in the Chinese calendar. It also expresses "Macao's tradition of integrating Chinese and Western cultures."

In addition, the slogan of this year's Games is "One language connects, four continents thrive in sports", which means "connecting four continents through the same language and demonstrating the sports power of the global Portuguese-speaking community." In 2005, the President of the Portuguese Olympic Committee, José Müller, told the Portuguese News Agency that Portugal would host the Games if no country applied for the second Portuguese Language Games. However, in mid-2006, he changed his words and said that he would make a commitment to bid under any circumstances. In addition to Portugal's bid, Goa (some say New Delhi) in India will also bid to host the Games.

At the Sixth Plenary Session of the Portuguese-speaking Olympic Committee on October 10, 2006, all member states and regions voted that Portugal would be the host country for this Games.

The right to host the 2009 Portuguese-speaking Games was announced at the plenary meeting of the Sixth Portuguese-speaking Olympic Committee on October 10, 2006, and it was recommended that Portugal, the birthplace of the Portuguese language, win the hosting right. Portugal held a handover ceremony for the hosting rights at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Portuguese-speaking Games. Early the following year, the Portuguese Olympic Committee announced that its capital, Lisbon, would host the event. Medal list of the 2nd Portuguese-speaking Games Games Country/Region Total number of gold, silver and bronze medals 1 Brazil 33 22 20 75 2 Portugal 25 33 13 71 3 Angola 4 2 8 14 4 Macau, China 1 3 5 9 5 India 1 1 5 7 6 Sao Tome and Principe 1 1 5 7 7 Cape Verde 1 1 4 6 8 Sri Lanka 1 0 4 5 9 Mozambique 0 2 2 4