Sports
- January – 31st Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup
- May 10–17 – 2009 Sudirman Cup held in the Tianhe Sports Center of Guangzhou, China.
- November 28-December 13 – 2009 World Women's Handball Championship
- December 5 – 2009 East Asian Games held in Hong Kong
Read more about this topic: 2009 In The People's Republic Of China
Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)