Madame Butterfly comes to Portimão
The fabulous opera, Madame Butterfly, which tells the tragic story of a Japanese girl who marries an American sailor, will be showing at the Municipal Auditorium in Portimão tonight (August
ATHLETICS
Gothenburg face-saver – BY SKIP BANDELE Great Britain’s athletes narrowly avoided becoming the first team from these shores to return home without a single gold medal in the 68-year history
Meeting of cultures at Albufeira festival
The stage is set for the first night of the Al-Buhera Festival taking place in Albufeira. The group Al-Driça will perform a belly dancing display accompanied by Mediterranean music tonight
Bennett receives prestigious honour
BENNETT’S GOLF Learning Centres (BGLC) head coach and The Resident’s golf writer, Tony Bennett, has been awarded the title of PGA Master Professional by the Professional Golfers Association of Great
ODD BALLS – By SKIP BANDELE
White Heart samba Wales will play a friendly international against five times world champions, Brazil in London on September 5. The match at Tottenham’s White Heart Lane will take place
Birds test positive for bird flu in Portugal
Portugal has spent more than 60,000 euros so far this year on laboratory analyses to test 6,000 birds and other animals for bird flu. Five ducks and one seagull tested
President opens Fatacil this weekend
THE 27TH edition of Fatacil begins in Lagoa this Friday (August 18) at the Municipal Fairs and Exhibitions Park. The biggest fair in southern Portugal will showcase over 800 exhibitors
BRIEFS – BY SKIP BANDELE
Hoops Ahead of the Basketball World Cup, to be held in Japan, the United States easily beat China 119-73 in Beijing, with LeBron James contributing 23 points. In a further
TENNIS 1
Stroll in the sunshine – BY SKIP BANDELE The ATP Senior Tour may have to rethink its qualifying criteria, as Chile’s Marcello Rios continued to dominate the season in general
Faro airport affected by UK terror plot
HIGH SECURITY following a disrupted terrorist plot to blow up aircrafts traveling from the UK to the United States has caused chaos for air travel to and from the UK