Top of the world
Portugal, represented by five athletes from the Arena de Faro martial arts club, concluded a highly successful 6th World Kempo Championships in Bukarest, Romania, last week. Trainer Walter Pestana’s charges
Bowls Report
By Alan Clarke, League director Round four of the Bowls league championship saw the Alvor Greens remain unbeaten following an away win at Parque de Floresta against the Crusaders by
Wind power
The largest wind farm in southern Portugal, which has been operational for more than one year in the county of Almodôvar, in the Alentejo region, has already produced enough energy
Olhanense misery continues
By CHRIS WRIGHT sport@algarveresident.com The ignominy of losing to a non-league team in the Portugal Millennium Cup was further compounded when Olhanense lost to Estoril in the Carlsberg League Cup.
Title showdowns
Algarve Motor Park stages its last international meeting of a highly successful first season of top class racing this weekend with the final rounds of the International GT Open, the
Everton T-shirt campaign
By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@mmspublishing.com Thousands of Everton fans sporting Madeleine McCann T-shirts swarmed into Lisbon on Thursday, October 22, for the Europa League match against Benfica which saw the northern
KIDS ON COURSE
The Pestana Hotel Group hosted the British Golf Junior Championship on its Gramacho course near Carvoeiro earlier this week. Involving the best young players between the ages of six and
TOUR WINNER
As anticipated, the 2009 Tour of Portugal winner Nuno Ribeiro was found guilty of having been administered the forbidden EPO3 steroid. As a result, Portuguese cycling’s governing body has installed
Legal action against football coach
Unexpected events overtook Portimense football club last week. The erstwhile Liga de Honra (English Coca-Cola Championship equivalent) leaders woke up on Wednesday morning to find that their successful coach Lito
BIG DATES
The International Algarve Motor Park is the first venue of a busy high profile 2010 season on two wheels in Portugal. The new track will see the return of a

