The beautiful game
Women’s football’s Nations Cup will be held in Lagoa between May 22 and 24. Portugal is represented by Benfica, who will take on the Fun Ladies and Aurora club sides
T-Cup
By TONY BENNETT sport@algarveresident.com
Free squash
Barringtons Hotel Golf & Spa is hosting the Algarve Squash Open for the third consecutive year on May 1, 2 and 3. Admittance to the event, featuring many of the
John Stilwell Trophy
More than 80 players took part in the first John Stilwell Trophy at Le Meridien Penina Sir Henry Cotton Championship Course on April 11. The stableford competition was played over
Olhanense slip from top spot
By CHRIS WRIGHT sport@algarveresident.com SC Olhanense, without the influential João Gonçalves (suspended) and Rui Baião (injured), would probably have settled for a point before the game, but will have been
Country ride
Competitors from all over the Algarve as well as Évora, Beja and Milfontes took part in the closely contested final dressage event of the Equus Winter Series in Ourique recently.
Mount Olympus
After a quiet spell, the Algarve’s Portuguese men’s tennis champion Rui Machado returned in the headlines in Greece last weekend. The 25-year-old from Faro collected the notable scalp of former
Olhanense edge closer
By CHRIS WRIGHT sport@algarveresident.com Sporting Clube Olhanense, shortly to celebrate the 97th Anniversary of their formation, moved a step closer to promotion to the top flight with a 2-1 victory
International bridge
More than 300 bridge enthusiasts are expected at the Bridge National Grand Prix in Estoril between April 14 and 19 at the Estoril Congress Centre. The event is hoped to
Residents look beyond Armação mess
By ELOÏSE WALTON eloise.walton@algarveresident.com Despite months of road closures and diversions, destruction and dirt, residents and business owners in Armação de Pêra are looking beyond the unsightly redevelopment works and