Ill disciplined Olhanense lose with nine men
by Chris Wright SC Olhanense travelled to third placed Gil Vicente full of confidence for their Liga Vitalis top-of-the-table clash on Sunday. Unbeaten in the league since November 23 and
Wave energy
The world’s first wave energy farm, located off the coast of northern Portugal, is up and running and generating a total of 2.25MW, enough to power 1,500 homes. Ocean Power
BOWLS REPORT One to One Car Hire, Saturday League
by ALAN CLARKE League leaders ABC Cats travelled to Alvor to play the Greens and were beaten 64-35 and seven points to nil on Saturday (January 17). PDF Sinners beat
Super shock
Defending Super Bowl champions and erstwhile favourites for a repeat on February 1, the New York Giants, were unceremoniously dumped out of the play-offs by the Philadelphia Eagles. Donovan McNabb
Racing incentive
The Algarve Automobile Club has announced that it is to launch a new Algarve-wide Selenia Trophy competition for cars, motorbikes, quads and buggies offering well over 5,000 euros in prizes
Olhanense bow out
Following the team’s sterling effort at Benfica in midweek, it was no surprise that, with only pride to play for in their last Carlsberg League Cup quarter-final game, SC Olhanense
Football round-up
Dimitar Berbatov struck in injury time to hand Manchester United a 1-0 win over Bolton which saw the champions climb to the table’s summit for the first time this season
Dakar news
South African veteran rally driver Giniel de Villiers took full advantage of long time leader Carlos Sainz’s 12th stage crash to lead the first ever Dakar Rally to be held
World Cup warm-up
In February the Algarve will be the venue for the fine tuning of several South Africa hopefuls ahead of this year’s remaining crucial World Cup qualifying fixtures. The freezing winter
Tour details
In the wake of the confirmation that Alberto Contador will definitely take his place at the start of the February 18 Tour of the Algarve, organisers have revealed the 2009