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Algarve-born German surfer Melvin Lipke took the 2008 B.Side regional title at the Arrifana beach on the west coast on Sunday. It is expected that the Open category winner will

Portimao’s desire to turn over a new leaf in their first match of 2009 proved futile as visiting Beira-Mar left the Algarve with a share of the points. An elementary

Geoff Ogilvy dominated the season-opening PGA Tour Mercedes Championships in Hawaii from start to finish to take the spoils by a six-shot margin. The Australian 2006 US Open winner, ranked

In between rumours that bookmakers had suspended betting on Luiz Felipe Scolari becoming the next Premier League manager to lose his job and Maradona setting off the Chelsea hotel fire

JOSÉ PEDRO Fontes was the big winner of the closing Portuguese Rally Championship stage, the Rally Casinos do Algarve, in Portimão and Monchique last weekend. The destination of this year’s

IT PROVED a rare weekend in Premier League football as none of the so-called ‘big four’ managed to find the back of the net. The fact that neither Chelsea nor

FIFTY-FOUR teams, including one from the Spanish border, took part in the inaugural Aljezur charity boules tournament on November 23. The tournament, hosted by AMOVATE, the Association of Residents and

THE DECEMBER 7 Dynamite 11-“Predador!” fight night at Albufeira’s Hotel Paraiso will be graced by the presence of new Portuguese hip-hop sensation Chullage. The singer will accompany his kick-boxing instructor

RUGBY UNION World Cup holders South Africa inflicted England’s heaviest defeat ever at Twickenham as Martin Johnson’s charges were humiliated 42-6. The brutal five-nil try margin raises the possibility of