Sporting stadium is a colourful triumph
The home of the Portuguese football team Sporting Clube is a colourful and multi-functional venue, which will host five Euro 2004 matches, including a quarter and semifinal. The 55,300-seater stadium
‘Crazy’ bingo sessions
Portugal soccer coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is introducing regular sessions of bingo to help the national team develop team spirit ahead of the soccer Euro 2004 finals. “The locker room
Another successful CIN event
The Old Course in Vilamoura was again the venue for the CIN Golf Day, an event that has been held annually since 1993. The course was in excellent condition, and
Don’t cry for me Argentina
After early departures for many top seeds, the semi-finalists in the men’s competition were equally surprising. Tim Henman became the first Briton since 1963 to reach this stage of the
Rolling out the ‘green’ carpet
Ambassador of the Russian Football Federation, Bakhtier Khakimob, recently visited the Algarve Stadium in Loulé, to see where the 8,000 Russian fans expected in the region would be seated during
FOOTBALL – Musical chairs – full circle
The deed is done. Ranieri has finally been put out of his misery and Porto’s José Mourinho installed as new Chelsea supreme. Very much his own man, the Portuguese coach
Euro 2004 Special Feature
Both in his country and in Italy, the 31-year-old midfielder and European Footballer of the Year is an undisputed star. Yet, the introverted and slightly built Czech is relatively unknown
New Blood
Following hosts Germany’s exit from the European U21 Championships at the hands of Portugal, national coach Rudi Voller has filled the last two remaining places in his squad for Euro
Golf helps local charity
The first round of the 2004 Sir Henry Cooper & Mike Reid Charity Golf Classic was held at Boavista recently. This event has been coming to the Algarve for a
Musical chairs – part two
FOOTBALL Musical chairs – part two Leeds United believe they have found the right man in Kevin Blackwell to take them back to the Premiership. The 44-year old believes in