Cross country
The International Algarve BTT Marathon (mountain bikes) will take place in and around São Bartolomeu de Messines this Sunday.
Champions Tour
The opening week of the inaugural Vilamoura Champions Tour was dominated by Portugal’s Luis Sabino and Ireland’s Michael Hutchinson, who each took two events in the seven and six-year-old categories
Correct grip
By Seán Hawker 1. With your right hand hanging alongside your right leg, slowly bring it towards the bottom of your left hand that is on the golf club. 2.
Benfica manager in trouble
Benfica manager Jorge Jesus took the law into his own hands after the 1-0 away win at V.Guimarães last Sunday. A number of Benfica fans invaded the pitch after the
Algarve champion
Faro-born Rui Machado, fresh from last weekend’s Davis Cup triumph in Moldova, won his third national tennis championship title in Estoril last weekend. The 29-year-old repeated his 2005 and 2008
Algarve ace
By Skip Bandele sport@algarveresident.com Former Portuguese tennis No1 Rui Machado (pictured) showed that his latest efforts to regain form on the Polish Challenger circuit were not in vain as he
Alignment
By Graham Stewart Poor alignment is without a doubt the biggest problem in golf. It leads to the player compensating during the swing. For example, aiming too far to the
Dakar ace
Olhão motorbike ace Ruben Faria has become the highest-placed Portuguese Dakar Rally participant ever after finishing second overall in the race last Sunday. “You cannot imagine how happy I am,”
Island return
The PGA European Tour has reinstated the Madeira Open to its 2013 tournament schedule only two weeks after having announced its omission. The venue of Portuguese and Algarve No1 Ricardo
Portimão held
Well organised visitors Sporting Covilhã enjoyed the better of the first half at Portimão’s municipal stadium last Sunday afternoon, and went into the half-time interval a goal in front thanks