Copping out
The transfer window slammed shut with Robbie Keane’s 13 million euro return to White Hart Lane barely six months after his much heralded ‘childhood dream move’ to Anfield standing out
Echos of ‘66
By SKIP BANDELE sport@algarveresident.com The 2010 World Cup draw in South Africa evoked a strong sense of nostalgia among Portuguese players and fans alike. Come June of next year, the
Football focus
Referee Mike Riley may well have put paid to Chelsea’s title hopes by handing Frank Lampard a straight 60th minute red card for an innocuous looking tackle during the weekend’s
Rugby special
Portugal’s World Cup qualifying hopes took a knock as the opening fixture against Russia resulted in a 14-10 loss. The ‘Lobos’ will also face Germany, Georgia, Romania and Spain in
Euro goals
Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is unsurprisingly not winning many popularity contests outside Milan, but his Inter side’s latest 3-0 away victory at Lecce put seven points between himself and
World Cup competition
Australia and Egypt have become the latest countries to put forward their official candidature to stage the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup finals. At the close of Monday’s deadline
EURO’2012
Sunday’s qualifying draw for the next European Championships to be held in Poland and the Ukraine has pitted Portugal against Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Cyprus in Group H. England’s task
European duels
It is often maintained that the friendly relationship between England and Portugal, stretching back over the centuries, constitutes the oldest alliance in the world. These sentiments will disappear on the
For King and country
Gloucester emerged as the big winners of the top of the Guinness Premiership clash with London Irish at their Kingsholm home ground. The visiting Exiles had at one point enjoyed
Vodaphone Rally of Portugal
Rally fans are in for a treat when the fourth event of the FIA World Rally Championship comes to the Algarve and Alentejo from April 3 to 5. With three

