Sport

PORTUGAL’S FIRST Lady, Maria Cavaco Silva, was present at the inaugural concert of the 29th Algarve Music International Festival on April 6. The Metropolitan Orchestra of Lisbon performed to a

By: Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com EXCITEMENT IS building among Lagos residents in the run up to the inauguration of the town’s new sports complex Complexo Desportivo de Lagos – Pavilhão Municipal,

By: Louise Pimm louise@portugalresident.com FOR THE first time since 2001, Portugal hosted a FIA World Rally Championship round. However, organisers have been fined 37,500 euros by FIA after five people

By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com DESPITE A wet start to the day on Saturday, and the threat of a postponed match, the skies cleared and the games began. Donning their new

By: Skip Bandele

Contributed THE INTER club bowls competition finals were held at the Clube de Bowling at Parque da Floresta on March 24, which brought to a conclusion a well contested and

By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com ON THE eve of the Rally de Portugal, taking place in the Algarve this weekend, up and coming Welsh driver Simon Hughes, who is taking part

THE FIRST Portuguese round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) was in 1973 and, for the next 29 years, the event went on to become one of the most difficult

THE ALGARVE has been named ‘Best Golf Destination in the World’ by Rheingolf magazine, the leading golf magazine in Germany’s Rhineland region. The announcement was made at the Rheingolf exhibition