Portugal

Wednesday February 11. Algarve Stadium. 8.45pm. Tickets priced €10, €15 and €20 are now on sale through the internet. The Portuguese FA website at www.fpf.pt is in Portuguese and English,

Portugal’s environmental agency (APA) is reviewing an environmental impact study, currently under public consultation, for the construction of an oil refinery in Badajoz, which will discharge effluents into a tributary

Andrew Murray lived up to his billing as bookies’ favourite during the first half of the Australian Open before making a 2-6, 6-1,1-6, 6-3, 6-4 last 16 exit against No14

by CHRIS GRAEME The Democrats Abroad in Portugal celebrated the US Presidential inauguration ceremony in style in Cascais last Tuesday afternoon. Around 100 invited guests, including the Algarve Resident, and

by SKIP BANDELE sport@algarveresident.com World champion Lewis Hamilton’s arrival in the Algarve last week was accompanied by intermittent sunshine, although worsening weather conditions later led to the abandonment of F1

by CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@algarveresident.com The former president of scandal-ridden, beleaguered bank BPP has refused to be drawn into discussions over his part in the collapse of private investment bank BPP.

Following Manchester City it was Tottenham Hotspur’s turn to dig deep into the transfer kitty. This week Jermain Defoe was joined by 15 million euro Wigan recruit Wilson Palacios, Sunderland

Porto grabbed the initiative in Portugal, the champions’ latest 2-0 success at Braga opening up a narrow one-point lead at the top of the Liga Sagres over Benfica and Sporting

By ELOISE WALTON eloise.walton@algarveresident.com An elderly British couple has been robbed at gun point in their holiday apartment in Vilamoura by three masked men. The woman answered a call at

Next year’s Celtic Manor European Ryder Cup captain was decided in Qatar by a 15-man tournament committee on Wednesday (after the Algarve Resident went to press). Following an earlier impasse,