Tee-off
Estoril golfer Rafael Gaspar emerged as the winner of a three-way tie also involving Eduardo Baptista and Vilamoura’s Gonçalo Pinto to take the Tranquilidade Tournament title on Vale de Lobo’s
Local champions
The Portimão Arena was the venue for a gala sports evening honouring the municipality’s outstanding 2008/09 season athletes and coaches. Among the many gold award recipients were national volleyball team
Rising stars
The latest International Badminton Federation rankings saw 19-year-old Pedro Martins rise ten places to No105 in the world. The young Lagoa player was part of the Portuguese national team which
Rally around
As the Algarve off-road racing season drew to a close around Vila do Bispo last weekend with co-drivers José Merceano and Francisco Pereira dominating the last event of the Selenia
Running for gold
The Portuguese women’s national cross country team spent last week training in Albufeira before departing for last Sunday’s European Championships in Dublin. A brilliant collective performance saw Jessica Augusto, Inês
Record breakers
The Portuguese swimming championships in Leiria saw an outstanding performance from Portinado star Alexandre Agostinho who set a new national 100m freestyle record. That preparation put the 23-year-old in the
Dream draw for Portimonense
Portimonense have been drawn in the same group as FC Porto in the quarter-finals of the Carlsberg League Cup. The League Champions will travel to Portimão on January 13 after
PLAIN SAILING
Portimão Club Naval representative Gonçalo Pires will be representing Portugal at the European Sailing Championships in Italy which begin on Monday. The national title runner-up is competing in the Byte
OFF-ROAD CHAMPION
The Peugeot 207 expertly handled by Bruno Magalhães once again proved invincible as the 2009 Portuguese off-road season drew to a close in Portimao last weekend. Following the opening superspecial
International school attempts Guinness World Record
By ELOISE WALTON eloise.walton@mmspublishing.com Students, friends, family and teachers from the Almancil-based International School São Lourenço (ISSL) attempted to smash the Guinness World Record for human dominoes at the Algarve

