Sport

Carvoeiro Clube de Ténis’ over 45s ladies team won the national championships for their age group at a tournament in Lisbon last month. Team member Mo Beilby told the Algarve

Top Lagos ladies handball team Gil Eanes was eliminated from the sport’s European Cup competition along with long standing domestic rivals Madeira SAD. The Algarveans went down 24-36 to Oldenburg

Faro tennis champion Rui Machado came through the opening rounds of last week’s Guayaquil Equador ATP challenger only to lose out 7-6, 6-4 to Germany’s Lars Poerschke at the quarter-final

A new bowling green surface was officially opened at Clube Praia D’Oura near Albufeira on Wednesday November 11. The artificial surface has recently been replaced, using the latest outdoor bowling

Around 500 athletes will come under starters orders at 11am on Sunday for the traditional ‘X Miles Guadiana’ race, from Vila Real de Santo Antonio to Ayamonte. Meanwhile, neighbouring Olhão

Motor sport fans will once again be amply catered for in and around Portimão as the concluding national championship Rally Casinos Algarve roars into life with a super special night

Portugal’s hopes of reaching the World Cup finals in South Africa next June hung in the balance as Carlos Queiroz’s men headed into the second leg do-or-die showdown with Bosnia

More than 61,000 euros was raised by the Corrida Sempre Mulher breast cancer awareness run, which was held at Parque das Nações in Lisbon on November 8. Renowned Portuguese singer

By PHIL EGGINTON Last weekend saw the last race meeting of 2009 at the Autódromo do Algarve. There was a mixed bag of races covering single seaters, GT’s and touring

Last week saw the first planning meeting in Albufeira concerning the 17th SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2010. The major athletics event involving over 700 competitors representing 30 countries will