Sport

The 6th stage of the Portuguese national all-terrain championships, which will reach their climax in the Monchique mountains later this year, visited the lower Alentejo last weekend. Although title holders

São Bartolomeu de Messines will hold its fifth Crédito Agricola BTT mountain bike marathon for the 3rd Silves Council Trophy on October 10. Competitors interested in entering the cross country

The municipality of Albufeira continued its support of local youth activities with the inauguration of a new sports pavillion in Olhos d’Água. The 2.2 million euro multi-discipline facility opened its

José Mourinho was spotted relaxing in the sun near his house in Ferragudo last week. The ‘Special One’ took his wife and two children for lunch at the Caneiros beach

Beach football superstar Madjer led Portugal into the European League Superfinals held in Vila Real de Santo António at the weekend, confident of securing a third successive title. Already victorious

Portimão equalled their best ever Liga de Honra start to a season by beating Beira-Mar 2-1 in front of their own fans on Sunday. The joint leaders of the division

Students from various European countries will converge on the Algarve between September 1 and 7 to compete in the first ever European Universities Golf Championships. The event is being promoted

Dynamite Fight Night 14 will see the Algarve’s best come up against the crème-de-la-crème of European kick boxing talent on October 3 in Albufeira. Two of the 15 bouts planned

Portimonense made a perfect start to the new Liga de Honra (Coca-Cola Championship equivalent) season by beating Estoril 3-1 to the west of Lisbon. Manager Lito Vidigal is hopeful that

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@mmspublishing.com The Portuguese economy will gradually begin to recover during the second half of the year, according to economists who claim the worst may be over. Despite