Sport

A crown bowling facility, believed to be the first to be built outside the UK, is due to open at the newly opened Oceânico Amendoeira resort near Silves in March.

Kevin Pietersen shook off the loss of his England captaincy by hitting a spectacular century during a warm-up match against a St Kitts Invitational XI. As Owais Shah and Ian

The final set of Heineken Cup group phase matches resulted in none of the prospective quarter-finals being played on French soil for the first time since the competition’s inception 14

The world’s first wave energy farm, located off the coast of northern Portugal, is up and running and generating a total of 2.25MW, enough to power 1,500 homes. Ocean Power

In the wake of the confirmation that Alberto Contador will definitely take his place at the start of the February 18 Tour of the Algarve, organisers have revealed the 2009

by ALAN CLARKE League leaders ABC Cats travelled to Alvor to play the Greens and were beaten 64-35 and seven points to nil on Saturday (January 17). PDF Sinners beat

Defending Super Bowl champions and erstwhile favourites for a repeat on February 1, the New York Giants, were unceremoniously dumped out of the play-offs by the Philadelphia Eagles. Donovan McNabb

In February the Algarve will be the venue for the fine tuning of several South Africa hopefuls ahead of this year’s remaining crucial World Cup qualifying fixtures. The freezing winter

South African veteran rally driver Giniel de Villiers took full advantage of long time leader Carlos Sainz’s 12th stage crash to lead the first ever Dakar Rally to be held