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THE FIRST round of the new format Carlsberg League Cup competition saw Portimão triumph over their better-fancied rivals Rio Ave in the Algarve.

THE important pre-season Guadiana tournament in Vila Real de Santo António was won by Benfica.

PORTUGAL’S RUGBY World Cup preparations at Browns Sport & Leisure Club in Vilamoura are beginning to show dividends judged by the national side’s latest 22-20 victory over English Premiership-hopefuls Coventry.

LAST SUNDAY, six Algarve-based athletes took to the sea off Lagos to swim 16.5 kilometres along the coast in just under three-and-a-half hours to Portimão.

PORTUGAL’S PREPARATIONS for September’s Rugby World Cup in France began in earnest with the national team’s arrival at Brown’s Sport and Leisure Club in Vilamoura for a one-week training camp.

IN THE second day of the Grand Champions tennis competition, crowd pleaser Bjorn Borg faltered and eventually conceded to Thomas Muster. There were plenty of laughs as the pair played

DYNAMITE 6, the kick-boxing spectacle staged at Albufeira’s bullring on July 21, was shown in its entirety on the Eurosport channel last Monday night. The President of the Portuguese Thai-boxing

THE EAGERLY anticipated Vale do Lobo Grand Champions tennis tournament, from August 7 until 10 at the Vale do Lobo Tennis Academy, will feature the legendary Björn Borg among many

THIS WEEKEND sees the first major tests for two of Portugal’s biggest clubs with the seventh edition of the prestigious Guadiana Tournament in Vila Real de Santo António. The three-way

The London based Portuguese Chamber of Commerce held its annual Algarve Golf Tournament and Dinner this month at the Alto Golf Club in Alvor. Twenty-eight golfers had signed up for