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19/08/08 Vanessa Fernandes 17/05/08 Benfica have won this season's handball title, beating ABC of Braga 35-34 (after extra-time) and winning the best-of-5 play-off 3-1 10/05/08 Vanessa Fernandes has won the European Triathlon Championship for the fifth year running. Nélson Évora won the gold medal
in the triple jump at the World Championships in Osaka with a jump of 17.74 (the world record is 18.29). It was the first ever gold medal for Portugal in men's events. Évora's parents are Cape Verdean, but he was born in Ivory Coast and was later naturalised Portuguese. Évora runs for
Benfica. 22/06/07 Portugal are out of the Roller Hockey World Championship in Montreux, going down 2-3 to hosts Switzerland
after extra time (2-2 at full time). It is the first time in the history of the competition that Portugal have not reached at least the semi-final stage. 28/05/07 Ovarense beat
FC Porto 75-68 in the decider of seven games to see who would win this year's basketball league. The game was almost abandoned after Porto fans set off a firework in the Ovarense pavillion. It was
Ovarense's second title in a row. 29/04/07 FC Porto are national roller-hockey champions for the sixth year running after beating eternal rival Benfica 5-0
in the third play-off game; they had already won the first two. 25/03/07 The Portugal Rugby Union team have qualified for the World Cup
for the first time in the history of Portuguese rugby. They lost 12-18 to Uruguay
in Montevideo on Saturday, but had won 12-5 in Lisbon so go through on points. Portugal will be the only amateurs playing at the World Cup which will be held in France in September. They will be in Group C
and up against some mighty opposition: New Zealand, Scotland, Italy ad Romania. 27/01/07 Roller Hockey
is a big sport in Portugal - Portugal are one of the top countries in the world - but it will never be the same after Oliveirense, 4th in the league, beat Portosantense, 5th
, by the record score of 63-0 (sixty-three-nil). Portosantense had three players injured and four suspended, so had to field juniors. The rate of scoring was one goal every 47.6 seconds.
17/09/06 Portugal's basketball team have qualified for the European Championship for only the second time in their history - the last was in 1951. Portugal beat Israel
69-49 in the last Group B qualifier. The championship will take place in Spain in September of next year. 16/08/06 David Blanco
won the time trial between Idanha-a-Nova and Castelo Branco Tuesday in the tenth and final stage of the 68th Volta a Portugal. The Spanish rider thus becomes the 13th foreigner to win the race overall and
succeeds Vladimir Efimkin, who won last year. Classification - Final Stage (time-trial): Classification- overall: 11/08/06 Francis Obikwelu won a second gold
(see below) at the European Athletics Championships being held in Gothenburg, this time in the 200 metres. He strode to victory with a time of 20.01 seconds, a Portuguese record and the best European time of the
year. The Swede Johan Wissman (20.38) and the British sprinter Marlon Devonish (20.54) finished in second and third. 09/08/06 Francis Obikwelu won gold Tuesday in the 100 metres
at the European Athletics Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden. Despite a bad start, he glided home in 9.99 seconds, ahead of the Russian Andrey Yepishin and the Slovenian Matic Osovnikar. 23/07/06
Portugal came third in the roller-hockey European Championship held in Monza, beating hosts Italy 5-4 in the play-off. Spain beat Switzerland 2-0 in the Final. 19/06/06
Unlike the so-far successful football Selecção, Portugal failed in two other sports this weekend. The volleyball
team failed to win a place in the 2007 European Championship after going down 2-3 to Bielorussia in Minsk. Meanwhile, the handball team failed entry into the 2007 World Cup, winning 26-25
over the Ukraine but losing on aggregate. FC Porto won the roller hockey Taça de Portugal, beating Juventude de Viana 7-4 in the Final in Mealhada. 23/05/06 ABC 20/05/06 Ovarense are the new Champions of Portuguese basketball
. They beat Ginásio Figueirense 79-75 to win the best of five Final. It is Ovarense's third title. 30/01/06 Portugal were knocked out of the European Handball Championship
taking place in Switzerland when they went down 27-37 to Norway Sunday. They had already lost their other two Group D games against Croatia and Russia. All the other three teams
qualify for the next phase. 16/08/05 Vladimir Efimkin won the Volta a Portugal Sunday, the first Russian to do so, beating out close challenger Cândido Barbosa of Portugal by just
34 seconds. The final time-trial stage was won by the Dane Claus Möller, who finished 7th in the overall. The final standings were as follows: 1 Vladimir Efimkin, Russia, Team-Barloworld 39:29:39
15/08/05 Portugal Portugal
were 30th in terms of medals and 24th in terms of points in the Athletics World Championship in Helsinki. Portugal won two bronze medals: Susana Feitor (walking) and Rui Silva (1500 metres).
13/08/05 Portugal lost 1-4 in the semi-final against arch-rivals Spain to crash out of the roller-hockey World Championship, being played out in San José California.
04/07/05 FC Porto added the Taça de Portugal to the Championship title Sunday when they beat Benfica in the final of roller hockey. It was 2-2
at full time, there were no goals in extra time and Porto won on penalties. Formula One driver Tiago Monteiro could do no better than 13th place in the French Grand Prix, but he is still the
first-time driver with most finishes in this edition. Tiago Monteiro made history Sunday by becoming the first Portuguese driver
ever to find his way onto the winners' podium in a Formula One Grand Prix. He came third in the American Grand Prix
in Indianapolis. There were only six cars in the race, 14 having pulled out due to a dispute over the tyres to be used. Portugal qualified for the European Championship of Handball Sunday by beating the
Czech Republic 32-24
in the second leg of the qualifying round (they had lost the first leg 27-28). The Finals will be held in Switzerland in January. The other teams to have qualified are: France, Iceland, Ukraine, Slovenia, Hungary, Spain, Norway, Serbia- Montenegro and Poland.
12/06/05 Queluz are this year's National Basketball Champions, beating Ovarense 63-58 Thursday to take the final series 3-0. American David Vik
was the hero on the night with 17 points. Queluz were finalists last year but lost out 3-1 to FC Porto. 12/05/05 Lisbon will be the starting point for this year's Dakar Rally. The rally begins
31 December and is scheduled to end in Senegal 15 January 2006. 17/10/04 Middle and long-distance runner Fernanda Ribeiro, an Olympic medal winner, has left FC Porto
under a cloud. The athletics section of the club has been cutting expenses. 25/08/04 Rui Silva won bronze in the men's 1500 metres Tuesday. On the same evening, Francis Obikwelu
got through to the semi-finals of the 200 metres. the Nigerian, naturalised Portuguese, won silver inthe 100 metres at the weekend. 15/08/04 Serginho Paulino
gave Portugal its first medal at the Greece Olympics Saturday in road cycling, the silver for coming second behind Italian Paulo Bettini in the 224 km race. 10/08/04 David Bernabeu
of Spain clinched the 66th Volta a Portugal with a stupendous 31.2 km time trail, overtaking his nearest rival David Arroyo before the line and putting a final 2.08 minutes between them. Bernabeu's team
Milaneza-Maia also won the team competition. 05/08/04 Portugal may apply to be hosts of the 2016 Olympic Games, Vivente Moura, head of the Portuguese Olympic Committee, revealed
Wednesday. 27/06/04 FC Porto were crowned Portuguese roller hockey champions after beating Óquei de Barcelos 7-4. It was FC Porto's third title in a row. 06/03/04 Naide Gomes
won gold in the women's pentathlon Friday at the indoor Athletics World Cup in Budapest. 23/01/04 Portugal lost their first game Thursday of the European Handball Championship
being held in Slovenia. After starting well against Denmark, they eventually went down 36-32. In the other game in Group B, Croatia controversially beat Spain in the final seconds, although Spain
claim that the goal that made it 30-29 was scored after the final hooter. Portugal are World Roller Hockey Champions
for the 15th time. In a pulsating final Saturday they beat Italy 1-0, but the game, characterised by the cagey tactics of both teams and dominated both goalkeepers, went to extra-time before captain
Pedro Alves
got the deciding goal, two and a half minutes before the end. The last minutes were taken up with Portugal keeping possesson and denying Italy the chance to counter, while 3,500 delirious Portuguese were on their feet waiting for the final whistle. When it came, there was pandemonium.
Spain earned third place with a 3-1 win over Argentina. 04/10/03 Portugal are in the final of the Roller Hockey World Championship, being played out in Portugal. The beat
Argentina 2-1 Friday and will face Italy in the final Saturday. 03/10/03 The Portuguese basketball league 'kicked off' Thursday. On the first day, FC Porto
beat old rivals Benfica 80-62. Meanwhile, Portugal are into the semi-finals of the roller-hockey World Championship being played out in Portugal. They beat Brazil 4-1
in the quarter finals Thursday and will meet Argentina, who beat Switzerland 7-1, in the semis. In the other semi-final, Spain and Italy will fight it out to see who goes through.
30/09/03 Portugal thrashed their Dutch counterparts 12-0 on the second day (Monday) of the Roller-Hockey World Cup, currently being held in Portugal. Earlier in the evening, Mozambique
gave Spain a scare, taking them all the way to the line before Spain scored a minute from the end to make it 3-2. 28/09/03 The roller-hockey World Cup
began Saturday at Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal scraping home 4-3 against France in the opening game 27/09/03 Portuguese helmsman Gustavo Lima won gold
this week in the Laser class of the Sailing World Championships in Cadiz, and got a rapturous reception at Cascais (near Lisbon) on his return home Thursday. 20/09/03 Lisbon will host the 2004
Laureus World Sports Awards, a type of Oscar ceremony for sports, inaugurated in 2000. The ceremony will be held from May 8th to 11th at the Central Cultural de Belém
on the outskirts of Lisbon. The ceremony will be watched by 360 million TV viewers. 10/08/03 Michael Stich beat John McEnroe 6-4, 6-0 to win the Algarve stage of the ATP Veterans
tour, taking 150,000 euros in the process (McEnroe got 80,000). Jeremy Bates beat the Portuguese João Cunha e Silva 6-4, 3-6, 13-11 to take third place. 08/08/03 The whole of the Kelme
team have given up on the Volta a Portugal after a bout of gastro-entiritis hit the cyclists. After the second stage of the Volta, the general placings are:
1. Alberto Benito, Sp (Antarte-Rota Móveis) 8:05.52 22/06/03 Portugal qualified for the 2004 European Handball Championship to be held in Slovenia when they beat
Norway 31-25 Saturday. Carlos Resende was Portugal's top scorer with 11 goals. 18/06/03 Portugal Telecom clinched the Portuguese basketball title Tuesday, beating
Oliveirense 79-76 in the fifth and deciding play-off game. It is Telecom's third successive title, but the irony is that the team will now fold in the wake of the sponsor's decision to cut costs. 11/06/03
The coaches of Benfica's basketball team, Mário Gomes and André Matins, have 11 months' worth of salary in arrears, A Bola reported Tuesday. 10/06/03 Portuguese cyclist
José Azevedo of the ONCE team finished second in the general placings of the Tour of Germany, 1m19s behind Australian Michael Rogers of Quick Step. 29/05/03 The Portugal Telecom
basketball team, national champions in the last two seasons, is folding due to the burden of costs on the company. 12/05/03 ABC beat FC Porto 25-24
in the first game of the final series of the Portuguese Handball League Sunday. ABC need only a draw in the second game on May 18th to secure the title. 14/04/03 Russian Nikolay Davydenko
beat Argentinian Agustin Calleri 6-4, 6-3 in the Men's final of the Estoril Open Sunday. The women's final was won by the Spaniard Magui Serna, second seed, who won the tournament for the second
year in a row. She beat the German Julia Schruff 6-4, 6-1. 12/04/03 The Estoril Open of tennis was left without any Portuguese representation Friday when men's pairs
Emanuel Couto and Bernardo Mota went out at the quarter-final stage to Argentinians Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodrigues. 09/04/03 The Estoril Open of tennis
began Monday and continues until Sunday in Estoril, 25 kms west of Lisbon. The tournament is worth points on the ATP and WTA tours. 06/04/03 Portugal go through to Round II of the
Davis Cup in tennis after beating Monaco. They took a decisive 3-0 lead Saturday. 04/03/04 Portugal has climbed from 19th to 17th in the World rugby rankings, thanks
mainly to their feats in the Six Nations B League, which they currently head. 30/03/03 Portugal's Rugby Union team beat Russia 25-14
Saturday to extend their run to five straight wins in the Six Nations B League. 17/03/03 The Kenyan Martin Lel won the men's competition and the Ethiopian Derartu Tulu
the women's in the Lisbon half-marathon, run Sunday. 26/02/03 Long-distance athlete Carlos Calado
is in mourning after his wife and two sons died at the weekend. The athlete was running in Madeira and shortly after the race was told that his whole family had died, probably caused by gas from a faulty water-heater at their home in the Algarve. They were buried Tuesday.
03/02/03 Croatia were crowned World Champions Sunday after beating Germany 34-31 in an exciting final of the 02/02/03
Croatia beat Spain 39-37 in the Óquei de Barcelos beat Benfica 4-3 away Saturday in the Roller Hockey
league. FC Porto lead the table, followed by Infante de Sagres, Óquei and Benfica. 30/01/03 Portugal said goodbye to the possibility of qualifying for the Olympic Games
Wednesday when they lost 28-30 to Yugoslavia; they needed to win to secure at least seventh place in the 27/01/03 Portugal are through to the second phase of the 24/01/03 Portugal
lost for the first time and against their toughest opposition so far Thursday in the 22/01/03 Portugal
won for the second time in the 21/01/03 Portugal got off to a flying start in the men's 20/01/03 The 21/11/02 Portugal's basketball team lost 106-99 at home to Slovenia Wednesday and look certain to miss out on qualification to the 2003 European Championships
to be held in Sweden. 17/11/02 Benfica and FC Porto drew 3-3 Saturday on the eighth day of the Roller Hockey league. The game was played in the pavilion of the Luz stadium.
13/10/02 Portugal Telecom crushed FC Porto 109-67 on the third day of the National Basketball Championship. The hero was American Marcus Norris with 23 points and eight assists.
Portugal lost 2-3 to Greece in their last game at the volleyball World Cup in Argentina, a result that left them in eighth
place. Even so, it was the best result ever in Portuguese men's volleyball. 12/10/02 Portugal were knocked out by Brazil (0-2 on penalties) at the semi-final stage of the Women's
Roller Hockey World Cup, being played in the North of Portugal. 11/10/02 Portugal lost 0-3 for the second time in a row Thursday in the Volleyball World Cup
in Argentina, this time to Italy, second in the world rankings. Scoring went 25-23, 25-19 and 25-17. Portugal are left to play for 7th place. 10/10/02 Portugal's Volleyball World Cup
came to an abrupt end when they lost Wednesday to reigning champions Yugoslavia 0-3
(20-25, 23-25 and 16-25) in the quarter finals. It was a predictable end to a marvellous run, in which the Portuguese beat China, Australia, Spain and Poland. Portugal can still come fifth if they win their remaining games.
07/10/02 Portugal's volleyball team lost 0-3 to Russia Sunday but still go through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, being played in Argentina, where they will meet
Yugoslavia on Wednesday. 06/10/02 The quarter finals beckon for Portugal after they beat Poland 3-1
in the second game of the second phase of the volleyball World Cup in Argentina. Scoring went 25-22, (32-34), 25-20 and 25-22. Portugal play Russia on Sunday. Rui Silva won Newcastle's
Great North Run (mile) Saturday, beating the Russian Vyacheslav Shabunin in the sprint. In the Women's event, Carla Sacramento was sixth in a race won by the Turkey's Sureyya Ayhan. 05/10/02
Portugal came from two sets down to beat Spain 3-2 Friday in the first game of the second phase of the volleyball World Cup, being played in Argentina. They play Poland on Saturday.
29/09/02 Benfica beat historic rivals FC Porto 91-79 Saturday on the first day of the Portuguese Basketball League. 23/09/02 Benfica crushed eternal rivals FC Porto 12-4
in the final of the SuperTaça António Livramento in Roller Hockey at the Luz Sunday. It was Benfica's fifth SuperTaça title. 22/09/02 Francis Obikwelu won the 200 metres in the
Athletics World Cup in Madrid Saturday, setting a new Portuguese national record in the process. His time of 20.18 seconds was two hundredths of a second better than the second-placed African record-holder
Frankie Frederiks of Namibia. 15/09/02 Portugal Telecom beat Oliveirense 81-73 Saturday to win the basketball Supertaça, the first trophy of the new season.
10/09/02 The 14th Edition of the Estoril Open in tennis will take place next year from 07/04 - 13/04. The tournament has been arranged for a week after the second round of the
Davis Cup, which may dissuade some of the top players from participating. (A Bola On-line) 05/09/02 The Estoril racing circuit will host the 11th Motorcycling Grand Prix
of the season at the weekend. The event needs 1,500 people behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly, and 250 TIR trucks to transport all the equipment. The racing will be covered by over 250 journalists from all round the world.
28/08/02 Two Cuban fencers, Elvis Gregory and Ivan Trebejo, did not return with the Cuban national team after the World Fencing Championships, held recently in Lisbon. Gregory was World
vice-champion in 1998, while Trebejo won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The two men are missing, but the Portuguese authorities cannot launch a search for them because they are for the moment in
the country legally. It is believed that they may seek political asylum. (A Bola On-line) 17/08/02 Rui Silva
was the best European when he came third in the 1500 metres at the athletics meeting in Zürich Friday. The Morrocan Hicham el Geurrouj
won the race with the best time of the year for the distance: 3.26,89 minutes. The World Fencing Championship begins in Lisbon Saturday. 754 fencers will compete in the various classes. 16/08/02
On a thrilling final day of the Volta a Portugal, it was a Dane, Claus Möller, who pipped his teammate, the Catalan Joan Horrach, to the individual
title. Going into the final stage (23.9 kms, time trial, Queluz-Sintra), Möller was 48 seconds behind Horrach, but he bettered him on this final stage by 53 seconds, winning the Volta by five seonds!
Their team, Maia-Milaneza-MSS, scooped most of the prizes: the team trophy, the first three places in the individual competition (Möller, Horrach and the Portuguese Rui Sousa), the green jersey (Angel Edo), the
mountain (Gonçalo Amorim) and six of the thirteen stages. It's the second year running that the team has won the Volta. Möller said: "The Vuelta de España
is my next objective", while crestfallen Horrach said: "I don't know if I'll ever be that close to winning again." (infordesporto) 15/08/02 Angel Edo
of Maia Milaneza-MSS won the 12th and penultimate stage (167.9 kms, Elvas-Beja) of the Volta a Portugal Wednesday. Joan Horrach
still holds the yellow jersey. Portuguese cyclist Cândido Barbosa took part in the stage after threatening not to; he had been disqualified in Tuesday's race for an infringement during the sprint. He was placed last in the Peloton, and the stage given to Joan Horrach. Horrach has a 45 and 48 second advantage respectively over Maia Milaneza-MSS teammates
Rui Sousa and Claus Moller. The final stage on Thursday (a national holiday in Portugal) is a 23.9 km time trial between Queluz and Sintra on the outskirts of Lisbon. 13/08/02
The Bulgarian Daniel Petrov of the Porta da Ravessa team won the 10th stage (161.5 kms, Covilhã-Portalegre) of the Volta a Portugal Monday. The Spaniard Joan Horrach still has the yellow jersey.
12/08/02 Dane Claus Moller of Milaneza-MSS won the ninth stage of the Volta a Portugal
Sunday. The stage (181 kms) ran through the highest point in Portugal, Torre (1,900 metres). The Spaniard Joan Horrach still has the yellow jersey. Milaneza-MSS leads the team table. 11/08/02
Alexis Rodriguez of Spain and Kelme won the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal Saturday (181.1 kms, Gandara to Castelo Branco). The yellow still belongs to Joan Horrach, of Milaneza-MSS.
10/08/02 Francis Obikwelu won his second silver in two days in the 200 metres
at the European Championship in Munich. His time of 20.21 was a national record. The greek runner Kenteris got the gold with a time of 19.85. David Muñoz
of Kelme won the seventh stage of the Volta a Portugal Friday (182.4 kms, Cantanhede-Alcobaça). Juan Horrach of Spain came in with the pelotón 49 seconds after the winner and maintains the yellow jersey.
09/08/02 Rui Silva won bronze in the 1500 metres in the European Championships in Munich Thursday. Baala of France won the race. Portuguese cyclist Cândido Barbosa
won the sixth stage of the Volta a Portugal Thursday (206 kms, Mondim de Basto-Cantanhede). Joan Horrach of Spain maintains the yellow jersey. 08/08/02
The (Nigerian) naturalised Portuguese runner Francis Obikwelu won silver in the men's 100 metres at the European Championships in Munich. He set a new Portuguese record
of 10.06 seconds. Wednesday was a rest day in the Volta a Portugal. 07/08/02 Spain's Juan Horrach is the new yellow jersey in the Volta a Portugal
after winning Tueday's tough fifth stage (160.8 kms, Favaios-Mondim de Basto). Horrach rides for Milaneza MSS, who also go to the top of the team rankings. 06/08/02 Spain's Aitor Osa
of iBanesto won the fourth stage of the Volta a Portugal Monday (166.4 kms, Penafiel-Favaios). Portuguese cyclist Cândido Barbosa rode in with the peloton and so maintains the yellow jersey.
05/08/02 Cândido Barbosa of LA Pecol won Sunday's stage of the Volta a Portugal (169.2 kms,Gaia-Gaia) and so maintains the yellow jersey. 04/08/02 Cândido Barbosa
of LA Pecol takes on the yellow jersey after finishing second in Saturday's stage of the Volta a Portugal (171.9 kms, Fafe-Fafe). The stage was won by Angel Edo of Maia Milaneza-MSS. Portugal
bowed out of the World Volleyball League Group A with a 1-3 defeat to Poland
in Wroclaw. The League gives qualification for the World Championship in Argentina in September/ October; Brasil and Poland qualified from Portugal's group. 03/08/02 Adolfo Garcia
of Spanish team iBanesto won the first stage of the Volta a Portugal Friday. iBanesto is the first leader of the team competition. 02/08/02 The 64th
Volta a Portugal in cycling begins Friday with an 11.7 km team time trial in Maia, near Oporto. The Volta
ends on August 15th with the 13th stage from Queluz to Sintra, near Lisbon. For detailed day-to-day coverage (in Portuguese), go to 30/07/02 The Volta a Portugal in cycling
will not now enter Spain. The 11th stage was meant to be from Portalegre to Badajoz, but the Spanish police have put a block on it. 29/07/02
éJos Azevedo finished the Tour in sixth place
in the overall standings. The position makes him unofficially the second best Portuguese cyclist ever after the legendary Joaquim Agostinho, who got two third places in 1978 and '79. It is widely felt that Azevedo could have done even better if he hadn't had to drop back in some stages to support ONCE teammates. With a fifth place in last year's Giro d'Italia also under his belt, local hopes are that Azevedo, 28, can go on to even greater things. (
A Bola On-line) Portugal's volleyball team lost 2-3 to Argentina in the second of their Group A World League games. Portugal are out of the competition, but still have to visit Poland.
28/07/02 José Azevedo dropped to sixth place in the overall standings after Saturday's 50 km timed stage of the Tour, from Regnié-Durette to Macon. He finished 3m 36secs behind the fastest
on the day, Lance Armstrong. (A Bola On-line) Portugal are out of the final stage of the World Volleyball League after going down 0-3 to Argentina
Saturday. The other game in their group saw Poland beating Brazil, which means that the Group stands like this: Brazil 17 pts, Poland 16, Argentina 12, Portugal 12. 27/07/02 José Azevedo
maintained fifth place in the overall standings after Friday's stage of the Tour, from Cluses to Bourg en Bresse. (A Bola On-line) 26/07/02 Portugal's volleyball
coach, the Cuban Juan Diaz, was refused entry into Argentina Thursday evening because his visa was out of date. Portugal face Argentina in the fifth round of the World League, Group A. (A Bola On-line
) José Azevedo came in 25th in Thursday's stage of Le Tour (Aime-Cluses) and fell to fifth place in the overall standings. (A Bola On-line) 25/07/02 José Azevedo came in 8th in Wednesday's stage of Le Tour (Les Deux Alpes-La Plagne) and rose to fourth place in the overall standings. (A Bola On-line) 24/07/02
Sporting have decided to disband their Roller Hockey
team, which last weekend failed in the play-offs to gain promotion to the First Division. The inability of the section to pay its way is cited as the reason for the fold. (A Bola On-line) José Azevedo
came in 14th in Tuesday's stage of Le Tour (Vaison La-Romaine e Les Deux Alpes) but maintains sixth place in the overall standings. (A Bola On-line) 22/07/02 Cyclist
José Azevedo, who came 12th in Sunday's stage of Le Tour, climbed to sixth in the overall rankings, from eighth. 21/07/02 The draw was made Saturday for the
2003 World Cup in Handball, to be staged in Portugal between 20/01 and 02/02 next year. Portugal are in Group B and will play in Viseu in the North of Portugal. The Groups are like this:
GROUP A: Tunisia, Spain, Yugoslávia, Kuwait, Morocco, Poland Carlos Sousa and Vítor Jésus climbed to second behind French rival Schlesser in the four-wheel drive World Cup
after they finished second behind the same Schlesser in the Baja España Saturday. 19/07/02 On the day that Lance Armstrong hit the front of the leader board in the Tour de France
, Portuguese rider José Azevedo had good news for the Portuguese: he rose to sixth overall. 15/07/02 Portugal beat Argentina 3-1 Saturday in the fifth game of Group A of the World
Volleyball League , being held in Lisbon. In the sixth game Sunday, also against Argentina, Portugal won 3-2 and climbed to second in the group, behind Brazil. Portuguese José Azevedo
, riding for Spanish team ONCE, is 8th in the overall standings in the Tour after finishing in the pelotón Sunday. Naide Gomes
beat her own national long-jump record at the Portuguese Championship Sunday with an effort of 6m57. 13/07/02 Portugal are through to the final of the Roller Hockey
European Championship in Florence after beating France 4-2 Friday. They will meet Spain, who beat the hosts Italy 7-2, in the final. Portugal are 0-2
down in their Euro-African Group I Davis Cup match against Belarus, Bernardo Mota and Hélder Lopes both losing their singles matches.
The International Motorcycling Federation has announced that the Portuguese Grand Prix for 125 cc, 250 cc and GP will be held at the Estoril track on September 7th. 12/07/02 Portugal
thrashed Germany 8-0 in the Roller-Hockey Euros Thursday. This follows yet another victory Wednesday, 4-2 against the hosts Italy. Portugal go through with ease to the semi-finals with four
wins, no defeats, 46 goals for and two against. Portugal's first qualifier for the Olympic Games in Athens is João Calvet Costa for 50 metre pistol
(free). Costa qualified during the World Championship in Finland. (A Bola On-line) 08/07/02 (2) Portugal continued their good start to the Roller Hockey Euros by beating
Holland 12-0 Tuesday. They meet the hosts Italy Wednesday, which will be a different proposition. Portugal started the Roller Hockey
European Championship in Florence on the right foot Monday, beating Austria 22-0. Ricardo Pereira scored seven of the goals. 28/06/02 Portugal Telecom clinched the national basketball
league Thursday, beating Oliveirense, 95-94 and winning the play-offs 3-0. 27/06/02 Formula One will be absent from Estoril
for at least one more year after the Grand Prix venues for 2003 were announced Wednesday. 18/06/02 Benfica won the Taça de Portugal in roller hockey Sunday when they beat
Óquei de Barcelos 6-1. Meanwhile, Águas Santas beat ABC 27-21 to take the Taça de Portugal in handball. 12/06/02 FC Porto won their 11th handball
title Monday when they beat ABC of Braga 27-19 in the third game of the final play-off, played in Varzim. 10/06/02 Sporting clinched both the masculineand feminine national
Athletics club titles Sunday. 09/06/02 The State became the full owners of the Autódromo do Estoril
Friday when the Grão-Pará group signed over their 49% share in the track to the State bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos, in lieu of debts to the bank of 35 million euros. The State already owned 51% of the track. The way is now clear for negotiations to be taken up again to have the
Formula One Grand Prix back at Estoril. Portugal´s best known motor racing driver, Pedro Lamy, will take part in the 24 hour Le Mans race on June 15/16th. He will be driving for the
Playstation-Oreca team Portugal became World Champions in basquetebol para deficientes Saturday when they beat Poland 93-63 in the final in Funchal, Madeira. Benfica
drew 5-5 with FC Porto in the final game of the Roller Hockey league Saturday. FC Porto had already been crowned this year's Champions
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