The world’s #3 ranked women’s national football team revel in first class training facilities and unrivalled accommodation choice at the renowned Amendoeira Golf Resort.

Oceânico Group’s magnificent Amendoeira Golf Resort has built a enviable reputation for being a venue with so much more to offer that just 36-holes of championship golf, and last week bore testament to that with the French Women’s National Football team choosing the all-encompassing facility as their training base whilst they competed in the prestigious Algarve Cup.

In April, Browns Sports & Leisure Club – Vilamoura will be hosting the “Algarve Rugby Festival 2015”, which will include the participation of world-class teams including the British Army (Forces World Champions), Worcester Warriors XV and a Portuguese Premiership Team.

All games will be held on Browns' official pitch located on Caminho dos Golfes in Vilamoura. With Free Entrance, the event will promote rugby in Algarve by providing fans a unique opportunity to watch top class rugby matches.

Under a beautiful blue Algarve sky, this years final featured regular finalists The USA and the new kids on the block France.

Before the 4pm kickoff a minutes silence was held to remember the French athletes who had lost their lives so tragically in Argentina this week.

Gibraltar have sacked manager Allen Bula four games into their European Championship qualifying campaign.

Gibraltar, who joined the UEFA as a full member in May 2013, has lost all four of their Euro 2016 qualifiers, conceding 21 goals and scoring nil, and are bottom of Group D.

Walking Football for the over 50s is gaining more and more interest among Algarve Residents.

After the Olhanese Strollers competitive game against the Cove Rapidly Ageing Pensioners from Farnborough (Hamsphire) in the first ever International Walking Football Competition held 21 February, the Strollers went to Browns for an open sessions to show the “vilamoura crowd” what it's all about.

Angolan football team Angolan Kabuscorp have returned to the Amendoeira Golf Resort in the Algarve for the second year running. 
The new manager Ljubomir Ristovsk "Risto" has brought his team for intensive pre-season training in the Algarve, Portugal.

In the first ever league encounter between two American Football teams in the region, the Algarve Pirates and the Algarve Sharks met last weekend at Pirate HQ in Mehilhoeira Grande near Portimão.

This was the second time the teams had actually played, with a friendly jogo amigável being played at the end of 2014, but this time it was for real, with league position being at stake.

The Algarve, Europe’s leading golf destination, is celebrating after being awarded the prestigious title of ‘Best Value Golf Destination’ in the 2015 Today’s Golfer Travel Awards.

The award, which is voted for by the readers of Today’s Golfer magazine, returns to the Algarve for the third time in four years, following previous wins in 2012 and 2013.