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Track-level view along the red and white kerbing of the main straight at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimao, with the empty grandstand and pit wall on either side

Formula One Returns to Portimao on 20 June 2027, Six Years After Its Last Race in the Algarve

The FIA published the 2027 calendar on Wednesday, putting Portugal ninth of 24 rounds and directly after Monaco. The return had been agreed; what Wednesday added was the date, and a mid-June slot the Algarve does not currently fill.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

A Davis Cup tie in Portugal seen from the stand, two players in red on an orange clay court with green Davis Cup boards behind and spectators in white caps in the foreground.

Jaime Faria Is the Third Portuguese Ever to Win a Main-Draw Match at All Four Grand Slams

He beat Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 7-6(4), 4-6, 1-6, 6-2 for his first main-draw win at the US Open, a year after losing a five-setter here as a lucky loser. Nuno Borges is also through, putting two Portuguese men in the second round.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

An aerial view of the Montemor-o-Velho flatwater canoe course in the Mondego lowlands, a steel footbridge crossing the channel and boat hangars along the right bank.

Fernando Pimenta Takes a Fourth World Title in the K1 1000 at 37, by Twenty-Two Hundredths of a Second

At Malta Lake in Poznan he crossed in 3:24.39, ahead of defending champion Balint Kopasz and Australia's Thomas Green. It is his tenth world medal in the distance, and he lines up again in the K1 5000 on Sunday.

The Portugal Brief 30 Aug 2026

The Estadio Jose Gomes in Reboleira, Amadora, before a Liga Portugal fixture, with the green, red and white stand behind the pitch

Three Months After Asking Creditors to Forgive 90 Percent of Its Debt, Estrela da Amadora's Holding Company Sells for About €40 Million

Lusa reports that a German investment group counting Thomas Muller, Yann Sommer and Mats Hummels among its investors has agreed to buy the SAD, with Johannes Mosmang as president and Paulo Lopo stepping down. In May the club was in the Sintra court seeking a haircut on €25 million.

The Portugal Brief 23 Aug 2026

Aerial view of the Montemor-o-Velho nautical centre in Portugal, showing the flatwater regatta course, the finish tower and racks of racing kayaks beside the Mondego lowlands

Portugal's Canoeists Collect Two Golds and Two Silvers in One Morning at the Mediterranean Games

Ana Brito won the K1 500 metres and Bruno Brasileiro the K1 1,000 metres in Taranto, with silvers for Tiago Maciel and for Iago Bebiano and André Moreira. Portugal travelled to Italy with 168 athletes, its largest delegation to these Games.

The Portugal Brief 23 Aug 2026

A floodlit indoor hard court during an ATP tennis match, the blue court ringed by a packed arena crowd

Jaime Faria Stuns World No. 6 Ben Shelton in Cincinnati for His First Top-10 Win

Jaime Faria, the 22-year-old from Almada ranked 79th, beat world number six Ben Shelton 6-4, 6-4 at the Cincinnati Open -- his first career win over a top-10 player, three days after Shelton won the title in Toronto. He next faces Australia's Adam Walton.

The Portugal Brief 17 Aug 2026

A road-cycling peloton in mixed jerseys riding through a Portuguese town during the Volta a Portugal, watched by a spectator

A Young Welsh Rider Is Killed in a Collision at the Volta a Portugal, and the GNR Revises Its First Account

Finlay Tarling, a 19-year-old Welsh cyclist, died after being hit by a car on the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal near Ponte de Lima. The GNR later clarified the vehicle was in its correct lane but travelling opposite to the race, which was suspended.

The Portugal Brief 16 Aug 2026

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