Sport in Portugal
In the early years, children in Portugal, built, discovered, played, and had fun creating their own games with their own materials from their environment. Piāo and Jogos Das Latas are some of the most popular traditional games of Portugal.
race finish in PortugalOver time, Portugal developed various sports activities and one of the most popular sports in their country is football. A good number of skilled athletes from Portugal are well known across the globe. The list includes Cristiano Ronaldo who currently captains the Portugal National team. With 50 international goals, he became the country’s top goal scorer of all time. Cristiano was also regarded to be the best football player in the world.
A big sporting event in Portugal is the Portygal Tennis Open, which started in 1989.
Below are details of sports, sporting events and sports people related to Portugal.
Popular sports of Portugal (see more)
- Football (Soccer), Tennis
Traditional Sports of Portugal
- Piāo (or spinning top in English) is a game using a top where the goal of the player is to knock over the other player’s tops and must be the last top spinning to be considered winner.
- Jogos Das Latas is a can game. The cans are placed on top of each, forming a pyramid. The players have three turns to knock down as many cans as possible. The player who takes down most cans is the winner.
Portugal Sporting Success
- 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games in the USA was won by Portuguese runner Carlos Lopes.
Great athletes from Portugal
- Christiano Ronaldo (football)
- Carlos Lopes (marathon running)
- Eusébio (football)
Portugal Sports trivia
Portugal at major events
- Portugal at the Summer Olympics
- Portugal at the Winter Olympics
- Portugal at the Men's FIFA World Cup
- Portugal at the Women's FIFA World Cup
- Portugal at the Rugby World Cup
- Portugal at the UEFA Euros
Past sporting events hosted in Portugal
- 2004 UEFA European (Euro) Football Championship
- 2009 Lusophony Games held in Lisbon
- 2020 UEFA Champions League Final, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
- 2021 UEFA Champions League Final, Estádio do Dragão, Porto
- 2022 IWAS World Games at Vila Real de Santo Antonio
Upcoming sporting events in Portugal
- 2030 FIFA World Cup - co-hosted with Morocco and Spain
Annual sporting events held in Portugal
- Portugal Tennis Open
- Primeira Liga, the top level football league in Portugal
Sporting Facilities in Portugal
- Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
- Estádio do Dragão, Porto
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