The first highlight belongs to the National University Beach Championships which brings together around 400 student-athletes from Portuguese higher education establishments.

The event, which takes place in the Praia da Rocha Sports Area until the 23rd, is the responsibility of FADU – Academic Federation of University Sports and is organised by AAUALG – Academic Association of the University of Algarve, with the support of the Municipality from Portimão.

On May 21st, there will be the closing session of the “Atlima” Quelfes Games, which will bring together around 800 students from 3rd and 4th year classes from schools in the Algarve and Andalusia at the Dois Irmãos Stadium.

This cross-border multidisciplinary initiative includes a diverse set of experiences, in a kind of “Disneyland” of sport, with the aim of providing maximum fun to participants in the disciplines of handball, athletics, basketball, football, golf, tag rugby, and tennis.

From the 23rd and 26th of May, Portimão will be one of the stages, together with Lagoa, of the National Youth School Sports Championships 2024, which will involve around 350 teachers and close to 2000 students of both sexes, the vast majority aged between 16 and 18 years old.

Including twelve sports (athletics, badminton, basketball, boccia, mountain biking, canoeing, futsal, swimming, skating, table tennis, volleyball, and surfing), this nationwide competition will take place in Portimão at the Pavilhão Gimnodesportivo, Pavilhão Desportivo da Boavista and Praia da Rocha beach.

Also, this year's edition of the Portimão Box Cup will take place between the 24th and 26th of May, with the participation of 450 boxers from various countries, in the men's and women's categories.

At the Portimão Arena, there will be simultaneous fights in three rings, making the competition one of the biggest in the country in this Olympic discipline, with the organisation of the Portimão Boxing School, the institutional support of the Municipality of Portimão, Freguesia Portimão, and Instituto Português Desporto e Juventude, and the supervision of the Algarve Boxing Association and the Portuguese Boxing Federation.

Tickets (5 euros per day, or 10 euros for the three days of the competition) are available at bol.pt or physically at the usual locations.

Until the end of May, the Ultimate Cup Series is also worth mentioning, a car endurance race to be held between the 24th and 26th at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, or the motorcycle tourism tour along the riverside area of Portimão promoted by Goldwing Clube Portugal and scheduled on the 25th, bringing together 340 Honda enthusiasts from all over Europe.

The last week of May will also be marked by the Summer Beach Tennis Tournament (the 25th and 26th at the Praia da Rocha Sports Area), the canoe/stand-up paddleboard trip along the Ria de Alvor (the 26th) and inserted in the municipal initiative Domingo Ativo, for the Walk/Run of the Volunteer Firefighters of Portimão, a solidarity initiative that will also take place on the 26th, and for the Regional U12 Tennis Championship (May 30th to June 3rd), aimed at all players from the region aged under 12 years.