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SPOT Satellite image of Lisbon on the north bank of the Mar da Palha (Sea of Straw), right. The Atlantic Ocean is to the left. The history of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, revolves around its strategic geographical position at the mouth of the Tagus, the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. Its spacious and sheltered natural harbour ...
The Pavilhão da Luz Nº 1, currently known as Pavilhão Fidelidade for sponsorship reasons, is the main arena (or pavilion) of Portuguese multi-sport club S.L. Benfica.It has a full capacity of 2,400 seats and is mainly used by the basketball, futsal and roller hockey departments of the club.
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The club's first title came from the basketball team, which won the 1942/43 Regional Championship of Lisbon. This was the first of five Lisbon Championships won within a decade. The basketball team also won the Cup of Honour (predecessor of the Portuguese Cup) in 1943/44, a 2nd Division title in 1943/44, and a Portuguese Cup in 1953/54.
In 1995, basketball stopped being one of the sports practiced in the club, returning in 2012, just with the women's team. In 2019, the men's team was refounded after 24 years. Sporting submitted a proposal to go directly into the 2019–20 Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol with their men's team.
1422 – Lisbon "made the capital of the kingdom by John I" [7] 1441 – African slave trade begins (abolished in 1836). [9] 1450 – Estaus Palace built (approximate date). 1467 – Palácio Almada (residence) built. [1] 1495 – Printing press in operation (approximate date). [10] 1497 – Vasco da Gama departs from Lisbon on first voyage to ...
The Associated Press national player of the week in men’s college basketball for Week 14 of the season: RJ Luis Jr., St. John's The 6-foot-7 junior led St. John's to a pair of wins against ...
The Portuguese Basketball Federation was founded in 1927, with the national team playing in their first match on 24 May 1931, a 9–32 defeat to France. Portugal would become a co-founder of FIBA in 1932. Three years later, in 1935, Portugal played in the only qualifying game for the first European Basketball Championship.