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Take your mask, set your route - downtown or in the banks of the river Douro - and prepare for wellness at its best. Every weekend, there is a route with two timetables at disposal. This initiative goes on till October next.

The motto is "Uma caminhada à descoberta da cidade", which goes like this in English: "A walk to discover the city", and it refers to an initiative by the municipal company Ágora and Runporto to provide five kilometre journeys through Porto each weekend, with journeys at 10am and at 10.30am. The goal is to walk through iconic places in the city while improving one's fitness. The first walk is set for 9th August. It sounds good, right?

Monte Aventino is extending its indoor tennis courts with a 3200 square metres nave, with three indoor tennis courts, also adding a fitness centre, a physical therapy room, changerooms, technical offices and tennis court seating for 100 people, as stated by Ágora Porto.

This weekend in town the weather invites to experience outings that can reset our body and mind. And what better chance to do so than with the municipal programme Days with Energy, currently extended to other locations in town? We thought so too. So, on 25th and 26th July, free outdoor classes are held for Saturday and Sunday mornings, complying with all public health measures issued by the DGS amid the current pandemic, namely social distancing, compulsory use of face masks and hand...

The journey to accomplish a brand new University stadium is completed and Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira visited the equipment upon invitation by the Rector of the University of Porto, António Sousa Pereira. The old University Stadium is being renovated since April 2019 and the work done is immediately noticeable for those who visit it, following the investment of circa 2.5 million euros.

The Absolute National Championship is ongoing till 19th July at the Invicta, with tennis players Frederico Silva and Gastão Elias qualifying for the quarter-final matches. For women's competitions, Francisca Jorge, top player also qualified for the quarter-final match. The athlete from Guimarães will play against Bárbara Balancho.

Enhancing wellbeing with walks and physical exercise at the Oriental Park is the offer for this Sunday, and it looks like the weather is chilling a bit, so the better it will feel. Between 10am and 11am, there is the free session of the municipal programme "Domingos em Forma", boosted by Ágora - Cultura e Desporto do Porto.

Porto City Hall congratulates Futebol Clube do Porto on the victory yesterday, 15th July, in a game against Sporting, in the Dragão Stadium. FC Porto is now National Champion 2019/20. The match ended in a comfortable 2-0 for the "azuis e brancos", with goals by players Danilo and Marega.

The programme Days with Energy is now extended to other locations in town. Free classes are held not only on Saturdays but also on Sundays. The current public health situation demands that activities are carried out according to Covid-19 preventive measures, namely social distancing, face masks and hand sanitation. Prior registration is mandatory via email desporto@agoraporto.pt. Applications must be made each week.

The Invicta will be the stage of the sport of tennis between 12th and 19th July as national tennis players will compete for the absolute titles 2020 in the restored courts at the Monte Aventino Sports Complex. Players such as Pedro Sousa, 110 in the world ranking, Frederico Silva, 193 in the ATP Tennis and also Maria João Koehler, six times champion for women's competitions are the top players to compete in Porto.