Sports
- Ana Rocha (Professional Wrestler)
- António Jesus Correia (1924–2003)
- António Livramento (1944–1999) (Hockey Player)
- Carlos Lopes (born 1947) (marathon Olympic champion)
- Carlos Queiroz (football coach)
- Carlos Sousa (off road driver, world champion in 2003)
- Kevin Correia (baseball player)
- Costinha (born 1974) (football player)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985) (football player)
- Dinis Vital (born 1932) (football player)
- Eusébio (born 1942) (football player, born in Mozambique; later moved to Portugal)
- Fernanda Ribeiro (born 1969) (10,000m Olympic champion)
- Francis Obikwelu (Nigerian born runner)
- Joaquim Agostinho (cyclist)
- José Azevedo (cyclist)
- José Mourinho (football coach)
- João Moutinho (football player)
- Nani (football player)
- Luís Figo (born 1972) (football player)
- Maniche (born 1977) (football player)
- Manuel dos Santos (1925–1973) (bullfighter)
- Rui Costa (born 1972) (football player)
- Nate Costa (born 1988) (American Football Player)
- Nuno Gomes (football player)
- Pauleta (football player)
- Paulo Ferreira (football player)
- Paulo Futre (former football player)
- Paulo Sousa (former football player)
- Pedro Lamy (former Formula One and DTM driver)
- Ricardo Carvalho (football player)
- Ricardo Pereira (football player)
- Ricardo Quaresma (born 1983) (football player)
- Ricardo Sá Pinto (football player)
- Rosa Mota (born 1958) (marathon Olympic champion)
- Simão Sabrosa (born 1979) (football player)
- Tiago Monteiro (former Champ Car and Formula One driver)
- Ticha Penicheiro (WNBA player)
- Dustin Pedroia (baseball player)
- Vítor Baía (born 1969) (football player)
- Mark Teixeira (baseball player)
- John Tavares (ice hockey player)
- Mike Ribeiro (ice hockey player)
- Nelson Évora (Long Jump)
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn,
Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn;
Amidst thy bowers the tyrant’s hand is seen,
And desolation saddens all thy green;
One only master grasps the whole domain,
And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain;”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
“...I didn’t come to this with any particular cachet. I was just a person who grew up in the United States. And when I looked around at the people who were sportscasters, I thought they were just people who grew up in the United States, too. So I thought, Why can’t a woman do it? I just assumed everyone else would think it was a swell idea.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 85 (June 17, 1991)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)