of several sports facilities for football, rink hockey, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, gymnastics, and swimming. Several sports clubs were founded across the entire territory, among them were some of the largest and oldest sports organizations of Mozambique like established in 1920. Other major sports clubs were founded in the following years like (1921), (1924), (1928), (1943), (1943), and (1955). Several sportsmen, especially football players, that achieved wide notability in Portuguese sports were from Mozambique. Eusébio and Mário Coluna were examples of that, and excelled in the Portugal national football team. Since the 1960s, with the latest developments on commercial aviation, the highest ranked football teams of Mozambique and the other African overseas provinces of Portugal, started to compete in the (the Portuguese Cup). There were also several facilities and organizations for golf, tennis and wild hunting. Football was a very popular sport in Portuguese Mozambique. Mozambique saw a sizable population of Portuguese people immigrate there during the 20th century. This was a biproduct of the policies of the Estado Novo and how they saw their colonies. It would become increasingly popular as it would spread throughout the colony. There was a lot of infrastructure in Mozambique to prepare the players to play professionally. This would allow many players from the colonies to easily play for the national teams. Players from Mozambique contributed a lot to the Portuguese Football success. Eusébio was a notable player from Mozambique and is considered one of the greatest Portuguese football players ever. The nautical sports were also well developed and popular, especially in , home to the . The largest stadium was the , located near . Opened in 1968, it was at the time the most advanced in Mozambique conforming to standards set by both FIFA and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The cycling track could be adjusted to allow for 20,000 more seats. Beginning in the 1950s, motorsport was introduced to Mozambique. At first race cars would compete in areas around the city, Polana and along the but as funding and interest increased, a dedicated race track was built in the Costa Do Sol area along and behind the with the ocean to the east with a length of . The initial surface of the new track, named did not provide enough grip and an accident in the late 1960s killed 8 people and injured many more. Therefore, in 1970, the track was