Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lisbon yana da dogon al'ada a wasanni. Ya karbi bakuncin wasanni da dama, ciki har da wasan karshe
, na gasar zakarun Turai ta UEFA Euro 2004. Birnin ya kuma dauki bakuncin wasan karshe na 2001 IAAF na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya da Gasar Cin Kofin Turai a 1983 da 1992, da kuma Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2003 ta maza, da kuma Gasar Cin Kofin Turai ta Judo ta 2008. Daga 2006 zuwa 2008, Lisbon ita ce wurin da za a fara gasar Dakar. Birnin ya karbi bakuncin wasannin karshe na gasar zakarun Turai na 2014 da 2020. A cikin 2008 da 2016, garin ya karbi bakuncin Gasar Cin Kofin Turai ta Triathlon. Lisbon tana da kafa a Volvo Ocean Race.