I often thought that the colors of the event being displayed on the portal page are quite inappropriate - because they are in dark grey on a more dark grey background so you can see them but they do not catch your eyes. Hence my suggestion is to change the color of the events. And i am not only saying it should be changed I show where it can be adjusted.
At first here a screenshot of what i mean:
PortalColoredEvents.jpg
The grey color comes from the style definition color: #333 what you see in the orange marked square in the lower area.
I made the "Team Deathmatch" below the blue marked row as an example of what it would look like if you take the red color of the forum (color: #d90000).
I assume this color definition within the html code comes from a template - i assume you need to edit it there in order to be put in the page properly.