Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Bader Al-Mutawa, the Kuwait national team player, sent a message to Cristiano Ronaldo, after the latter broke the record for appearances in international matches. After his participation in the last match between Portugal and Liechtenstein, the Portuguese star became the player who played the most international matches with 197 … Read more
Julian Nagelsmann’s year-and-a-half spell at Bayern Munich has come to an end. This Friday, the German coach was fired and hands over to Thomas Tuchel. Through the official page, the Bavarians explained, in the words of Oliver Kahn, CEO of the club, the reasons that led to this decision at a decisive time of the … Read more
The under-21 national coach, Rui Jorge, guaranteed at the end of Thursday, already in Bucharest, where Portugal will face this Friday, the 24th of the current month, Romania, at Steaua Stadium (17 hours from mainland Portugal) in yet another preparation game, which found the greatest receptivity in the national players for the meeting in the … Read more
The 38-year-old veteran striker struck after the break. First he made it 2-0 with a confident penalty kick, while twelve minutes later he scored the home team’s third goal with a free kick. The double came in Ronaldo’s 197th appearance for Portugal. With that, he passed Kuwait player Bader Al-Mutawa and was left alone with … Read more
A charm offensive? Roberto Martínez eagerly sang the Portuguese national anthem and immediately gave Cristiano Ronaldo his pleasure. With his 197th international match, he is now the only record holder in international football. Ronaldo dethroned Bader Al-Mutawa tonight: the counter of the attacker from Kuwait stands at 196 caps, but he is not finished yet … Read more
Pinto da Costa visited the Olival training center this morning, arriving around 9.30 am on the day of FC Porto’s return to training, where he should talk to Sérgio Conceição. The dragon trainer arrived early, at 9.04 am. Given the events of the last few days, with contradictory statements about the recent investment in the … Read more
This Monday, the ‘Goal’ portal highlighted a meeting between Paulo Pitombeira, Lucas Veríssimo’s agent, and those responsible for Benfica in order to assess the immediate future of the Brazilian midfielder, who has emblems interested in the Brasileirão – among them Palmeiras, Cruzeiro and Corinthians. The incarnates, however, rely on the center and are not even … Read more
One day after conquering the ‘challenger’ of Phoenix, which allowed him to rise to 68th place in the ATP ranking (best position ever), the Portuguese tennis player Nuno Borges, national number one, qualified for the second qualifying round of the Miami Masters 1000, also in the United States, after beating the American Steve Johnson (152nd) … Read more
Ricardo Regufe, now Cristiano Ronaldo’s representative, will no longer be part of the National Team’s delegations, which he has accompanied, from the inside, uninterruptedly, for the last almost 20 years. It was Ricardo Regufe himself who asked the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) not to be part of the team’s delegations. Federation officials understand and respect … Read more
FC Porto beat Sporting by 72-71, at Dragão Arena, in a match for the 3rd round of the 2nd phase of the Portuguese Basketball League. The dragons managed to annul the disadvantage that had led to the end of the first period (13-18), reacted in the second half (21-18), but still left for the break … Read more