In a tribute game to Argentine football legend Juan Román Riquelme, a “Portuguese” goal was scored at Bombonera this Sunday. The match featured players from Boca Juniors and the Argentine national team who had played with Riquelme during his career. Among the many stars on the field were former Benfica and FC Porto players, including … Read more
Poland’s national football team has had a disappointing start to their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign. Under the guidance of coach Fernando Santos, the team has managed only one victory and suffered two defeats in their first three games. As a result, they currently find themselves in fourth place in Group E, trailing behind the Czech … Read more
Sporting beat Benfica at Luz, this Tuesday, by 93-87, in the second game of the national basketball championship final. After the defeat by the smallest margin on Sunday, the lions tie the tie (best of five). In the first minutes, the defenses of both teams were in evidence, until Betinho Gomes and Marcus Lovett Jr. … Read more
Manuel Ugarte is already in Paris, accompanied by Jorge Mendes, to discuss the last details of the transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, you know what morefootball. Sporting’s Uruguayan midfielder was very close to moving to Chelsea, but a final “attack” by the Parisians made him change course. Now, everything indicates, he should head to the French … Read more
The under-21 national coach, Rui Jorge, announced this Wednesday the squad for the European category that will take place between June 21 and July 8, in Georgia and Romania. A note on the presence of João Neves, a young midfielder who took over as Benfica’s starter in the final stretch of the League, and who … Read more
Benfica regained the advantage over FC Porto in the play-off of the roller hockey championship semi-finals, once again showing the superiority they had already shown in the first game, this time with a categorical 7-3 victory. With Rui Costa at the Fidelidade Pavilion, the goals scored by Nuno Resende’s team were celebrated to the sound … Read more
Óscar Benítez was arrested on Friday in Argentina, accused of domestic violence with coercion and the use of firearms. The 30-year-old Argentine striker, formerly of Benfica and Sp. Braga (a club for which he was loaned by the reds), was detained by order of the judge after a complaint from his ex-father-in-law and his ex-brother-in-law, … Read more
The break for the national teams was not at all beneficial for Benfica, but also for other leaders of the European championships. The most obvious example of a crisis of results, after the return of FIFA dates, is even that of the reds. Roger Schmidt’s team, who recently renewed their contract until 2026, saw their … Read more
Flamengo announced this Tuesday that Vítor Pereira is no longer the coach of the main team. The defeat against Fluminense (1-4), last Sunday, in the second leg of the Carioca Championship final, will have sentenced the future of the Portuguese coach, but the club has only now announced its decision. «The Clube de Regatas do … Read more
Jean-Clair Todibo was at Benfica in the first season of 2020/21, on loan from Barcelona, but said goodbye to the eagles, heading to Nice, with just two games in his bag. Now, almost three years later, and still at Nice, where he is one of the team’s key figures, the 23-year-old centre-back has been called … Read more