The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, handed over this Monday, March 22, the Order of Infante D. Henrique to Abel Ferreira, winner of the Libertadores Cup and the Brazil Cup by Palmeiras. The ceremony took place in the Palace of Belém Ambassadors’ Room, with the necessary restrictions in view of the Covid-19 … Read more
Miguel Leal was announced as the new coach of Cova da Piedade. The Piedense club had already announced, this Monday, the departure of Mário Nunes from the technical command after the defeat (2-3) with Estoril last Saturday. It is, therefore, a return of the coach, 55 years old, to a home he knows well, since … Read more
Benfica beat SC Braga in Pedreira (0-2) and overtook their rivals in the standings. Jorge Jesus finally won a tactical battle this season to Carlos Carvalhal, in a triumph that does not deserve any kind of challenge. The incarnates were much higher over the 90 minutes. Jorge Jesus found space for Rafa and Waldschmidt between … Read more
Alexandre Carvalho, communication director of SC Braga, resorted to social media to react to Benfica’s position, which, this Monday, alluded to «Pressures exerted» by the Minho at the break and at the end of the game between the two teams, referring to the 24th round of the League. «You can read in the Benfica newsletter: … Read more
BOLA unveils, this Monday, more details ascertained after contacting several witnesses who witnessed the discussion in the field between Paulo Sérgio and Sérgio Conceição. A similar version ran yesterday also on social networks, it must be said. Two minutes after Fali Candé scored the goal for the Algarve draw, Otávio missed Anzai at the entrance … Read more
Launched at minute 72 in exchange for Daniel Bragança, Paulinho did not hide his dismay after wasting an opportunity to extend Sporting’s advantage against V. Guimarães. «It’s normal, the striker lives on goals», reacted Rúben Amorim, coach of the lions, in a press conference. «After the moment he lived, the anxiety he brought about playing, … Read more
Frank Lampard was the most recent ‘victim’ of Roman Abramovich. In 18 years as owner of Chelsea, the Russian billionaire fired a total of ten coaches, among them the Portuguese José Mourinho (twice) and André Villas Boas. “We were pragmatic in our choices,” he begins by explaining in an interview with Forbes. “We are always … Read more
This Friday FC beat Galitos, 82-55, and took advantage of Benfica’s defeat in the derby with Sporting to rise to second place in the basketball league. Total dominance of the team led by Moncho López, who reached the break with 14 points (34-20) ahead of Barreiro. The American Jalen Riley was the MVP of the … Read more
To mark the International Day Against Racial Discrimination, celebrated on March 21, Professional Football launches an appeal to raise awareness of the importance of respect for the race, ethnicity or religion of each human being. Thus, the players of the two professional competitions (Liga and Liga 2) will enter the field with the inscription ‘RACISMO … Read more
The Brazilian striker Hulk scored, this Friday, the first goal with the shirt of Atlético Mineiro, club that hired the former player of FC Porto at ‘zero cost’ after the end of the contract with the Chinese of Shanghai SIPG. With a penalty, Hulk closed the victory of the Rooster over Coimbra, by 3-0, for … Read more