The starting gun for this year’s Portugal Rally is given, with a late afternoon and early evening in Coimbra that generated great curiosity and enthusiasm among thousands of rally fans and which allowed the capture of an image for posterity: drivers and co-drivers of the WRC main category gathered for a family photo at the … Read more
Present at the launch of the book ‘We are all part – 10 years of opinion’, by Luciano Gonçalves, president of the Portuguese Association of Football Referees (APAF), Frederico Varandas fought for a «deep reform» in refereeing to avoid the referee conditioning. «As president of Sporting, I defend a truly independent refereeing class, and when … Read more
Nélson Veríssimo, without a club since leaving Estoril, was in Italy, where he met José Mourinho and other old acquaintances from Benfica at Roma’s training centre. «One of the greatest references in the history of Portuguese football was kind enough to open the doors of his training center to me and to receive me, in … Read more
The still director of Sporting’s communication, Miguel Braga (ceases duties at the end of the season), signs the editorial of the edition of the club’s newspaper, this Thursday, and leaves the president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Fernando Gomes, by the way of the Champions League final, lost by Sporting to Palma Futsal. ′′ We … Read more
More than an hour after opening its doors to the public, the autograph session of the women’s football team of Benfica, which took place in the club’s official store at Estádio da Luz, surpassed… the statue of Eusébio. It was a real bath crowd to greet, take pictures or ask for autographs to the recently … Read more
Francesco Acerbi, Inter’s centre-back, admitted that the absence of Rafael Leão was a heavy loss for Milan, in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League, which the nerazzurri won (2-0), even assuming that the Portuguese striker could be an «additional asset» for the Rossoneri if it is an option in the second … Read more
Benfica is «very interested» in signing Óliver Torres, a 28-year-old Spanish midfielder who played for FC Porto. The information was provided, this Wednesday, by journalist Bruno Alemany, from Chain BE, which states that the midfielder is a request from Roger Schmidt. He writes the same source that the operation is well under way, lacking the … Read more
The 56th edition of the Rally de Portugal starts this Thursday and runs until Sunday. After the Monte Carlo Rally, Sweden, Mexico and Croatia, Portugal receives the fifth scoring race for the World Rally Championship (WRC), out of a total of 13. In all, there are 19 stages between the 11th and 14th of May, … Read more
At the end of the game, and after a prolonged conversation with Pepe, from FC Porto, on the pitch, the captain of Arouca, David Simão, revealed the subject of the conversation with his Porto counterpart, «It was a recurring conversation, the small sayings, when they draw or win they are always accused of wasting time … Read more
Liga Portugal has just announced that Leixões will be deducted one point in the final classification of Liga 2. «The Central Administrative Court of the South (TCA) confirmed the decision taken by the Disciplinary Board of the Portuguese Football Federation, dated 1 August 2022, condemning Leixões Sport Clube – Futebol, SAD for committing a disciplinary … Read more