THE BALL – Samuel Soares travels the world and an Italian club talks about… envy (Benfica B)
It was last Monday that Samuel Soares, goalkeeper of Benfica B, entered the mouths of the world with a shot from his own goal that ended up earning a goal against Trofense, in a Liga 2 match. From Italy, for example, a curious reaction emerged. Messina, a club that plays in Serie C, had beaten […]
A BOLA – Académico de Viseu confirms favoritism and moves on (Portuguese Cup)
Académico de Viseu (Liga 2) won Camacha (Portuguese Championship), by 3-0, and goes ahead in the Portuguese Cup. The Viriatos came in strong and opened the scoring in the 11th minute, through André Almeida. Not ten minutes later, Vítor Bruno (17′) scored the second for Viseenses, leaving the islanders in a difficult position. In the […]
THE BALL – Fernando Gomes on human rights at the World Cup: «Qatar knew…» (FPF)
In an interview with the Spanish newspaper Marca, Fernando Gomes, president of the Portuguese Football Federation, began by addressing the joint candidate with Spain to organize the 2030 World Cup, later expanded to three with the integration of Ukraine. “It is an application that has everything needed: infrastructure, experience and excellent human capital. From this […]
THE BALL – Visit to Luz without Lucas Cunha and Kevin (Gil Vicente)
Gil Vicente was eliminated from the Portuguese Cup after being thrashed, in Barcelos, by Arouca, by 1-4, and lost two players for the visit to Estádio da Luz, next Sunday, to face Benfica. Central defender Lucas Cunha and Spanish forward Kevin Villodres were sent off and will therefore be out of Carlos Cunha’s accounts for […]
THE BALL – Diogo Ribeiro, Benfica prodigy, is free and arouses interest from rivals (Swimming)
It sounds incredible, but it’s true. Diogo Ribeiro, the phenomenal young swimmer who made the country look at swimming and left people connected to the sport and to the sport in Portugal dreaming of marks and results never achieved is, at this moment, a free athlete. The bond he had with Benfica since last season, […]
A BOLA – Morita scores like never before (Sporting)
The transfer of Matheus Nunes to Wolverhampton forced Hidemasa Morita, 27, to speed up his integration into the Sporting team, who had just been hired from Santa Clara, and the truth is that the Japanese man’s response couldn’t be better: in addition to of a very valid element in the lion’s midfield, the midfielder has […]
THE BALL – It wasn’t first choice: Ten Hag’s options before giving Ronaldo armband (Manchester United)
Manchester United coach Erik Ten Hag explained at the end of the 1-3 defeat to Aston Villa why he chose Cristiano Ronaldo as captain. With Maguire on the bench and Bruno Fernandes suspended, CR7 was not his first choice. Not even the second, actually, but it came just two weeks after he refused to come […]
A BOLA – Black Bulls champion keeps chasing UD Songo (Mozambique)
With the fight limited, at the moment, to only two teams, the Black Bulls, of the Portuguese Inácio Soares, maintain a tenacious pursuit of the União Desportiva do Songo, leader of the Mozambican Football Championship of the 1st Division, after a round (18th) in which both, this Sunday, won at home and are separated by […]
A BOLA – FC Porto closes the day to win against ABC (Handball)
FC Porto scored their sixth victory in the Placard Handebol 1 Championship, defeating ABC at the Flávio Sá Leite Pavilion, in Braga, by 34-42, in a game that ended the seventh round and that took off Porto and Braga players in specific terms of the third and fourth places in the standings, led by Sporting, […]
THE BALL – «What defines me is my character and not the opinion of others» (Manchester City)
João Cancelo used social media to react to the criticism, after being sent off for committing a penalty taken by Fulham to tie the game in the 26th minute. Manchester City eventually managed to win in the 90+5th minute, with Haaland successfully scoring a penalty. “Never let criticism bring down what you’ve built. What defines […]
