THE BALL – With an eye on the ‘new Rafael Leão’ from Benfica and also on a youngster trained at Leixões (Milan)
The Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reinforces Milan’s interest in hiring Luís Semedo, a 19-year-old striker who is at the end of his contract with Benfica and who will be seen at the Italian club as the ‘new Rafael Leão’. As A BOLA has already reported, Luís Semedo, one of the figures on the […]
THE BALL – Sporting returns to winning ways in the European League (Handball)
In a match in which he didn’t even start at all well, but in which he started to have greater control of the score after the break (17-17), after the defeats against Granollers (32-29) and Nexe (32-31), the Sporting returned to winning ways in the European League by defeating, at the João Rocha Pavilion, the […]
THE BALL – Paulo Bento misses game with Portugal: apologizes but maintains criticism (South Korea)
Paulo Bento, coach of South Korea, Paulo Bento, apologized to his players after being sent off at the end of the game with Ghana (2-3), which will remove him from the bench in the last game of group H, against Portugal – his assistant, Sérgio Costa, will lead the team. The Portuguese coach was annoyed […]
A BOLA – Complaint in court for reinforcement of Sporting (Argentina)
In Argentina, the departure of midfielder Mateo Tanlongo continues to be talked about, at the end of his contract with Rosario Central and with everything agreed to be Sporting’s reinforcement from January 1, 2023. ‘Raza Canalla’, candidate list for the Rosario Central elections, has now filed a complaint with the Argentine club’s disciplinary court about […]
THE BALL – Benfica beats SC Braga and takes the lead (Women’s Football)
In the encounter that ended the seventh round of the Women’s League, Benfica and SC Braga faced each other for the isolated leadership and the victory smiled on the eagles, who clearly imposed themselves and beat the Minho team, by 3-0. The leadership was being discussed between two teams that had added victories in the […]
THE BALL – Third goal against Trofense originated in the training laboratory (SC Braga)
League Cup games usually provide the use of alternative versions and SC Braga aligned in that spirit of new opportunities that characterizes the competition, closing the match with Trofense with a large contingent of players from the formation. Goalkeeper Tiago Sá, who has not known any other club in his sporting career other than SC […]
THE BALL – Sporting and FC Porto draw (Handball)
The derby between Sporting and FC Porto, referring to the 10th round of the Placard Handball Championship, ended in a tie at 29 goals, meaning that the national champions FC Porto maintained the leadership of Nacional with 30 points. As is expected in matches between candidates for the title, this was no exception to the […]
THE BALL – Gil Vicente beats Nacional and leads group E (watch the video with the summary) (Taça da Liga)
Gil Vicente won, this Sunday, Nacional, by 2-0, in a match for the second round of group E of the League Cup. Vítor Carvalho opened the scoring in the fourth minute and Lucas Cunha made it 2-0 in the 16th minute, ending the lack of victories for the Gilista team. With this result, the team […]
THE BALL – «The gap between Benfica and Penafiel was very big» (League Cup)
Despite the defeat (0-2) against Benfica, goalkeeper Caio Seco, from Penafiel, was one of the highlights of this League Cup game. «We all know that Benfica is having a very positive season, the abyss between the two teams was very large and we already expected difficulties, began by admitting Caio Secco, confessing, even so, other […]
THE BALL – LeBron packs for a historic record, Nehemiah ‘on fire’ in the G-League (NBA)
After five games of injury stoppages, LeBron James seems determined to silence the critics. He ended the first meeting with the Spurs with 21 points, adding 39 in a new duel with the San Antonio team, in the last dawn. LeBron James now seems ready to beat the most desired record: the NBA’s all-time leading […]