Archive for the 'Portugal' Category

August 10th, 2011

Portugal v. Luxembourg Highlights – International Friendly

Portugal 5 - 0 Luxembourg Scoring Summary Portugal: Hélder Postiga (25') Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo (43') Portugal: Alexandre da Silva Fabio Coentrao (46') Portugal: Hugo Almeida (59', 72') More highlights after the jump.... (more...)
August 10th, 2011

Besiktas’ Bebe Tears His ACL While On International Duty With Portugal U-21′s vs Slovakia

via Besiktas According to Beiktas JK club doctor Devrim Uygun, Portuguese winger Bebe, who sustained an injury in his nations U21 game against Slovakia, will be out for at least 6 months. “ Unfortunately, his torn ligaments need a surgery, which will take at least 6 months to recover. But he is a strong lad and will probably recover sooner than ...
July 27th, 2011

Agent – Porto Turned Down 80 Million Euro Bid For Hulk

via ESPN "I would be lying if I said no proposals have emerged to sign Hulk," he told Record. "I think the highest bid was €80 million, but Porto did not even want to negotiate." Chelsea had been linked following Andre Villas-Boas' move to Stamford Bridge, but Fonseca refused to name the club in question. He said: "I cannot reveal that, but ...
June 28th, 2011

US International Oguchi Onyewu Signs Three Year Deal With Sporting In Portugal

via Sporting 'Oguchi Onyewu is the latest enhancement of Sporting. The central defender has signed a U.S. valid contract with the "lions" for the next three seasons. In exclusive statements to the newspaper Sporting defender for 29 years reveals his ambition. "I come to win at Sporting." Read the interview with Onyewu in the next edition of ...
April 20th, 2011

Porto v. Benfica Highlights – Portuguese Cup semifinal – Second leg

Porto scored three goals in 10 minutes to beat Benfica 3-1 in the Portuguese Cup semifinal second leg on Wednesday, after Benfica had won the first leg 2-0, to book a place in the final on away goals with a 3-3 aggregate score.
February 21st, 2011

United States Women’s National Team Off To A Running Start At The Algarve Cup

In this important Women's World Cup year, the U.S. WNT will get in 11 solid days of training in Portugal before it opens the Algarve Cup against Japan on March 2nd.
February 10th, 2011

Nani Introduced as New adidas Athlete

Read the title of this post and before you watch this video, think of what this announcement should look like. Think about Nani's profile in the global game. His role with Manchester United and Portugal and the fact that he left Nike to join adidas (that alone is it's own story). Then think about adidas' place in soccer. Their role as the leading ...
December 24th, 2010

Besiktas’ Ricardo Quaresma’s Pass Against Konya Sekerspor

Sometimes Portuguese International Ricardo Quaresma with just a ridiculous skill check....... Still only 27 years old and Sporting, Barcelona, Porto, Inter Milan, Chelsea, a return to Inter and a move this past June to Besiktas all on his resume.