Young Texan Keaton Parks, who was frozen out of the first team at Portuguese second division Varzim and took his fight for freedom all the way to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, scored hisfirst goal and added an assist for new second division club Benfica B in its 3-0 win over Real. Parks, 20, […]
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What They're Saying: Bruno de Carvalho
“I would like people to realize that FIFA has not ruled against the transfer, but against registration. The transfer is done, what is at stake is the registration and I hope you can enroll. Adrien wasexemplary. Leicester needs the player a lot and I hope they find a solution.” — Sporting Lisbon president Bruno de […]
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Video Pick: Ronaldo surpasses Pele
Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat trick, which included a superb side-volley, in Portugal’s 5-1 rout of the Faroe Islands gives him 14 goals in this qualifying campaign and upped histotal international goal tally to 78, one more than Pele achieved on 1957-71. Ronaldo scored his 78 in 144 games while Pele hit 77 in just 92 appearances […]
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Swansea City snags Renato Sanches thanks to Clement's connections
Swansea City acquired young Portuguese star Renato Sanches on a season-long loan deal from Bayern Munich. The move was competed when Swans manager Paul Clement, who knew Sanches from histime as Carlo Ancelotti‘s assistant at Bayern, convinced the 20-year-old midfielder the switch would boost his career.
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Real Madrid lands teenaged French star Hernandez from Atletico
Real Madrid signed 19-year-old Frenchman Theo Hernandez from Atletico Madrid to a six-year contract for a transfer fee of $31 million. The left back played on loan to Spanish Cup runner-upAlaves in 2016-17. The moves comes as Real Madrid loaned out one Portuguese defender, Fabio Coentrao, to Sporting Lisbon and another, Pepe, signed with Turkish […]
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What They're Saying: Bruno de Carvalho
“Everything was gone, maybe we had a finger, a foot, a knee, a shoulder. It’s very easy to steal money from a club.” — Bruno de Carvalho, president of Sporting Lisbon,which has one of the best soccer academies in the world, producing, among others, Cristiano Ronaldo, but was mismanaged for years and sold away the […]
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Confederations Cup: Cristiano Ronaldo released to be with newborn twins
Following Portugal’s loss to Chile on penalty kicks in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup, Portugal allowed star Cristiano Ronaldo to skip Sunday’s third-place match so he could be withhis newborn twins. Portuguese media have reported that the twins were born to a surrogate mother.
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Confederations Cup: Chile earns 'deserved' place in final thanks to shootout win
Chile, which won the 2015 Copa America and 2016 Copa Centenario both times on penalty kicks in the final against Argentina, did it again. Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo stopped all three shots asChile beat Portugal, 3-0, in the shootout after their Confederations Cup semifinal ended 0-0. Bravo’s saves on shots by Ricardo Quaresma, Joao Moutinho and […]
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Lost in Translation: The alleged Arturo Vidal insult of Cristiano Ronaldo
By Mike Woitalla The hype ahead of Wednesday’s Confederations Cup semifinal between European champion Portugal and South American champion Chile was all about ArturoVidal insulting Cristiano Ronaldo, sparking headlines and social media memes. Turns out, Vidal was the victim of bad translation. Widely quoted in theEnglish-language press was Vidal saying — under headlines about him […]
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Confederations Cup: Mexico rallies for win over New Zealand
Making nine lineup changes from the team that tied Portugal, 2-2, in its opening game, Mexico struggled against New Zealand before rallying for a 2-1 win that gave El Tri the Group A lead at theConfederations Cup. Javier Aquino was the inspiration for second-half goals by Raul Jimenez and Oribe Peralta. An early goal by […]