Paris St. Germain’s hired Antero Henrique, Porto’s vice president until last year, as its sporting director., taking over for taking over from Olivier Letang. He’ll be”charged with instilling a new dynamic in the sports strategy of the club to maximize the first-team’s competitiveness and reinforce the capacity of the club to detect, recruit and develop […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Bernardo Silva: You don't say no to Pep
Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva, a key player for Monaco during its spectacular 2016-17 season, will leave France for Manchester City. Silva, 22, has made 58 appearances for Monaco,recording 11 goals and 12 assists. Monaco beat Manchester City in the round of 16 of the Champions League. Silva cited the chance to work with Manchester City […]
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Portugal omits Eder and Renato Sanches for June squad
Portugal, the reigning European champion, has a busy June with a friendly against Cyprus and World Cup qualifier against Latvia before it heads to Russia for the Confederations Cup. CoachFernando Santos did not include Eder, whose overtime goal decided the Euro 2016 final against France, and rising Bayern Munich star Renato Sanches, who will play […]
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Nuno quits as Porto coach after only one season
Porto coach Nuno Espirito Santo stepped down by mutual consent after one season. A 3-1 defeat at Moreirense in the last league game of the season left Porto in second place, six points behindchampion Benfica.
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Juventus eyes Barca midfielder Andre Gomes
After one season at Barcelona, 23-year-old Portuguese midfielder Andre Gomes could be allowed to leave, and his destination might be Italian champion and Champions League finalist Juventus.
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Video Pick: Ronaldo hits 70th with perfect free kick
Cristiano Ronaldo’s second goal, a low, far-range free kick off the inside far post, in a 3-0 win over Hungary marked his 70th strike for Portugal. The 32-year-old is now theall-time fourth highest scorer for a European national team behind Germany’s Miroslav Klos (71) and Hungary’s Sandor Kocsis (75) and FerencPuskas (84).
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Caixinha gets permission to join Rangers as manager
Portuguese coach Pedro Caixinha received permission from Qatar’s Al-Gharafa to join Rangers as manager, filling the vacancy following Mark Warburton‘s departure.
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Manchester United's Michael Carrick contemplates retirement
Manchester United’s Michael Carrick admits he’ll likely retire if he is not offered a new deal for next season by United manager Jose Mourinho. He’ll be 36 in July and wants to stay atUnited after his contract expires in June.
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UCL: Juventus takes command at Porto
Marko Pjaca and Daniel Alves came off the bench to score two minutes apart and give Italian champion Juventus a 2-0 win at 10-man Porto in the first leg of their UEFA Champions Leagueround-of-16 series. Porto had left back Alex Telles sent off after two bookings in a 74-second spell midway through the first half.