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A product of SL Benfica's youth academy, Pereira played for Gil Vicente FC and SC Braga before joining Sporting in 2009. The right-sided player, who helped Sporting reach the UEFA Europa League semi-finals this season, has been capped 13 times by Portugal ...  

Paulo Bento has been forced to make an early change in his Portugal squad for Euro 2012 following the wihtdrawal of Carlos Martins due to injury. The Benfica midfielder, who spent the 2011-12 campaign on loan at Granada, is being plagued by ...  

Paulo Bento has been forced to make an early change to his Portugal Euro 2012 squad after the withdrawal of Carlos Martins due to injury. The Benfica midfielder, who spent the 2011/12 campaign on loan at Granada, is being plagued by muscular ...  

Portugal have drafted Hugo Viana into their squad for Euro 2012 after Carlos Martins was ruled out of the tournament due to a leg injury. Benfica midfielder Martins, who spent this season on loan at Granada, was last week included in coach Paulo ...  

Portugal have called up Hugo Viana to their Euro 2012 squad after Carlos Martins was ruled out through injury. Benfica midfielder Martins, who spent last season on loan at Granada, was last week included in coach Paulo Bento's 23-man for Poland and Ukraine ...  

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Chelsea transfer target Oscar Cardozo is free to leave Benfica, according to talkSPORT. Reports in Portugal suggest that the Paraguayan frontman has been informed that he can begin looking for a new team this summer, prompting speculation that Chelsea may ...  

Chelsea and Everton target Oscar Cardozo has been told he can leave Benfica, according to reports in Portugal. The striker has scored more than 100 goals for Benfica since joining the club five years ago, but the Paraguayan has allegedly been told he is ...  

Nolito remains on Liverpool's radar but his agent insists there has been no concrete offers for the Benfica ace. The 25-year-old joined from Barcelona last summer and has impressed during his first season in Portugal. The forward has scored 11 goals in 29 ...  

Devoted fans of Portugal's Premier League soccer club Benfica can now rest in peace knowing they can be buried at a discount thanks to a deal signed between the club and the country's largest undertakers agency.  

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LISBON, Portugal (AP)—Portugal is taking 20-year-old striker Nelson Oliveira to the 2012 European Championship finals even though he has played just 10 minutes for the national team. The Benfica player was the main surprise in the 23-man squad announced ...  

Bruno Cesar scored the only goal in the 21st minute, keeping Benfica four points clear of third-place Braga with one game to play. Braga was hoping Benfica would drop points after a 1-0 win of its own over Beira Mar, but the club must settle for ...  

He faces competition for a place in the lineup from Hugo Almeida and Helder Postiga. Oliveira "is a young player with a lot of skill and a lot of potential," Bento told a news conference. "He's got different characteristics from the other strikers.  

Benfica supporters can take their love of Portugal's biggest club all the way to the grave after an agreement with undertakers was announced on Friday. Fans and their relatives will benefit from discounts of 15.5 percent in funeral costs and will also ...  

Footnote2 Before 1999: Portuguese escudo. In 1348 and 1349, like the rest of Europe, Portugal was devastated by the Black Death. In 1373, Portugal made an alliance with England, which is the longest-standing alliance in the world. In the ...  

Manchester United are closing in on Benfica's Nicolas Gaitan, according to sources in Portugal. With the Premier League title set to end up at bitter rivals Manchester City, Sir Alex Ferguson is set to ring the changes this summer in order to re-establish ...  

Manchester United look set to win the race for the signature of Benfica's highly-rated midfielder Nicolas Gaitan. The Argentine playmaker looks set to leave Portugal this summer and has some of Europe's biggest clubs tracking any potential move. Gaitan ...  

Just two points separate the top three sides in Portugal's Primeira Liga including this season's surprise package Sporting Braga, who take on giants Benfica on Saturday night. Despite an inferior budget and a smaller fan base third placed Braga have kept ...  

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LISBON, Portugal (AP) -In a competition it might have to win to play in again next year, Chelsea took a step toward the Champions League semifinals after winning 1-0 at Benfica through Salomon Kalou's accomplished second-half finish on Tuesday. The lone ...  

The win moved the defending champions five points clear of third-place Braga and four points ahead of second-place Benfica, which plays Sporting Lisbon on Monday. Also, it was: Rio Ave 2, Feirense 2; Olhanense 1, Pacos Ferreira 2; and Maritimo 2, Nacional 4.  

No walk in the park for Chelsea There's one man who's been completely tearing it up for Benfica this season and it's Oscar Cardozo. Cardozo, a Paraguayan international, has 22 total goals in 24 appearances in all competitions this season, including four ...  

As Bruno Cesar's precise strike curled into the far corner of Quim's net in the second minute of stoppage-time to secure a victory over title rivals Braga on Saturday night, it was met with an almost white noise from the stands of the Estadio da Luz.  

Last week rumors linked Manchester United with Benfica’s midfielder Nicolas Gaitan. Now these rumors have been confirmed. According to reports from Portugal, United have agreed to sign in Gaitan in summer transfer window. The report first came up in the ...  

who are prepared to pay Arsenal in excess of £25million for the 28-year-old Dutch striker – Daily Mirror Liverpool are considering a move for 25-year-old Benfica midfielder Nolito, previously with Barcelona. Reports in Portugal say Benfica would ...  

LISBON, March 27 (Reuters) - Teams for Tuesday's Champions League quarter finals, first leg match between Benfica and Chelsea at the Luz stadium: Benfica: 1-Artur Moraes; 14-Maxi Pereira, 4-Luisao, 33-Jardel, 3-Emerson; 28-Axel Witsel ...  

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(Reuters) - A list of soccer players who have died suddenly since 1990: LONGHURST: York City striker Dave Longhurst died aged 25 after collapsing two minutes before halftime in a league match against Lincoln City in September 1990. DOS SANTOS: In October ...  

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Amy Carr does a lot of things in the spur of a moment. That, combined with the fact that the Northern Illinois University goalkeeper always has wanted to give back to the soccer community, will lead the Hemel Hempstead, England ...  

Lutheran North became the area's first district soccer champion, blowing by visiting North Tech 10-0 in the Class 1 District 5 title match Monday afternoon. It is the third district championship for the top-seeded Crusaders (9-10), who received two goals ...  

What: First ever West Michigan Conference girls soccer tournament. When: Quarterfinal play gets under way Wednesday. Semifinals will be Monday, May 21, and the finals will be Wednesday, May 23. The matchups: Quarterfinal games are (8) Montague at (2 ...  

U.S. schools and students take a constant beating any time their geography skills are assessed. But hey, at least now we can point out that our sense of direction superior to that of Spanish soccer fans. Fans from the Spanish city of Bilbao were determined ...  

If you are a female soccer player in the high school or college ranks, chances are you have heard of the @soccergrlprobs Twitter handle. Punch the #soccergirlproblems or #SGP hash tag into your Twitter search box, and you're likely to get a slew of results ...  

LONDON — Organizers of the 2012 Olympics say soccer star David Beckham is bringing the Olympic flame back from Greece as the torch begins an 8,000 mile (12,875km) tour across Britain. Beckham, who plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy in the United States ...  

The Henry Ford II High School Women’s Soccer team invites you to join them in their upcoming game to “Honor Our Fallen Heroes.” This is an opportunity that has been presented to the program which will allow them to help families, through the Military ...  

It's that horn that's sounds like a field of yaks singing the music from "Inception," so prominent during the soccer World Cup in 2010. It was an appropriate soundtrack to Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final, which felt like a soccer match. This is not an insult.  

Ndulue played soccer and followed Messi, one of professional soccer's superstars. Ndulue didn't play American football until his freshman year, on Dallas Jesuit's freshman junior varsity team. He didn't play football his sophomore year. “His grades were ...  

Teams like to say the regular season means nothing when it gets to the postseason, and for St. Charles North in its regional championship soccer showdown Saturday with crosstown rival St. Charles East this was entirely valid. The tie the teams played to in ...  

TOWN AND COUNTRY • As a midfielder, Visitation sophomore Abigail Grimes is used to racking up the assists, but she came up with the Vivettes' most important goal of the season on Wednesday. Grimes took the ball at midfield and made a run into the MICDS ...  

While Geoff Cameron and most of the biggest names in U.S. Soccer are in Orlando training this week, I cannot help but think that Jurgen Klinsmann would be wise to call up Will Bruin in the future. By the time the 2014 World Cup in Brazil kicks off ...  

Chelsea basketball coach Michael Napp recently decided to tidy up the school’s trophy case. Trophies from various small tournaments and events were removed and given to the current coaches of those sports. That left more room to showcase the major prizes ...  

Portugal is preparing for the possibility of a disorderly Greek exit from the eurozone by reaffirming an unwavering commitment to austerity and a determination to see through tough economic reforms. But no matter how hard Lisbon works to differentiate ...  

Without a club since leaving Sporting Clube de Portugal last summer, former Portuguese international Maniche has announced his retirement at the age of 34. The midfielder, capped 52 times by his country, intends to start a new career as a sporting director.  

Shevchenko fit for tournament Republic get O'Shea all-clear Group B details Bet on Football - Get £25 Free Portugal are braced for tough battles in Group B but Bento remains confident. "We have a very clear objective, first to get to the quarter-finals of ...  

LISBON, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Following is Portugal's 23-man squad unveiled by coach Paulo Bento on Monday for Euro 2012: Goalkeepers: Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon), Eduardo (Benfica), Beto (CFR-Cluj/ROM) Defenders: Bruno Alves (Zenit Saint-Petersburg/RUS ...  

LISBON—Portugal is quickly adjusting its economy to a more frugal reality under a EUR78 billion ($101 billion) bailout package, but the program's success doesn't guarantee the country will be able return to markets next year, the Bank of Portugal said ...  

LONDON — Thousands cheering for Chelsea star Didier Drogba have mobbed the Olympic torch relay route in southwest England, hoping to get a glimpse of the Ivory Coast striker as he carried the flame. Many fans, some wearing Chelsea blue jerseys, cheered ...  

BUDAPEST, Hungary—A damning list of alleged financial mismanagement allegations against former CONCACAF leaders Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer was outlined to 40 soccer nations Wednesday, just minutes after they elected Jeffrey Webb as their new president.  

A soccer standout at Milford High School has been named the 2011-2012 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Morgan Andrews is the first high school student ever to win the award from the state of New Hampshire. The soccer star got a big ...  

St. Viator scored in the 12th minute and Lions keeper Morgan Hess did the rest, as the squad from Arlington Heights knocked Lake Forest out of the Class 2A playoffs with a 1-0 win Friday in the finals of the Lakes Sectional girls soccer tournament in Lake ...  

LISBON May 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian construction group Camargo Correa, which is trying to take over Portugal's top cement maker Cimpor, has rejected Cimpor management's counter-proposal for a merger with Camargo's cement unit, saying it was "unrealistic."  

Newly-released data have shown that people in Portugal continued to suffer inflation-related pressures in the first quarter of 2012 following the increase in the price of gas, Press TV reports. Official figures indicated a 12-percent rise in gas price in ...  

Record-breaking goal-machine Cristiano Ronaldo is at the peak of his career but the world's most expensive player still has one unfulfilled ambition - to win a major international trophy for Portugal. The 27-year-old Real Madrid forward's trickery, pace ...  

A potential exit by Greece from the euro, even if it leads to a run on European banks, would not bring down Portugal’s banking system, the chief executive of Portugal’s largest publicly listed bank told CNBC on Wednesday. “They are in the extreme ...  

In conjunction with partner American Futebol Club (AFC), the In-House Program (younger children) will consist of one weeknight practice and one game on Sunday. The Travel Program (older children) will play teams from area towns and will have two weeknight ...  

It is home to two of the city's largest shopping centers, Botafogo Praia Shopping and RioSul. Botafogo is the home of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, a multi-sport club and one of Brazil's biggest soccer teams. It is served by one metro station: Botafogo.  

Portugal Telecom (PT) is the largest telecom company in Portugal and it has a de facto monopoly in the country. It mainly operates in Portugal and Brazil although it has a significant presence in many other countries including China and some African countries.  

May 22 - Fitch Ratings has downgraded Banco Popular Portugal's (BPP; 'BBB-'/Negative/'F3') Obrigacoes Hipotecarias (OH, mortgage covered bonds) to 'BBB'/Rating Watch Negative (RWN) from 'A-'/RWN and has maintained them on RWN. The rating action is a result ...  

LISBON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- For the fifth time, Rock in Rio, the world's largest music festival, will kick off here Friday, with 250,000 people expected during the five-day event. Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Lenny Kravitz, Bruce Springsteen ...  

The Braga playmaker, 29, has been drafted in as a replacement for Carlos Martins, who was ruled out of Euro 2012 with a calf injury. Viana, who has won 26 caps, has not featured in a Portugal squad for five years. But he has enjoyed a superb season and ...  

LISBON — Portugal is wrongly following a policy of "austerity at any price" and will need at least an extra year to reduce its budget deficit to the target established under a €78bn bail-out, the leader of the opposition Socialists said. Antonio Jose ...  

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s Parliament has endorsed a four-year budget plan that places legal limits on state spending in an effort to restore the bailed-out country’s fiscal health. Meager growth and excessive borrowing over the past decade pushed ...  

At the wheel of his Granta Sport car, the English driver had already taken part in the WTCC Race of Hungary at Budapest, where he was stopped by mechanical failures in both races after setting encouraging lap times in the Saturday sessions. LADA Sport plan ...  

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is wrongly following a policy of "austerity at any price" and will need at least an extra year to reduce its budget deficit to the target established under a 78 billion euro ($98.1 billion) bailout, the leader of the opposition ...  

LISBON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- For the fifth time, Rock in Rio, the world's largest music festival, will kick off here Friday, with 250,000 people expected during the five-day event. Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Lenny Kravitz, Bruce Springsteen ...  

Lufthansa has suggested that it is more interested in having Portugal’s national carrier, TAP, remain as an Alliance Partner rather than a division of Lufthansa. During a press conference today in Lisbon, Lufthansa’s director for operations in Spain ...  

In an exclusive SBS interview, Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva explains how he believes Portugal has successfully implemented austerity, despite the backlash in wider Europe. With an unemployment rate of just over 15 per cent and an economy ...  

(MENAFN) Mota Engil, Portugal's biggest builder posted 45 percent increase in quarterly profit, driven by its international operations, Reuters reported. The construction company said it made USD5.75 million net during the first quarter. Revenues rose ...  

FC Porto retained the title to lift their 26th crown and a sixth in seven years, losing just once as they finished six points clear of rivals SL Benfica. It was also a season to remember for A. Académica de Coimbra, who claimed the Portuguese Cup for the ...  

LISBON, May 22 (Reuters) - Portugal may be rewarded with looser budget targets as its international lenders look to shore up the country's slumping economy and the wider euro zone against contagion from turmoil in Greece. The troika of lenders start their ...  

Portugal's Parliament has endorsed a four-year budget plan that places legal limits on state spending in an effort to restore the bailed-out country's fiscal health. Meager growth and excessive borrowing over the past decade pushed Portugal close to ...  

Portugal's government has picked four investment banks to run the privatization of national airline TAP SGPS SA as the sector in Europe continues to be buffeted by high fuel prices, stiff competition and the region's sovereign debt crisis. As Lisbon ...  

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament passed a pro-growth initiative proposed by the opposition Socialists on Wednesday after the austerity-minded centre-right government dropped its opposition amid a growing European debate on how to combine growth ...  

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Portugal lacked creativity as it was shut out by a resilient Macedonia side with the pair playing out a dour 0-0 draw in Leiria in Saturday's friendly. Paulo Bento's men got their Euro 2012 preparations off to a stuttering start as they were stifled by the ...  

SINGAPORE, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva will make a two-day state visit to Singapore from Sunday at the invitation of Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam. This will be the first state visit from Portugal, Singapore's ...  

Was hardly forced into a single save as the visitors found it difficult to get forward. Looked strong when claiming the ball and clearing from set pieces. A real let-down for his side on the day. He failed to offer the width that he usually does on the ...  

May 18, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX News Network) -- Unrest among North American banks and European sovereigns drove global credit default swap (CDS) spreads nearly 5 percent, according to Fitch Solutions in its latest Risk and Performance Monitor.  

OBIDOS, Portugal, May 21 (Reuters) - Forward Nelson Oliveira, dubbed "Portugal's Eric Cantona" for his footballing resemblance to the Frenchman, showed he also has a dash of the former striker's confidence by stating he is quicker and stronger than his ...  

Currently available in South Korea and North America, LG Optimus True HD LTE has just been introduced in Portugal. Aside from Portugal, LG promised that the smartphone would be released in Sweden and Germany as well, but it did not offer exact release dates.  

SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert is now a knight after the Royal House of Portugal bestowed the honor as thanks for all the charitable efforts of Utah citizens. Herbert was inducted Friday into The Order of Saint Michael of the Wing as Knight Grand Cross.  

SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert is now a knight after the Royal House of Portugal bestowed the honor as thanks for all the charitable efforts of Utah citizens. Herbert was inducted Friday into The Order of Saint Michael of the Wing as Knight Grand Cross.  

SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert is now a knight after the Royal House of Portugal bestowed the honor as thanks for all the charitable efforts of Utah citizens. Herbert was inducted Friday into The Order of Saint Michael of the Wing as Knight Grand Cross.  

Shevchenko fit for tournament Republic get O'Shea all-clear Group B details Bet on Football - Get £25 Free Portugal are braced for tough battles in Group B but Bento remains confident. "We have a very clear objective, first to get to the quarter-finals of ...  

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) today unveiled five game-changing innovations that will bring revolutionary changes to EA SPORTS(TM) FIFA Soccer 13 along with the largest and deepest feature ...  

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Quite simply, a tougher group has not been assembled in the opening round of a tournament since FIFA started its world rankings two decades ago. Not in Europe, and not around the world. With Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal ...  

Sometimes the best way to be a travel photographer is to barely have a camera at all -- at least that's what we found on a recent two-week trip through Spain and Portugal. Using just an iPhone and a Holga, we created "Spain and Portugal, Squared ...  

LISBON (MarketWatch) -- Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (NYSE:PT) said Thursday its net profit more than halved in the first quarter, after operating costs rose, overshadowing an increase in revenue. - Net profit was EUR56.5 million, down from EUR129.7 ...  

PARIS May 21 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is leaving Chelsea after playing a leading role in their Champions League triumph, according to a report to be published in French magazine France Football on Tuesday. Drogba, who scored ...  

Those NATO clashes between protesters and cops, and a Cubs losing streak, create stress for some of us. But it's nothing like the stressful time Mundelein native Robert Andrew Powell spent covering the worst pro soccer team in Mexico in the most ...  

Viktor Shvets, head of thematic equity research at Credit Suisse AG in Hong Kong, talks about Europe's sovereign-debt crisis and Greece's potential exit from the euro area. Shvets also discusses the U.S. and Japanese economies and his investment ...  

Soccer players scored an easy victory over the environmentalists late Thursday night as a pair of city commissions gave the go-ahead to a contentious $14 million plan to add lights and synthetic turf to the sprawling Beach Chalet soccer field in ...  

VIENNA -- Portugal may be able to re-access the markets by next year, Albert Jaeger, International Monetary Fund Senior Resident Representative to Portugal, said Friday. "Maybe it can happen next year," said Jaeger, adding that the country's IMF ...  

Conditions were beautiful but far from ideal for the re-start of the Volvo Ocean Race Sunday afternoon. The six Volvo Open 70 sailboats competing in the 39,270-mile around-the-world race had nearly flat seas and southeast winds of 8 knots, which ...  

Shares in Portugal's largest company and utility EDP rise nearly 4 percent, rebounding from recent lows after a batch of government measures to cap power tariffs that analysts say should only have a mild impact on EDP while bringing stability to ...  

OBIDOS, Portugal (Reuters) - The winner of Euro 2012 could well come from the so-called "Group of Death" of Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, Portugal coach Paulo Bento said on Monday after revealing his 23-man squad which includes ...  

Doug Jacobs has received a few nasty e-mails, even an angry phone call, from U.S. soccer supporters upset that his New Jersey-based company, Integrated Sports Media, holds the broadcast rights to the June 12 World Cup qualifier at Guatemala and ...  

NEW YORK, May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Unrest among North American banks and European sovereigns drove global credit default swap (CDS) spreads nearly 5%, according to Fitch Solutions in its latest Risk and Performance Monitor. JPMorgan's $2 ...  

"I am an optimist," Blatter told reporters ahead of the world soccer body's annual congress. "I am sure you will see at the congress that we are back in the harbour, not heaven yet, but we are taking more people on board and are heading to calm ...  

May 14 - Fitch Ratings has published a Special Report on Portugal ('BB+'/Negative Outlook), examining the economic rebalancing and reforms achieved to date, as well as challenges that remain. According to Fitch, a number of factors suggest that ...  

I met Lisbon in a snit. I was exhausted and impatient and thinking well past it, to the northern Portugal city of Oporto and the wine country nearby, my ultimate destination and real interest. Lisbon was just a 24-hour stopover, reached after a ...  

LISBON, Portugal—Oguchi Onyewu and Sporting CP lost to Academica, 1-0, in the Portuguese Cup on Sunday. Mario "Marinho" Correia put away a header in the third minute for the game’s only goal, good enough to give Academica its second Portuguese Cup.  

FRANKLIN TWP. - The head soccer coach for Our Lady of Mercy Academy was killed was killed early Sunday in a collision involving a tractor-trailer and a SUV, police said. Philip Caporale, 31, of Vineland was pronounced dead at the scene of the 4 ...  

Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/hjk5k7/dairy_in_portugal) has announced the addition of the "Dairy in Portugal" report to their offering. Dairy in Portugal industry profile provides top-line qualitative ...  

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's international lenders will begin a visit to assess progress on the country's 78 billion euro bailout program next Tuesday, the government said, as fears of new contagion and a Greek exit from the euro zone grip Europe.  

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's international lenders will begin a visit to assess progress on the country's 78 billion euro bailout program next Tuesday, the government said, as fears of new contagion and a Greek exit from the euro zone grip Europe.  

LISBON May 15 (Reuters) - Banco Espirito Santo, Portugal's largest listed bank by market capitalisation, reported a bigger-than-expected 84 percent fall in first-quarter net profit due to provisions for bad loans as recession and a debt crisis ...  

NEW YORK May 22 (Reuters) - Ratings agency DBRS put the sovereign credit ratings for financially strained Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland on review for possible downgrade late on Tuesday, citing the potential that Greece may not comply with ...  

LISBON, May 22 (Reuters) - Portugal may be rewarded with looser budget targets as its international lenders look to shore up the country's slumping economy and the wider euro zone against contagion from turmoil in Greece. The troika of lenders ...  

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has expressed his utmost desire to finally win a trophy with his international team after acknowledging the stark pitfalls they will encounter in Group B. In an interview with Kicker Magazine, the Real Madrid ...  

DALLAS (Reuters) - After an agonizing loss to Japan in last year's World Cup final, the U.S. women's soccer team is determined to rebound by winning a third consecutive Olympic title in London this year. "We want nothing more than a gold medal ...  

A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the hemisphere for its extreme ...  

You are probably looking for a way to watch Portugal vs Macedonia Live stream International Friendly Soccer online in HD. Now you can! Read on and you will learn how you will be able to watch Portugal vs Macedonia of the International Friendly ...  

CHELSEA, Alabama -- Someday, a member of the Chelsea girls soccer team will rummage through her high school treasures and will happen upon her 2012 state championship ring. On one side, she'll read her name. On the other, she'll read the name ...  

London (CNN)-- Stars from one of the world's great soccer teams will be encouraging reading as part of a new project to put one million digital books in the hands of African children. Spanish football team FC Barcelona -- home to stars Lionel ...  

EDP Renovaveis SA (EDPR), the renewable energy unit of EDP-Energias de Portugal SA, will spend 3.2 billion euros ($4.1 billion) through 2015 on wind capacity. It plans to add 2.3 gigawatts of wind generation, including 500 megawatts this year ...  

Athens’ first indoor soccer facility, Core Soccer at 314 Commerce Blvd. in Bogart, opened recently offering indoor practice space, camps and private instruction for the local soccer community. The facility is the realization of the long-held ...  

MADRID May 14 (Reuters) - Villarreal, often touted as a model for smaller clubs to aspire to, were left preparing for life in the second division on Monday after they were relegated following a dramatic finale to the La Liga season. The team ...  

The teams will be among the more than 212 top US Youth Soccer Boys and Girls teams from the 14 US Youth Soccer State Associations competing for the regional title, June 22-27 at the US Youth Soccer Region II Championships at Saginaw Township ...  

LISBON May 15 (Reuters) - Banco Espirito Santo, Portugal's largest listed bank by market capitalisation, posted on Tuesday an 84 percent fall in first-quarter net profit, hit by provisions for bad loans amid Portugal's recession and debt crisis.  

Portugal’s economy shrank at a slower pace in the first three months of 2012, but the country will likely remain in recession for the rest of the year as the government forges ahead with painful efforts to rein in its deficit. Gross domestic ...  

LISBON May 15 (Reuters) - Banco Espirito Santo, Portugal's largest listed bank by market capitalisation, posted on Tuesday an 84 percent fall in first-quarter net profit, hit by provisions for bad loans amid Portugal's recession and debt crisis.  

Utah State's soccer program announced that registration is still open for the 2012 Aggie Soccer Camp, to be offered to a wide range of ages, all on the USU campus during the month of July. The three clinics will go from July 14-19. Under the ...  

LONDON (Reuters) - Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) is interested in purchasing Portugal's flag carrier that is set to be privatized this year, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Christoph Franz, Lufthansa's chief executive, told the FT, that the ...  

LISBON May 14 (Reuters) - Portuguese power grid operator REN reported on Monday a first-quarter net profit Of 34.5 million euros ($44.7 million), the same as a year ago, as higher financing costs offset operating gains. REN's earnings before ...  

It will be eight years ago this summer that he shack sour tears on the Estádio da Luz pitch, after Portugal suffered a shock Euro 2004 finishing loss to Greece on home soil. Ronaldo hopes to cast out that recall on Sunday 1 July in the Euro ...  

Are you ready for the 2012 European Championship? FOXSoccer.com covers the Euros like never before. Get the full coverage here. Portugal lacked fire and flair and was held to 0-0 at home by Macedonia on Saturday in a warmup for next month's ...  

Endesa SA (ELE) will reconsider an ongoing investment of 500 million euros in two dams in the Mondego river in northern Portugal, Diario de Noticias reported, citing Nuno Ribeiro da Silva, who heads the utility’s Portuguese unit. Endesa had ...  

EDITOR’S NOTE: The opinions below are those of Soccer Outsider Jeff Maurer and not Soccer Insider Steven Goff. Depth comes into play when injuries hit and the schedule gets packed. Well, both those things are happening now, so it’s time for ...  

Tackling corruption in soccer will again top FIFA's agenda when the 208 members meet this week for a congress that will also see the first woman appointed to the governing body's executive committee. Continuing FIFA's efforts to restore its ...  

Soccer instruction is being added to the list of summertime activities for children at both Lake County Family YMCA facilities this year. Soccer clinics open to boys and girls ages 8-12 will be offered June 18-22 at Northern Lake YMCA, 2000 ...  

Remember the days when the Galaxy and Houston would play for the MLS championship? Oh, that was only last November? Today's rematch of the MLS Cup won by the Galaxy means nothing to a team that is winless in its past six matches (0-4-2) and ...  

The biggest fear is that if Greece cannot be kept in the euro, other larger economies - like Spain or Portugal - might face the same fate. "The breakup of the eurozone will be a disaster. Greece could leave, and others could leave, and this ...  

UCLA’s Student Committee for the Arts (SCA) celebrated its 50th anniversary last Wednesday with a sold-out concert at Royce Hall. The show featured indie rock favorites Portugal. The Man performing with the UCLA Philharmonia and UCLA alumni ...  

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is close to imposing a "do or die" rental reform after a quarter of a century of argument, aiming to give the construction and property industries a last chance to avoid collapse. From the rundown, centuries-old ...  

It features a succinct menu of hearty Portuguese bistro fare that departs from the Lisbon norm by paying a bit more attention to fowl, organ meats and African and Asian spices, which underscore ethnic bridges built in Portugal’s colonial past.  

It features a succinct menu of hearty Portuguese bistro fare that departs from the Lisbon norm by paying a bit more attention to fowl, organ meats and African and Asian spices, which underscore ethnic bridges built in Portugal’s colonial past.  

Ricardo Vaz Te may have just taken West Ham to the Premier League but the striker is still keen to consider offers to move elsewhere. The Portuguese forward scored the winning goal for the Hammers in Saturday's Championship play-off final ...  

Ricardo Vaz Te may have just taken West Ham to the Premier League but the striker is still keen to consider offers to move elsewhere. The Portuguese forward scored the winning goal for the Hammers in Saturday's Championship play-off final ...  

"Galp Energia continues to upgrade their Portugal refineries on an ongoing basis and we look forward continuing to supply them with Nansulate® Translucent PT," stated Francesca Crolley, V.P. of Business Development for Industrial Nanotech ...  

Footnote2 Before 1999: Portuguese escudo. In 1348 and 1349, like the rest of Europe, Portugal was devastated by the Black Death. In 1373, Portugal made an alliance with England, which is the longest-standing alliance in the world. In the ...  

LISBON—Portugal is quickly adjusting its economy to a more frugal reality under a EUR78 billion ($101 billion) bailout package, but the program's success doesn't guarantee the country will be able return to markets next year, the Bank of ...  

Footnote2 Before 1999: Portuguese escudo. In 1348 and 1349, like the rest of Europe, Portugal was devastated by the Black Death. In 1373, Portugal made an alliance with England, which is the longest-standing alliance in the world. In the ...  

LISBON May 21 (Reuters) - Portugal's largest builder, Mota Engil, reported on Monday a higher-than-expected 45 percent rise in first-quarter net profit, helped by its international operations while revenues in recession-hit Portugal dropped.  

An extradition request for a Kent man wanted in Portugal for a crime he was cleared of in 1995 has been dropped. Graham Mitchell was acquitted with another man of attempting to murder a German tourist in the Algarve, but the decision was ...  

(Reuters) - British construction group Keller Group Plc reported a disappointing start to the year in Europe and said it would continue to shrink its business in Spain, Portugal and Eastern Europe as those countries reel from a slump in ...  

It’s his weekly visit to Fields4Kids to take part in the U.S. Youth Soccer Association’s TOPSoccer. Matthew and his classmates have special needs, and their weekly trips to work on drills and play soccer aid them physically and emotionally.  

PORTO May 22 (Reuters) - EDP Renewables, the world's fourth-largest wind energy producer, expects its profit to triple between now and the end of 2015, the unit of Portugal's largest company and utility Energias de Portugal said on Tuesday.  

(Adds sale information on airport operator in second paragraph, value of companies in fourth paragraph, details throughout.) Portugal's government has picked four investment banks to run the privatization of national airline TAP SGPS SA ...  

Portugal’s jobless rate rose to 14.9 percent in the three months through March as the country’s economy contracted for a sixth quarter. The unemployment rate increased from 14 percent in the fourth quarter and 12.4 percent in the first ...  

SILVES, Portugal, May 25 (UPI) -- German researchers say the oldest archaeological evidence of a Jewish cultural presence on the Iberian Peninsula has been found at a Portuguese excavation site. Archaeologists of the Friedrich Schiller ...  

Two seasons is all it took for Peoria Centennial teacher/coach Steve Ybarra to become a Hall of Fame inductee. But spending two seasons playing soccer at Yavapai College in Prescott is quite a coup. Some soccer players use Yavapai as a ...  

On Saturday, a tournament featuring the top teams from Europe’s best soccer leagues will culminate in a winner-take-all championship match when Chelsea meets Bayern Munich in Munich. Meanwhile, Europe’s best leagues have finished play ...  

O Correspondente da Rádio SBS em Lisboa, Rui Viegas, fala-nos desta partida, bem como da preparação da selecção portuguesa para o Euro-2012. E vamos saber ainda que em Portugal há uma bancada de um estádio de futebol à venda na… Internet.  

LISBON (Dow Jones)--Officials from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund arrive in Lisbon Tuesday to begin the fourth evaluation of Portugal's bailout program amid increasing uncertainty over the future of the euro zone.  

2003 - Campeão da Copa São Paulo de Juniores (Santo André-SP) 2003 - Vice-Campeão do Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol - Série C (Santo André-SP) 2003 - Campeão da Copa do Estado de São Paulo (Santo André-SP) 2004 - Campeão da Copa do ...  

LISBON May 17 (Reuters) - Portugal Telecom posted on Thursday a first-quarter net profit of 56.5 million euros ($72 million) to beat market consensus even as domestic revenues fell due to Portugal's deep recession and painful austerity.  

When Mashable took a look at the English Premier League’s social media side last week, the main takeaway was that the 2012 season marked the big social push of the world’s most high-profile soccer league. But Spain’s LigaBBVA ...  

Benfica created double the amount of chances as Chelsea, England's sole remaining representative, but lacked composure in front of goal, with Oscar Cardozo, Bruno Cesar and Jardel all wasting good opportunities.