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No let-up in titanic Championship Race
Benfica clocked up yet another win as they edge nearer their quest for a third successive championship. A header early in the second half by...
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Sporting keep the dream alive in Porto
Sporting overcame the most difficult of their remaining fixtures to keep the pressure on Benfica with a 3-1 over Porto at the Dragão in what was an...
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Super-sub Jiménez edges Benfica closer to title
All eyes were firmly fixed onto the title race in Matchday 31 as Sporting and Benfica battled for the coveted top spot as they began another weekend...
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Exclusive João Mário interview
Sporting midfielder João Mário has been widely considered the best midfielder in the Liga NOS this season. The Portugal international spoke...
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Nerves a-jangling in title run-in
Benfica and Sporting won their weekend matches to leave it as you were at the top of the Liga NOS table, but the manner in which both clubs risked...
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A new William Carvalho?
There was a great deal of comotion in the green half of Lisbon surrounding the emergence of William Carvalho in 2013, a situation not too dissimilar...
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Braga outclassed by Shakhtar in Ukraine
Sporting Braga have been eliminated from the Europa League after a 4-0 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk in Lviv. Down 2-0 at the break after a Darijo...
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Race to safety - who will go down?
As we near the end of the 2015-16 Liga NOS campaign, much has rightly been made of the exciting race for the title. Until a fortnight or so ago, it...
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Brave Benfica's Champions League campaign ended by brilliant Bayern
Champions League football returned to a packed Estádio da Luz on Wednesday evening, in the shape of the quarter-final 2nd Leg. Trailing 0-1 from the...
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Late Jiménez strike keeps Benfica top
With the task of defeating Académica in the hotly contested Liga NOS sandwiched between two heavyweight ties against Bayern Munich in the UEFA...