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FC Porto 3-0 Sporting: Dragons nullify Lions on Tello's night
FC Porto and Sporting entered this match with five points separating them and with both teams needing a win. On one hand, Benfica had destroyed...
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Sporting out of Europe as Wolfsburg hold firm
Sporting 0-0 Wolfsburg (aggregate score: 0-2) Sporting threw everything they had at German outfit Wolfsburg at the Alvalade tonight, but a mixture...
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Where next for Nani?
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha – or Nani for his shorter, simpler to remember name, has enjoyed a resurgence in form and confidence since his loan...
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Jardel's dramatic equaliser crushes Sporting's hopes
Sporting 1-1 Benfica It had been, until the last 10 minutes, a game to forget for anyone watching the Lisbon derby. Jefferson looked to have...
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Sporting v Benfica preview: can the Lions blow open the title race?
Sporting host city rivals Benfica on Sunday knowing a victory is the only result that will keep alive what club president Bruno de Carvalho stated...
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Benfica's Seixal Academy: a money-making machine or something more?
League leaders or not, it remains a contentious point that much of Benfica’s talent has found its way out of the club. While there was a resignation...
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Hernâni makes Porto switch
Winter transfer window activity in Portugal Vitória Guimarães' flying winger Hernâni signed for Porto on the last day of the January transfer window...
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Quaresma special graces Porto thrashing of Paços
Benfica and Sporting win ahead of Lisbon derby After last week's thrills and spills and surprise results in the Primeira Liga, it was back to...
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Title race takes a twist as top two lose
Benfica and Porto beaten, Sporting close gap The Primeira Liga title race took a couple of unexpected twists this weekend. On Sunday evening Porto...
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Back to Back for Benfica?
Surely, this wasn’t in the script. After all, wasn’t it a horrible summer for the Águias? Mere weeks after celebrating the first ever Portuguese...