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Porto 1-1 Sporting: Stoppage-time penalty earns Sporting point at the Dragão
In a largely turgid game where both teams were more focused on not losing rather than winning, all the excitement was reserved for the final 15...
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Benfica 2-1 Alverca: teenage striker Anísio Cabral jumps off the bench to save Eagles
Benfica beat Alverca on a rainy evening in Lisbon tonight to put pressure on top two Porto and Sporting, who meet at the Estádio do Dragão tomorrow....
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Sporting beat AVS 3-2 after extra time to set up Portuguese Cup semi-final versus Porto
Despite heavy rotation of the team ahead of next Monday’s crunch Clássico against Porto, Sporting were expected to overcome AVS, rock bottom of the...
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Luis Suárez is eating the league alive at Sporting
The betting markets didn’t see this hurricane coming. Most popular tipsters had written off Sporting’s summer signing as just another overpriced...
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PortuGOAL Figure of the Week: Larrazabal leads Casa Pia to defeat Porto for the first time
For 19 matches, Francesco Farioli’s FC Porto operated with a veneer of inevitable infallibility. However, in Gameweek 20, Casa Pia Atlético Clube...
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Winter transfer market roundup: Sporting, Benfica and Porto boost squad options, Gil Vicente, Famalicão, Alverca & Casa Pia cash in
FC Porto, Sporting and Benfica all used the January transfer window to strengthen their squads for the second half of the season...
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Coaching change at Santa Clara: Vasco Matos sacked; Petit appointed
Santa Clara’s 4-2 defeat at home to Estoril on Saturday led to the dismissal of coach Vasco Matos. While sacking the 45-year-old, the majority...
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Casa Pia 2-1 Porto match report & highlights - Dragons finally defeated in the Primeira Liga
Porto's unbeaten 2025/26 Primeira Liga campaign came to an end at Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior where they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Casa Pia....
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Why Portugal produces elite tactical thinkers
Portugal has become one of the most respected footballing nations in the modern game, not only for producing technically gifted players but also for...
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Luis Suárez the hero once again as Sporting pull off another dramatic win against Nacional
Sporting 2-1 Nacional For the fourth match running, Sporting fans saw their team snatch victory in stoppage time. Against Paris Saint-Germain and...