Portuguese Football in English
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Benfica re-enter the top three with win over Braga after Sporting and Porto hold firm
Benfica have leapfrogged Sporting de Braga in the Primeira Liga table after defeating the Arsenalistas 2-0 away from home, this Sunday. Goals from...
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Sporting distance themselves from rivals after FC Porto and Benfica fall to goalless draws
Sporting have increased their lead at the top of the Primeira Liga table after FC Porto’s Thursday night draw to Belenenses was met with a 2-0...
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Porto apply pressure on Sporting as Braga go big away from home
FC Porto have come to within a point of first-placed Sporting ahead of the Monday night’s Lisbon Derby after goals from Luis Diaz and Evanilson...
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Benfica fall four points behind league leaders Sporting with Santa Clara draw
Benfica have fallen four points behind league leaders Sporting after a 1-1 draw away to Santa Clara left the Lisbon outfit in third place, behind FC...
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Boavista rock Benfica to leave Sporting top of the table, as FC Porto lose once more
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Sporting snatch late point in first Clássico of the Primeira Liga
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Vitória tie up Quaresma free transfer
Vitória de Guimarães have tonight announced the signing of Ricardo Quaresma on a free transfer, landing the veteran winger on a two-year-deal....
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Benfica keep FC Porto celebrations waiting as Braga slip up versus Belenenses
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Sporting blanks offer Braga hope in hunt for a top three finish
Sporting de Braga’s hopes of a top three finish have been kept alive after Sporting’s six-point advantage was cut to four, following tonight's...
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Porto blitz past Belenenses following Benfica’s long-awaited victory
FC Porto are just two wins away from clinching the Primeira Liga title after dismantling Belenenses with a 5-0 score-line at home, replying to...
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Benfica collapse edges FC Porto closer to the title
FC Porto have moved one step closer to claiming the Primeira Liga title after Benfica lost for a second consecutive game, this time falling to a 2-0...
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Braga and Sporting star in local derbies
A 3-1 win away to Belenenses was enough to keep Sporting in third place after Sporting de Braga came out on top in a five-goal Minhoto Derby...
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FC Porto slip-up sees Benfica go level with title rivals at the top
Benfica have moved back level with table-topping FC Porto on points after the Dragons’ slip-up was capitalised upon by the Eagles with a 2-1 away...
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The potential effects of post-lockdown football awaiting Primeira Liga clubs
After months of extensive talks and cautious planning, fans of the Portuguese Primeira Liga can finally begin to countdown the hours ahead of its...
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PortuGOAL’s Pearls of Portugal: Part Six
As the Portuguese elite ready themselves for a comeback, officially returning to training across the board ahead of the Primeira Liga resuming,...
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PortuGOAL’s Pearls of Portugal: Part Five
On the week the Primeira Liga announced its ambitions to return by June, prompting the return to training of many of its top-flight outfits, all...
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PortuGOAL’s Pearls of Portugal: Part Four
With the Belgian, Dutch and French authorities definitively cancelling the 2019/20 football season due to the COVID-19 outbreak, things in Portugal...
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Telles keeps Porto title hopes alive in week of wins for Braga, Sporting and league leaders Benfica
A late Alex Telles wonder-strike has kept FC Porto firmly in the hunt for the league title after claiming a narrow 1-0 win at home to Portimonense,...
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Braga blow title race wide open versus Benfica prior to Porto success in Guimarães
Benfica have seen their comfortable lead at the top of the Primeira Liga table turned on its head after Sporting de Braga stunned the Estádio da Luz...
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Porto bounce back with comfortable win as Benfica and Sporting fill their boots at Famalicão and Santa Clara's expense
FC Porto have returned to winning ways after defeating Tondela 3-0 at the Estádio do Dragão, maintaining the current four-point gap behind league...