Forest fires occur every summer in Portugal but the tragedy that struck the community of Pedrógão Grande in the centre of the country is unprecedented. Over 60 people lost their lives, many trapped in their cars when trying to flee from the flames.

This Just Giving page is a simple way for people, wherever they are in the world, to make a contribution to help rebuild these communities and bring some comfort to those who lost everything in the blink of an eye. The money raised will be sent to a network of local authorities and charities working in the area affected. Thank you for your support.

In a new feature PortuGOAL will be bringing you some recommended reading about Portuguese football from around the web, penned by our own network of writers or others.

We kick off by alerting you to a superb interview in the Guardian by Nick Ames with Port Vale's Portuguese manager Bruno Ribeiro. The headline writer focused on Ribeiro's relationship with José Mourinho, but it is the detail of Ribeiro's struggle to make things work at an English third-tier team of meagre resources that makes for fascinating insight.

Benfica are top of the Liga NOS and their coach Rui Vitória continues to confound the doubters who believed he would not be up to the job at the Lisbon giants. Simon Curtis takes a look at "the quiet man at the helm of a national institution". And Benfica fans, while we've got your attention, a shout out for Tom Kundert's profile of the club's world-renowned Seixal Academy for ESPN.

Talking about Portuguese football schools, none has produced more top-class players in recent decades than Sporting's Alcochete Academy, and the excellent Outside of the Boot website has a brilliantly detailed profile written by Mateus Carvalho of another possible gem for the Lions, Francisco Geraldes, who is currently on loan at Moreirense.

To finish up this initial trip around the net, we alert you to FourFourTwo's list of the 59 best Under-21 footballers from around the world. The section we highlight has a mini profile of Porto striker André Silva, who will be hoping to net his first senior international goal tonight for the Seleção against Andorra. In case you're wondering, the British magazine rank him at number 23.

Are you the most knowledgeable football fan around? Do you want to be involved with EA SPORTS FIFA? Well, you’re in luck as the FIFA Talent Scout team is looking for people like you.

The FIFA Talent Scout community has over 6000 active members and is always looking for individuals to help improve their football database.

This is a great opportunity to put your knowledge of your club to good use, helping to ensure that the EA SPORTS football database continues to contain the most up to date and accurate team and player data for the many leagues featured in FIFA 17.

Following the success of the PortuGOAL App for Android, today we launch our App for iPhone.

PortuGOAL’s articles are increasingly read on mobile devices. With this in mind we developed the Apps so you never miss an article, even when on the move. 

Download our user-friendly App free of charge at the Apple Store (link to PortuGOAL App at the Apple Store here) to keep track of the biggest Portuguese football stories.

With this App on your phone you will have the latest news at your fingertips so you stay bang up to date with all things Portuguese football. Enjoy!