Portugal

Porto's hegemony in Portuguese football has delivered nine league titles, five Taça de Portugal's, a Europa League and a Champions League triumph in eleven years. Their dominance is under threat though, as the other two members of 'Os Três Grandes' ...

theguardian.com, Tuesday 12 November 2013 22.47 GMT. FZlatan Ibrahimovic with his Golden Ball award after a Swedish football gala in Stockholm. Zlatan Ibrahimovic with his Golden Ball award after a Swedish football gala in Stockholm. Photograph: IBL ...

Unable to settle at Benfica, they have sent him out on loan four times in four seasons – Rio Ave and Paços Ferreira in his native Portugal, Deportivo La Coruña in Spain, and, this season, Rennes in France. Sometimes considered a selfish player, this ...

Sweden know their World Cup hopes rest on getting the ball to Zlatan Ibrahimovic as they prepare for the second leg of their qualifying play-off against Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal. The battle of the superstar forwards went Ronaldo's way in the ...

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring against Sweden during a Fifa 2014 World Cup play-off on Nov 19, 2013. Ronaldo's match-winning goals for Portugal in World Cup play-off matches against Sweden lifted his country to No. 5 in the ...

Top-flight domestic football took yet another break this weekend, as a plethora of national teams endeavoured to earn their spots at next summer's World Cup via play-offs and final qualifying rounds. A few teams who have already booked their tickets to ...

The 20 other players on the pitch knew what they were witnessing. The World Cup may deserve them both, but even Zlatan couldn't help but applaud the performance from Portugal's captain. See you in .... Despite retaining its popularity in public opinion ...

When Cristiano Ronaldo ran through to score Portugal's third against Sweden last week to secure a place in next year's World Cup finals, behind him on the half-way line you could see Hugo Almeida already celebrating with both his arms in the air. Such ...

Fernando Gomes, president of the Portuguese Football Federation said; “It was with surprise I watched and analysed the words of Sepp Blatter about the captain of our national team.”. “I think the comments ... show a clear lack of respect both towards ...

FC Porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon are in many ways the three stooges of Portuguese football. The trio have been ruling football forever in the small Iberian country, both during the dictatorial times of the Estado Novo and following the Carnation ...