Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time as a Kai Havertz goal secured a 1-0 victory over Manchester City in Saturday's final in Porto.
Havertz rounded Ederson to score three minutes before half-time at the Estadio do Dragao and the (...)
Real Sociedad went level on points with La Liga leaders Barcelona after snatching a 2-1 victory away to fellow high-flyers Granada on Sunday thanks to a late strike from forward Cristian Portu.
Portu had given the Basque side the lead midway through (...)
The Saudi gymnastics team has won seven medals, "1 Gold - 1 Silver - 5 Bronze" during the first day of Portugal International tournament being hosted by the Portuguese city of Porto.
Fares AlHarbi won a Gold medal in the Jumping Table, and Saif (...)
Former UEFA president Michel Platini always opposed the introduction of technology in football because he felt that, once it gained a foothold, it would quickly expand and change the character of the sport altogether.
Football, he warned, was about (...)
England have reached the semifinals of the last two major championships but manager Gareth Southgate says missing out on the World Cup and Nations League final has left the squad deeply unsatisfied.
England's shootout win over Switzerland on Sunday (...)
European champions Portugal won the inaugural Nations League with a 1-0 win over the Netherlands on Sunday and on this evidence must surely be early candidates to challenge with France for next year's Euro 2020 title.
The narrow margin of the win (...)
Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman has led a revival in their fortunes but after Sunday's 1-0 defeat by Portugal in the Nations League final he conceded that his rebuilt side was not yet ready to win titles.
The Dutch failed to qualify for Euro 2016 or (...)
Spain and Portugal are to start an in-depth analysis of whether to bid for the 2030 World Cup, they said on Saturday.
"After holding several meetings, the football federations of Spain and Portugal can confirm that they are set to begin an in-depth (...)
When UEFA unveiled the detailed plans for the Nations League, more than four years ago, many were skeptical about whether the new competition would be anything more than a glorified series of friendly matches.
Even inside UEFA's own headquarters in (...)
Portugal coach Fernando Santos believes that talismanic forward Cristiano Ronaldo can continue playing at the highest level for both club and country for at least three to four years.
The 34-year-old does not quite have the pace of old but showed (...)
Spain and Portugal are to start an in-depth analysis of whether to bid for the 2030 World Cup, they said on Saturday, without making any mention of Morocco who were previously also said to be involved.
"After holding several meetings, the football (...)
Not even England's most passionate supporters would suggest that winning this week's Nations League Finals would compare with a World Cup triumph but after last year's excitement, Gareth Southgate's men are now eyeing football's newest (...)
Portugal defender Pepe said he was certain that fans in Porto would give full support to the team when the city hosts the Nations League this week and that their rivalry with Benfica would not affect their enthusiasm.
The issue was raised after (...)
This week's Nations League finals and Euro 2020 qualifiers will not feature changes to the laws of the game which officially came into effect from June, European soccer governing body UEFA said on Tuesday.
UEFA said the new rules, including red and (...)
Still something of a novelty, UEFA's inaugural Nations League tournament reaches its final stage with a four-team mini-competition in Portugal this week, which will be short and sharp and looks to be a wide-open contest.
It will offer Cristiano (...)
Porto converted a penalty awarded following a VAR review three minutes from the end of extra time to beat AS Roma 3-1 and reach the Champions League quarterfinals after an epic finale on Wednesday.
Fernando went down as he tried to meet Maxi (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center handed over 48 tons of dates to the World Food Program (WFP) in Burkina Faso yesterday, in the presence of in Saudi Chargé d'Affaires in Burkina Faso Abdulmohsen Al-Zahrani and the World Food Program (...)
The dirty past of the Tour de France came back on Friday to haunt the 100th edition of cycling's showcase race, with Lance Armstrong telling a newspaper he couldn't have won without doping, AP reported.
Armstrong's comments to Le Monde were (...)
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice on his Champions League debut for Real Madrid to lead his new team to a 5-2 win at FC Zurich, while the Manchester United side he left after last season's final won its opening match 1-0 at Besiktas.
World player of (...)
Manchester United and Arsenal made it three English teams in the semifinals of the Champions League, both winning Wednesday to join Chelsea and Barcelona in the next round.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a great shot from 40 meters in the sixth (...)
The European Union's finance ministers
stressed the underlying strength of the EU's economies on Friday in
Portugal as shocks continued to trouble world financial markets, according to DPA.
"The EU's fundamentals remain solid. The solidity of (...)
The European Union's finance ministers
called on Friday for a strengthened role for low-income and
developing countries in the International Monetary Fund, according to DPA.
"We confirmed our statement that the representation of (...)
