Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted at continuing his international career with Portugal despite their disappointing exit from Euro 2024. Ronaldo, who started in all five of Portugal’s games in the tournament, averaged 97 minutes per match but, for the first time in his career, failed to score in open play at a major international tournament. Following the team’s 5-3 defeat to ...
Portugal claimed a comfortable 3-0 victory over Ireland in an international friendly on Tuesday night at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro. The match served as a final preparation for Portugal ahead of the 2024 European Championship in Germany. João Félix got Portugal off to a flying start, finding the net in the 18th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo, ever the goal-scorer, doubled ...
Jose Mourinho is convinced that Cristiano Ronaldo will not draw a Euro 2024 blank. With the Portugal star backed to enhance his 128-goal record. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is the all-time leading scorer in men’s international football. He has earned 206 caps, with a senior debut for his country made all the way back in 2003. Ronaldo is now ...
Ghanaian forward Abdul Aziz Yakubu found the net for Rio Ave, but it wasn’t enough to secure victory as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Vizela in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. The 26-year-old opened the scoring for Rio Ave in just the 4th minute, giving them an early lead. However, Samuel Essende equalized for Vizela in the 37th ...
Former Portugal Head Coach Fernando Santos has been appointed as the new Poland Head Coach after stepping down from his position following Portugal’s quarter final World Cup exit. Santos led Portugal to their first major title in the 21st Century at the 2016 European Championships before he went on to win the 2019 UEFA Nations League. The ...
Roberto Martinez has been appointed as the new Head Coach of the Portuguese men’s national team after leaving his role as Belgium Head Coach after the World Cup. Roberto Martinez replaces Fernando Santos who also left his role after Portugal’s World Cup elimination to Morocco last year. The former Everton manager looks to lead this golden generation ...
Soccer statistics media Sqwuaka in conjunction with BetUK have been serializing how the various groups in the 2022 FIFA World Cup will fare. They claim that Portugal will come top of Group H whiles Uruguay will finish second with the Black Stars of Ghana coming third and South Korea will finish bottom of the group. Cristiano Ronaldo could be the ...
Ghanaian and Portuguese based footballer, Pancras Papi Otoo has revealed he is ready to take up a new European football challenge after years playing in Portugal. Speaking in an interview with Soccernews.com, the União Idanhense forward confirmed that he is ready to have a taste of football elsewhere should the opportunity come knocking. “Yes I was want to get new ...
Qualifying from the world cup group stages is the most important thing – Asamoah Gyan to Black stars
Ex-Black stars captain Asamoah Gyan has urged the Black stars of Ghana to give their all to qualify from the group stages of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. According to the former Udinese and Sunderland forward, it’s not bad to revenge Uruguay after that painful elimination at the quarter finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South ...
Turkey captain Burak Yilmaz has retired from international football after missing a late penalty in the World Cup play-off defeat by Portugal. First-half goals from Otavio and Diogo Jota gave Portugal the lead but Turkey’s Yilmaz scored with 25 minutes to go to put his team back in the game. However, the 36-year-old failed to convert from the penalty spot ...