Bebe returns to homeland (Video)

The news that Tiago Manuel Dias Correia has been loaned to Rio Ave may not mean much to most people.  And, unfortunately for Manchester United, even referring to him by his better known nickname of Bebe would draw little more attention.

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Portuguese Football For Beginners

Portugese Segunda Liga , Atlético Clube de Portugal 2, 4. Belenenses, Attendance. 1,650

With the national media focusing on Monday' nights rescheduled Lisbon Derby between Sporting and Benfica, few were aware that another important derby from the capital was being played the day before. Second Division table toppers Belenenses were to play fellow city rivals Atlético Clube de Portugal.

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Wash out in Warsaw, but what a result in Portugal!

England’s wash out in Poland last night may have prompted many who had gone to pubs to wonder, what will we do now? Luckily, there were other games to watch, most notably, Northern Ireland’s clash away at Portugal

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Ronaldo prepares for landmark century of caps (Video)

Remarkably at the age of just 27, Cristiano Ronaldo is set to reach 100 appearances for Portugal in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland in Portugal. Such has been Ronaldo’s enduring brilliance at club level, it is easy to forget just how long the Real Madrid man has been on the international stage.

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CR7 to enter the ton club. (Video)

Love him or loathe him, Cristiano Ronaldo is actually going to pick up his 100th cap for Portugal tomorrow night. 

How in cats hell has he managed that?! I hear you cry. Probably the same way Lukas Podolski has surpassed the century marker for Germany.

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Taking a cap off to Russia's solid start (Video)

On a night where Roy Hodgson's three lions roared to a 5-0 win over Moldova in the opening round of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers, Hodgson's predecessor also enjoyed a productive victory to kick start Russia's qualifying campaign.

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Too much fuss is being made of the Ronaldo penalty

Despite the best efforts of Portugal to end Spain’s domination in international football, the Cristiano Ronaldo led national team crashed out of Euro 2012 via the harsh medium of penalties on Wednesday night.

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Yet more attacking Euro 2012 squads announced

This week, we’ve already covered two other decidedly attacker-heavy, in terms of quality, squad announcements from Germany and Holland and, carrying on theme among many of the favourites for the tournament, France and Portugal have similarly shown where their qualities lie.

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