Real Madrid centre-back Ricardo Carvalho faces an international suspension of between one and
three months, including Champions League matches, after walking out of the Portuguese national
team's training camp on Wednesday.
After learning that he was not in the side to play Cyprus on Friday, Carvalho left the Portugal
camp and immediately announced he had retired from international football, saying he had been shown
"a lack of respect and felt hurt.
Real Madrid centre-back Ricardo Carvalho faces an international suspension of between one and
three months, including Champions League matches, after walking out of the Portuguese national
team's training camp on Wednesday.
After learning that he was not in the side to play Cyprus on Friday, Carvalho left the Portugal
camp and immediately announced he had retired from international football, saying he had been shown
"a lack of respect and felt hurt.
Just five months after assuming the presidency of the Puerto Rican Football Federation
(FPF), Eric Labrador is in the eye of a hurricane.
This article was written by the premier soccer journalist of Puerto Rico, Esteban Pagán
Rivera, and appeared on Monday in Primera Hora.
In yesterday's interview with Primera Hora's Esteban Pagán, Mr. Eric Labrador, the president
of the Puerto Rican Football Federation (FPF), vigorously defended himself and the
organization.
Labrador responded to comments made by the president of River Plate-Puerto Rico, Mr.
The Federación Peruana de Futbol recently signed a kit deal with Umbro that will see the Peru
national football team donning the UK-based sportswear firm's uniforms for Copa America 2011 and
for the South American qualification round of World Cup 2014. Shortly thereafter, the Peru 2011
Umbro home and away jerseys were launched.