2008-09 Pre season: Benfica Lisbon are meeting Inter Milan in a friendly match Friday August 15th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

Benfica have completed their fourth signing of the summer by agreeing a one-year loan deal for Spanish winger Jose Antonio Reyes. The 24-year-old makes the move from Atletico Madrid, with the Lisbon club also having the option to buy the player at the end of his loan spell. Benfica coach Quique Sanchez Flores continues to [. Click to continue reading...

Cristiano Ronaldo set to force £68m move from Manchester United to Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo will demand to be allowed to move to Real Madrid when he returns to Old Trafford on Tuesday after the Spanish champions publicly reiterated their desire to sign the Portuguese winger.

After weeks of speculation, Ronaldo will attempt to force Manchester United's hand by meeting Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager, and David Gill, the chief executive, to insist he be allowed to move to the Bernabeu. Click to continue reading...

So, after beginning his career in a strange little federal district, Freddy Adu continues it in a strange little principality. From DC to Salt Lake to Lisbon to Monaco: one of the more unusual soccer career paths, even today. I'm a little puzzled as to why Adu's Benfica performance gets such bland reviews; 21 appearances, five goals and an established role as a super-sub seem like worthy accomplishments for a 19-year-old playing in Europe for the first time. Click to continue reading...

A tinted-out late model Mercedes. An exotic European capital. D&G shades as black as coal at midnight. And Weezy on blast the whole damn time. Even though he spent most of his 07/08 Benfica campaign on the bench, don't feel sorry for The Biggest Midget in the Game™. ESPN The Magazine caught up with our kid and found that 1) he's out to win some Mr. Click to continue reading...

Adu is on the move again. The US international is but a signature away from a loan deal between his current Portuguese club, the Lisbon based multisports giant Benfica, and his new digs with French Ligue 1 side AS Monaco.

Freddy will settle in at Stade Louis II after a growing CV that also includes DC United and Real Salt Lake. Click to continue reading...

Every one has been talking about Crissy R's interview to ESPN. Yes, I know, it's impossible to have him out of the news beyond five minutes. One would expect him to echo Fergie's views following the meeting with him in Lisbon that he's a Manchester United player for this coming season. But, suddenly, he [. Click to continue reading...

Everyone has been going on about Fergie holding talks with Ronaldo over the past few hours. The Guardian, for example, report that Fergie held talks with Ronaldo on Monday as he flew to Lisbon. Here, let me quote: Sir Alex Ferguson has met Cristiano Ronaldo for the first time in six weeks in an attempt to persuade [. Click to continue reading...

Last Monday in the Portugues city of Sintra (close to Lisbon) MANCHESTER UNITED Coach Ferguson met his Portugues star CRISTIANO RONALDO to convience him to stay & forget about the REAL MADRID... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

Having lost Flamini to Milan and (most probably) Hleb to Barcelona, it leaves the midfield at The Emirates Stadium rather light. Therefore, Arsene Wenger has seen fit to move for a Portugese star, one who has been tracked by Manchester United, Juventus and AC Milan. Sporting Lisbon midfielder maestro Miguel Veloso has been tracked by a [. Click to continue reading...

The Daily Star reports Sir Alex Ferguson's right-hand man is close to leaving United to coach the Portuguese national team. And that, according to sources in Lisbon, could be the decision that sends Portugal star Ronaldo to Real Madrid. Queiroz, has become unsettled because he hasn't been assured the managers position if Ferguson leaves Man U. Click to continue reading...

Group D
The Group of Life, if you will. Some say this is the easiest group to qualify from out of all those featuring in Euro 2008, but if you ask any of the team coaches involved, they'll all tell you there are no easy groups in this competition. We'll leave it up to you to decide...

Greece

Qualifying
Very comfortable thanks. Click to continue reading...

Continuing our Russian theme this week, here's some Russian graffiti on a bench in Lisbon, Portugal. The letters "ЦСКА" translate to CSKA, and for the reason explained below, most likely they refer to CSKA Moscow (ЦСКА Москва) rather than the Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia. CSKA stands for "Central Sports Club [Klub] of the Army", so you [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United visited Portugal knowing that their recent away form in the Premier League has not been of the standard of Champions. Sir Alex Ferguson was given a boost to his squad as England striker Wayne Rooney returned to fitness, news that would also be music to the ears of England manager Steve McClaren. Cristiano Ronaldo [...] Click to continue reading...