Sporting Clube de Braga, commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese soccer club from the city of Braga. The club currently campaigns in the top-tier of Portuguese soccer, the Portuguese Liga. Featuring a roster that features no less than thirteen Brazilian players, Braga is currently in fourth place in the [.

The weekend just gone saw as many crucial contributions from Argentines as ever in the world's biggest leagues, and a welcome return to form for the usual suspects in the Mexican league after last week's no-show. With the usual contributions ... Continue reading →

2010/11 UEFA Europa League finalist Sporting Clube de Braga, commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. The club currently campaigns in the top-tier of Portuguese soccer, the Portuguese Liga. Featuring a roster that features no less than thirteen Brazilian players, Braga is currently [.

FC Barcelona won its second trophy of the 2011/12 season when it lifted the UEFA Super Cup on Friday with a 2-0 win over last year's Europa League winners FC Porto. Lionel Messi gave Barca a deserved 1-0 lead in the 39th minute when he collected Porto midfielder Freddy Guarin's errant backpass and rounded hapless [.

Sporting Clube de Portugal (also known as Sporting CP, Sporting and Sporting Lisbon) has officially launched its PUMA 2011/12 home, away and third kits. The popular Portuguese Liga team is expected to don its new kits during its upcoming pre-season matches (including its July 23rd meeting with Juventus FC in Toronto, Canada).

The Vitória Sport Clube, also known as Vitória de Guimarães, or by the acronym VSC, is a sports club based in Guimarães, Portugal. The club currently campaigns in the top flight of Portuguese soccer, La Primeira Liga. Vitória's fifth place league finish last season saw the club qualify for the Third Qualifying Round of the [.

Defending UEFA Europa and Portuguese Primeira Liga champions FC Porto have officially launched their Nike 2011/12 home and away kits for their upcoming domestic and UEFA Champions League runs. The new FCP kits were unveiled at the Hotel Yeatman in Vila Nova de Gaia on Tuesday evening with modeling by Porto players Hulk, João Moutinho, [.

Thirty two-time Portuguese Primeira Liga champions SL Benfica (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) launched their adidas 2011/12 home kit on Wednesday evening at the club's Sala dos Troféus da Eusébio Gold Exhibition. The red Benfica 2011/12 adidas home jersey is inspired by that worn by the club when it defeated Real Madrid to win the 1961/62 European [.

Andre Villas-Boas to bring youthful exuberance and flair to Chelsea - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Andre Villas-Boas will become the seventh Chelsea manager in the same number of years as owner Roman Abramovich activated his staggeringly high release clause totalling £13.3 million from FC Porto.

With the domestic leagues finished and only the Champions League final to play on Saturday, football fans across Europe are probably feeling a little blue this week. Work rumbles on, the newest Icelandic ash cloud threatens to disrupt our holidays and, most importantly, the new season won't get underway until August!

With the domestic leagues finished and only the Champions League final to play on Saturday, football fans across Europe are probably feeling a little blue this week. Work rumbles on, the newest Icelandic ash cloud threatens to disrupt our holidays and, most importantly, the new season won't get underway until August!

We've a new correspondent on Argentines Abroad this week, to give us a more in-depth view of Italy's Serie A, in which there was some decent Argentine action this week. In Spain, Sergio Agüero scored yet again for Atlético Madrid, closing ... Continue reading →

Morning all. Throughout January Soccerlens is going to be bringing you a daily round-up of the morning's various goings-on. Be it juicy morsels of spurious transfer gossip or real, actual bona fide news, rest assured, we'll have it covered.

Here's this morning's batch.

Eden Project.

Morning all. Throughout January Soccerlens is going to be bringing you a daily round-up of the morning's various goings-on. Be it juicy morsels of spurious transfer gossip or real, actual bona fide news, rest assured, we'll have it covered.

Here's this morning's batch.

Mourinho exit on the cards?

Morning all. Throughout January Soccerlens is going to be bringing you a daily round-up of the morning's various goings-on. Be it juicy morsels of spurious transfer gossip or real, actual bona fide news, rest assured, we'll have it covered.

Here's this morning's batch.

The great big Darren Bent transfer roundabout.

Or rather, 'Argentines in Spain and Portugal,' with a few quick additions, since there wasn't a lot to write home about elsewhere aside from Carlos Tevez's goal in the FA Cup. Ben Shave and David Cartlidge, though, are here to ... Continue reading →