Portugal

Ronaldo names his 5 Ballon D’Or favourites

Juventus and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has named his five favourites for this year’s Ballon d’Or including one African, but snubbed hoary rival Lionel Messi. The prestigious Golden Ball will be handed out by France Football on 3 December, and many believe there could be a new winner for the first time in 10 years, with Luka […]

Ronaldo deserved UEFA award ahead of Modric – Santos

Ronaldo deserved UEFA award ahead of Modric – Santos

The Portugal boss believes his star man should have been crowned UEFA’s Player of the Year after losing out to the Croatian. Cristiano Ronaldo and not Luka Modric should have been crowned UEFA’s 2017-18 Player of the Year, according to Portugal head coach Fernando Santos. Ronaldo scored 15 goals to lead Real Madrid to a […]

Moment emergency services sop flames with swimming pool water

Moment emergency services sop flames with swimming pool water

Tourists in Portugal have been evacuated as wildfires sweep the country, with authorities scrambling to get the blaze under control. More than 1,000 firefighters have been tackling the problem with video captures the moment a helicopter scooped up water from a swimming pool to put onto the blaze. Travelers staying in parts of the Algarve […]

Portugal reaches Euro 2016 semis after defeating Poland on penalties

Portugal reaches Euro 2016 semis after defeating Poland on penalties

Portugal managed to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Euro 2016 after defeating Poland in the penalty shoot-out. The 90 minutes ended with both the teams level on 1-1, Lewandowski scoring in the 2nd minute for the Polish and Renato Sanches equalising for the Portuguese in the 33rd minute. The game was even level after extra time and it had […]