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The Portugal national football team () represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal.
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Neymar, Alexandre Pato, Oscar and Paulo Henrique Ganso were among the 23 players summoned for the exhibitions against Denmark on May 26, the United States on May 30, Mexico on June 3 and Argentina on June 9.The players selected on Friday are expected to form the core of the team that will try to win its first Olympic gold medal, and Menezes hinted that those not on the list likely won't be in London."It's correct to affirm that these 23 names are the base of the Olympic team," Menezes said. "It's unlikely we will make any changes. After making evaluations in the last few months, we think these are the names (for London)."Only six players on the list are older than 23 — David Luiz, Thiago Silva, Jefferson, Daniel Alves, Marcelo and Hulk.The Olympic tournament is played with under-23 squads, but each team may use three over-23 players.Tw...Santos, the Brazilian club that ruled soccer with Pele in the 1960s, is celebrating its centennial anniversary and still a force in Latin American soccer.Santos will...
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MAGALIESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Despite having traveled thousands of miles from home for the World Cup, Portugal's squad is finding southern Africa to be familiar ...
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President Obama said Thursday the world's soccer association got it wrong in awarding Qatar the 2022 World Cup rather than the United States."I think it was the wron...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Already through to the second round of the World Cup, Brazil wants to finish the group stage with a win over Portugal to keep its momentum going ...
Ricardo Teixeira resigned as head of the Brazilian soccer federation and the 2014 World Cup organizing committee on Monday after a contentious 23-year stint in charg...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Soccer players in North Korea have shrugged off their country's 7-0 loss to Portugal at the World Cup.Players with the local Kigwancha ...
MAGALIESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Their World Cup ambitions on the line, Portugal and North Korea are looking to recapture the Spirit of '66 when they meet in their ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Portugal and North Korea staged one of the greatest games in World Cup history, a match still talked about 44 years later.The rematch comes Monda...
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Two of soccer's most prolific teams couldn't find the net Friday at the World Cup.Portugal reached the second round of the World Cup on F...
Mexico remained in position to win its third major soccer tournaments this year, beating Colombia 3-1 on Saturday night to advance to the semifinals in the Under-20 ...
Soccer's Iberian heavyweights get their first look at each other as World Cup opponents on Tuesday.In a match better suited for the later rounds of the tournament, E...
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