A BOLA – United States beat Portugal (Women’s Football)

The Women’s National Football Team was defeated last night by its US counterpart, world champion in title, in a private meeting played in Houston. The lone goal of the match was scored in the 76th minute, by Samantha Mewis, headed, following a corner from the left by Christen Press. Portugal presented: Inês Pereira, Catarina Amado, … Read more

THE BALL – UEFA asks Ukraine to remove controversial phrase from jerseys (Euro

UEFA asked Ukraine to modify the shirt to be used in the competition, considering that the model presented is politically motivated. At the time of the revelation, the shirt had already generated controversy for presenting a map of the country that includes the Crimea and Donbass, regions annexed by Russia, but also the phrase inside … Read more

BOLA – Almería does not activate a purchase option and Ivanildo returns (Sporting)

O Almeria newspaper realizes, this Thursday, that the Spanish emblem has decided not to activate the purchase option, worth three million euros, of Ivanildo Fernandes and the central defender will return to Sporting to start the pre-season. Ivanildo was loaned by the lions to Almería at the beginning of last season at the request of … Read more

A BOLA – Tiago Pinto explains failure of Raul de Tomás in Luz (Benfica)

It was with great pomp and circumstance that Benfica signed, at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, Raul de Tomás from Real Madrid for 20 million euros. The Spanish forward ended up ‘flopping’ at Luz and left six months later for Espanyol, where in this last season he was the top scorer in the second … Read more

A BOLA – Sergio Ramos regrets and wants to renew but… too late (Real Madrid)

The roles were reversed in the Real Madrid-Sergio Ramos relationship. Last December, the Madrid club offered the central defender a one-year contract renewal, with a 10 percent salary cut. The proposal was immediately rejected by Sergio Ramos, who always demanded a two-season contract to put the ‘black and white’. That didn’t happen and the months … Read more

A BOLA – Sporting beats FC Porto and draws the final (Skate Hockey)

Sporting beat FC Porto, by 6-3, in game 2 of the play-off final of the national roller hockey championship, in a match held early this Thursday afternoon, at João Rocha Pavilion, in Lisbon, and which was broadcast directly on A BOLA TV. With this triumph, the lions tied the score in the final, this after … Read more

A BOLA – The official photo of the National Team for the Euro-2020 (Squad)

On the day that the National Team leaves for Budapest, where it will be installed with a view to participating in the Euro-2020, the Portuguese Football Federation released the official photograph of the group led by Fernando Santos. Above: Anthony Lopes, André Silva, Rúben Dias, William Carvalho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rui Patrício, Pepe, José Fonte, Danilo, … Read more

A BOLA – «Corona is of the highest level, but that doesn’t mean that he will come to Sevilla tomorrow» (FC Porto)

Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo, Sevilla’s football director known as Monchi, lavished praise on Jesús Corona, but was cautious about the Mexican international’s possible signing from FC Porto. «He is a great FC Porto player, who also worked with my coach, Julen Lopetegui. He is a very important player, who has already been named best player in … Read more

A BOLA – Majorca for those interested in Maximiano (Sporting)

The future of 22-year-old goalkeeper Luís Maximiano remains open, as the player is on the agenda of some clubs, especially Spanish and Italian. And after A BOLA realized the interest of some Italian clubs in hiring the footballer, with Udinese at the head – Miguel Pinho, the player’s agent, has excellent contacts in transalpine football… … Read more

A BOLA – Upamecano signed for Bayern but will start pre-season at RB Leipzig (Germany)

It sounds surreal but it will happen. Dayot Upamecano will play for Bayer Munich next season but will have to start the pre-season with RB Leipzig, the club he has represented in recent seasons. According to picture, the French central defender’s contract with RB Leipzig runs until 15 July, meaning that the termination due to … Read more