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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands ● PSV Eindhoven is upset with Sporting Lisbon after they presented their new player Zakaria Labyad. According to technical manager Marcel Brands, Labyad is still under contract with the Dutch club and Lisbon did not have an agreement with PSV. ‘This shows a lack of respect by Sporting and Labyad’, Brands stated. Labyad [...]
July 2, 2012Read More
ALKMAAR, Netherlands – Athletic Bilbao, conquerors of Manchester United in the previous round, continued their Europa League run by scoring three times in the last 20 minutes to win their quarter-final first leg tie 4-2 at Schalke 04 on Thursday. Atletico Madrid also snatched a late win in a Spain-Germany clash, beating Hanover 96 2-1 [...]
March 29, 2012Read More
BARCELONA, Spain - Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest player to reach 100 goals in the Spanish league by scoring a brace to help leader Real Madrid rebound from consecutive draws with a 5-1 rout of Real Sociedad on Saturday. Gonzalo Higuain scored before both Ronaldo and Karim Benzema hit doubles as Madrid showed no signs [...]
March 24, 2012Read More
NYON, Switzerland – Athletic Bilbao, conquerors of Manchester United, will face German side Schalke in the quarterfinals of the Europa League. Sporting Lisbon, who held off Manchester City to clinch their place in the last eight, will play Ukrainian side Metalist Kharkiv. Bilbao and Sporting could face each other in the semifinals – their quarterfinals [...]
March 16, 2012Read More
MANCHESTER, England – Sporting Lisbon held off a dramatic Manchester City fightback to lose 3-2 but edge the English side out of the Europa League at the Etihad Stadium on away goals. City appeared in disarray as they fell 3-0 behind on aggregate following goals from Mathias Fernandez and Ricky van Wolfswinkel in the first [...]
March 15, 2012Read More
MUNICH, Germany — Germany striker Mario Gomez smashed four goals in Bayern Munich’s 7-0 rout of FC Basel on Tuesday and insisted his team have big ambitions as they marched into the Champions League’s last eight. “We still have big goals and we’ve achieved nothing yet,” said Gomez, who with ten goals to his credit [...]
March 14, 2012Read More
LISBON — Manchester City’s quest for Europa League glory received a setback on Thursday when the Premier League leaders lost 1-0 at Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of their last-16 tie. City had crushed Portuguese league leaders Porto 6-1 on aggregate in the previous round, but they found Sporting — 14 points off the [...]
March 8, 2012Read More
Liverpool have reportedly agreed a deal with Sporting Lisbon for teenager Joao Carlos. Carlos, 19, is set to move to Anfield in a deal worth £1 million, according to the Guardian, after impressing scouts with his displays in the NextGen series of youth-team matches earlier this campaign. The midfielder, who has not made a senior [...]
January 18, 2012Read More
Sporting Lisbon and AS Roma are being quoted as possible winter destinations for Manchester City defender Stefan Savic. The young Montenegrin has struggled for playing time at Eastlands since arriving in the summer and is prepared to move out on loan in order to fulfill his ambitions. Portuguese outfit Sporting were interested in securing Savic’s [...]
December 27, 2011Read More
