Portugal

Bournemouth have reached an agreement with Benfica to sign Portugal international Antonio Silva in a deal worth up to £25.7 million, with the highly-rated defender now set to undergo a medical before completing his move to the…

There is a generation of football supporters — those born somewhere in the corridor between the mid-eighties and the late nineties — for whom the game has been organised, for their entire conscious lives, around a small number of enormous…

This world cup has seen more than ninety games in less than four weeks. It has been so tremendously full of stories and various narrative arcs, that it has been really difficult to keep up with it in real time. In a world of enshittified…

When Zlatan Ibrahimović speaks, football listens. The Swedish legend has built his career on impossible goals, unshakable confidence, and even more unshakable quotes, from declaring himself a lion among cats to insisting "Zlatan doesn't…

Cristiano Ronaldo's historic World Cup career has finished without international football's ultimate prize. The 41-year-old was left in tears as Portugal were knocked out of the 2026 World Cup following a dramatic 1-0 last-16 defeat against…

Portugal and Spain meet at Dallas Stadium with a place in the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals at stake, as two neighbouring football powers renew one of international football's most compelling rivalries. While Spain arrive as one of the…

Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the final World Cup appearance of his illustrious career, bringing an end to one of football's greatest international journeys. Speaking during Portugal's pre-match…

In Doha in December 2022, after Morocco beat Portugal to become the first Arab and African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final, a supporter made his way to a BBC camera outside the stadium and said four words that captured something…

The knockout stage rarely offers second chances, and few Round of 32 ties carry as much intrigue as Portugal against Croatia. Two of Europe's most accomplished footballing nations meet at Seattle Stadium with a place in the last 16 on…

England face DR Congo at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Wednesday evening in a Round of 32 encounter where both nations pursue vastly different knockout objectives. Thomas Tuchel's side aim to establish their tournament credentials…