Liverpool trio head FIFA award shortlist

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Liverpool’s Champions League winning trio of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane joined regulars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the...

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Portugal beat Dutch to win inaugural Nations League title

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Portugal became the first team to win UEFA’s Nations League competition when a well-crafted goal by Goncalo Guedes gave them a 1-0 win over Netherla...

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Ronaldo hat-trick puts Portugal in UEFA Nations League final

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Evergreen Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, including two late goals, to give Portugal a 3-1 win over Switzerland in a Nations League semi-final f...

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UEFA Nations League finals a wide-open contest

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Still something of a novelty, UEFA’s inaugural Nations League tournament reaches its final stage with a four-team mini-competition in Portugal this ...

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Injured Ronaldo expects to return in one or two weeks

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Cristiano Ronaldo does not think the injury which forced him out of Portugal’s match against Serbia on Monday is overly serious and he told reporter...

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Brazil church shooting: Death toll rises to 5

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The number of people shot dead at a church in the Brazilian city of Campinas this week has risen to five, officials said Wednesday. Heleno Severo A...

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Portugal qualify for Nations League semis 

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Portugal became the first team to qualify for the Nations League semi-finals when they held Italy 0-0 on Saturday, the second time in a year that the ...

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Ronaldo left out again by Portugal

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Portugal again left out Cristiano Ronaldo, their all-time record scorer and most capped player, as coach Fernando Santos named the squad for this mont...

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Experimental Portugal prove too strong for Scotland

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Portugal forward Eder scored his first international goal since the Euro 2016 final against France to complete a 3-1 friendly win over Scotland on Sun...

New-look Portugal hit back to win against Poland

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Portugal’s Bernardo Silva scored a typical individual goal as their new-look side recovered to win 3-2 away to Poland in the Nations League with an ...

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Ronaldo left out of Portugal squad again

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Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has again been left out of the squad for this month’s matches against Poland and Scotland, announced by the Portu...

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Headline acts Messi, Ronaldo bid farewell to World Cup

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The World Cup lost its headline acts on Saturday as the game’s two biggest stars, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, readied to leave Russia after ...

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Ronaldo primed for likely last shot at World Cup glory

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Cristiano Ronaldo will launch his latest and probably last attempt to crown his career with a World Cup winners medal when European champions Portugal...

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Neymar, Brazil arrive in Russia as clock ticks down to World Cup start

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Neymar and his Brazil teammates landed on Russian soil in the early hours of Monday morning, fresh from beating Austria 3-0 in their final warm-up out...

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Ronaldo-less Portugal held by Tunisia

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AC Milan striker Andre Silva hit a landmark 1000th goal for the hosts but there was little to celebrate as Cristiano Ronaldo-less Portugal were held 2...

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The Dutch crush Ronaldo’s Portugal in friendly

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  Ronald Koeman claimed his first win in charge of the Netherlands national team as the Dutch cruised to a comfortable 3-0 friendly victory ov...

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Cristiano Ronaldo becomes father for fourth time

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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Sunday that he had become a father for the fourth time after girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez gave birth ...

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Portugal lock down World Cup berth, France pass test

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Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal defeated Switzerland 2-0 in Lisbon on Tuesday to earn a place at the 2018 World Cup and consign their opponents to next m...

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France on brink of World Cup, Dutch hopes all but over

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Blaise Matuidi's early goal saw off Bulgaria 1-0 on Saturday and kept France top of European World Cup qualifying Group A, while the Netherlands' hope...

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Chile out to curb Portugal goal-king Ronaldo

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Copa America champions Chile will try to curb Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in Wednesday's Confederations Cup semi-final with the goal-ace in r...

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