All three were released by the Portuguese federation's medical staff on Monday, ahead of Saturday's Nations League game against Denmark (14 November, 8.45pm, a sold-out Braga). Monaco's Flávio Nazinho gets his first senior call-up, Gonçalo Inácio returns and the squad drops from 28 to 27. Portugal need one point from two games to win the group.

By Vasco Almada

Image: Bryan Berlin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

19,806 professional footballers from 73 countries voted for FIFPRO's team of the year. PSG's two Portuguese players make it for a second year running, Messi reaches a record 18 selections and Harry Kane falls just short on 27.6%.

The people who play against them every week have picked Vitinha and Nuno Mendes again. Paris Saint-Germain's two Portuguese players are in the 2026 FIFPRO Men's World 11, announced on Monday 9 November, a year after both made the 2025 team. FIFPRO is the global players' union, and that is what gives this award its weight. No journalists, no national-team coaches. Only players vote, and this year 19,806 of them did, from 73 countries.

FC Porto beat Vitória SC 2-1 on Sunday, Borja Sainz and substitute Martim Fernandes (86') scoring, to reach the international break with 11 wins from 11 league games and 33 points. Benfica won 3-2 at Estrela da Amadora with a Pavlidis goal in the 94th minute and sit five points back. Third-placed Sporting, on 24, go to the Dragão on 29 November.

Eleven games, eleven wins. FC Porto beat Vitória SC 2-1 in Guimarães on Sunday night, and the club's own match report spells out the number that matters: the champions go into the international break with a perfect record and 33 points. According to O Jogo, only five sides had previously won at least their first 11 games of a Portuguese top-flight season. Porto are the sixth.

Sporting beat Moreirense 1-0 on Saturday in round 11 of Portugal's top flight, Luis Suárez scoring with his left foot on 61 minutes from an Issa Doumbia pass. It was Paulo Fonseca's first game in charge. Sporting stay third on 24 points, one behind Benfica and six behind FC Porto, both of whom have a game in hand.

It took an hour and a left foot. Sporting beat Moreirense 1-0 at Alvalade on Saturday night, Luis Suárez scoring the only goal on 61 minutes, and Paulo Fonseca walked away from his first game in charge with three points. That counts as a decent answer to a messy week. The club had opened talks to end Rui Borges's contract the previous Sunday, after two league games without a win.

Jorge Jesus hands first senior call-ups to FC Porto full-back Alberto Costa and Monza forward Gustavo Varela for Denmark in Braga on 14 November and Wales in Cardiff on 17 November. Gonçalo Inácio and Nuno Mendes miss out, and seven players one booking from a ban explain the long list.

Jorge Jesus has named his first Portugal squad of the post-Ronaldo era, and it is a big one. Twenty-eight players are called up for the last two Nations League group games, including two men who have never been picked for the senior side before, as A Bola listed them: FC Porto full-back Alberto Costa and Monza forward Gustavo Varela. The list came out at lunchtime on Friday at the federation's base in Oeiras, a day after Cristiano Ronaldo walked away from…

Torreense trailed 2-1 in Leiria at 90 minutes and won it through Javi Vázquez (90+3) and Drameh (90+5). At the Luz, Rafa, Prestianni and Sudakov gave Benfica a fourth win from four in the Europa League. In the Conference League, Sp. Braga drew 0-0 at Aarhus.

At 90 minutes Torreense were losing 2-1 to Ararat-Armenia in Leiria. Five minutes later they had won. Javi Vázquez equalised in the third minute of stoppage time and Drameh made it 3-2 in the fifth, with the Dr. Magalhães Pessoa stadium on its feet. Aguirre had put the Torres Vedras side ahead after 13 minutes before Muradyan (41) and Bruno Wilson turned it round for the Armenians. It was coach João Nuno's first European game in charge. The win, on…

The captain announced his international retirement in a five-minute video on Thursday morning, a day before Jorge Jesus names his squad for Denmark and Wales. He leaves with Euro 2016 and two Nations League titles, six weeks after walking out of the camp in Copenhagen.

Cristiano Ronaldo has played his last game for Portugal. The captain announced his retirement from international football, as JN reported, at around 10.30 on Thursday morning, in a video of roughly five minutes posted on social media. He goes with 234 caps and 146 goals, both records in men's international football, and three trophies: Euro 2016 and two Nations League titles. His debut came in August 2003. He is 41 and still plays for Al-Nassr in Saudi…

At the Dragão, Bednarek (11') and Kiwior (80') headed in from corners, Gabri Veiga made it 2-1 (70') and Samu finished it from the spot (88') after Rafa Marín was sent off. McTominay had equalised for Napoli on 43'. The crowd was 49,190.

Three defeats, no points, bottom of the table. That was Porto's Champions League record going into matchday four. They came out of it with a rout: 4-1 against Napoli at the Dragão, with their centre-backs doing much of the damage from corners. Jan Bednarek opened the scoring on 11 minutes, heading in a Gabri Veiga corner for his first Champions League goal. Napoli took a while to get going, but when they did they scored. Scott McTominay levelled just…

AEK led twice through Koïta and Pilios. Bellingham and Mbappé pulled Mourinho's side level, and substitute Federico Valverde curled in the winner from outside the box in the 92nd minute.

José Mourinho's Real Madrid trailed twice in Athens and still left with a 3-2 win. Federico Valverde, kept on the bench after a hamstring problem, came on midway through the second half and bent a shot from outside the box into the top corner in the 92nd minute, as the official match page on Real Madrid's site records. The hosts started brighter. Thibaut Courtois had to stop Mijat Gacinovic and Harold Moukoudi inside ten minutes, and on 11 Aboubakary…

Issa Doumbia scored on 59 minutes after a move involving Ioannidis, Andersen and Luis Suárez, and Sporting, under interim coach Tiago Fernandes, beat Shakhtar 1-0 in London. Nine points from four games leave them provisionally in the league-phase top eight.

Sporting beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 on Tuesday night, as O Jogo reported, in the fourth round of the Champions League league phase. The away game was played in west London, at Stamford Bridge, where the Ukrainian side stages its European home matches because of the Russian invasion. The goal came on 59 minutes. Ioannidis, Andersen and Luis Suárez worked the ball around the edge of the box and Issa Doumbia finished from close range. One was enough.

Benfica closed Matchday 10 with a 1-0 win at the Luz. Half-time substitute Claudio Echeverri was brought down by Sergi Gómez and Vangelis Pavlidis converted on 51 minutes. Alverca had a goal ruled out for offside. Benfica go second on 25 points, five behind FC Porto.

Benfica beat Alverca 1-0 on Monday night in the game that closed Matchday 10 of the Liga. Vangelis Pavlidis scored the only goal from the penalty spot on 51 minutes. It's a sixth win in a row for Benfica, who move up to second on 25 points, five behind leaders FC Porto, still perfect after ten games. Marco Silva took off Schjelderup at half-time and sent on Claudio Echeverri. Soon after the restart the Argentine went down in the box under a challenge from…

Marc Márquez beat Pedro Acosta and brother Álex at Sepang to move to 399 points, 44 clear of Jorge Martín, who sat out with his injured wrist. Three rounds remain. Leave Qatar more than 74 points ahead and he is champion before the Algarve.

Marc Márquez won the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday and took a big stride towards an eighth premier-class title. The Ducati rider crossed the line at Sepang 4.172 seconds clear of KTM's Pedro Acosta, with his brother Álex third, according to the official race classification. It was his 80th MotoGP win and his first in Malaysia since 2018. On Saturday he had finished second in the sprint, which Acosta won.

Sporting have opened talks to end Rui Borges's contract, 18 months after he won the league and cup double, following home defeats to LASK and Académico de Viseu. B-team coach Tiago Fernandes takes the Champions League game with Shakhtar. Lyon's Paulo Fonseca is the club's pick.

Rui Borges is no longer Sporting's coach. The club met him on Sunday afternoon and said that evening it had begun talks to end his contract, JN reported, with a successor to be named shortly. Every report points the same way: Paulo Fonseca, who is still in charge at Lyon. In the meantime the B-team coach, Tiago Fernandes, takes over. His first game is hardly gentle. Sporting face Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The Portaferry middle-distance runner died on the morning of 1 November, 16 months after revealing stage four bowel cancer. She won European gold in Rome in 2024, ran at two Olympics and holds four Irish records.

Ciara Mageean has died aged 34. Her family announced it on Sunday morning, 1 November, in a brief statement on her social media, saying she passed away at 6.30am surrounded by her loved ones. Within hours Athletics Ireland said it was deeply saddened, describing her as a much-loved and inspirational figure whose courage and warmth would leave a lasting legacy.

Kimi Antonelli sealed the 2026 Formula 1 title with third place at the Mexico City Grand Prix, becoming the youngest world champion in the sport's history at 20. Max Verstappen won the race ahead of polesitter Lewis Hamilton.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli is the Formula 1 world champion. The 20-year-old Mercedes driver finished third at the Mexico City Grand Prix, well clear of the ninth place he needed, and wrapped up the title with four rounds still to run. Max Verstappen won the race, holding off Lewis Hamilton to the flag. Ferrari undid itself on lap one: Hamilton and Charles Leclerc clashed at Turn 4, both went off, and Leclerc was handed a five-second penalty before recovering…