Silverware Everywhere
Last week’s UEFA Cup Final between newly-crowned Spanish champions Valencia and Newcastle’s conquerors, Marseilles, in Gothenburg, also marked World No.1 referee Pierluigi Collina’s last competitive club match appearance. Valencia won
Musical Chairs
Are there more fickle lovers than football club owners and their managers? Lack of success or, in some cases, lack of ‘sufficient’ success, has seen several managerial casualties litter the
Super Alan Shearer
The Resident reporter GEORGE FLETCHER caught up with current Newcastle captain and one of England’s best loved former captains, Alan Shearer, after a day on the greens for an EXCLUSIVE
England fan takes the long route
English football fan, Rory Coleman, plans to run from London to Lisbon to watch the national team’s first match in the European championships. The 42-year-old football fanatic aims to complete
Are we ready for Euro 2004
With just 29 days to go until the big Portugal v Greece match kicks off the Euro 2004 football tournament, the government and local authorities have been working hard on
Helping fans feel at home
Gary Fisher is the British Embassy’s Euro 2004 Football Attaché. He has been in Portugal since October 2003, making preparations for the influx of England fans that are expected to
Easter soccer festival
With the Euro 2004 football championship just around the corner, Barringtons health club in Vale do Lobo has been busy helping the youth of today become the football stars of
Football rocked by corruption
In a scandal that has rocked Portuguese football, police have arrested 16 referees and senior football officials, including the chairman of the country’s Liga de Clubes (League of Clubs), Valentim
Countdown to Euro 2004 – 43 days to GO!
FOCUS: The dream team ATTACK: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax Amsterdam and Sweden) Born 22 years ago in Malmo, Sweden, of Yugoslav refugee parents, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s story is one of rags to
Countdown to EURO 2004 – 50 Days to Go!
FOCUS: The dream team Attack: Maris Verpakovskis (Dynamo Kiev and Latvia) The 24-year-old striker almost single-handedly shot the tiny Baltic Republic of Latvia into this year’s European Championship finals –