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28/07/07
Benfica's ex-Director of Football José Veiga has left the club. The former agent wanted his position in the club to be made official and when it wasn't, he decided it was time to go.
Benfica midfielder Nuno Assis has completed his suspension for doping and is now available for selection.
Benfica have contracted former player João Alves
(nicknamed 'Luvas Pretas' for the black gloves he always wore as a player) to coach the juniors and help another former player Rui Águas with scouting.
Benfica 'keeper Moreira will be out of action for at least four months after undergoing an operation on a knee that he injured during training.
Portuguese international midfielder Hugo Viana of Valência will also be out for at least three months after breaking a bone in his foot.
22/07/07
Midfielder João Moutinho, 20, will be the youngest player ever to captain Sporting in the National championship.
Benfica have suspended defenders Anderson and Nélson, the former because he refused to travel to Romania for the Cluj friendly as his son is ill, the latter because he arrived at the
training ground in the afternoon for a session that had taken place in the morning.
16/07/07
The Benfica brand is the most valuable of the Portuguese clubs, worth 107 million euros, according to a study by the specialist company Interbrand. The FC Porto brand is worth 73 million
, Sporting's 66.
12/07/07
The opener to the season, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, this season between FC Porto and Sporting, will be played on 11 August at the Estádio Municipal in Leiria
, home of União. the Supertaça pits the previous season's winners of the Liga and the Taça against each other.
11/07/07
Sporting Braga are the first Portuguese club to sell the name of their stadium. The former Estádio Municipal de Braga will now be called the Estádio AXA. The insurance
company, which will also be prominent on the players' shirts, will pay 4.5 million euros for the privilege.
Former Sporting and Real Madrid (as assistant to Carlos Queiróz) coach José Peseiro has been presented as the new coach of Greek club Panathinaikos.
Cristiano Ronaldo is to be the main face on the case of the European version of the computer game Pro-Evolution Soccer 2008.
07/07/07
Businessman Joe Berardo has filed a bid with the Lisbon Stock Exchange for the purchase of 85% of shares in Benfica SAD.
Former Benfica striker Rui Águas has returned to the club to coordinate the scouting operation.
Former FC Porto, Rangers and Celta Vigo winger Nuno Capucho has re-joined FC Porto as assistant coach to the U-16s.
Goalkeeper Ricardo is Sporting's new club captain, with João Moutinho and Anderson Polga on standby.
Sporting are to lay new turf at Alvalade XXI, just five months after the previous lot went down, following the recent concert by the Rolling Stones at the stadium.
Utility player Abel Xavier, who has just begun a contract with LA Galaxy, has been offered a role in a Hollywood action film.
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