S.L. Benfica

Messi suffers knee injury in Barca-Benfica draw

6 Dec 2012

Lionel Messi, grimacing in pain, was taken off the field on a stretcher with a bone bruise to his left knee as Barcelona was held to a 0-0 tie by Benfica in a Champions League match on Wednesday...

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I'm living my dream, says Adu

27 Jul 2008

At the age of seven Freddy Adu remembers watching Donovan Bailey run away with the title as the world's fastest man at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He never dreamed one day he might live in the...

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Bottom teams impressive

4 Mar 2006

Liverpool proved last season that strong domestic form and Champions League success do not necessarily go hand in hand, and again current form didn't count for much when the Champions League...

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Junior players from top clubs clash in Macau

25 May 2005

When Arsenal played Benfica in Macau last Sunday, the match didn't involve the superstar footballers admired by fans around the world, but junior members of the clubs' soccer schools.

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Football is a passion

10 Jun 1994

BENFICA ranks as one of the great European soccer clubs, but less than 12 months ago the club was struggling among the paupers, financially strapped with debts approaching US$30 million.

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10-man Porto stretch lead

16 Mar 1993

PORTUGUESE soccer champions Porto, reduced to 10 players in the 56th minute, won 1-0 at Braga to stretch their advantage at the top to three points over Benfica.

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