SC Braga sign Gil Vicente FC right back Joao Pereira and have also taken forward Jailson Santos on a season long loan from SL Benfica.
The UEFA Cup entrants have swooped for former Portugal U21 and Benfica defender Joao Pereira after selling Luis Filipe to the Lisbon club.
The 23 year old arrives for an undisclosed fee, having agreed a 4 year contract. Joining him at Braga will be Jailson, who is presently surplus to requirements at Benfica having signed for them earlier in the summer from FC Rubin Kazan of Russia.
The 26 year old made only 7 appearances for Rubin after leaving SC Corinthians Paulista. Braga finished 4th in Portugal last season.
06 July 2007
Chile and Mexico advanced to the last 16 of the U20 World Cup after wins Thursday, whilst hosts Canada suffered their 2nd straight defeat.
Chile gained the upper hand against Congo when the African side had defender Yann Combo sent off for a challenge on Dagoberto Currimilla after only 22 minutes.
Alexis Sanchez put the Chileans ahead in the 49th minute before a thundering drive from Nicolas Medina made it 2-0, and a curling shot from Arturo Vidal 8 minutes from the end wrapped up an impressive display from the South Americans.
FC Barcelona's Giovanni dos Santos continued his impressive tournament as he helped Mexico on their way to a 2-1 triumph over Portugal.
Dos Santos opening the scoring in the 48th minute from the penalty spot after he was brought down by Paulo Renato, before Carlos Barrera made it 2-0 with an impressive 1st time strike.
Antunes pulled one back for Portugal in the final minute with a superb free-kick, however it was too late for a comeback.
Portugal must battle it with Gambia for 2nd spot, both teams are on 3 points after the Africans beat New Zealand 1-0, thanks to a diving header from Ousmane Jallow in the 22nd minute.
Canada's disappointment continued with a 1-0 defeat to Austria in Edmonton. Rubin Okotie scored the vital goal in the 47th minute with a firm header from a corner.
Friday's games include a fascinating encounter between an impressive U.S and Brazil whilst Poland take on South Korea.
02 July 2007
Zenit St Petersburg beat FK Moscow 2-1 Sunday to maintain a one point lead over Spartak Moscow midway through the Russian Premier League season.
Dick Advocaat's team led 2-0 at the break through Russia captain Andrei Arshavin and Ukraine international Anatoly Timoshchyuk, who was signed from Shakhtar Donetsk for a record $20 million in February.
FK Moscow pulled one goal back after the interval however Zenit held on to remain in 1st place with 27 points from 15 games.
Spartak overcame bottom team Rostov 3-1 to remain in the hunt for their 1st Russian title since 2001.
Champions CSKA Moscow were held at home to a 0-0 draw by struggling Kuban Krasnodar to drop 5 points off the pace.
CSKA, who have lost Brazilian forwards Vagner Love and Jo to international duty, have now gone 4 consecutive games without scoring, a club record.
Dynamo Moscow suffered a 2-1 defeat at mid-table Rubin Kazan however remained in 3rd place, 5 points adrift of the leaders.
On Saturday, Russian Cup winners Lokomotiv Moscow came back from 2-0 down by scoring 5 2nd half goals to rout Krylya Sovietov Samara 5-2 and end a 4 game losing streak.
20 June 2007
FC Rubin Kazan defender Lenar Gilmullin was in a coma in hospital Tuesday morning after being injured in a motorcyle accident.
The Russian U21 international, who has only turned 22, was a passenger on the bike yesterday when it left the road en route to Kazan, even though the exact nature of the incident is not yet known.
He has suffered a broken skull and brain injury, and was receiving intensive care treatment in the city.
Gilmullin came through the ranks at Rubin and has played 11 games in the 2007 season.
08 June 2007
Star forward Benni McCarthy was left out of a South Africa team named Thursday for an African Nations Cup qualifier in Congo next weekend.
The leading scorer for English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers last season was ignored after snubbing 1994 Brazil FIFA World Cup winning coach Carlos Alberto Parreira by refusing to turn up for another qualifier this month against Chad.
McCarthy mentioned he would not play again for 2010 FIFA World Cup hosts South Africa until a national football association official apologised for alleged criticism of the striker, whose last national team apperance was 17 months ago.
Benni says that he was made the scapegoat by delegation leader Mohamed Mubarak after Bafana Bafana (The Boys) fared disastrously at the 2006 Nations Cup, losing to Guinea, Tunisia and Zambia in Egypt without scoring a goal.
However, this was dismissed as a smokescreen by some observers who said McCathy does not want to play at the 2008 tournament in Ghana, assuming South Africa qualify, because it would jeopardise his 1st team place at Blackburn.
Since bursting on to the international stage by scoring 9 goals at the 1998 Nations Cup, Benni has dreamt of playing in England and achieved the goal last year after spells in the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.
Parreira has added uncapped Orlando Pirates defender Innocent Mdledle to the team which beat Chad 4-0 in Durban and recalled another member of the Olympic squad, forward Lerato Chabungu from champions Mamelodi Sundowns.
South Africa top Group 11 with 10 points, 3 more than Zambia and 5 ahead of Congo, and will be seeking a 3rd win in 4 visits to the centre of the Congolese oil industry.
