New FiFA Rankings, Portugal and Brazil trade places
FIFA Rankings List
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA rankings for February (January positions in parentheses):
1. Spain (1).
2. Germany (3).
3. Netherlands (2).
4. Uruguay (4).
5. England (5).
6. Portugal (7).
7. Brazil (6).
8. Italy (9).
9. Croatia
Porto beats Leiria 4-0 to stay in touch of Benfica
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — FC Porto recovered from its first league loss in two years with a 4-0 win over a 10-man Leiria on Sunday to stay within five points of Portuguese leader Benfica.
Porto left it late with
Sporting Lisbon fires coach after poor results
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Sporting Lisbon has fired coach Domingos Paciencia after a run of poor results left the club 16 points behind Portuguese league leader and crosstown rival Benfica.
Sporting is fourth in the league and out of the
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CAIRO (AP) — Anger over a deadly soccer riot erupted in fresh clashes that injured nearly 400 people Thursday as security forces fired tear gas at fans and other protesters who accused police of failing to stop the violence.
The
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