Portugal’s starting XI at the 1966 World Cup. Back row left to right: Baptista, Jaime Graça, Hilário, Vicente, Morais, José Pereira. Front row left to right: José Augusto, Torres, Eusébio, Mário Coluna, António Simões

A soccer governing body that both countries have helped bankroll gave them extra rest and home-field advantage to set up World Cup qualification.

Benfica have been rated as having the best academy in world football in 2025, in terms of the talent produced by the Portuguese club.

An excavation of this summer’s World Cup participants reveals a powerhouse that has replaced prominence with supreme young talent, a veteran star taking last kicks and a Norwegian steam train. Erling Haaland,

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The NWSL powerhouses will represent the U.S. in the inaugural World Sevens Football (W7F) Americas tournament in December.

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