Portugal Club: IN BRIEF
Elian's dad blasts relatives Elian Gonzalez's father lashed out at his Miami relatives on Sunday, accusing them of "child abuse" for turning his son against him and insisting that the 6-year-old boy wants to return to Cuba. With the boy's fate still before federal judges, Juan Miguel Gonzalez said on CBS' "60 Minutes" that he didn't believe a video taped at the relatives' home...
Portugal Club: SOCCER
Revs play with Fire
CHICAGO - If the playoffs began today, the Revolution would be on the outside looking in on the postseason. Nevertheless, defender Jay Heaps said the home-and-home series tonight (9:30, Ch. 56) and Wednesday at Gillette Stadium against the Fire has a postseason feel to it. "It's kind of like a playoff system," said Heaps. "When you play a team twice in a row, you learn new things about them. If you go back to last year when we...
Portugal Club: Final 8 are in for a fight
No clear-cut favorite in UEFA Champions League quarterfinals
Can anyone stop Barcelona? Does Juventus have enough depth to make up for the loss of its key starters? Is Thierry Henry good enough to lead Arsenal to the final on his own? These are the questions on soccer fans' minds entering the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, which resumes play Tuesday.With Chelsea, Liverpool and Real Madrid all eliminated in the round of 16, Barcelona, Juventus and AC Milan are the favorites to raise the trophy in May. Then again, these soccer...
Portugal Club: Daily Post (Liverpool): Football: Lack of goals undermining season's efforts
IT may have involved eight months, six countries and 14 matches, but Liverpool's Champions League destiny ultimately came down to one phone call.For while there are a litany of reasons why the phrase 'gay Paris' will never be sung in a Kop chant again, the most crucial relates to the decision not to spend pounds 12million on Simao last August. Oh, the irony of it all. Then again, that's probably being a bit too simplistic. When the Benfica...
Portugal Club: The Mirror: Football: I have already done enough to be regarded as a legend! Says Jose Mourinho
JOSE MOURINHO claimed last night he already deserves his place in the list of managerial legends.The Chelsea boss begins the season as the man to be shot at, with chief executive Peter Kenyon's suggestions that the title is already a one-horse race putting more pressure on him to succeed. But while Mourinho is starting only his second season in English football, he maintained that his achievements already mark him out as one of a small and select breed - and that his list of...