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29/03/07
The chairman of Vitória de Setúbal's General Assembly, Ilídio Ferreira, said Wednesday that the club will honour its commitments until the end of the season, but that professional football will be
impossible for the coming season if a financial solution cannot be found. The historic club, in José Mourinho's home town, is crippled by debts, especially wages to players, which have gone unpaid for months.
One player, Amuneke, was evicted from his home because he could not pay his rent.
07/03/07
Twenty-four people are to be put on trial in the so-called 'Apito Dourado' (Golden Whistle) corruption
in football scandal, including José Luís Oliveira (Vice-president of Gondomar Municipal Council) and Valentim Loureiro (ex-president of the Liga and president of Gondomar Council), both on 26 counts of active corruption, and Pinto de Sousa (former president of the Federation's Refereeing Council) on 26 counts of passive corruption, along with a dozen referees and others. The defendants are expected to appeal the decision to send the case to trial, among other things based on the "illegality" of
phone taps that are a crucial part of the evidence.
02/03/07
Former Benfica goalkeeper (Manuel Galrinho) Bento, widely regarded as one of the best Portuguese ´keepers of all time, died
of a heart attack Thursday at the age of 58. On Wednesday he had been present at the gala celebrating the club's 103rd anniversary, held at the Estoril Casino. Bento was at Benfica for 20 years (1972-92), helping the club to eight championships and six Portuguese Cups. He also represented his country on 63 occasions and was present at the European Championship in 1984 and at the World Cup in Mexico in 1986. There will be a minute's silence before this weekend's games in his honour.
Manuel José, Portuguese coach of Egyptian club Al Ahly, was voted Coach of the Year in Africa in the CAF gala held in Accra, Ghana.
FC Porto's star winger Ricardo Quaresma sold 60% of the replica shirts at the club last year. The other 26 players in the squad sold the remaining 40%.
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