Portugal and Spain hope to finally make some noise on world stage There’s no doubt second-ranked Spain and third-ranked Portugal are two of the best football teams in the world at the moment, but neither of them have ever really made their mark on the game when it comes to the World Cup. Unfortunately, for [...]

Brazil and Portugal in showdown for top spot Many fans will be disappointed that the Group G showdown between Brazil and Portugal at Durban Stadium in Durban on June 25 doesn’t mean as much as it might have as Brazil is guaranteed to go through to the next round and Portugal has a stranglehold on [...]

Portugal and North Korea meet in rematch of 1966 classic Portugal and North Korea will be fighting it out for much-needed points in their Group G clash at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town on June 21. Portugal is coming off of a lacklustre 0-0 draw with Ivory Coast, while North Korea played well [...]

Portugal ready to battle it out with Ivory Coast for the first time It’s hard to believe that FIFA’s third-ranked nation Portugal are only entering their fifth World Cup as they have been a powerful team for decades now. However, when they take on the Ivory Coast, who is ranked 27th and are playing in [...]

Time: 21st June, 13.30 local time. Venue: Cape Town, South Africa Portugal have their “easy” group match in the “Group of Death” Group G on the 21st of June when they take on North Korea in Cape Town. The fixture kicks off at 13:30 South African time. Portugal are, understandably, at very short odds to [...]

Brazil are amongst the favourites again. They have experience, flair and good organization. Dunga has brought them stability and a more European style of playing.

Portugal and Cameroon, two teams who are badly in need of a confidence boost, will meet on June 1 in Portugal as they prepare for the upcoming World Cup. Third-ranked Portugal stumbled to a 0-0 draw with 117th-ranked Cape Verde on May 24 and they need to pick things up in a hurry if they [...]

With the 2010 World Cup drawing ever closer, the group stages offer the first opportunities for gamblers to get some returns. With bookmakers offering plenty of different bets on the eight groups, from forecasting who will qualify from a given group to predicting the positions of the teams at the end of the round.

As the new manager of hotly tipped African team the Ivory Coast, former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson will be meeting once again with Portugal, the team that knocked his previous international side out of both Euro 2004 and the last World Cup, both times after tense penalty shoot outs.

Time: 15th June, 16.00 local time. Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth, South Africa The first match from this tournament’s much discussed Group of Death: Group G, is between African favourites the Ivory Coast and strong European side Portugal. The match will take place at Nelson Mandela Bay, kicking off at 16:00 local time on June [...]