Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM, commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
The national flag of Brazil is a blue disc depicting a starry sky spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto Ordem e Progresso, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field. It was officially adopted on 19 November 1889, four days after the Proclamation of the Republic, to replace the flag of the Empire of Brazil. The concept was the work of Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, with the collaboration of Miguel Lemos, Manuel Pereira Reis and Décio Villares.
Leiria is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, after Coimbra, with a municipality population of 128,640 in an area of 565.09 square kilometres (218.18 sq mi). It is the seat of its own district and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima. The city is part of the historical province of Beira Litoral.
Sporting Clube de Portugal, otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting, or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon. Having various sports departments and sporting disciplines, it is best known for its men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Leiria. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, with a 23,888-seat capacity.
Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Atalanta and the Portugal national team. He is often nicknamed "São Patrício".
Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently a manager.
The 2008–09 Primeira Liga was the 75th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 22 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009. Porto was the three-time defending champions and secured a fourth consecutive title for the second time in its history.
The European Throwing Cup is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every March by the European Athletics Association, is intended as a counterbalance to the fact that indoor track and field meetings cannot host the longer throwing events. It allows athletes who specialise in throwing events to gauge their form for the forthcoming outdoor athletics season.
Michael Simões Domingues, known as Mika, is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Primeira Liga club Moreirense.
Tiago Emanuel Canelas Almeida Ferreira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Liga Portugal 2 club União de Leiria.
Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a right-back.
Liliana da Silva Cá is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the discus throw. At club level she represents Sporting Lisbon.
Mohamed Amissi is a professional footballer who plays as a winger. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Burundi national team.
Nicholas James "Nick" Ponzio is an American-born Italian shot putter. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Shot put.
João Pedro Moreira Resende is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Portugal 2 club União de Leiria.
Mauro Gomes Bandeira is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovenian club Tabor Sežana.
Iolanda Costa, known mononymously as Iolanda, is a Portuguese singer and songwriter. She became known for her participation in the first season of the program Uma canção para ti, broadcast by TVI in December 2008. Costa represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Grito".
