Sister Lucia Marto, the last of three children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary in a series of 1917 apparitions in Portuguese town of Fatima, has died at 97.

Portugal star Deco has claimed he will join Chelsea after Euro 2004.

Gunmen opened fire on jeeps carrying Portuguese journalists in southern Iraq today, wounding a reporter in the leg.

Portugal winger Sergio Conceicao has parted company with Inter Milan a year before his contract is due to expire.

Manchester United assistant coach Carlos Queiroz has dismissed as “pure speculation” claims linking the Old Trafford club with Sporting Lisbon prodigy Ricardo Quaresma.