Rui Pinto will continue to receive witness protection for now after Portuguese officials paused plans to remove it. The special security programmes commission (CPES) admitted that he should have been allowed to make his case before the original decision was reached. The Manchester City whistleblower may now formally contest the proposed termination of his protection, […]
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More than 10 years after Rui Pinto launched the Football Leaks platform as part of a campaign inspired by the 2015 Fifa controversy, he is once again at the centre of an escalating dispute. The former history student, known for his distinctive spiked hair, once supplemented his income by selling books about the second world […]
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Alverca have undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years. The club have climbed rapidly through Portugal’s football pyramid, changed ownership, rebuilt their squad and welcomed one of the sport’s best-known players into their ownership group. Sporting director Fernando Malta believes their ambition is to become “gamechangers”. Once closely connected to neighbouring Benfica, Alverca reached Portugal’s […]
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