Sporting CP youngsters in Hungary for international competition

Sporting CP's under-16 team will take part in the Puskás-Suzuki Kupa international tournament in June, being hosted Hungary.

Also in action will be Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Panathinaikos, Puskas Akademia and Budapest Honved.

Three Alvalade youth team in action in Doha

Sporting CP's under-18, under-17 and under-16 teams are in action in the Aspire  Tri-Series, being hosted in Doha. The Sporting CP youngsters got off to a solid start, winning two and drawing one.

under-18:
Aspire Academy-SPORTING CP, 1-3

under-17:
Aspire Academy-SPORTING CP, 0-5

under-16:
Aspire Academy-SPORTING CP, 1-1

Sporting CP will next be in action against Buriram united.

Alvalade quartet for a national team training camp

Four Sporting CP youth stars have been included in Portugal's under-16 squad list for a training camp, running from the 9th to the 11th of January in the Oeiras City of Football.

Diogo Almeida, Félix Correia, Rodrigo Fernandes and Tiago Gouveia will join up with another 21 players included.

Portugal tally second in Porto International Tournament

The national under-16 team beat Norway 1-0 this week, on matchday 2 of the 34th Porto International Tournament, taking place in the Póvoa do Varzim International Tournament. Romário Baró strike for Portugal, five minutes after the half-hour mark.

Sporting youngsters Filipe Semedo (goalkeeper) and Diogo Brás and Tiago Rodrigues (forwards) featured in Filipe Ramos' starting line-up, while Bernardo Sousa (midfield) came on in the second-half for Romário Baró.

The result means that Portugal need just a point of Switzerland on Sunday to win the trophy, after having already beaten Hungary 1-0.

Portugal open UEFA Development Tournament with win in the Algarve

The national under-16 team made a solid start to this year's UEFA Development Tournament this week, beating their German counterparts on penalties after a three-all draw.

In front of a home crowd in the Vila Real de Santo António Municipal Stadium, Portugal opened the scoring in the 18th minute courtesy of a strike from Rafael Camacho, before Jonathan Burkardt (36’) leveled for Germany. The second-half was very much tit for tat, with the Germans taking the lead twice (Elias Abouchabaka in the 40th minute and Killian Ludewig give minutes later), but Filipe Ramos refused to throw in the towel and after Romário Baró made it 2-2 in the 44th minute, Rodrigo Conceição set the final score 10 minutes from time.

Sporting's Gonçalo Costa featured from the start for hte Portuguese, while Diogo Brás and Tiago Rodrigues game on in the second-half. The Portuguese will next take on the Dutch, who beat France earlier in the day (2-0).