Elected new president of FC Porto, beating Pinto da Costa who presided the club for the last 42 years and is the most successful President in the history of football
Uruguay can't host a 48 teams world cup, not many countries can. So it's 3 games in South America and 61 in Iberian Peninsula + Morroco, distance between the host cities wont be a problem. Its closer from Lisbon to Rabat than Lisbon to Madrid.
In Portugal a entrepeneur was accused and facing charges for paying to players of Benfica's oponents to bottle the games, but strangely Benfica isnt being acused.
Wrong, UEFA cup already existed at the time, Sporting has almost 0 pedigree in Europe, their biggest success in 50 years was loosing Uefa Cup final at home against a russian team.