Portugal winger Ricardo Quaresma has declared Besiktas cannot afford to stumble against his former club Sporting Lisbon if they wish to make Europa League progress. Quaresma comes up against Sporting for the first time since leaving Lisbon for Barcelona in 2003 with Besiktas having made a winning start in Group H by beating Skenderbeu 1-0 in Albania two weeks ago. Sporting, meanwhile, are play...Full Story »

Porto capitalised on a string of defensive mistakes to beat Bayern Munich 3-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Ricardo Quaresma scored twice in the opening 10 minutes - the first a penalty - thanks to gifts from Bayern, and although the Germans got a goal back through Thiago Alcantara in the 27th minute, Jackson Martinez capped a fine night for Porto in the 65th. Th...Full Story »

Ricardo Quaresma struck 15 minutes from time to lift Porto to a 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday and put the hosts in command of Champions League Group H. Mexican midfielder Hector Herrera had put the Portuguese side ahead at the Dragao stadium on the stroke of half-time before Athletic's Guillermo Fernandez equalised before the hour mark. Substitute Quaresma then came to the rescue f...Full Story »

Ricardo Quaresma has launched into a verbal attack at Besiktas, labelling the club's treatment of him 'shameful'. The Portugal international has been suggested as one of the players the Istanbul giants are keen to sell in the summer as they look to reduce their wage bill after being embroiled in a financial battle. Quaresma has now revealed that he is training separately from Besiktas' first...Full Story »