This article offers a theoretical reflection on how the First Portuguese Football League is preparing to return to competition, after the suspension and mandatory confinement, as well as the security measures adopted in response to the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus. Despite the paper is descriptive and theoretical, our discussion draws particularly on documentary analysis of mass media/journalist reports, official almanacs, and academic works. A first purpose of this paper, therefore, is to address the way in which professional football is financially exposed and vulnerable to the main sponsors, who seek to exert power and influence. Second, we seek to explore the increasing asymmetrical power relations of the broadcaster's rights that are increasingly using strategies for wielding power than act a business partner. The implications arising from the study are considered for sport-governing bodies and clubs, in addition to future research directions.

Background: the number of cases of Covid-19 reached more than 11 million people in Brazil, but mostly in Caxias city (Rio de Janeiro) high death rates are very worrysome. In this scenario, homeopathy therapy, along with sanitary and therapeutic measures, should be recommended by health authorities. Aims: to evaluate the use of homeopathic complex (Bryonia alba, China officinalis and Metallum album 30cH), concerning the severity of the illness, during the coronavirus pandemic. Methodology: the complex was administrated at multiple families from Caxias, with (FW) and without (FWO) symptoms similar to COVID-19’s, therefore qualifying the project as a quasi-experimental longitudinal observational cohort study (applied in 51 families or 128 people). With this, the influence of homeopathic intervention in sick (FW) and health (FWO) groups was estimated. All volunteers used three drops of the medicine, once a day, per 60 days. The medicine was prepared accordingly to the Brazilian Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia1. The follow-up was carried out within seven days, which resulted in a total of 8 weeks, since the first interview. The data was organized and statistically analyzed with a 5% significance level, for categorical variables, by Fisher Exact test, in Excel sheet and SPSS 17.0 platform. The ethical committee approved this project under the code: CAAE 31601020.3.0000.5243. Results and Discussion: the preliminary results showed the absence of deaths in both groups (FW and FWO), without any statistically significant difference related to the severity of illness. Most of the families (98.03%) were thrilled to contribute in this particular homeopathic research and reported to have had general health symptoms’ improvements (84.31%). Despite the previous comorbidities presented in 52.9% of the families and considering that Covid-19 infected 0.020% of them, only 0.098% looked for medical assistance and none needed hospitalization. Conclusion: no differences between previous sick and health groups were detected after homeopathy intervention.

O presente artigo tem como objetivo encontrar e analisar um determinado conjunto de perfis, o tipo de vínculos sociais que estabelecem, assim como a importância e influência dos seus papéis no Twitter durante o derby de Lisboa entre o Sport Lisboa e Benfica e o Sporting Clube de Portugal, realizado no dia 11 de dezembro de 2016. Apresentamos como estratégia de pesquisa um estudo de caso baseado no fluxo de mensagens publicadas na rede social indexadas com as hashtags #benfica e #sporting no dia e hora do derby. Foram interpretados através da Análise de Redes Sociais (SNA) uma amostra de 39.540 tweets e retweets postados por 18.710 perfis, provenientes da análise exploratória da rede de relações mediadas entre utilizadores da Twittersphere. Com base na observação da importância das relações entre unidades de interação, derivamos para o modelo de Análise e Visualização de Rede (NAV) e identificámos, através de grafos representativos dos dados obtidos, pistas que julgamos pertinentes para o entendimento de uma audiência moldada pela lógica da produção e circulação de mensagens afetas a uma determinada cultura de fãs cada vez mais em rede.

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O artigo analisa as formas como os fãs das seleções de Portugal, Espanha, Marrocos e Irã, o Grupo B do Mundial de Futebol 2018, se envolveram com as suas respectivas páginas oficiais no Facebook e como as páginas se relacionaram com os stakeholders. A estratégia adotada assenta numa abordagem quantitativa aos fluxos de dados produzidos, entre 1 de abril de 2017 e 3 de maio de 2018, pelas fanpages e por seus utilizadores. A amostra é formada por 3,068 publicações e perto de 11 milhões de interações na rede. Os resultados revelam que os contextos sociais offline potencializam as oportunidades e barreiras para o envolvimento, numa lógica em que o futebol vai muito além do relvado. Os dados apontam que a rede das fanpages do Grupo B é formada basicamente por entidades, e só um ator humano integra o TOP 10 dos influenciadores.