PORTO, Portugal -- FC Porto needed another decisive performance by Andre Silva to end a winless drought at home in Europe with a 1-0 victory over Club Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday. Leandro Barbosa Suns Jersey .The Portugal forward scored his 11th goal in his last nine appearances between club and country, helping Porto to snap a four-game winless run at home in European competition.Porto is in second place with seven points in Group G, three points behind leader Leicester, which was held to a scoreless draw at third-place FC Copenhagen.The result eliminated Brugge, which is yet to earn a point after four matches. Copenhagen has five points.Silva scored with a header off a corner in the 37th minute at the Estadio do Dragao. The ball deflected off the shoulder of Brugge midfielder Tomas Pina before going into the top corner by the far post.It is always important when you score the winning goal, the 20-year-old Silva said.We won, so we accomplished our mission for this match. We claimed the three points, which was the most important thing tonight. Now we have to go into our next match with the same confidence. We will have to fight until the end.It was Silvas fourth goal in his last four matches with Porto. He scored an injury-time winner in the 2-1 victory at Brugge last month.He also had four goals in Portugals most recent World Cup qualifiers, against Andorra and the Faroe Islands.Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas made a difficult save to deny Pina an equalizer for Brugge in the 85th, as the Belgian side endured an eight-game winless run in away matches in European competition.In the second half, we all believed we could still claim a point here, but we failed to do that, Brugge captain Ruud Vormer said. We have not been lucky in this campaign. Jamal Crawford Suns Jersey . LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. Phoenix Suns Jerseys . Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. http://www.officialsunsfanstore.com/jama...rd-suns-jersey/ . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Olympic spirit was on full display during the second heat in the womens 5,000 meter run Tuesday morning.New Zealand runner Nikki Hamblin tripped and fell to the track during the race, with American Abbey DAgostino then tripping over Hamblin and falling to the ground as well. Hamblin lay there wondering what had happened when she felt DAgostinos hand on her shoulder.Get up, get up! We have to finish! DAgostino told her. This is the Olympic Games. We have to finish this.DAgostino helped Hamblin up, and the two continued to run. Having injured her knee during the fall, DAgostino was not running well and when Hamblin looked back to see if she could help, the American simply said, Keep going, keep going. George King Suns Jersey. The two finished last and next to last (Hamblin in 16:43 and DAgostino in 17:10) and hugged afterward.Despite the poor finish, they both will advance to the final due to having been tripped. DAgostino did not go through the mixed zone to speak with reporters due to her knee injury but Hamblin expressed nothing but eternal gratitude to the runner she had never met before.I am so grateful to Abbey for helping me, Hamblin said. That girl was the Olympic spirit right there. I am so impressed and inspired by that. ' ' '
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