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SAINT-DENIS, France -- As jubilant Portugal players celebrated around them, Real Madrid and Portugal teammates Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo fell into one anothers arms at the Stade de France, pressed their foreheads together and wept tears of joy.The defender with a fearsome reputation for his tackling could not control his emotions after his teams 1-0 extra-time defeat of France in the European Championship final, which delivered Portugal its first major international football title.A 33-year-old veteran who won his 77th cap in the final, Pepe was one of the standout players for Portugal. Not just on Sunday with his man-of-the-match performance at the Stade de France, but throughout a tournament in which his team conceded only five goals -- three of them in a 3-3 group stage draw with Hungary.Referee Mark Clattenburg booked six Portugal players in the final. Pepe wasnt among them. The tough defender only picked up one yellow card the whole tournamentCoach Fernando Santos insisted Pepes reputation as one of the hard men of world football is misplaced.I dont understand what people mean when they talk about a bad guy. When you say that about Pepe, it makes no sense, he said. He has a lot passion; he puts it all on the pitch.In the final, that passion meant picking up the slack when Ronaldo was carried off on a stretcher in the first half after a heavy tackle by Dimitri Payet injured his left knee. He convinced the players around him that Portugal could win even without its talismanic leader.When he said he couldnt go on, I tried to tell my teammates that we have to win it for him, that we were going to fight for him, said Pepe, who had won the Champion League final with Ronaldo on May 28.On Sunday, Pepe fully deserved his man of the match award, having closed down the most prolific strike force at the tournament without committing single foul.Yet his reputation still goes before him.He is famous for being a bad guy, Santos said. And I dont think he is going to shake it, ever. Douglas Santos Brazil Jersey . LOUIS -- The New Orleans Saints looked like a team playing out the string. Rodrigo Caio Brazil Jersey . Jordan Lynch, the all-purpose Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois, failed to make it into that exclusive club. http://www.soccerbrazilonline.com/Jonas-Copa-America-Jersey/ . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. Rafinha Jersey . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Lucas Moura Brazil Jersey . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. As a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, Craig Sager always knew his teams day would eventually come.After it finally did early Wednesday morning in a thrilling win over the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the World Series, Sagers son, Craig Sager II, tweeted out a page from his dads soon-to-be-released autobiography, Living Out Loud that says he has been betting on the Cubs to win it all since 1981 and put $1,000 on them to win the 2016 World Series before the season began.The Batavia, Illinois, native grew up going to Wrigley Field and cheering on his favorite team. He threw out the first pitch before a CCubs game earlier this season and thrilled fans by serving as the guest conductor for Take Me Out to the Ballgame during the seventh-inning stretch.ddddddddddddThe eternal optimism that Sager has shown throughout his professional life, especially during his public battle with leukemia over the past few years, has made him even more endearing to millions of fans all over the world. The loyalty he has shown to the Cubs after all these years will finally pay off as well. ' ' '