Bernardo Sousa, Tiago Djaló, Tiago Rodrigues and Gonçalo Costa get the green light

A quartet of Sporting CP youngsters will take part in the Algarve International Tournament this year, as part of Portugal's under-17 squad.

Bernardo Sousa (midfielder), Tiago Djaló (central defender), Tiago Rodrigues (forward) and Gonçalo Costa (wing back) all feature for the encounters against England, the Netherlands and Germany. The full squad list is available here.

Hélio Sousa includes six from Alvalade for Torneo de Naciones in Mexico

A total of six of Sporting's under-17 starlets will feature for Portugal in the Torneo de Naciones, being hosted in Mexico from the 21st to the 30th of August.

Portugal will face the USA (25th of August at 16h), Mexico (26th of August at 16h) and finally Qatar (28th of August at 16h).

The six called up are: Bernardo Sousa, Diogo Brás, Filipe Semedo, Gonçalo Costa, Tiago Djaló and Tiago Rodrigues.

Portugal open UEFA Development Tournament with win in the Algarve

The national under-16 team made a solid start to this year's UEFA Development Tournament this week, beating their German counterparts on penalties after a three-all draw.

In front of a home crowd in the Vila Real de Santo António Municipal Stadium, Portugal opened the scoring in the 18th minute courtesy of a strike from Rafael Camacho, before Jonathan Burkardt (36’) leveled for Germany. The second-half was very much tit for tat, with the Germans taking the lead twice (Elias Abouchabaka in the 40th minute and Killian Ludewig give minutes later), but Filipe Ramos refused to throw in the towel and after Romário Baró made it 2-2 in the 44th minute, Rodrigo Conceição set the final score 10 minutes from time.

Sporting's Gonçalo Costa featured from the start for hte Portuguese, while Diogo Brás and Tiago Rodrigues game on in the second-half. The Portuguese will next take on the Dutch, who beat France earlier in the day (2-0).