Figo quits Portugal

Portugal midfielder Luis Figo has retired from international football.

Portugal midfielder Luis Figo has retired from international football.

The Real Madrid star, 31, announced his decision in a written statement, and admitted: “At the moment I feel a need to stop playing.”

Figo becomes the second member of the team which won the 1991 World Youth Cup - a side dubbed the ‘golden generation’ – to retire following Euro 2004 after Rui Costa.

The host nation were beaten in the final of the European championships by Greece.

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