Photo by Ben McShane/SportsfileBenfica European CurseOne of the biggest sporting curses in European football is still ongoing; Benfica’s curse came just as they were at their peak. Pic: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesSince then, Benfica have been in 8 European Finals across the European Cup and Europa League, losing all 8. Pic: NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP via Getty ImagesBrazil’s Hexa Cat curseIt’s a very recent sporting curse, and it’s one that is proving to be brutal for Brazilian football right now. It all began in 2022 at the Qatar World Cup, when a cat interrupted a Brazilian press conference before being aggressively removed by the team’s staff. But the Trump Curse has also seen his New York Knicks lose their only game of the NBA Finals last month when he attended game 3.