Portuguese Football in English
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Porto 0-0 Sporting CP - Lions hold on to reach the Portuguese Cup final
Sporting Clube de Portugal are into the 2026 Portuguese Cup final after earning a 0-0 hard fought draw in Porto. The point was enough to get through...
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Bodø/Glimt outclass Sporting to rack up 3-0 Champions League win in Norway
Sporting’s Champions League hopes are hanging by a thread after the Portuguese team were well beaten by Bodø/Glimt, the Norwegian outfit continuing...
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Braga 2-2 Sporting CP - Late penalty dents the Lions’ title aspirations
Sporting CP conceded a penalty deep into added time as Braga snatched a 2-2 draw at the Quarry. Braga had plenty of the ball early on but were...
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Luis Suárez the hero once again as Sporting pull off another dramatic win against Nacional
Sporting 2-1 Nacional For the fourth match running, Sporting fans saw their team snatch victory in stoppage time. Against Paris Saint-Germain and...
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Sporting beat European champions PSG 2-1 at Alvalade
European champions Paris Saint-Germain came to Lisbon, bossed most of the game, only for a disciplined and spirited Sporting to flip the script and...
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Sporting CP 4-0 Rio Ave - Luis Suárez hat-trick keeps the Lions on pace in the Primeira Liga
Sporing Clube de Portugal kept up the pace in the Primeira Liga after an emphatic 4-0 victory over Rio Ave at Estádio José Alvalade. Luis Suárez...
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Iconic kits: Sporting 1987/88 – Hummel’s brief but lasting impression
A new dawn began in the summer of 1987. For the very first time in the history of Sporting Clube de Portugal, the club would play an entire season...
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VAR controversy rages as Sporting beat Santa Clara in the Azores: “It’s enough to make us to stop believing in football”
Portuguese Cup: Sporting scrape through; Porto thrash Famalicão to set up Benfica clash Wind, rain, ten goals and a huge dose of controversy were...
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No-nonsense Sporting beat Brugge 3-0 in Lisbon in Champions League
Sporting continued their excellent Champions League campaign by clocking up their third successive home win by outclassing Club Brugge in Lisbon...
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Last-gasp Hjulmand header gives Sporting 2-1 victory over Santa Clara in the Azores
An intensely contested encounter in São Miguel tonight ended in dramatic fashion as captain Morten Hjulmand scored in stoppage time for a Sporting...
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Champions League: Sporting hold Juventus to 1-1 draw in Italy
Sporting had never won in Italy but after twenty minutes it looked like the curse may be about to be broken. Maxi Araújo put the Portuguese...
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Pedro Gonçalves shines as Sporting beat Alverca 2-0 at Alvalade
Sporting made it five straight victories in all competitions thanks to second-half goals from Fotis Ioannidis and Pedro Gonçalves on a rainswept...
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Sporting CP’s talent conveyor belt alive and kicking
For decades Sporting Clube de Portugal’s ability to produce some of the best talents in the world, let alone in the country, was the sole source of...
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Sporting 2-1 Marseille: Lions come from behind to beat 10-man Marseille in Lisbon
Sporting made it two home wins out of two in the Champions League with a hard-fought victory against Marseille in an incident-packed match in the...
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Sporting CP battle hard in Italy but Højlund double secures 2-1 victory for Napoli
Football fans were treated to a monumental matchup between two of Europe’s greats on Wednesday night when the Portuguese champions, Sporting CP, met...
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Another William Gomes wonder goal helps Porto beat Sporting 2-1 at Alvalade
Before the international break Porto laid down a marker in the Portuguese title race by beating champions Sporting 2-1 in Lisbon to make it four...
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Pote hat-trick inspires Sporting to 4-1 comeback win against 10-man Nacional
Sporting beat Nacional 4-1 in Madeira but the margin of victory does not tell the whole story. Going into the final 15 minutes of the match the...
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Before the winning: where are Sporting’s 2019/20 squad now?
It has been a triumphant start to the decade for Sporting Clube de Portugal. They’ve ended a 19-year title drought for the Portuguese championship,...
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Sporting 6-0 Arouca: champions hit Arouca for six at Alvalade
Portuguese champions Sporting sent a message out to their title rivals by thrashing Arouca 6-0 in their first home match of the season. Two goals...
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Sporting begin title defence with 2-0 win at Casa Pia
“I think it was the best game since I’ve been at Sporting,” said coach Rui Borges after the Portuguese champions began their quest for a third...