Sporting Clube de Portugal, usually called Sporting CP or Sporting, and known abroad as Sporting Lisbon, is a Portuguese multi-sport club based in Lisbon. It was founded on 1 July 1906 and is best known for its men's professional football team, which plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football and a league in which the club has never been relegated. Its nicknames are the Lions and the Green and Whites, after the lion on its crest and its horizontally striped shirts. The club plays at the Estadio Jose Alvalade, opened in 2003, and runs an indoor arena, the Pavilhao Joao Rocha. Sporting is the third most decorated Portuguese football club with 58 major trophies, including 21 league titles and the 1963-64 European Cup Winners' Cup, and its youth academy has produced players such as Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo.
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is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon
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At club level she represents Sporting CP.
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On 28 August 2014, Sacko joined Sporting CP on a six-year contract, with the club stipulating a 60 million euro release clause in his contract.
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