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Sporting (handball)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP is a professional handball team based in Lisbon, Portugal since 1932 and plays in top tier Andebol 1. The club is one of the most decorated handball clubs in Portugal, having won 47 national titles, 16 Regional titles and 2 International titles. History Handball was introduced in Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1932, under the influence of Salazar Carreira, who introduced the sport to the club. It was on 10 April that a Sporting Portugal team played its first game in the sport, then in the eleven-a-side variant, the only one practised at the time, with the team beating Centro de Armas 1-0. The first official match would take place a month later against the same opponent, on 15 May 1932. Indoor handball, which later became known as seven-a-side handball, was approved by the International Handball Federation in 1937, but the first demonstration of this variant in Portugal only took place on 12 September 1949 at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,From Sporting Lisbon to Athletic Bilbao — why do we get foreign clubs' names wrong? , Michael Cox, The Athletic, 16 March 2023 is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon. Having various sports departments and sporting disciplines, it is best known for its men's professional association football, football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football. Founded on 1 July 1906, Sporting is one of the "Big Three (Portugal), Big Three" clubs in Portugal that have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
