Alvalade pair secure spot on the world stage after brilliant domestic season

Diogo Abreu and Diogo Ganchinho rounded off a brilliant domestic season with qualification for the World Game this weekend.

Also qualified are the pairings of Pedro Ferreira and Tiago Costa, Diogo Santos and José Domingues, André Nunes and Miguel Magalhães in the male event, along with Também Bruna Li and Inês Martins in the ladies competition and Matilde Mourão and Maria Ramos in the youth event.

Diogo Abreu, Diogo Ganchinho and Silvia Saiote feature in national trampoline squad

The Portuguese Gymnastics Federation announced its squad list for the Trampoline Gymnastics World Cup today, taking place from the 16th to the 20th of February. The Alvalade trio of Diogo Abreu, Diogo Ganchinho and Silvia Saiote all feature.

Obikwelu, Marco Fortes, Marta Onofre, Diogo Ganchinho and Taciana Lima at D. Estefânia Hospital

The Sporting Foundation have Science4You teamed up to take a group of athletes to Lisbon's D. Estefânia Pediatric Hospital. The Alvalade heroes were of course happy to oblige, handing out presents and mixing with their fans.

Explaining how the visit came about, Sporting Foundation head Celina Cepa proved happy with the results: "This was our first activity in the build up to Christmas. We put a few months of planning into this and teamed up with Science4You and the D. Estefânia Hospital was happy to have us. We brought smiles to the kids' faces and it was a really emotional experience for everyone."

Science4You representative João Ferreira was also pleased to help and is eager to get the company involved more often: "We were invited by the Sporting Foundation and we took on the challenge of helping where we could. It was a great experience and we want to repeat it."

Portuguese gymnast looking to bring titles Alvalade

At 29 years of age, Diogo Ganchinho is in the perfect form to join Sporting Clube de Portugal. The Portuguese gymnast has already taken part in two Olympic Games (Beijing 2008 and London 2012) and is now looking to tally up titles at Alvalade.

"It is an honour to represent Sporting CP. I have joined this project and I want to contribute with titles and my experience. I am an athlete that likes to surprise people and I am always looking to do new things", said Ganchinho after penning his deal.