3,917 tickets sold out for Champions League opener

All 3,917 tickets on sale to Sporting fans in Alvalade for the coming Champions League visit to Real Madrid hae sold out. A queue of 500 fans had already formed by the time ticket offices opened at 09h30 this morning.

Alvalade leads call-up for Euro squad

The Portuguese Football Federation announced its preliminary under-19 squad list for the coming European Championship Qualification Tournament this week, to be held in Bosnia from the 11th to the 24th of October.

Sporting CP is the most represented club, with six players: Bárbara Marques; Bruna Costa; Constança Silva, Inês Pereira; Neuza Besugo; and Tânia Rodrigues.

The squad will gather at the national team's facility for a training camp from the 12th to the 15th of September.

Sales to begin on Tuesday for Liga NOS matchday 4

Tickets for Liga matchday 4 against Moreirense will go on sale on Tuesday the 6th of September.

Prices range from 11€ to 20€ adult club members and from 19€ to 32€ for adult fans

Luís Roque speaks with radio journalists after opening of South Afica Academies

After a busy day in Johannesburg, the Sporting committee visiting South Africa traveled to Nelspruit this Sunday.

Known for its safaris, including the Kruger Park, the area now has its very own Sporting Academy School officially opened by president Bruno de Carvalho, board member Luís Roque and club member of the year, João Gomes.

Luís Roque proved satisfied with the latest addition to the Sporting Academy Network: "This is an important step for Sporting's expansion and image. Before this we only had one international academy, which is in Toronto."

Popular Italian newpaper praises the Sporting Football Factory

"A cradle of talent that continued to a page in the country's history", wrote the Italian newspaper Gazzetta about the Sporting Academy in an article this weekend, as part of a piece on João Mário's record-breaking transfer to Inter Milan.

The well-known Italian publication also mentioned Sporting's glory years, including the Five Violins and 1964 Cup Winners' Cup, before exploring the transfers of Made in Sporting players João Mário, Cristiano Ronaldo, João Moutinho, Nani, Quaresma, Cédric and José Fonte and the quality of Rui Patrício, Adrien and William Carvalho.

Sporting president to attend dinner with fans in Nelspruit

The Sporting president, Bruno de Carvalho, has been in South Africa since Thursday. This weekend he will be in the Northeastern city of Nelspruit to open a second Sporting Academy School in the Country.

Following the event, Bruno de Carvalho will join a dinner with local Sporting fans and club members at 18h00 this evening.

Bruno de Carvalho praises the passion involved in opening the new Sporting Academy School

Bruno de Carvalho and Luís Roque had a busy day in Johannesburg this Saturday. In the morning the two Sporting heads were in the headquarters of Sporting FC to meet the local directors.

The afternoon was reserved for the main event: the inauguration of the new Sporting Academy School in Johannesburg. Moved by the event, the club's directors thanked Bruno de Carvalho for the opportunity. "To have the president here is a big step for the future of our dream", said Miguel de Freitas.

Bruno de Carvalho also recognised the importance of the initiative: "The Sporting brand can only win from being in South Afica."

Portuguese midfielder moves to Italy for record sum

After 14 years with Sporting, João Mário has made a record-breaking 45,000,000.00€ move to Inter Milan.

At 23 years old, the Portuguese midfielder represented the senior team 171 and now follows in the footsteps of fellow big-money transfers Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani.

The transfer is the most expensive in history for a Portuguese player in I Liga, beating Renato Sanches, Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho and Fábio Coentrão.

The transfer also equals the biggest ever transfer in Portuguese football, which was James Rodríguez.

Naldo leaves parting message for the fans before signing for Krasnodar

Packed and ready to move to Krasnodar, Naldo took moment to leave a message to the fans before the long flight to Russia.

"I want to thank the fans and the whole team. It was a pleasure to be with you all this season. I am saying goodbye and I hope to this season goes well for everyone and that the club wins the title. Thank you everyone. I will always remember the matches I played and my teammates. I am really happy to have played for sporting CP", said the Brazilian defender.

Rui Jorge names squad of 23 for Euro 2017 qualifiers

Rúben Semedo, Gelson Martins, Iuri Medeiros, Carlos Mané, Francisco Geraldes and Tobias Figueiredo all feature in the latest Portuguese under-21 squad list.

Rui Jorge's squad will face Israel (2nd of September) and Greece (6th of September) in a pair of Euro 2017 qualifiers.

Squad list in full:

Goalkeepers:

André Moreira (Atlético Madrid)

Bruno Varela (V. Setúbal)

Joel Pereira (Manchester United)

Defenders:

Edgar Ié (Villarreal)

Fernando Fonseca (FC Porto)

Paulo Henrique (P. Ferreira)

Rúben Semedo (Sporting)

Simão Azevedo (Sp. Braga)

Tobias Figueiredo (on loan from Sporting CP to Nacional)

Yuri Ribeiro (Benfica)

Midfielders:

André Horta (Benfica)

Bruno Fernandes (Sampdoria)

Francisco Geraldes (on loan from Sporting CP to Moreirense)

João Carvalho (Benfica)

Rúben Neves (FC Porto)

Tomás Podstawski (FC Porto)

Forwards:

Carlos Mané (Sporting)

Diogo Jota (Atlético Madrid)

Gelson Martins (Sporting)

Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica)

Gonçalo Paciência (FC Porto)

Iúri Medeiros (Sporting)

Ricardo Horta (Sp. Braga)