DANNY RUST reports on a Portuguese club hungry to re-establish themselves as the country’s best
SPORTING Clube de Portugal are looking to get back to their past glories -and they are finally on course. The club, commonly known as Sporting Lisbon in English-speaking countries, are one of the world’s most supported football clubs and were Portugal’s leading club in the 1940s and 1950s.
The cinco violinos – five violins – made up of Jesus Correia, Manuel Vasques, Albano Pereira, Jose Travassos and Fernando Peyroteo changed the face of Portuguese football w...
