Sporting Clube de Portugal
Description
Sporting Clube de Portugal (pron. 'spɔɾtĩg 'klub(ɨ) dɨ puɾtu'gaɫ; usually called Sporting Lisbon in the English-speaking world) is a sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal. The club is particularly renowned for its football branch, which is Portugal's most followed sport. With about 100,000 registered club members, Sporting is among the most successful and popular sports clubs in Portugal, its teams, athletes and supporters are often nicknamed "os Leões" - "the Lions". Sporting is among all modalities the second club in the inteir world with more titles.
Along with F.C. Porto and S.L. Benfica, Sporting Clube de Portugal is one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal. It is one of the clubs with the greatest number of medals won by its athletes in olympic competitions and one of the most remarkable at the European level, regarding the number of trophies won in every sport.