- present participle of sport.
sporting
Example Sentences
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There are also agreed deals for striker Emmanuel Emegha to join from Strasbourg and winger Geovany Quenda to arrive from Sporting, while Strasbourg midfielder Valentin Barco is expected to complete a move.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
Sporting events accounted for 96 of the top 100 most watched telecasts of 2025 — tied with 2023 for the most ever, per Sports Business Journal.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026
Jake Reid, the president of Sporting KC—whose facilities will be hosting Argentina and England—knows that soccer’s superpowers don’t choose base camps lightly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
"We are a small country that rarely has global impact outside football," Joao Aroso, who worked with the forward both at Sporting and at the national team, told BBC Sport.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
He came down the Rue de France and found himself at the Sporting Club.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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