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  • present participle of sport.
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sporting

[spawr-ting, spohr-] / ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr- /


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Pereira had already planned pre-season in Portugal and Forest were due to play friendlies against Blackburn, Vitoria Guimaraes, Sporting Lisbon, Leverkusen, Barcelona and Udinese over the summer.

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

Argentina, meanwhile, was so blown away by Sporting KC’s main training center that it signed up 72 hours after its visit.

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

“I need to get to the Baker Sporting Emporium.”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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