President Bruno de Carvalho speaks at Sport & Support event in the Italian capital

Bruno de Carvalho was in Rome's Stadio Domiziano this Tuesday to speak about the club's recent success, in a seminar as part of the Sport & Support project.

"A lot of clubs are here and I have come to speak about what we are doing at Sporting, namely through the Sporting Foundation. We are getting involved in the community and we have projects helping more than two thousand children in give schools. We have held seminars, debates, lectures and a lot of other events", opened the Sporting president, after being welcomed to the event by the Lazio representation.

Another issue touched on what Sporting's return to other sports aide from football: "We have turned things around, because Sporting wants to be much more than just a football club. We are showing the greatness of this club. We are the top club in the world in terms of titles won, with more than 20,000, and we are in the top three in terms of European titles, with 24. On top of that, we have 23 athletes in the Olympic Games and four in the Paralympics.We have turned the dream of a new Arena (João Rocha Arena) into a reality, with one million of the ten million cost being paid for by donations from the fans and our members. It surprises people, but we have more than 400 Supporters' Clubs around the world and we have been on all five continents for more than 80 years now."

Also taking part in the event were representatives from: Lazio, Everton, Olympiacos, Frencvaros, Levski Sofia, Apoel Nicosia, Red Star, Racing Club de France, Aalborg, FK Buducnost AD Podgorica and Hask Mladost.