Partnership to provide study scholarships in the USA

Building on a partnership with the Sporting Foundation which has already seen Paulo Pereira, a youngster supported by the project, receive a study scholarship in the United States, Next Level Sports signed a protocol this week with the CIF Sporting Academy School, with the Alvalade club heading up the ceremony and partnership.

“It is with great satisfaction that we are taking another step in Next Level Sports' strategy. We have been around for a year now, but we want to carry on for many more. We believe that we can build a new generation of athletes and footballers. We trust in the kids who are at the Academy and we know that fitting studying and their sports lives together is really important", affirmed Tasslim Sualehe, CEO of Next Level Sports, at the signing, continuing: “We are to here to support the youngsters and we know they can do it. We think that it is really important for them to carry on with their academic lives, because not everyone reaches the top level of competition. It is important that they don't only focus on football."

This partnership between the CIF Sporting Academy School and Next Level Sports will provide the Academy's young players with the chance to earn study scholarships in the United States. "We are sure that this project will be a reference and motivation for our young athletes", concluded the CIF president, António Rebelo. 

Bruno Moreira shares his thoughts on EHF second-leg against Team Tvis Holstebro

Sporting may have lost out in the EHF Cup second round first-leg against Team Tvis Holstebro, but the 36-31 scoreline leaves the fixture open for the return leg in Lisbon.

“We have to be a lot more aggressive in defence and to not miss so many chances on goal, because that lets our opponent go on the counter-attack where they are strongest”, said captain Bruno Moreira in the build up to the second-leg, continuing: “We have to do everything to make sure that they don’t do the same thing again. We want the fans to believe we can turn it around, because we believe we can. Of course it won’t be easy against a good team, but we have a lot of quality and we want to get into the next round.”

Montero and Paulo Oliveira on Sporting's Europa League opener

Fredy Montero spoke with radio journalists after his side’s loss in their Europa League opener this Thursday. “It wasn’t the start that we wanted and things didn’t go how we wanted them to. Now we have to pick up away the points that we have dropped at home”, affirmed the Colombian at the final whistle.

In parallel, Paulo Oliveira highlighted that there are still plenty of games to tally up points: “We conceded on the break, but we didn’t let it get to us and we went looking for the result. We still have five games and nothing is decided yet.”