The Sporting CP Herald
Match28 Oct 2026
Issa Doumbia sends Sporting CP through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Issa Doumbia obliged against Felgueiras. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Sporting CP.
Match28 Oct 2026
Cruel end for Felgueiras as Sporting CP pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Sporting CP scored in the 97th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Giorgos Vagiannidis beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market2 Nov 2026
Rodrigo Zalazar wants more than Sporting CP are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Match31 Oct 2026
Whatever happens, Sporting CP do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
The terraces2 Nov 2026
The crowd has taken to Silas Andersen
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match31 Oct 2026
João Félix the difference as Sporting CP beat Nacional
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: João Félix. 1‑0 against Nacional, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes of Silas Andersen at his very best
Marked 8.20. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Sporting CP.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes of João Félix at his very best
Marked 8.17. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Sporting CP.
In brief
- Market Sporting CP may not be able to give Pedro Lima what he wants
- The dugout Sporting CP keep their word to Rodrigo Zalazar
- The dugout Rodrigo Zalazar has become a man the manager trusts