SPORTS | Sporting Macau celebrates 88th anniversary, seeks to enhance partnerships

Conceição Junior speaks about Sporting’s legacy

Sporting Club of Macau celebrated its 88th anniversary on Friday. The local football club is seeking to enhance partnerships and has initiated talks with Brazilian agency Think Ball & Sports Consulting, which represented famous footballer Liedson, to explore further cooperation opportunities.
Recently, Sporting Club of Macau also signed a partnership with Osaka FC to procure transfer opportunities for both sides.
The club’s president, Mr António Conceição Junior met with Marcelo Robalinho, the international director of the Brazilian agency Think Ball & Sports Consulting. Mr Robalinho said in a statement that the meeting was “very productive,” adding that they hope to contribute to the development of football in Macau.
On Sporting’s 88th anniversary dinner on Friday, António Conceição Junior reviewed the club’s past, and promised that their future would be inspired by sportsmanship and standards of fair play, which have been some of the team’s core values throughout the years.
“We think football can be a way, like many other ways, to human perfection. By playing football, by competing, one can perfect one’s character, become more and more loyal, honest, work hard to face all adversities,” he said.
The club’s president said that representatives of other clubs were invited to the anniversary dinner because Sporting wishes to reinforce fair play and sportsmanship, uniting local clubs as “the main developers of football.”
“This is the meaning of our dinner tonight. We celebrate together the cause of [developing] a better future for football in Macau,” António Conceição Junior added.
This year, Sporting was promoted to the first division and later played to win last season’s championship. The coming season has its challenges, the president said, but the team will overcome any hurdles with pride and sportsmanship.
Sporting signed a partnership with Osaka FC in September, making it possible to transfer players between Macau and Japan. CP