Lions Top Visiting Maritimo

At Lisbon:

Cristian Borja scored the only goal of the match in the 76th minute to carry Sporting CP to a 1-0 Monday Portuguese Primeira Liga home victory over Maritimo.

Lions Settle For Season-Opening Road Draw

At Funchal, Portugal:

Sebastian Coates' equalizer in the 29th minute on Sunday carried Sporting CP to a Portuguese Liga season-opening 1-1 road draw with Maritimo.

Getterson Alves dos Santos scored for the hosts in the eighth minute.

Lions Battle Maritimo To Goose-Egg Draw

At Funchal, Portugal:

In Monday Portuguese Liga action, the match between Maritimo and visiting Sporting CP ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

Lions Blank Visiting Maritimo

At Lisbon:

In Saturday Portuguese Lima action, Bruno Fernandes (PK-12') and Fredy Montero (35'; remember him Seattle Sounders fans?) each scored once as Sporting CP blanked visiting Maritimo 2-0.

Lions Robbed Of Road Victory

At Funchal, Portugal:

Joao Guiherme's equalizer in the 86th minute carried CS Maritimo to a 1-1 Sunday Portuguese Primeira Liga home draw with Sporting CP.  Ricky van Wolfswinkel scored for the Lions in the 54th minute.

Maritimo Blank Sporting CP In Battle Of Lions

At Funchal, Madeira, Portugal:


Selim Benachour (21') and Danilo Dias (60') provided the scoring punch as CS Maritimo blanked visiting Sporting CP 2-0 in Saturday Portuguese Primeira Liga action.

Late Goal Sinks Sporting CP

At Lisbon, Portugal:


Papa Diawara scored the winning goal in second-half stoppage time (90'+1) as Maritimo knocked off Sporting CP 3-2 on the road in Sunday Portuguese Primeira Liga action.

Sporting Take Battle Of Dueling Lions On The Road

At Funchal, Portugal:

Alberto Zapater scored twice (44', 67') as Sporting defeated Maritimo 3-0 on the road in Monday Portugese Liga action.

Lions Top Maritimo

At Lisbon, Portugal:

Sporting defeated CS Maritimo 1-0 in Sunday action in the Portuguese Liga.  For the Lions, it was their first win of the league season. Matias Fernandez scored the game's lone goal at 89 minutes.