Sporting scores extension with Macron

Lisbon-based Primeira Liga football club Sporting Clube de Portugal has renewed its kit partnership with Italian sportswear manufacturer Macron.

The new four-year deal will run until the end of the 2020-21 season.

As well as providing kit for the Primeira Liga outfit, Macron will supply uniform for Sporting's futsal, roller hockey, handball and athletics teams, with the objective being to accompany athletes on the road to the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Macron first partnered with Sporting ahead of the 2014-15 season.