Covid-19: Sporting's SAD administration halves wages

The reduction in half of the salary of SAD administrators of the Lisbon club will apply in April, May and June and is motivated by the suspension of activity in professional competitions, due to the pandemic of covid - 19 .

Also today, Sporting reached an agreement with the players of the professional football team for a salary reduction of 40% during April, May and June. The agreement, whose negotiations counted on the participation of the Players Union, aims to minimize the negative effects of the pandemic, which caused the suspension of professional championships, in 12 March.

Sporting occupies the fourth place in the I League, which was interrupted by 24. Th of a total of 34 journeys, four points apart Sporting Braga, third place, 17 Benfica, second, and 18 of the leader FC Porto.

The new coronavirus, responsible for the pandemic of covid - 19 , has already provoked more than 107 thousand killed and infected more than 1.7 million people in 193 countries and territories.

Of the infection cases, almost 345 thousand are considered cured. After appearing in China in December, the outbreak spread throughout the world, which led the World Health Organization to declare a pandemic situation, and the European continent is currently the most affected, with about 900 thousand infected and 74 thousand dead.

In Portugal, which has been in a state of emergency since 19 in March and until the end of the day 17 in April , there were 470 deaths and 15. 987 cases of confirmed infections, according to the balance sheet made today.