- present participle of sport.
sporting
Example Sentences
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Angel City sporting director Mark Parsons is taking his time searching for a new coach in a strategy that could jeopardize the team’s playoff chances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
For Toyota sporting director Kaj Lindstrom there were mixed feelings.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Young people, and future sporting stars, may ask themselves: Why Nike?
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
At Asia's biggest sporting spectacular there are 534 eSports competitors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Many of them were wearing the same shades of orange and blue as Mrs. Childers, but their grim expressions made it seem more like they were headed to a funeral than to a sporting event.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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