LISBON (Reuters) - Sporting have overwhelmingly voted to eject president Bruno de Carvalho in a bid to save the Portuguese club after nine players quit in protest at an attack in May by angry fans who had allegedly been spurred by his public rebuke of the team.
Over 71 percent of nearly 15,000 paying members of the Lisbon-based club who cast their ballot on Saturday voted to relieve de Carvalho of his duties after five years in the job, club officials announced in the early hours on Sunday.
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