http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-sporting&prov=reuters&type=lgns Sporting chairman quits, cites resignations Sporting chairman Antonio Dias da Cunha quit on Wednesday, saying his decision to let go the club's coach and executive director had hurt him deeply. Coach Jose Peseiro and executive director Paulo de Andrade resigned on Tuesday following a string of disappointing results. "The decision that I took, although it was done in the best interests of Sporting, hurt me in an intolerable way," Dias da Cunha said in a statement on Sporting's website. He had headed the Lisbon club since 2000. Sporting suffered their second successive defeat on Sunday, going down 1-0 at home to struggling Academica. Sporting are seventh in the 18-team table with 12 points from seven games. http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fblporsporting&prov=afp&type=lgns Sporting president resigns a day after coach leaves Sporting Lisbon president Antonio Dias da Cunha resigned just a day after coach Jose Peseiro and club administrator Paulo de Andrade had done the same. Peseiro left on Tuesday, citing bad results which have left Sporting in seventh spot in the Portguese first division table, five points behind leaders Sporting Braga. Dias da Cunha said he had decided to quit because of outside pressure, especially from the media and supporters, a reason also given by Peseiro. ＝　＝||| --

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