Sport president to step down at the end of December | OneFootball

The president of Sport, Yuri Romão, announced this Friday, in a press conference, that he will not remain in office for the next season. Virtually relegated, the Recife team will elect a candidate to serve an interim term until 2026, the year in which the club’s elections are scheduled to take place.

“In this last meeting, we made the decision that president Yuri Romão will stay until December 31. At the end of this period, we will call for an audit, which is already standard due to the Pelé Law, and right after the audit, we will call an election to choose a new leader to take charge of Sport Club do Recife. It will probably be an interim term and at the end of 2026, elections will be held again for the next three-year period,” said the official.

Crisis at Sport

The official was elected for the 2023/24 term and, after gaining promotion to the first division, was re-elected with more than 80% of the votes for the 2025/26 term. Amid the imminent relegation in the Brazilian Championship, the Leão has been going through a turbulent period both on and off the field.

Currently, the Recife club is at the bottom of the Brasileirão, with only 17 points in 32 games, and could be mathematically relegated in the next round.

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