Sporting signs Sinama-Pongolle from Atletico

Sporting has completed the signing of Atletico Madrid striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle.

The Portuguese league club announced the deal on Monday, saying the player had passed a medical test.

Sporting says the 25-year-old player agreed to a contract that keeps him with the Lisbon team through 2013, with Spanish press reports putting the transfer at around €6 million ($8.6 million).

The former Liverpool striker has spent most of his season and a half at the Vicente Calderon coming off the bench, with Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlan regulars in the team's lineup.