Sport Club do Recife (Portuguese pronunciation: [spTti klub du esifi]), known as Sport Recife or Sport, is a Brazilian sports club, located in the city of Recife, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.
Cruzeiro (Portuguese meaning the Southern Cross, the Brazilian national symbol) is a municipality in the state of So Paulo in Brazil. It is located about 220 km (137 mi) from the state capital.
The club was founded on 2 January 1921, by sportsmen from the Italian colony of Belo Horizonte as Societ Sportiva Palestra Itlia. As a result of the Second World War, the Brazilian federal government banned the use of any symbols referring to the Axis powers in 1942.