The phrase "sporting power" is correct and can be used in written English.
It typically refers to a country or organization that has a significant influence or dominance in the world of sports. Example: The USA has long been recognized as a major sporting power, with its teams consistently performing well in international competitions such as the Olympics and World Cup.
In doing so, it knocked its bigger neighbour, Cuba, from its perch as the Caribbean's sporting power.
Spanish achievement in sports provided a much-needed cause for celebration in 2010 as the country took its place as a major sporting power.
Yahé is a huge celebrity in France, and one half of a sporting power couple as the fiancee of the France and Bordeaux-Bègles fly-half, Lionel Beauxis.
Ahead of the Ashes, the balance of sporting power between Britain and Australia has changedTHE rest of the world might think Britain has gone a bit overboard in its reaction to Andy Murray's win at Wimbledon yesterday.
Whether the games have succeeded in rebranding Canada as a modern, youthful sporting power, as some of the organisers apparently hoped, remains to be seen.Now the bills will fall due.
And Loretta Lynch, the tough California utilities czarina and Yale-trained litigator who questioned a year ago what Enron did that was of any value to consumers, will be look-nothing-alike Angelina Jolie, sporting power plant tattoos.
As well as the big names in the showpiece events, there will also be representatives of some of the world's lesser sporting powers such as Gambia, St Kitts and Nevis and the British Virgin Islands.
Although confident of Team GB's potential, Moynihan is under no illusions about the threat posed by the other major sporting powers.
The EV can operate on normal and sport power settings.
So it is no surprise that Israel is hardly a winter sports power.
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