Hosts Italy won their opening game of the Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Trieste.
Italy women’s softball team are set to hold their first training camp of the year after announcing a roster of 22 players to gear up for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Four-time Paralympic gold medallist Alex Zanardi has "started talking" again and "communicated with his family".
Italy has been confirmed as the host nation for this year's Under-23 European Baseball Championship.
Greece, Montenegro and Italy reached the Men's Water Polo World League Super Final after finishing in the top three positions in the European qualifying league.
Four-time Paralympic champion and former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi has taken further steps in his recovery from a serious accident in June, with it being reported that some of his senses have returned.
The Italian Baseball Association for the Blind (AIBxC) has been approved as an associate World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) member by the global body's Executive Board.
Paolo Rossi, the leading scorer when Italy won the FIFA World Cup in 1982, has passed away aged 64.
Angelo Cito has been re-elected as President of the Italian Taekwondo Federation (FITA) after a landslide victory over challenger Park Jun-ho.
The Italian public is set to choose the official logo for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Italy women’s softball team are poised to step up preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by holding a training camp in Rome.
Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) President Giovanni Malagò has warned that "it doesn’t seem that the problems have been solved", as wrangling over a draft sports law the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has warned risks Italy's place at next year's Olympics continues.
Former European medallist Sandra Robatscher will miss the entire 2020-2021 luge season after undergoing shoulder surgery.
Italy has become the latest country to withdraw from the European Gymnastics Championships in the artistic and rhythmic disciplines because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
Michele Uva has ended his three-year spell as UEFA vice-president to return to Sport e Salute, an Italian agency owned by the country's Ministry of Economy.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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