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Jannik Sinner became the first Italian man to reach the US Open final on Friday while Taylor Fritz beated Frances Tiafoe to become the first American man in a Grand Slam final in 15 years. Australian Open champion Sinner defeated an ailing Jack Draper of Britain 7-5, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 in the semi-finals. Tomorrow is going to be Italy vs USA in New Yor...

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More Italian medals yesterday at the Paris Paralympic Games. Assunta Legnante, the world's most medal-winning Paralympic athlete in athletics, is first in the F12 shot put. For Assunta this is the second French medal after silver in the discus, sixth medal at the Paralympics, third time champion in the weight after London 2012 and Rio 2016, with in...

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Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori claimed a 7-6(0) 7-5 victory on Thursday to win the mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open and end unseeded all-American pair Taylor Townsend and Donald Young's storybook run. The victory gave five-times women's doubles Grand Slam champion Errani and Vavassori their maiden Grand Slam mixed doubles title in on...

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Italy is at 54 medals: 16 golds, 11 silvers, 27 bronzes. Yesterday's golds came from Oney Tapia in the discus throw F11, from Antonio Fantin in the 100 freestyle S6 swimming, and from archery, with the Mixed Team of Open Recurve Archery composed of Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani. Silver medal for Martina Caironi in the long jump T63. Despit...

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On Sept. 8 at 9:30 a.m., all boys and girls born in 2012, residing in New York City and of Italian descent will be able to compete to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Palermo, Sicily in early October at the Olympic-type sporting event organized by CONI. The venue for Sunday’s competition is the Federation of Italian-American Organization Center in...

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Yesterday 3 golds, 2 silvers and 6 bronzes: we are at 46 medals! In day 7 of the paris Paralympic Games Italy stood on the highest podium thanks to Fabrizio Cornegliani in the H1 individual time trial in road cycling, Alberto Amodeo gold in the 400 freestyle S8 swimming, and Monica Boggioni dominating the women's 50 breaststroke SB3. Silver medals...

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They once again come from swimming and again bear the signatures of Carlotta Gilli and Stefano Raimondi the two gold medals on the sixth day of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Gilli triumphed in the 200 medley SM3, while Raimondi won in the 100 butterfly S10. Italy stands at 35 medals: 10 gold, 8 silver, 17 bronze. The first medal of the day came...

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After years of grueling training and long-harbored dreams, falling just short of making the U.S. Olympic team can deal a devastating blow to any athlete. While it certainly was a blow for Vincent Ciattei, it also spelled a qualitative leap in performance that has opened the door to exciting new opportunities for his track-and-field career. The 29-y...

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Gold medal and world record for Simone Barlaam in the 50-style S9. The Italian set a new world record by swimming 23"90. Gold also for Giulia Ghiretti in the 100 breaststroke SB4. Manuel Bortuzzo takes bronze in the 100 breaststroke Sb4 at the Paris Palalympics. Shortly before, Federico Bicelli triumphed in the 400 S7 style. Behind him were Trusov...

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Italy triumphed as the first ever U17 boys’ volleyball world champions. In Saturday’s final of the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World Championship in Sofia, they earned the historic trophy with a phenomenal comeback from two sets down against Argentina and after denying several opponent match points in the fourth. Chinese Taipei also made th...

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