The tennis competition at the Paris Olympics has lost two of its hopefuls, the Italian Jannik Sinner and the Danish Holger Rune. In both cases it has been for health reasons: Sinner for tonsillitis and Rune for an injury to the thumb. The Olympic Tennis Games are held at the legendary Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday, the day after the opening ceremony.

Italy showcased their sailing skills by retaining the Nations Trophy at the Youth Sailing World Championships 2024. The event, held from 15 to 19 July on Lake Garda, concluded with a vibrant closing ceremony celebrating the achievements of the world's top young sailing talents.

Olympic champion Alessandra Sensini, one of the most prominent figures in Olympic sailing, is mentoring the next generation of Italian sailors as Youth Technical Director for the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV).

Italy defeated Germany 3-1 in the final match of the U-18 European Baseball Championship, while the Netherlands secured the bronze medal by beating Great Britain.

Preparations are nearly complete, and the groundwork has already been laid by the next generation of champion sailors ahead of the 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships at Lake Garda, one of the most famous tourist lakes in northern Italy. 

Curling at the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will consist of  three competitions, each involving ten National Olympic Committees - women's, men's and mixed doubles. All three events will take place at the Cortina Olympic Stadium in Cortina D'Ampezzo.

'Save the Dream' and its partners in the EU ERASMUS+ Crossing the Boundaries through Sport 'CrosSport' project, the International Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC), Spain's Fundación Sevilla FC and Italy's Fondazione Lazio 1900, hosted the project's final conference at the Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor in Lisbon, Portugal.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, the reigning champion at Wimbledon and Roland Garros, was knocked out in the second round of the Queen's tournament on Thursday, where he was defending his title, while Italy's Jannik Sinner, the world number one, reached the quarter-finals in Halle.

The two-week camp at the Lake Placid Olympic Village included 34 athletes, seven coaches, four members of the physiology staff and nine members of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Next month, the senior national team will travel to Livigno, Italy for a high-altitude training camp.

Newly-crowned world number one Jannik Sinner will play singles as well as doubles alongside Lorenzo Musetti at the Paris Olympics, the Italian tennis federation said Friday. Sinner will compete at an Olympics for the first time on the clay courts of Roland Garros where he made the semi-finals of the French Open last week, playing a tough match against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.

Sara Fantini upped Italy’s gold medal tally to eight, winning the women’s hammer at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships yesterday. Backed by home support, Fantini beat four-time world gold medallist Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland with a season’s best of 74.81m in the fourth round. 

The decision to honour the founder of the AS Roma football club on a postage stamp has caused a furore in Italy due to his fascist past. The stamp issued on Thursday bears the face of Italo Foschi, a fascist militia leader who was accused of persecuting Jewish people.

Former Australian Test opener Joe Burns will play for Italy as they aim to qualify for the 2026 T20 World Cup as a tribute to his late brother.

Olympic champions Marcell Jacobs and Andre De Grasse said Monday they relished "sharing every moment" as they competed with each other during joint training sessions, Agence France-Presse reported ahead of the Golden Spike meet in the Czech city of Ostrava.