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Sport in Italy has a long tradition. In several sports, both individual and team,
Other popular team sports in Italy include
Italy has a long and successful tradition in individual sports as well.
Historically, Italy has been successful in the Olympic Games, taking part from the first Olympiad and in 47 Games out of 48, not having officially participated in the 1904 Summer Olympics.[11] Italian sportsmen have won 618 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 141 at the Winter Olympic Games, for a combined total of 759 medals with 259 golds, which makes them the sixth most successful nation in Olympic history for total medals. The country hosted two Winter Olympics and will host a third (in 1956, 2006, and 2026), and one Summer games (in 1960).
Participation by sport
This list, published by
# | Sport | Participants | National teams | Details |
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1 | Football )(including futsal |
4,363,000 | Football Futsal |
Football in Italy |
2 | Water sports | 3,480,000 | Swimming Diving Water polo |
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3 | Gymnastics (including physical education) |
2,204,000 | ||
4 | Skiing | 2,060,000 | ||
5 | Cycling | 1,321,000 | Cycling | |
6 | Tennis | 1,298,000 | Fed Cup team |
Tennis in Italy |
7 | Volleyball (including beach volleyball) |
999,000 | Volleyball (men) Volleyball (women) |
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8 | Athletics )(including road running |
995,000 | Athletics | Athletics in Italy |
9 | Basketball | 606,000 | Basketball |
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10 | Bodybuilding (including physical fitness) |
555,000 |
Sports
Football
Italy's top domestic league, the
The history of football in Italy gives much of the explanation behind why it has remained such a popular sport today. The first record of an Italian football team goes back to 1893. This team was named
Stadiums have also become more than a place to watch a football game today. All across Italy, stadiums now include various different things such as museums, shops, and restaurants for the people attending the game to enjoy. Italian football stadiums also host other venues such as concerts, rugby matches, and field and track.
Being a football country, Italy has some all-time great players that have played for them. More players have won the coveted Ballon d'Or award while playing in Serie A than any other league in the world, except La Liga. Fabio Cannavaro played professional football from 1992 to 2011. He is among only one of three defenders to have been named FIFA's Player of the Year. Cannavaro won the award in 2006 which is the same year he also helped Italy reach the finals of the World Cup. Another one of Italy's all-time great football players was Dino Zoff. Zoff played goalie for Italy, and at 40 years old he became the oldest player to win the World Cup. Also, Dino holds the record for the longest time without giving up a goal at an international tournament with 1,142 minutes. His club play includes six Serie A titles. After retiring from playing football, Dino later became a coach. Another great Italian football player was Giuseppe Meazza. Meazza scored 33 goals in his 53 World Cup appearances. Meazza has the second most goals scored for Italy all time since he is only two goals behind Gigi Riva. Giuseppe won two World Cup's with Italy as well as winning three Serie A titles and one Coppa Italia title.[19]
Water sports
- World swimming Championships. Notable Italian swimmers are Novella Calligaris, Giorgio Lamberti, Domenico Fioravanti, Massimiliano Rosolino, Alessio Boggiatto, Federica Pellegrini, Filippo Magnini and Gregorio Paltrinieri.[22][23]
- The World Championships, 5 World Cup, 11 European Championships medals and 3 World League medals, making them one of the most successfulmen's water polo teams in the world. They have won a combined twelve championships in those five competitions, with the World League, the last competition which Italy won in 2022.
- The Athens, Greece. The squad is nicknamed the Setterosa.[25] The Serie A1 di pallanuoto maschile is the premier division of the Italian water polo male national championship. First held in 1912, it is currently contested by twelve teams. Pro Recco is the Serie A1's most successful club with 32 titles since 1959, followed by CN Posillipo with eleven.[26]
- Sailing (vela in Italian) and rowing (canottaggio in Italian) are popular sport in Italy. Notable Italian sailors are Agostino Straulino and Alessandra Sensini, while noteworthy Italian rower are Peppiniello Di Capua, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Carmine Abbagnale and Agostino Abbagnale.[22]
- On the second Sunday of October in the Republic of Amalfi, Republic of Pisa, Republic of Genoa and Republic of Venice, during which four rowing crews representing each of the republics compete against each other. This event, held under the patronage of the President of Italy,[30]takes place every year on a day between the end of May and the beginning of July, and is hosted in rotation between these cities.
- In 1972, synchronized swimming (nuoto sincronizzato in Italian) took hold in Italy, thanks to the commitment of a swimming teacher at the Lanciani swimming pool in Rome, who decided to let boys and girls try to train the alternating backstroke, rhythmizing the movements.[31] In 1976 the first synchronized swimming team was formed, the "clams", made up of seven girls and one boy.[31] At the Italian swimming pools athletes and swimming teachers began to study and practice the discipline, teaching it and making the sport grow.
- Towards the end of the 19th century the free-diver is Enzo Maiorca.[22]
- Other popular water sports in Italy are water skiing (sci nautico in Italian), surfing (surf in Italian) and water basketball (pallacanestro acquatica in Italian).
Basketball
Italy has a long and rich tradition in
A total of 99 teams have competed in the
Famous Italian club teams include
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The governing body of
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Other notable Italian athletes are Ugo Frigerio, Ondina Valla, Adolfo Consolini, Pino Dordoni, Abdon Pamich, Livio Berruti, Sara Simeoni, Gabriella Dorio, Alberto Cova, Gelindo Bordin, Stefano Baldini, Maurizio Damilano, Dorando Pietri, Paola Pigni, Luigi Beccali, Alessandro Andrei, Gianmarco Tamberi and Marcell Jacobs.[22][36]
Cycling
Two of the five '
Some of the most successful Italian road cyclists have been Costante Girardengo, Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartali, Alfredo Binda, Felice Gimondi, Fiorenzo Magni, Mario Cipollini, Francesco Moser, Marco Pantani, Moreno Argentin, Paolo Bettini, Michele Bartoli, Gianni Bugno, Alessandro Petacchi and Vincenzo Nibali.
Rugby union
Rugby union's traditional heartland consisted of the small country towns in the Po Valley, and other parts of Northern Italy.[48] One version says that Italian workers returning from France, particularly the south, introduced the game there, and gave it a significant rural/working class base, which still exists in towns such as Treviso and Rovigo.[48] A demonstration game was also played in 1910, in Turin between Racing Club Paris and Servette of Geneva. The Top10, known as the Peroni Top10 for sponsorship reasons, and formerly Top 12, is Italy's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The Top 10 is run by Italian Rugby Federation and is contested by 10 teams, following the Italian federation's decision to name Peroni as the official partner of the Top10 competition. Notable Italian players include Ivan Francescato, Paolo Vaccari, Carlo Checchinato, Massimo Giovanelli, Mauro and Mirco Bergamasco, and Sergio Parisse.[48]
Tennis
Tennis has a significant following near courts and by television. Italian professional tennis players are always in the top 100 world's ranking of male and female players. The Rome Masters, founded in 1930, is one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world.[49] Beach tennis with paddle racquet was invented by Italians, and is practiced by many people across the country.[50]
The five most successful Italian tennis players with regard to Grand Slam tournament results are Nicola Pietrangeli (1959 French Championships and 1960 French Championships), Adriano Panatta (1976 French Open), Francesca Schiavone (2010 French Open), Flavia Pennetta (2015 US Open) and Jannik Sinner (2024 Australian Open).
The
Volleyball
Volleyball (pallavolo in Italian) is played by a lot of amateur players. The Italian Volleyball League and Italian Women's Volleyball League are held since 1946. Modena Volley won 12 neb's titles, Volley Treviso nine, and Parma eight. Teodora Pallavolo Ravenna won 11 women's titles, Bergamo eight, and Audax Modena five.
In the
The
The Italian national teams have won both the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship and Men's European Volleyball Championship in the same year. This also makes them the only country to have won the UEFA European Championship, Women's European Volleyball Championship and Men's European Volleyball Championship all in the same year. Italy featured a women's national team in beach volleyball that competed at the 2018–2020 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.[52]
Winter sports
- Gustavo Thoeni, who won 4 Overall World Cups between 1970 and 1975; Piero Gros, who was Overall World Cup champion in 1974, and Alberto Tomba who won the Overall World Cup in 1995. Tomba, Deborah Compagnoni, and Isolde Kostner received many medals in different editions of the Winter Olympic Games. Giorgio Rocca and Manfred Mölgg won the Slalom World Cup in 2006 and 2008 respectively, whilst Giuliano Razzoli was Olympic slalom champion in 2010.
- Cross-country skiing (sci di fondo in Italian) is popular in northern Italy, with athletes, who have won medals at the Winter Olympics, of the likes of Franco Nones, Maurilio De Zolt, Stefania Belmondo, Marco Albarello, Giuseppe Pulie, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner, Bice Vanzetta, Manuela Di Centa, Gabriella Paruzzi, Fulvio Valbusa, Fabio Maj, Karin Moroder, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi, Giorgio Di Centa, Arianna Follis, Antonella Confortola, Sabina Valbusa and Federico Pellegrino.[54]
- first the summit of K2 (8611 m) in 1954, in the expedition led by the geologist Ardito Desio. Reinhold Messner was the first man in the world to reach the 14 summits, over 8,000 meters, and the first one to climb Mount Everest alone and without oxygen. Cesare Maestri conquered the Cerro Torre in Patagonia in 1959. Walter Bonatti is considered one of the best alpinists in Europe in 1950s, realizing some ascents considered impossible by the competitors.[55]
- Figure skating (pattinaggio di figura in Italian) is a popular sport and professional figure skaters often starring in events of exhibition. Notable Italian athlete in figure skating is Carolina Kostner.[56]
- Bobsleigh (bob in Italian) is very followed, because Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti was the most successful athlete in the international history of this sport.[57]
- Luge (slittino in Italian) is followed from its history, with Paul Hildgartner and Gerda Weissensteiner to the recent dominance of Armin Zöggeler.[58]
Bodybuilding
In Italy, bodybuilding is at the 10th place in the ranking of most popular sports, even considering the high number of people who engage in body building gym, as amateur, just to keep fit themselves.[59]
Combat sports
Combat sports are participated and followed sports. There are many national and international events every year.
- Summer Olympics editions, from Paris 1900, 26 times on 28.[62] Noteworthy fencers are Nedo Nadi, Giulio Gaudini, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Irene Camber, Mauro Numa, Giovanna Trillini and Valentina Vezzali.[22]
- Boxing is a sport, that Italy ranks in at 4th all-time at the Olympics.[63] Notable Italian boxers are Francesco Damiani, Primo Carnera, Nino Benvenuti, Bruno Arcari, Patrizio Oliva, Duilio Loi, Sandro Mazzinghi and Roberto Cammarelle.[22]
- Kickboxing is participated in Italy, both amateur and professionally. Notable Italian kickboxers are Gery Bavetta, Alessandro Campagna, Gabriele Casella, Mathias Gallo Cassarino, Roberto Cocco, Mustapha Haida, Gregorio Di Leo, Armen Petrosyan, Giorgio Petrosyan, Alessandro Riguccini, Mara Romero Borella, Annalisa Bucci, Silvia La Notte, Gloria Peritore, Chantal Ughi, Jleana Valentino, Veronica Vernocchi, Martine Michieletto and Chiara Vincis.
- Karate is participated in Italy, both amateur and professionally. Notable Italian karateka are Luigi Busà, Mattia Busato, Angelo Crescenzo, Luca Maresca, Simone Marino, Michele Martina, Carlo Pedersoli Jr., Pino Presti, Luca Valdesi, Luigi Zoia, Sara Battaglia, Viviana Bottaro, Sara Cardin, Carola Casale, Terryana D'Onofrio, Michela Pezzetti and Silvia Semeraro.
- Italy ranks 8th all-tiime in judo at the Olympics.[64] Notable Italian judoka winners of gold medals at the Olympics are Ezio Gamba, Giuseppe Maddaloni, Fabio Basile and Giulia Quintavalle.[65]
- Notable Italian athlete in Greco-Roman wrestling (lotta greco-romana in Italian) is Vincenzo Maenza.[22]
Equestrian sports
Olympic disciplines, horse racing (ippica in Italian), equestrian vaulting (volteggio a cavallo in Italian), polo, and rodeo are participated and followed sports. There are many national and international events every year. Notable Italian equestrian are Gian Giorgio Trissino, Piero D'Inzeo, Raimondo D'Inzeo, Graziano Mancinelli and Mauro Checcoli.[22]
Hippodrome of San Siro (Italian: Ippodromo di San Siro) is a horse racing venue in the city of Milan, which takes its name from the neighborhood of the same name in which it is located. Designed in 1913 to replace the then-used Trotter in Via Padova, the Hippodrome of San Siro was inaugurated on 25 July 1920, with its construction work being slowed down due to the World War I.[66] In 1999 a statue of Leonardo's horse was placed in the square in front of the racecourse.[67] It is owned by Snaitech.[68]
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Ice hockey
Futsal
The Italy national futsal team represents Italy in international futsal (calcetto in Italian) competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. It is one of the strongest teams in Europe, champions in the 2003 UEFA Futsal Championship and UEFA Futsal Euro 2014.[84] The Italy national futsal team has appeared in the final match of the FIFA Futsal World Cup once (2004) as well as two third/fourth place playoffs.[85]
Motorsports
Motorsports (sport motoristici in Italian) in Italy have an important tradition and are very popular.[5]
- Well-known TCR Italian Series, Italian GT Championship, Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, Italian F4 Championship, and the Monza Rally Show.
- In auto racing (automobilismo in Italian) in Italy is extremely popular, from Formula One to endurance racing to rallies.[5] In speed, from the first races of the 20th century, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Maserati (the only Italian manufacturer to win the Indianapolis 500 twice),[93] Ferrari, Abarth and Lancia, have won in the most important races (Targa Florio, Rally of Italy, Mille Miglia, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Nürburgring 24 Hours, Carrera Panamericana) and won world and continental titles in all categories. The Italian driver Giuseppe Farina, in his Alfa Romeo, won the first Formula One World Driver Championship in 1950. Italian Scuderia Ferrari is the oldest surviving team in Grand Prix racing,[10] having competed since 1948, and statistically the most successful Formula One team in history.
- Formula One team Ferrari has had great success over the many years as they have competed in the sport since 1950, when the sport first started. They have won 16 constructors' championships and 15 drivers' championships. This team is also the most successful engine manufacturer in the sport as far as wins, fastest laps and podiums are concerned.[94] Their World Champions are Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen. The other Italian team in F1, Scuderia AlphaTauri have two wins in the sport.
- In road racing, the Alessandro Fiorio, Alessandro Fassina), and titles continental.
- In motorcycling (motociclismo in Italian), the great champions of the past, such as Umberto Masetti, Carlo Ubbiali, Tarquinio Provini and Giacomo Agostini, the most successful rider in the history of the World Championship,[95] (15 times world champion in the 350 and 500 cc classes with 10 victories at the Tourist Trophy).
- They are followed by the champions of the present, brands have won the most prestigious races and won world championships in all categories.
- Tony Cairoli is the most titled Italian in Motocross, while in the women's category (WMX) Kiara Fontanesiis the most titled in the world, with six championships won, four of which were in a row.
- Powerboating (motonautica in Italian) has a long history linked to the Italian country. With the founding of the Italian Motorboat Federation in 1923, whose president was Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, this sport immediately attracted prominent personalities of the time with frequenters of the first major events including Guglielmo Marconi, Benito Mussolini and Gabriele D'Annunzio. This sport in Italy has grown in particular from the 1970s onwards and counts Angelo Moratti and subsequently Massimo Moratti among the presidents of its federation. In 1929 the Pavia-Venice Raid was born, the longest powerboat race in the world at the time. In the 1930s, Gabbriele D'Annunzio offered the Oltranza Cup for the Gardone Riviera races. The main centers of the Italian Power Force settled in the Lombardy area and in particular in Como, Milan.[98]
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Golf
American football
The Italy national American football team, nicknamed the Blue Team is the national American football team for Italy. They have been successful, having won the European championship three times,[102] and been runner up three times. They won the 2021 IFAF European Championship, its third European title, having also won in 1983 and 1985.[103] The best result at the IFAF World Championship was 4th place at the 1999 IFAF World Championship.[104]
Gymnastics
At the turn of the millennium, Italy showed a growing quality in the discipline, with Susanna Marchesi finishing 9th at the Individual All Around competition, as well as the team winning 6th place in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Italy won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and came in at 4th place at the 2008 Summer Olympics. They also collected a string of medals throughout the 2005–2008 Olympic cycle.[107] At the 2009 Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship in Mie, Japan, the team soared to first place, winning the gold medal and becoming the new queens, a feat they achieved again at the 2010 Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship in Moscow. The celebration of Italian gymnastics is because they are among the best squads in the world, facing competitions against the Eastern European block of nations: Belarus, Russia, and Bulgaria. Vanessa Ferrari was multiple world and European champion of artistic gymnastics.
Rugby league
Rugby league (rugby a 13 in Italian) was established prior to the 1950s, and the Italy national rugby league team plays in various international competitions. The Italy national team were victorious in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup qualifying tournament. They will therefore contest their first Rugby League World Cup in 2013. Italy has also participated in the 2009 European Cup and the 2000 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament.[108]
Lacrosse
Although lacrosse tournaments and competitions have been held in Italy since 2002,[110] the first official edition of the championship dates back to the 2009-2010 season. The most successful team is the Pellicani Bocconi of Milan. Lacrosse in Italy is governed by the Italian Lacrosse Federation, which was founded in 2007. The Italy national lacrosse team has qualified for the World Lacrosse Championship four consequtive times (2006-2018). At the most recent event (2018), it finished 16th out of 46.
Floorball
The Italian Floorball Championship is divided into two different leagues, Campo Grande ("great field"), which takes place in a field of 40 m (130 ft) x 20 m (66 ft), and Campo Piccolo ("small field"), which takes place in a field of 24 m (79 ft) x 16 m (52 ft). In the 2020 Men's World Floorball Championships the Italy men's national floorball team did not pass the qualifications and did not pass to the final stage of the tournament. In 2022 it holds the 33rd position in the IFF World Ranking.[111]
Traditional sports
Several traditional team
- The traditional sport of ball sport belonging to the boules family. Developed into its present form in Italy, it is closely related to British bowls and French pétanque, with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire. Bocce is played around western, southern and southeastern Europe, as well as in overseas areas with historical Italian immigrant population, including Australia, North America, and South America, principally Argentina and the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Initially played just by the Italian immigrants, the game has slowly become more popular with their descendants and more broadly.
- Palio or annual athletic contest is followed very much, because every comune celebrates ancient events in these competitions. The most famous in the world is Palio di Siena.[119] The first Palio di Siena took place in 1633.[113] Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen contrade of Siena, or city wards. The Corteo Storico of Siena, a pageant to the sound of the March of the Palio, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world.
- The medieval origin that culminates with a bareback horse race. The race has been run each year since the 13th century.[120] The earliest record, cited by Guglielmo Ventura,[121] dates from the third quarter of the 13th century. It has taken place every year, with the exception of a period in the 1870s and a 30 year interruption in the 20th century. Since 1988, the race has taken place in a triangular 'square' in the center of Asti, the Piazza Alfieri.
- The horse race. Legnano is subdivided into eight contrade, each of which takes part both in the medieval pageant and in the horse race held at the stadio Giovanni Mari. This is considered one of the most important non-competitive events of this type in Italy. In 2003 the historic pageant was shown at the Columbus Day in New York City.[122]
- The Palio of Ferrara is a competition among the 8 neighborhoods (contrade) of the town of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Four of these neighborhoods correspond to four wards located inside the medieval town fortifications. The remaining four correspond to external boroughs. After a long interruption the tradition was briefly reenacted in 1933, stopped again during World War II and eventually restarted in 1967.[124][125][126][127]
- The Palio di Parma is a festival that is held once a year in the northern Italian town of Parma, and traces back to the ancient "Scarlet Run"".[128] The origin of this festival can be reconducted to 1314[129] as reported by Giovanni Del Giudice in the Chronicon Parmense.[130] The festival was held every year on 15 August, from the 14th century to Napoleon's arrival in the 19th century.[131] Starting from 1978 the competition was brought to a new life.[129]
- soccer and rugby) that originated during the Middle Ages in Italy.[114] Once widely played, the sport is thought to have started in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. There it became known as the giuoco del calcio fiorentino ("Florentine kick game") or simply calcio, which is now also the name for association football in the Italian language. The game may have started as a revival of the Roman sport of harpastum. This traditional sporting event attracts tourists from all over the world.[115]
- Saracen Joust of Arezzo is an ancient game of chivalry. It dates back to the Middle Ages. It was born as an exercise for military training. This tournament was regularly held in Arezzo between the 16th century and the end of the 17th century, when memorable jousts in baroque style were organized. The joust – which became a typical tradition of Arezzo at the beginning of the 17th century – declined progressively during the 18th century and eventually disappeared, at least in its "noble" version. After a brief popular revival between the 18th and 19th century, the joust was interrupted after 1810 to reappear only in 1904 in the wake of the Middle Ages reappraisal operated by Romanticism. Finally, the joust was definitely restored in 1931 as a form of historical re-enactment set in the 14th century, and quickly acquired a competitive character. Saracen Joust attracts tourists from all over the world.[116]
- The Roman military camps, where the soldiers were trained in lance fighting.[132] This is the origin of the tournament's name, but the first definition and documented "Quintana" as a knights' jousting tournament during a festival, dates back to 1448. In 1613 the build-up to the Quintana tournament included the carnival festivals we see today. Giostra della Quintana attracts tourists from all over the world.[133]
Italy at the Olympics
Historically, Italy has been successful in the Olympic Games, taking part from the first Olympiad and in 47 Games out of 48, not having officially participated in the 1904 Summer Olympics.[134]
Italy has hosted the Games on four occasions:
- 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
- 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
- 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
- 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
As 2022, Italian athletes have a cache of 618 medals at
Italy had finished the Summer Olympic Games: 2nd in 1932, 3rd in 1960, 4th in 1936, and 5th in 1924, 1928, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980 and 1984. In the Winter Olympic Games, Italy has finished 4th in 1968 and 1994, and 6th in 1952 and 1992. Italy ranks 1st all-time in fencing, 2nd in cycling, 3rd in luge, 4th in boxing and shooting, 5th in alpine skiing, and 6th in bobsled, cross-country skiing and short track speed skating.
The
Walk of Fame of Italian sport
The
The Walk of Fame of Italian sport is a road path in Rome with plaques dedicated to former Italian sports athletes who have distinguished themselves internationally. It runs between the Avenue of the Olympics and the Stadio Olimpico in the Olympic Park of the Foro Italico of the capital.[138]
See also
- Borella, a traditional, three pin bowling
- Sport in Sicily
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Further reading
- Martin, Simon. "Italian Sport and the Challenges of Its Recent Historiography", Journal of Sport History (2011) 38#2 pp 199–209; reviews works on history of football, the politicization of sports, and military sport
External links
- Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI)
- Media related to Sport in Italy at Wikimedia Commons