ROME– Britain celebrated the second Armed Forces Day last week-end. The event took place in Cardiff and it was a chance for anyone to show support and sustain the British Army.
The Defense Section of the British Embassy in Rome supported the Armed Forces community last Saturday by organizing sports competitions and a barbecue on [...]

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By BILL SCOTT

WIMBLEDON, England — The All England club might be starting to wake up to the fact that
the millions of pounds it donates each year out of tournament
profits to the benefit of the British game might be going wasted due
to a lack of budgetary discipline from the national federation.
The under-fire Lawn Tennis Association, is [...]

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  VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has received at an audience the winners of the Clericus Cup soccer championship which is held each year in the Holy See between 16 teams representing seminaries and holy orders in the Eternal City.
Davide Tisato, the captain of the powerful Redemptoris Mater eleven who won the Vatican football [...]

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By BILL SCOTT
PARIS — Italy is celebrating tennis history after smiling Francesca Schiavone won the French Open final over Australian Samantha Stosur 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) at the weekend. It was the first Grand Slam title for any Italian woman and the first for the nation since Adriano Panatta triumphed at Roland Garros in 1976.
“I’ve always [...]

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By BILL SCOTT
PARIS — A lack of room and political infighting could combine in the next few years finally to evict the French Open from its iconic Roland Garros venue on the leafy green edge of the Bois de Bolougne. 
Space is short and getting more so each year. When it rains, the situation is worse [...]

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Bartoli

By BILL SCOTT
PARIS – The country’s top two women players brought off-court controversy to the French Open as the catfight between No. 1 Marion Bartoli and Iranian-French rival Aravane Rezai heated up off-court hours at Roland Garros.
In the heat of the moment, Bartoli said she didn’t “give a damn” about the attention suddenly being lavished on [...]

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 By BILL SCOTT
 
ROME — Rafael Nadal’s shock decision to withdraw from his home Barcelona
Open in favour of being fully fit for the Rome Masters from this week
should bode well for the annual Foro Italico event.
The tournament which will debut a new showcase stadium which is
said to feature some seats with “limited” viewing, should mark the
2010 [...]

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Showcase facility ready to host resurgent American after Easter victory
 
 BY SCOTT WILLIAMS
 

 MIAMI, U.S.A. — Andy Roddick is confident heading into the clay-court ATP tournament stretch to next month’s French Open after lifting the prestige Miami Masters hardcourt title 7-5, 6-4 over Czech Tomas Berdych on Easter Sunday.    The seventh-ranked American seems to have rediscovered his [...]

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Few experiences in Italy can rival the pleasure of discovering a dazzling island archipelago aboard a sailboat in good company,  John Phillips writes. PHOTOS: Chantal Ina.
 
Aboard the Abracadabra – Sailing remains one of the most pleasurable ways to travel powered by natural energy alone, or almost, but lazing around on sailboats has long been considered the preserve of the [...]

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