ROME – Pope Francis expressed the importance of the football World Cup and sent his wishes to those attending the tournament, which is underway in Qatar. 

ROME – The UN Agencies cricket team won the Queen’s Championship Cup, beating the Commonwealth Club in the 2022 final, organisers said. 

 TURIN – Juventus won their sixth consecutive Serie A match by beating Lazio at home. The 3 – 0 victory on Sunday evening took the team from Turin to third place in the league. 

 ROME – Lazio beat Roma 1 – 0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday to overtake their rivals in the Serie A standings. 

 MILAN – AC Milan beat RB Salzburg 4 – 0 and progressed to the round of 16 in the Champions League.

 MILAN – A former leader of the Inter Milan ultra-fans, Vittorio Boiocchi, was shot and killed by a pair of armed assailants on a motorbike, police said.

 MILAN – Inter Milan beat Czech club Viktoria Plzeň 4 – 0 on Wednesday evening, securing progression to the knock-out stages of the Champions League and eliminating FC Barcelona from the competitio

 FLORENCE – Inter Milan beat Fiorentina 4 – 3 in a dramatic match at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence on Saturday, with two goals scored after the 90^th minute.

 NAPLES - Napoli beat Bologna 3 - 2 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Sunday night, earning their tenth consecutive victory in all competitions.

 KATOWICE – Italy won the 20th edition of FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship 2022, defeating two-time defending champions Poland 3-1, sport officials reported on Sunday.

 FLORENCE - Fiorentina fought back from a goal down to claim a point after a 1-1 draw against Juventus at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.

 ROME – A first half brace from Paulo Dybala and a goal from Roger Ibañez da Silva helped ease Roma to a 3-0 victory against Monza at the Stadio Olimpico.

 BOLOGNA - 56-year-old Alessandra Matteuzzi has been killed after being struck by a hammer in a brutal attack in the courtyard of her own apartment block, Il Fatto Quotidiano have reported.

ROME – Team GB rounded off the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in style by winning three medals on the final day of the competition.

 ROME – It was another brilliant day for Team GB’s divers as they claimed a further two medals on the penultimate day of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships.

 ROME – It was another brilliant day in the Foro Italico pool for Team GB’s divers as they picked up a further two medals at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships.

 ROME – Great Britain’s Jack Laugher claimed gold in the 1m springboard diving at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome with an excellent set of six dives to take the crown.

 ROME – Ben Proud rounded off the swimming section of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships by winning gold in the 50m freestyle, while Imogen Clarke added a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke

 ROME – It was a golden day in the sun for Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix as she produced a remarkable final dive to take the 10m women’s platform title, while Grace Reid and James Heatly secured silver

 MUNICH – Italian sprinter Marcell Jacobs took home the crown in a time of 9.95 seconds at the 2022 European Athletics Championships.

 ROME – It was a successful evening in the pool at the Foro Italico for Great Britain’s swimmers as they came away with two medals on the penultimate day of swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics C

 ROME - Kyle Kothari and Lois Toulson produced an excellent series of dives to win gold in the 10m mixed synchronised platform diving at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships.

 ROME – The annual Commonwealth Cricket Cup is set to return to Rome on Sept 24 for its 2022 edition.

 PESARO – ETC Italy 2022, one of the largest board game competitions is set to take place from Aug. 3 to 7 at the PalaD di Campanara arena in Marche.