ROME - Against the current grain of sponsors leaving and events being cancelled, fans of top-level professional sporting events in the capital have something to be cheerful about this spring, becau

ROME – Ten Tottenham Hotspur supporters, in Rome for a football match, were injured in an anti-semitic attack Thursday morning. One was seriously hurt.

ROME- Runners hit the streets of Rome in a bid to raise money and eradicate hunger. “Let’s stop hunger in its tracks” was the event’s motto.

ROME- It could so easily have been a season to forget for Belgium’s Philippe Gilbert.

ROME - Not for the first time, a stadium is at the heart of a row in Serie A.

NEW YORK - Andy Murray was quick to learn the value of tennis celebrity status, as the new US Open champion and his 30 closest friends ate on the house at a New York Chinese restaurant.  

ROME- Football is deeply embedded in Italian culture- it is one of those things that demands loyalty that is handed down generations. It is a stream that if disrupted can tear apart families.

ROME- Seven gold, six silver, and four bronze, so far, these are the Italian winnings at the London Olympics. It is the last week, with much more to go.

ROME-“I come to entertain.” These are the words of Zdeněk Zeman, the idiosyncratic Czech coach who will return to the AS Roma bench after 13 years away.

ROME -- More than 22 million spectators gathered around big screens all over Italy to watch the final match of the Euro League.

 WIMBLEDON -- With this edition of Wimbledon heading towards its climax, hopes are increasing that perhaps another week can be added to the month-long grass season in hope

 ROME--  Lazio captain Stefano Mauri was amongst 19 people arrested in the latest police action against corruption and match fixing in Italian football.

ROME -- Ryder Hesjedal won the Giro d'Italia cycling race Sunday, the first time a Canadian placed first in the gruelling competition.

FALZES/PFALZEN--After almost 3,000km of racing, there is still no way to be sure of who will wear the Maglia Rosa (pink jersey) at the end of this year's Giro d'Italia.

 PARIS - Both Rome Masters winner Rafael Nadal and finalist Novak Djokovic each go into the French Open next weekend with something to prove.

MADRID - Roger Federer heads into the busiest of tennis’ summer standing second in the world behind Novak Djokovic, with huge tests at the French Open and Wimbledon before the London Olympics.