ROME  - In a historic moment for the UFC, Merab Dvalishvili, captured the UFC Bantamweight Championship by defeating reigning champion Sean O'Malley in a highly anticipated showdown in Las Vegas.

 ROME -- By this time of year, most tennis players have spent so many hours in the sun they arrive at the US Open with world-class tans.

 ROME -- As a rainstorm forced the closure of the roof on Arthur Ashe stadium, the press box buzzed with debates about who that favored.

 ROME -- Jannik Sinner, the savior of Italian tennis, came into the semifinals at the US Open heavily favored.

 ROME -- Back in the early 80s, after Arthur Ashe was forced to retire by a heart attack, but before it was known that he had contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion, he used to speculate about th

 ROME -- Italy's 2024 Paralympic Games got off to a perfect start on Thursday as Carlotta Gilli's golden success capped a five-medal haul in the pool at the La Défense Arena.

 ROME -- The second round at the US Open started off in scorching conditions and ended the next day in what passes for normal in New York in August.

ROME -- Napoli have confirmed the signing of Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea in a deal worth an initial 30 million euros.

 ROME -- After a spectacular and pulse raising Olympic Games in Paris ended nearly three weeks ago, the French capital re-awakens on Wednesday to do it all again with the Paralympics.

 ROME -- Ezio Gamba, the decorated Italian judoka who has previously trained Vladimir Putin, has announced his decision to leave his role as technical coordinator of the Russian national teams.

 ROME -- Contending with New York City’s heat, humidity and normal chaos, Italians made a good showing over the first two days of the US Open.

 ROME -- On the final day of the 1999/2000 Serie A season, Sven-Göran Eriksson led out his Lazio team with the weight of being nearly-rans deep in the team’s psyche.

 ROME -- In normal circumstances, anticipation of the US Open in New York City prompts nothing more serious than predictions about who will win the men’s and women’s titles.

 ROME -- Two men have been killed after an ultralight aircraft they were flying crashed and set on fire near Terni on Thursday afternoon, including former Pescara football club vice-president Claud

 ROME -- After a difficult few months battling illness and injury, Italian world number one Jannick Sinner is finally back in the spotlight. This time, though, it is not because of his tennis.

 ROME -- Thiago Motta began his managerial debut at Juventus with a 3-0 win over Como on Monday night, while Antonio Conte’s Napoli tenure got off to a nightmare start on the opening weekend of the

 ROME -- Jannick Sinner won his fifth title of the season on Monday, beating Frances Tiafoe in straight sets in the final of the Cincinnati Open.

 ROME -- The cyclist Alice Toniolli, 19, is in hospital in a serious condition after a race crash which saw her collide with a wall at the side of the road in Ceneda, Treviso.

 ROME -- Serie A side and Europa League winners Atalanta were beaten by Real Madrid as Kylian Mbappé inspired the Spanish side to victory in the UEFA Super Cup.

 ROME -- An anti-racism mural of Paola Egonu, the Italian volleyball player and newly-crowned Olympic champion, has been defaced in Rome on Sunday night.

 ROME -- The President of the Italian National Olympic Committee, Giovanni Malagò, has launched an attack on the Italian government as he pushes for a rule change which would allow him to be re-ele

ROME -- After two weeks of sporting action, the curtain came down on the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in a show of megastar performances, pyrotechnics, and Tom Cruise hurling himself off the roof of

ROME -- As the ball hung agonisingly in the air in the South Paris Arena, Miriam Sylla rose to the occasion.

ROME -- Zak Chelli lost his British and Commonwealth Super-Middleweight Championship belts to mandatory challenger Callum Simpson this past weekend. 

ROME -- Rana Reider, the coach of Italian sprinter Marcell Jacobs, has had his accreditation removed by the Canadian Olympic Committee over safeguarding concerns.