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

 ROME -- The second round at the US Open ended with two extraordinary upsets.

 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 -- 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 -- Sicilian police have reportedly placed three crew members of the sunken Bayesian under formal investigation, including the second-in-command Tijs Koopman, as authorities try to understand

 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 -- The German non-governmental organisation RESQSHIP has rescued 43 refugees, including four children, in the Mediterranean after the dinghy they were travelling on began to deflate.

 VATICAN CITY -- Governments and private industries should share technology and treatments to help combat the mpox epidemic spreading through African nations, Pope Francis has said.

 ROME -- The captain of the luxury Bayesian yacht, which sank off the coast of Palermo last Monday and killed seven people, has been formally placed under investigation after being questioned again

ROME -- For many engaged couples, the idea of getting married in Italy is a dream.

 ROME -- The daughter of Mike Lynch, 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, has been confirmed dead after divers recovered her body on Friday, Giornale di Sicilia is reporting.

 ROME -- Investigations are ongoing to understand why a plane travelling from Corfu to London Gatwick was forced to emergency land in Rome.

 KYIV – After two and a half years of war against the Russian invasion, Ukraine’s capital remains defiant.

 ROME -- More than 1000 migrants are presumed dead since January 2024 while crossing the Mediterranean, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has confirmed.