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Forbes magazine, as every year, has compiled its ranking of the richest men in Italy, and several sports personalities are also found. First up is fashion designer Giorgio Armani, owner of Milan's basketball team, Olimpia, whose $11.3 billion in assets ranks on the national podium behind Giovanni Ferrero and Andrea Pignataro. In the world of soccer...

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When we first came to Cesena, we did not know what to think. We quickly found a beautiful city with warm, friendly people who welcomed our entire family. We joked with our father that the Cesenate are the Neapolitans of the north. Although we were Americans, and new to Italian calcio, we were welcomed without hesitation. In the first full season, w...

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Luxury sports travel offers a unique opportunity to explore new destinations while indulging in VIP treatment and world-class entertainment. Whether it’s cheering on your favourite team at a historic stadium or witnessing athletes push their limits in breath-taking settings, sports travel allows enthusiasts to live out their passion in style. Trave...

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“There weren’t many kids at school that used to follow soccer the way I did. I’d wear the jerseys to school and people didn’t even know what it was. I would wear my AC Milan jersey and they would be like ‘What’s OPEL?’” Life-long AC Milan fan Franco was born in 1982, in the dying days of the United States’ first national soccer league, NASL. Soccer...

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Larry Lucchino, the former president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, died Tuesday at the age of 78. Lucchino served in that president and CEO role with the Red Sox from 2002-15, joining the organization alongside Tom Werner as part of John Henry's ownership group. The group delivered World Series titles in 2004 (ending an 86-year championship drough...

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The 2024 college softball season is underway in the United States and several Italian prospects have already risen to the top of their respective programs. In the top National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Southern Conference, we find Team Italy spark plug Laura Vigna at Mercer University in Macon. Georgia. The Piedmontese playe...

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Jannik Sinner is the king of South Florida today, as Mark Petchey said on Tennis Channel after the Miami Open final, and tomorrow he will rule the world. It certainly seems as though Sinner will soon become the world’s No. 1 player and his destructive run to the singles title at the Miami Open moved the Italian to the No. 2 ranking for the first ti...

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Anne Nizzi Clark is a marketing executive who is the mother of college basketball great Caitlin Clark. Clark is married to Brent Clark, an executive with an agricultural products supply company. They have three children together; Caitlin’s brothers are also college athletes. Caitlin Clark is the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women’s basketball hi...

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As they peered through the smoke from lit flares, fans of the Italian soccer team AC Milan dancing beneath the towering Italian gothic cathedral in the city’s Piazza Duomo may have noticed a tanned 56-year-old Italian American who didn’t quite look like he belonged. Gerry Cardinale’s dark blue polo stood out amid the red and black striped jerseys t...

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Jannik Sinner powdered potent forehands, issued seven aces and broke Daniil Medvedev's serve four times in a dominant 2024 Miami Open men's singles semifinal victory Friday in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Italian needed just 71 minutes and two sets to dispatch his Russian foe in a rematch of last year's Miami Open final, which Medvedev won in straight s...

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