Italy

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has confirmed that Zaragoza in Spain will host this year’s U17 World Championships, while the 2017 men’s and women’s U19 World Championships will be staged in Egypt and Italy, respectively.

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has awarded hosting rights to its 2021 winter Universiade to the Swiss city of Lucerne, while Naples in Italy appears set to stage the 2019 summer edition of the multi-sport event.

Italy will host the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships for the first time in 2017 after the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) awarded the event to the town of Pesaro.

Paris and Rome bid leaders utilised Wednesday’s deadline for the first stage of the revamped bidding process for candidate cities by fleshing out their visions for the 2024 Olympic Games.

The Italian Parliament has voted to give its full backing to Rome’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Italian financial police have seized assets from footballers, their agents and club executives as part of a probe into alleged tax evasion in Serie A and Serie B, the top two divisions of the domestic game.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has awarded hosting rights to Italy, Serbia and the Philippines for its three Olympic men’s qualifying tournaments, while France will stage the women’s event.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has said the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP) and French Basketball Federation (FFBB) have agreed that their clubs will participate exclusively in competitions organised jointly by the sport’s global governing body and domestic leagues, as it moves forward with plans to establish its Basketball Champions League event.

The Italian city of Naples is set to press ahead with a bid for the 2019 edition of the Summer Universiade multi-sport event, according to Fisu, the global governing body of university sports.

Rome 2024 has more than doubled its bid budget for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, and has maintained that there is no need for a public referendum on its candidacy.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has awarded its 2016 World Race Walking Team Championships to Rome and confirmed Bydgoszcz as the new host city of this year’s World U20 Championships, after stripping the two events from Russia.

The organising committee behind Rome’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games is facing fresh calls for a referendum to be held to establish whether or not the Italian capital’s population is in favour of staging the multi-sport showpiece.

The team bidding to bring the 2024 summer Olympic Games to Rome has announced the 11 cities across Italy that would host football matches during the event.

Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI) president Angelo Sticchi Damiani has claimed the future of Formula One’s Italian Grand Prix is set to be secured after a funding deal was reached for the motor race at Monza.

Italian media group RCS has today (Monday) denied it will seek to sell off its sports and media arm, which includes organisation of cycling’s Giro d’Italia, instead stating it will invest in the operation.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has finalised its calendar for 2016, with the addition of a new World Cup event in Italy and further development of the winter triathlon discipline.