President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday extended felicitations to the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella, and the people of Italy on Republic Day, annually observed on June 2. The president, in a statement, said that Pakistan deeply valued its long-standing and friendly relations with Italy, which were marked by mutual trust, cooperation and […]
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Sinner becomes first Italian man to win Italian Open in 50 years
Jannik Sinner is the first Italian man to win the Italian Open since Adriano Panatta 50 years ago. The top-ranked Sinner´s 6-4, 6-4 victory over Casper Ruud in Sunday´s final on the red clay of the Foro Italico also made him only the second man after Novak Djokovic to win all nine Masters 1000 events […]
Svitolina fights off Gauff to win third Italian Open title
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina signalled her French Open ambitions by battling past world number four Coco Gauff 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 in the Italian Open final on Saturday to lift her first claycourt title of the season ahead of ?Roland Garros. Victory over the American followed Svitolina’s wins over world number two Elena Rybakina and third-ranked Iga […]
Ruud crushes Musetti to reach Italian Open quarters
Casper Ruud strolled into the Italian Open quarter-finals on Tuesday after easily beating home hope Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-1, as Jannik Sinner gets set for a derby with qualifier Andrea Pellegrino. Clay court specialist Ruud is yet to drop a set in Rome and he looked in fine form on a windy center court, in […]
Kostyuk withdraws from Italian Open with physical issues
Fresh off the biggest title of her career, Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine withdrew from the Italian Open due to hip and ankle issues. Kostyuk won the Madrid Open on Saturday and is up to a career-best No. 15 in the rankings this week. Having also won another clay-court title in Rouen, France, the week before […]
Norrie falls to Sinner in Madrid as Italian extends winning run
Cameron Norrie’s run at the Madrid Open ended with a fourth-round loss against world number one Jannik Sinner. Norrie had never played a competitive match against Sinner before but admitted ahead of the contest that the Italian “rips me up and smokes me” in practice. Norrie battled hard to land blows on the top seed […]
Bologna reaches Italian Cup quarterfinals
Substitute Santiago Castro’s last-gasp goal sent Bologna into the Italian Cup quarterfinals as the defending champion came from behind to beat Parma 2-1 on Thursday. Bologna, which won for the competition for the first time in 52 years last season, will face either AC Milan or Lazio, who were playing each other later. Castro headed […]
Italian PM visits Algeria on energy cooperation
ALGIERS: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi arrived in Algeria on Monday for a one-day visit, during which he is expected to finalize deals to increase Algeria’s natural gas supply to Italy to ease Italy’s dependence on Russian gas supply. After his arrival, Draghi held talks with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune over several issues of common […]
‘Dogman’ — revenge, served Italian and off the leash
The angry canine is bearing its teeth, barking loudly and ready to bite. Marcello (Marcello Fonte), however, isn’t the least bit phased. A dog groomer who plies his trade in a small beachside town in Southern Italy, he has the ability to calm the angriest of hounds; despite the quaint little storefront business he runs, […]