With the oldest population in the European Union, where one in four are aged over 65, it’s little surprise that Italy is home to the world’s fastest 90-year-old woman sprinter. Emma Maria Mazzenga ...

ROME (AP) — The Italian athletics federation announced Wednesday that it has withdrawn its candidacy to host the 2027 world championships in Rome. The move comes after the Italian government refused ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Italian athletics coach Claudio Berardelli was charged in a Kenyan court on Tuesday over the alleged administration of a prohibited performance enhancing substance to a Kenyan ...

The brother of Filippo Tortu, a member of Italy's 4x100m relay team that won Olympic gold in Tokyo, was suspended for three years on Thursday by the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL) for spying on ...

Italian sprinters Oxana Corso (pictured) and Monica Contrafatto have visited a school in Rome to round off a promotional campaign aimed at raising awareness of next month’s IPC Athletics European ...

On Monday at 10.48am local time, Valentina Petrillo, a transgender athlete, lined up on the white line of Stade de France’s purple athletics track ready to run in the first round of the 400m T12 race ...

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