Sport in Italy
Enrico Fabris – Italy’s Great Golden Hope If you had never heard of Enrico Fabris before the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, you probably have now. In his native Italy, the 24 year old speed skater has been hailed as the “Man of the Games” by the press. His two […]
Carolina Kostner – Italy’s Ice Princess Carolina Kostner was born in Bolzano, Italy on February 8, 1987. Her mother, Patrizia, was a nationally-ranked figure skater during the 70s and her father, Erwin, played hockey in the 1984 Olympics and was captain of the Italian national team. Carolina is the cousin […]
Not Just Soccer Fans Italians don’t live exclusively for soccer. It’s more of a 360 degrees love for sports in general and even though the soccer ball remains the highest in the hit parade of our national desires, there is a good number of sports t hat still represent a […]
Will Italian Clubs Compete In The Future? Milan Juve – a classical match of Serie A The vast majority of Italian football fans (and their hysterical passion) is concentrated on the clubs playing in Serie A, the Italian major football league, which is why match days, Saturday and Sunday, are […]
Not Just Soccer Fans Italians don’t live exclusively for soccer. It’s more of a 360 degrees love for sports in general and even though soccer’s victories remain the highest in the hit parade of our national desires, there is a good number of sports that still represent a traditional importance […]
Italian Soccer: The Beginning Edoardo Bosio and Soccer in Turin Edoardo Bosio was born in Turin in 1864. Popular in the Societa’ Canottieri Armida, Eduardo had a diploma in accounting and because of his occupation as a merchant for a British textile industry he was given the opportunity to live […]