ROME (OSV News) — As the Catholic Church welcomed its 267th pope, Leo XIV — elected May 8 — attention quickly turned to the ...

Tennis Hot Topics Every now and then, a player has that one match when everything goes perfectly and for Jannik Sinner that ...

Pope Leo XIV gave an initial blessing to the idea of the Vatican Tennis Invitational, wryly adding, “Just don’t bring [Jannik ...

Jasmine Paolini became the first Italian woman in more than a decade to reach the final of her home Italian Open when she ...

Jasmine Paolini became the first Italian woman in more than a decade to reach the final of her home Italian Open when she ...

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In the semifinals, Sinner will play Tommy Paul, who beat Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (4), 6-3 to become the fourth American in the Open Era to reach back-to-back semifinals in Rome after Eddie Dibbs (1978-79), ...

Netherlands’ Jesper De Jong casts his shadow on the court as he returns the ball to Italy’s Jannik Sinner during their tennis ...

The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off ...

Pope Leo XIV speaks with Jannik Sinner, the No. 1 rated tennis player in the world, May 14, during a meeting at the Vatican.