Tourist information: Sport
The most popular sport in Italy is soccer
The national team of Italy has won the most prestigious World Cup four times in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006 respectively.
Italian football team is the current titleholder.
The Italian national soccer team is popularly known by the name of Azzurri for their blue shirts.
It is considered to be the second-most successful national football team in the world.
Apart from this most of major Italian clubs get the opportunity to compete at a high level of soccer competitions.
Apart from this water polo is the another popular sport in Italy. It is an old Italy sport.
The playground used for this game, is a rectangular swimming pool having 18 mitre breadth.
The water should be deep enough. Every team contains 7 players.
Among them 1 is goalkeeper, 3 players remain in the defensive position and there are 3 in forward.
Players wears blue and black bonnets while the goalkeeper wears a red cap.
This sport of water polo lasts for 28 minutes. The players of this sport should be physically strong.
Along with it a skilled technical ability is needed.
Winter sports in Italy is also one among the other most watched and most enjoyed games.
Italy is quite famous for its Winter Olympics.
Skiing is probably one of the leisure interests of Italians.
On Mount Etna Skiing is found. In 2006 Piemonte of Italy hosted the Winter Olympics.
The other recognized sports in Italy include Rugby, Cycling, Basketball, Running Auto racing etc.
In recent times the team of rugby consists of 15 players. An oval shaped ball is used for this game.
In Italy sports is also quite popular among disabled persons .
The sports in Italy carries a great therapeutic value for the disabled Italians.
Many handicapped people are seen to be participating in the sports in Italy.
Associazione Roma Calcio the official Rome soccer team.
News, season subscriptions, archives and other information about the team. http://www.asromacalcio.it
Basketball League Italian basketball site, the clubs, teams, players, calendar, game results, statistics, top players http://www.legabasket.it
Biciclette a portal dedicated to bicycles, with information about races and itineraries http://www.biciclette.com
CONI (Italian Olympic Committee The CONI is Italy's Olympic governing body which also oversees competitive sports in Italy.
There's a photographic archive and a link to the upcoming winter games in Turin in 2006. http://www.coni.it
Coppa America (America's Cup)
Telecom Italia, Tod's, and Radio Dimensione Suono have teamed up to bring the America's cup competition to Italian web viewers.
There is an archive, comments from experts, news articles, and a screensaver. http://www.coppamerica.com
Formula One Kataweb, the portal for Italy presented by the daily newspaper La Repubblica, covers Formula One racing extensively. http://www.kwsport.com
Lega Calcio (Italian Soccer League)
The official site for the italian Soccer League. http://www.legacalcio.it
Mondo Calcio The Italian national television network RAI has put together an exhaustive site devoted to soccer which includes MPEG clips of goals scored in the top division of the Italian league.
It is praised by a fan who wrote: "For an example, see http://www.raisport.rai.it/mcalcio/1999_2000/a/m0000649.html for 17 year-old wonderkid Antonio Cassano's goal against perennial power Inter Milan.
I'd read about the play; now I can look at it - haven't seen soccer that astonishing since the '98 World Cup.
Ain't the Web grand?" http://www.raisport.rai.it/mcalcio/
Sport Line
Twelve Italian athletes report online from the Olympics in Sydney, telling about the competitor's daily life. http://www.sportline.it
CONI (Italian Olympic Committee The CONI is Italy's Olympic governing body which also oversees competitive sports in Italy.
There's a photographic archive and a link to the upcoming winter games in Turin in 2006. http://www.coni.it
Coppa America (America's Cup) Telecom Italia, Tod's, and Radio Dimensione Suono have teamed up to bring the America's cup competition to Italian web viewers.
There is an archive, comments from experts, news articles, and a screensaver. http://www.coppamerica.com
Federcalcio The official site of the Italian Soccer Federation with statistics, films, and photographs. http://www.figc.it
Formula One Kataweb, the portal for Italy presented by the daily newspaper La Repubblica, covers Formula One racing extensively. http://www.kwsport.com
Francesco Totti, official site of the Italian soccer champion, with photos, news, press clips, and other information.
A book was recently published with a lot of jokes told about him (of the Polish jokes variety) http://www.francescototti.it
Italian Association of Table Soccer official site has news, list of events and competitions http://www.aicat.it
Juventus the mythical soccer team from Turin, official site http://www.juventus.it
Lega Calcio (Italian Soccer League) The official site for the italian Soccer League. http://www.legacalcio.it
Rai Sport/Soccer> For 17 year-old wonderkid Antonio Cassano's goal against perennial power Inter Milan.
I'd read about the play; now I can look at it - haven't seen soccer that astonishing since the '98 World Cup.
Ain't the Web grand?" http://www.raisport.rai.it/mcalcio/
RAI Sport RAI Sport is the site of the sports division of the Italian state television networks.
Real time results of sports events in Italy and lots of other information. http://www.raisport.rai.it
Ski (Women) Karen Putzer The official web site of Karen Putzer, a star of the Italian National Women's Alpine Ski team.
http://www.karenputzer-fansclub.it
Sportal A very rich site dedicated to sport that includes soccer, tennis, auto and motorcycle races http://www.sportal.it
World Soccer Federation/World Cup It's all over, Brazil won in the 2002 edition, but if you want other information you'll find it here.
