Italy – The 2022 European all-around champion Asia D’Amato will miss the upcoming Olympic Games Paris 2024 after suffering a knee injury during the qualifying round of the European Gymnastics Championships on 2 May that requires surgery, according to an update from the Italian Gymnastics Federation. D’Amato’s injury is to her left ACL, according to the update, the same knee she injured at last year’s …
Buffon takes up Italy national team role
ROME: Gianluigi Buffon, the goalkeeping great, 45, has taken up a role with the Italian national football team. He won the World Cup with Italy in 2006. He will assist head coach Roberto Mancini as Italy’s delegation chief, a post held by the late Gianluca Vialli. he said: “The blue jersey is part of my life.” The Italian federation described …