Britain’s Simon Yates sealed his first Giro d’Italia title by safely crossing the line on the final stage in Rome. The Bury-born rider, 32, took the leader’s pink jersey for the first time in the race on Saturday’s stage 20 with a sublime attack on the penultimate climb, having started the day in third. Yates...
Emma Raducanu demonstrated her growing confidence on a clay court with a commanding Italian Open second-round win over Swiss lucky loser Jil Teichmann. British number two Raducanu, who only knew she was facing Teichmann a few hours before the match, progressed with a clinical 6-2 6-2 win. After earning her first win on outdoor clay...
Sinner was surrounded by his trusted team in Monaco – coaches Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill, plus fitness trainer Marco Panichi, physio Ulises Badio and osteopath Andrea Cipolla. Draper said the trip was strictly business. “I didn’t speak to him too much to be honest,” added the 23-year-old world number six, who lost to Sinner...
Large crowds of people have lined the streets of Rome to watch Pope Francis’ coffin be carried from the Vatican to his final resting place at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The Pope died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 and one of his final requests was that he be laid to...
AP The seat at the Vatican had been vacant for two days when a group of grey-clad nuns stood on St Peter’s Square and started to sing. Softly at first then louder, as if to encourage those who joined in timidly, the nuns broke into Ave Maria. Every so often they shuffled a few inches...
Davide Ghiglione in Rome & Bernd Debusmann Jr in Washington DC BBC News, Washington Getty Images JD Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019 at the age of 35. When US Vice-President JD Vance comes to Rome on Friday, he is set to meet Italy’s prime minister and the Vatican secretary of state. But one of...
Queen Camilla has been given a Margherita pizza on a visit to a school in Rome, in honour of her 20th wedding anniversary to King Charles. The King and Queen are on the third day of their state visit to Italy – and the Queen was given a taste of local cuisine when she was...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reuters King Charles and Queen Camilla watched the flypast from the Quirinale Palace on Tuesday A flypast thundered over Rome in honour of King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s state visit to Italy. The display, involving both the UK’s Red Arrows and Italy’s Frecce Tricolori, trailed the colours of both nations’...
A Scottish tourist has died from his injuries after his holiday home was destroyed in a suspected gas explosion. Grant Paterson, from East Kilbride, was on a break in Rome when the B&B in the city’s Monteverde area collapsed on 23 March. The 54-year-old, who worked for ferry operator CalMac as a senior catering rating,...