Category: other-sports

Ferdinando De Giorgi, the head coach of the Italian men’s national volleyball team, comments on his boys’ success with Egypt.

Clear victory for Coach De Giorgi’s Azzurri: 3-0 and second win in the round. Now Poland.

The Azzurri’s technical commissioner did not send them his way.

Water quality results were not within allowable levels. Apprehension among the athletes.

Federation files formal protest, stern Malagò: “Never seen anything like it, Filippo real winner.”

“My performance was not perfect, but I am very cynical,” the triumphant 100-meter backstroke finalist declares hotly.

The final in the individual foil awards Cheung Ka Long, an athlete from Hong Kong: some refereeing decisions cause discussion.

The 100-meter breaststroke final ended with Taranto just one hundredth of a second away from an Olympic medal.

The Italian, already the world record holder in the specialty, is ahead of China’s Xu Jiayu and Ryan Murphy of the United States.

“Now we’ll also have to figure out the fact that we’re playing at 9 a.m.; something we periodically get to do around the world, but it’s never easy. We will have to be ready and prepared to play another good game.”

“It hurts, indeed gives one pause, to see the all-North American women’s foil podium, two Americans and one Canadian.”

“It is really bad to see the efforts of the boys and the federation ruined in an unfair and transparent way. It makes you want to tell everyone to go to hell.”

“Celebrations after the victory? No, we went back to the village around 1 a.m., had white rice with chicken and went to sleep.”

The No. 1 on the scoreboard did not advance beyond the quarterfinals of the Olympic foil tournament.

France beats Italy 9-8 on the first day of the women’s tournament, thanks to a 3-1 split in the final period of play.

The blue champion raises further concerns about the quality of the water in the river that washes Paris, in which the long-distance races will be run.

Assignment given to veteran Finnish coach Jukka Jalonen.

Sixteen-year-old Ban Hyojin of South Korea won the gold medal in the 10-meter rifle.

The program of the third day of the Games.

Azzurro wins first gold of Italian expedition

On the first day, the Azzurri won three medals, missing the most precious metal for now.

Italy protests, “We were snatched.”

Italy up in arms over some refereeing decisions

“I made a mistake because coming in 14-14 with a decision entrusted to the referee exposes you to this result, I should not have come to this situation.”

Italy beats the United States 12-8 in its Olympic tournament debut in Saint Denis.

Alice Volpi is the only semifinalist among the Italian women in women’s foil.

“If we had thought about a potentially non-hard start we probably wouldn’t have been here at the Olympics.”

The words of the Italvolley women’s volleyball coach after the victorious debut with the Dominican Republic.

Azure’s joy of winning silver in the 10-meter air pistol, with Paolo Monna bronze.

The Blue Women beat the Dominican Republic 3-1 with a few too many uncertainties, 25 points for Paola.