ROME (AP) — Rome’s mayor and a chorus of others have denounced the defacing of a street-art celebration of Paola Egonu, who helped lead Italy to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in women's volleyball ...

Volleyball was prominently represented at the Opening Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, with six Italian national team players taking part in the final stages of the Olympic torch ...

Italian street artist Laika MCMLIV's mural honoring volleyball player Paola Egonu before it was defaced (left) and after (right) (all photos courtesy Laika MCMLIV) Italian officials and community ...

Rome (CNN) — Two years after Italian volleyball player Paola Egonu stepped down from the national volleyball team after racial abuse on social media became too distracting, she has become the target ...

After two-time defending champions Russia failed to reach the semi-finals yesterday, it was left to two other global superpowers to deliver as both the Chinese and the US proved more resilient in ...

The U.S. women's volleyball team will settle for silver at the Paris Olympics after dropping Sunday's gold-medal final to Italy in straight sets. Italy opened the match on a 6-1 run and never looked ...

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