Italy On This Day

One half of the Giro d’Italia’s most controversial duel Roberto Visentini had the reputation of a playboy in a working-class sport R...

Young rider whose career ended in tragedy Marco Simoncelli in 2010, busy signing autographs for his many fans The motorcycle racer ...

Six-times Grand Slam doubles winner reached No 5 in singles Sara Errani is arguably Italy's most successful tennis player Tennis...

Celebrated writer killed in fall in Turin Primo Levi: a photograph taken in about 1950 Primo Levi, an Auschwitz survivor who wrote a...