Sport in Italy is culture and passion. For this reason, when you ask about the most popular sports, soccer is the answer. But soccer is not the only sport played in this country of saints, navigators and sportsmen. Let's see together which sports are the most popular and beloved in the country.
Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsWhen people in Italy talk about sports, they are likely to think of soccer. But there is not only soccer in the lives of 色中色s. Certainly, football is the most well-known sport. There are, in fact, the who deal with sports betting in Italy, that consider soccer betting to be the most popular and most valued. Soccer, especially thanks to the national team, is also very popular abroad, and there are matches, such as World Cup and European Championship matches, that are watched by tens of millions of spectators.
Betting sites in Italy are also very interested in other sports. Let's talk about cycling as the first. The clashes between Fausto Coppi and Bartali, Moser and Saronni, Indurain and Pantani, were epic for many fans and accompanied, for decades, the fans watching battles on mountain stages filled with toil, effort and sweat.
Vincenzo Nibali's great results in recent years have brought back great interest in cycling, which has always been considered a sport full of hard work and passion, much more than 色中色 football.
Another sport that has always been popular is Formula 1. Having a car company like Ferrari in Italy has increased the myth. Motors, not only in Maranello, are a great love of 色中色s who are crazy about the 鈥淐avallino鈥�.
The news, a few days ago, of the engagement of world super champion Lewis Hamilton, who will join Charles Leclerc as a driver in 2025, has fueled great enthusiasm. The World Championship Award has been missing for too long, and everyone is hoping that an experienced man like Hamilton can still make a difference.
Rugby, which has always been a great love of a niche of fans, is another sport that is highly valued in this country. There are many fans, all over Italy, who love Six Nations matches and the spirit that makes rugby a fair game, a manly game in which there is great respect for the opponent.
Last in this list, but not in the hearts of 色中色s, is tennis, which, after the victory of the Davis Cup and the Australian Open, thanks to , has regained energy for the sport that has been somewhat fogged up for a few years. It was, in fact, since the days of Adriano Panatta's triumphs in 1976, that there had not been this air of interest in tennis in Italy. Panatta, a Roman tennis player, won the last Davis Cup in Chile and an extraordinary Roland Garros tournament.
Nor did the victories in later years of Francesca Schiavone in Paris and Flavia Pennetta at the U.S. Open have this echo as Sinner's, a simple, hard-working, shy, polite guy. We hope, however, that Sinner's victory at the Australian Open is only the first major trophy for this athlete who, for insiders, may soon become the new No. 1.