ROME (OSV News) — As the Catholic Church welcomed its 267th pope, Leo XIV — elected May 8 — attention quickly turned to the ...

In a thrilling semifinal clash at the 2025 Italian Open, Coco Gauff not only displayed her tennis prowess but also provided a ...

Pope Leo XIV gave an initial blessing to the idea of the Vatican Tennis Invitational, wryly adding, “Just don’t bring [Jannik ...

ROME — Maybe it was the pope's blessing. Or maybe Jannik Sinner just likes playing against Casper Ruud.

This is what the seven days of papacy tell about the first American pope and how his predecessors spent their honeymoon in ...

Jannik Sinner has just returned from a 3-month suspension and is already blessed by God. At least, that's how it seems. One ...

Enter poor Casper Ruud, a perennial top-10 player who is excellent on clay. He was Sinner's quarterfinal opponent in Rome on ...

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The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for Sinner at the Italian Open.

Pope Leo XIV speaks with Jannik Sinner, the No. 1 rated tennis player in the world, May 14, during a meeting at the Vatican.

Or maybe Jannik Sinner just likes playing against Casper Ruud. Whatever it was, the top-ranked Sinner cranked up his level to ...

Whatever it was, the top-ranked Sinner cranked up his level to near-perfection at times in a 6-0, 6-1 dismantling of Ruud in ...