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Over 6,000 miles away from home, two brothers are learning how to adapt to life in a new country – together. Originally hailing from Naples, Italy, Gianpiero and Massimo Di Martire each pursued different educational pathways after high school but eventually landed on American collegiate water polo teams. After being recruited to play for UCLA men’s...

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Italy claimed its first FINA World League Super Final crown after beating United States of America 13-9 in the gold-medal final in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday. The gold medal goes alongside three silvers and a bronze, completing the set in what was the 20th edition of the event inaugurated in 2002.  Italy saved its best water polo until last, w...

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Not even a week's rest for the Settebello, which after its world silver medal in Budapest is ready to pack its bags again: on Friday, July 8, Sandro Campagna's Italy will assemble at the Centro Federale in Ostia, and on Saturday, July 9, it is scheduled to leave for the United States for a common training session with the star-studded national team...

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Once again, the best European men's water polo team is Italian, and it comes from a small Ligurian town: it is Pro Recco, which on Saturday night beat the Serbian side Novi Beograd on penalties in Belgrade in the final of the LEN Champions League, the most important continental tournament, winning it for the second consecutive time and for the tent...

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2019 was an important year for Italian sport thanks to the many victories achieved at international level by Italian athletes of different disciplines. Seven endeavors, in particular, deserve to be remembered for their historical value. Below are the protagonists of these extraordinary sporting successes. Filippo Tortu, a 21-year-old athlete born i...

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Italy secured a fourth FINA World Championships men's water polo title by beating Spain 10-5 on Saturday (27th July). A lively crowd cheered the teams into a floodlit arena, before the 48th and final match of the men’s tournament in Gwangju, Korea. The rainstorm that soaked USA's win in the women’s final on Friday had cleared, leaving the kind of d...

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