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 ...

A mural by Italian street artist Laika was intended to celebrate not only Egonu’s return to the team, which beat the United States to win a gold medal in women’s volleyball, but also her being named ...

The death of an 18-year-old Italian volleyball player who fell from the 6th floor window of a hotel in Istanbul is being investigated, Turkish police told CNN in a statement. Julia Ituma’s body was ...

ROME -- 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 Olympic gold medal in women's volleyball in Paris ...

Italian beach volleyball player Viktoria Orsi Toth will miss the Rio Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance, the Italian volleyball federation confirmed to NBC Olympics. Orsi Toth was ...

Italian beach volleyball player Adrian Carambula is using the Olympics' big stage to show off his wacky signature serve. Carambula has mastered the "skyball," his trademark serve where he sends the ...

An Italian volleyball club is suing its former team captain, alleging that she broke her contract by getting pregnant, according to The Guardian. Volley Maniago Pordenone claims in its lawsuit that ...

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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 of racism once ...