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‘La storia del tennis’ in Urbino
On Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 9:30 AM, in the "Giardino d'inverno" conference hall of the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino, the study meeting titled "The History of Tennis: From the glories of the Renaissance to the top of the world…
‘Storie di tennis’ in Librixia
On the occasion of the new edition of the Librixia cultural festival, on Saturday, September 27, at 4:00 PM, at the Agrobresciano Arena in Piazza Vittoria, Brescia, the book will be presented: Storie di tennis. Campioni, partite e bizzarrie dello…
Wimbledon is.
It is a blade of grass slicing through the sunset, A drop of sweat wetting the stage. It is the chalk that evaporates under the blows of the gods: A symphony from Roger, a lash from Rafa. It is playing…
Kaja Juvan queen in the Castle
The 2025 edition of the Internazionali Femminili di Brescia crowned Slovenian Kaja Juvan, who defeated Austrian Julia Grabher in a close final (7-6, 7-5). The Ljubljana native, formerly ranked No. Ranked 58th in the WTA rankings, she has climbed a…
The posters of the Clerici Fund at the Internazionali in Castello
The panel dedicated to Wimbledon From May 26 to June 1, the 16th edition of the Brescia Women's International Tennis Tournament will take place, organized in Castello by the Tennis Forza e Costanza 1911 Association, in collaboration with the Carolina…
Cobolli-Darderi: The charge of 101
Sunday, April 6, 2025, a day that will go down in Italian tennis history: at 3 p.m., Flavio Cobolli won the ATP 250 in Bucharest, defeating Argentina's Sebastián Báez with a double 6-4; three hours later, it was Luciano Darderi's…
Gianni Clerici Day II
On Thursday, April 3, starting at 9:00 a.m., in the Gemelli Hall on Via Trieste, the second day of studies dedicated to Gianni Clerici and his book and archival collection, preserved in our library, will take place. During the open…
Farewell to Rino Tommasi
Rino Tommasi, the legendary voice of tennis, passed away today at the age of ninety. Together with Gianni Clerici, he pioneered the successful formula of sports commentary by a pair of commentators. Born in Verona in 1934, Tommasi began his…
Cataloguing of the Gianni Clerici Collection completed
One year after its donation, the cataloguing of the book collection belonging to journalist and writer Gianni Clerici has been completed. This means that, from now on, all the books in this collection will be available to anyone interested in…
The Clerici Fund presented in Jesi
On Friday, Feb. 23, in the evocative setting of Palazzo Pianetti in Jesi, an event entitled. Pallacord and beyond. The wonderful case of Jesi. During the evening, celebratory lectures for the 10-year anniversary of "Jesi European City of Sport" will…