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The 2026 European Men's Volleyball Championships are underway, with France having just beaten Romania in the quarter-finals.
France overwhelmed Romania with a peremptory 3-0 (25-16; 25-19; 25-19) and qualified for the semi-finals of the 2026 European men's volleyball championships. Now coach Andrea Giani's transalpine national team will move to Milan, where on Friday they will face the winner of the match between Italy and Finland, scheduled for tomorrow.

As the new ski season approaches, the Sestriere Ski Club denounces the lack of concrete initiatives by the FISI on the safety of athletes, despite the appeals of Minister Abodi and the serious and fatal accidents of previous years, asking for an immediate review of the liability system.

The Italy Under-20 women's team seeks to become the first Italian national football team to reach a final in a Fifa tournament, facing world title favorites Spain in Poland tomorrow. The Italians led by Nicola Matteucci arrive at the match with midfielder Sofia Testa recovered and the bookings of Karen Appiah and Martina Bressan cancelled. Spain have won all five matches so far, scoring 19 goals and conceding just one.

MMA champion Grigory Ponomarev, known as "Grizzly", died suddenly at the age of 31 due to an embolism. A former heavyweight titleholder on AMC Fight Nights, he lived in Moscow and had recently embarked on a career as a cosmetologist.

Tathiana Garbin, Italian tennis captain, presents the challenge against China in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Shenzhen, underlining the importance of focusing on the present rather than on defending the title won previously.

Starting from 2027, the distance of Formula 1 Grands Prix will be reduced from 305 to 290 km. The F1 Commission has also introduced changes to the management of interrupted races and removed gearbox homologation to encourage technical development.

The official countdown for the Louis Vuitton Cup 2027 was inaugurated in Naples, in Piazza Vittoria. The installation, which marks the time towards the start of the regattas scheduled for 22 May 2027, also symbolizes the relaunch of the territory and of Bagnoli.