page_title: Outline of Italy
section_title: Sport in Italy
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Italy / Culture of Italy / Sport in Italy
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Italy:
  Italy is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe, located primarily upon the Italian Peninsula. It is where Ancient Rome originated as a small agricultural community about the 8th century BC, which spread over the course of centuries into the colossal Roman empire, encompassing the whole Mediterranean Sea and merging the Ancient Greek and Roman cultures into one civilization. This civilization was so influential that parts of it survive in modern law, administration, philosophy and arts, providing the groundwork that the Western world is based upon.
context_section_description: Sport in Italy
  American football
  Italian Football League
  Athletics in Italy
  Auto racing
  Italian Grand Prix
  Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
  Baseball
  Italian Baseball League
  Italy national baseball team
  Basketball
  Italian basketball league system
  Cricket
  Italian national cricket team
  Cycling
  Italy national cycling team
  Italian Cycling Federation
  Italian records in track cycling
  Futsal in Italy
  Golf
  Italian Open
  Ice hockey in Italy
  Italy at the Olympics
  Rugby football
  Rugby union in Italy
  Rugby league in Italy
  Tennis in Italy
  Italian Open
  Volleyball
  Italian Volleyball League
caption: Michele Alboreto, won the 1985 German Grand Prix for Ferrari
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