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Simone Anzani say goodbye Italian NT He doesn't have an Olympic medal to his name and won't win one. However, the decision is understandable, as he'll be 36 in 2028 and likely wouldn't be able to play on both sides: club and NT team- especially knowing his health problems - heart disease. https://www.volleyball.it/2025/10/01/notizie/argomenti/mondiali/articolo/mondiali-simone-anzani-saluta-la-maglia-azzurra.html

I don`t know this women but I think she has a polish origin?

https://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/30-09-2025/nazionale-di-basket-luca-banchi-e-il-nuovo-ct.shtml

Maybe World Cup 1994? In my opinion, 2006 was a big missed opportunity by the Bulgarian federation. That team had enormous potential, but especially after 2010, the Bulgarian federation began to chronic financial problems and the results were worse and worse, although they still placed 4th at the OG in 2012. In that 2006, Poland and Bulgaria were a very sensation together, but then Poland moved forward, while Bulgaria, I think, failed to capitalize on that success due to the federation's incompetence. Hopefully, this time it will be different.

It was similar to 2006 event or not? In 2006 it was a early December, I think.

800.000 spettatori in meno per la finale maschile, ma la donne c'era su Rai 1, e maschi su Rai 2. Se la finale maschile fosse trasmessa su Rai 1, il numeri potrebbe essere simili. Per me è un buon risultato per la pallavolo maschile, considerando il recente boom della donne. https://www.federvolley.it/campionati-del-mondo-oltre-4-milioni-di-telespettatori-la-finale-italia-turchia-su-rai-1

Yes, but only in women`s relay in 2006. I have the impression that 20 years ago short track was more of a sport for youth people, than it is now, and you could say that Fontana is a connector between those times and now.

Arianna Fontana is preparing for the another season in a row alone with her husband in Canada and the USA, apart from the rest of the Italian team. I only hope she will still want to compete in the mixed relay in next season World Cup and at the Olympics (she competed in the women's relay last season, but not in the mixed relay) and I think that she can do a some training with the rest of the team during the season. With Fontana in the mixed relay our chances of even winning gold will increase significantly. https://www.instagram.com/p/DPHWXzAkeBM/

There might be a chance for Brignone to return at the end of December in Semmering, but even she said that until she puts on skis, there will never be 100% certainty. I don't know how many races Fede can miss and still be in the top group in giant slalom skiing from numbers 1 to 7. However, I think she can easily miss the 4-5 races at the beginig of new season up to Semmering and she still be in the top 7 in GS starting list (for of today, she is the clear leader and has a huge advantage over 8th places). https://www.neveitalia.it/sport/scialpino/femminile/news/un-po-di-mare-e-corsa-sulla-sabbia-in-sardegna-per-brignone-assieme-all-amica-karoline-pichler

https://www.neveitalia.it/sport/scialpino/femminile/news/vlhova-perdera-soelden-per-il-secondo-anno-in-fila-ma-non-voglio-accettare-che-la-mia-carriera-finisca-cosi

https://www.neveitalia.it/sport/scialpino/femminile/news/un-po-di-mare-e-corsa-sulla-sabbia-in-sardegna-per-brignone-assieme-all-amica-karoline-pichler

Well, I guess we should be happy, that we grew up in a different times

That's one thing, but another thing that it annoys me is young girls with tattoos- in my youth, the early 21st century, it was unthinkable. Is it similar in your country?

Italy won the Men's Volleyball World Championship yesterday, but the main news of the day is Milan's victory in Serie A

Just like in Italy

We are still under water - can will win 40 medals, including 10 gold, before December?

What do look the streets of Budapest like today? I ask because I haven't been there since 2007.

Quali erano i numeri delle ragazze su Rai 1? https://www.federvolley.it/node/131994

In the 1990s, things were different, although it was always private capital in our sport. Currently in volleyball in the most of leading countries is dominated by state capital: Poland, Turkey and Russia. Or we adapt and change something, or our league will continue to weaken and weaken... Certainly, what we have now won't be enough for much longer.

To go somewhere in Siberia during the war there, they would have to pay him 2 or 3 times more than in ITA?, to even consider going there... That's what I think... Orro received, I think, $2.5 million for one season playing in Fenerbahce, but Istanbul is a nicer place to live than Novy Urengoy and the Turkish women's league is much stronger than the Russian one. A very strange decision, but it also shows that if we don't start paying more at home, there will be a problem for us. It`s a big boom on volleyball in ITA right now, so why companies/sponsors shouldn't seriously invest in it, if they don't want to invest in, for example, cycling teams in WT or football teams?

Romano at the age of 24 in 2021, was playing in Serie A2 (the current Polish first division) and was never a top junior promese, although he played for various Italian youth NT, but nothing thought, that he would make such progress in the future. Unexpectedly, de Giorgi called him up to the senior NT in 2021 for the European Championships, just after the OG in Tokio. He was a reserve under Giulio Pinali there, but he changed the results of Italy's final match against Slovenia in the 4 and 5 sets (Italy finally won 3-2). I only have doubts about him trip to Russia to Novy Urengoy: Is this the right decision? - a weak club in a weak league with no European competition. It's a strange decision for me – something similar to Elena Pietrini's transfer to Kazan two years ago.

Il canottaggio è decisamente un fallimento quest'anno: una medaglia in una gara olimpica, anche d'oro, non basta. La squadra W2- ha deluso, anche se avrebbe potuto vincere l'argento nella sua forma da Campionati d`Europa o World Cup di Varese, ma sfortunatamente questa forma non c`era nel Mondiali. Btw, quest'anno ci saranno il Mondiali nella nuova disciplina olimpica: Coastal Rowing?

Matteo Salvini recently did probably the first good thing in his political career – as a current minister of infrastructure he led to the construction of a bobsleigh track in Cortina on OG in 2026, when it seemed the competition would be held outside Italy: in Austria or Switzerland. He did it not so much out of love for the sport, but as a result of some political intrigue in Italy's center-right ruling coalition. But I'm trying to be objective, so he deserves praise here – although, of course, it's a rather poor record for someone who's been in politics for over 20 years

Before today's match, I had two theories about how the final might be see: - 2006: Brazil-Poland 3-0, - 2022: Poland-Italy 1-3. Fortunately, come trough this first option, which the favorite won against a young team just growing for the top. And the results was similar to our first official match of the VNL season (I wrote about it yesterday): https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/volleyball-nations-league/schedule/21440/