Shortly after tennis enthusiast Pope Leo XIV made jokes about Jannik Sinner's last name, the head of the church welcomed the ...

During a meeting between the new American pope and international media on Monday, journalists offered to play doubles, or to ...

Before destroying Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open, Jannik Sinner was invited to meet the newly elected ...

Pope Leo XIV has made it clear that he won’t be playing a charity match with Jannik Sinner. The reason?Well, it’s the English meaning of Sinner’s surname.

Sinner was asked in his post-match news conference about the pope’s comment following his 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong at the Italian Open, which is being played just up ...

or to organize a charity match. The pope is all for it, but the top-ranked player would be ousted through no fault of his own: his last name. "But we can't invite [Jannik] Sinner," the pope cracked.

ROME (AP) — Jannik Sinner says it’s “a good thing for us tennis players” that the new pope likes to play the sport. Even if Leo XIV jokingly said he wouldn’t want to arrange a game with ...