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 ...

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.

when journalists suggested organising a charity tennis match. In response to the idea, Pope Leo cracked a joke that left the room chuckling: “But we can’t invite Sinner,” he said—an ...

Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner had an audience with the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, himself a keen tennis player.

During a meeting between the new American pope and international media on Monday, journalists offered to play doubles, or to organize a charity match. Leo seemed game “but we can’t invite Sinner,” he ...

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 ...

During a meeting between the new American pope and international ... or to organize a charity match. Leo seemed game “but we can’t invite Sinner,” he said in an apparent reference to the ...