Just days after joking he wouldn’t like to play Sinner in a match, Pope Leo—an avid tennis fan—welcomed the athlete in a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on ...

Pope Leo XIV receives professional tennis player Jannik Sinner in the Vatican and asks for some sporting tips. The audience took place in the rooms attached to the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, and the Pope ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is an avid tennis player and fan and had said that he would be up for a charity match when it was suggested by a journalist.

Amid his run at the 2025 Italian Open, world no. 1 Jannik Sinner enjoyed a memorable off-court moment as he met Pope Leo XIV ...

Pope Leo XIV and tennis star Jannik Sinner have made peace. Sinner gifted the pope a racket and suggested playing during the ...

The Italian Open crowd has had plenty of local success to celebrate over the last week-and-a-half, with Jannik ... for Sinner this week after the world No. 1 met the new pope, Leo XIV, at the ...

but Pope Leo joked “we can’t invite Sinner,” referencing top player Jannik Sinner (and the English meaning of his last name). Today, all was clearly forgiven—the Pope invited Sinner to ...

but Pope Leo joked “we can’t invite Sinner,” referencing top player Jannik Sinner (and the English meaning of his last name). Today, all was clearly forgiven—the Pope invited Sinner to ...