Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country's national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil and Germany are the only teams to succeed in qualifying for all the World Cups for which they entered the qualifiers; Brazil is the only team to participate in every World Cup competition ever held. Brazil has also won an Olympic gold medal, at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Pordenone is a city and comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the capital of the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone.
Abel Eduardo Balbo is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker.
The Stadio Friuli is an all-seater football stadium in Udine, Italy, and the home of Serie A club Udinese.
Elena Delle Donne is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Delle Donne played college basketball for the Delaware Blue Hens from 2009 to 2013. She was drafted by the Chicago Sky with the second overall pick of the 2013 WNBA draft, and led the Sky to the 2014 WNBA Finals, where they were defeated by the Phoenix Mercury. Delle Donne was traded to the Washington Mystics in 2017 and led them to their first WNBA championship in 2019.
Sovizzo is an Italian comune of 7,388 inhabitants in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is north of SR11 and located approximately 10.5 km from the regional capital of Vicenza.
The Argentina women's national football team represents Argentina in international women's football. Like their men's counterpart, the women's team has been known or nicknamed "La Albiceleste".
Rafael Tolói is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta whom he captains, and the Italy national team.
Gianni Alessio Bui is an Italian former professional football manager and player. He played as a forward.
Alessandro Osso Armellino is an Italian footballer who plays for San Daniele.
The Monster of Udine was an unidentified serial killer who killed at least four victims in the Province of Udine in north-eastern Italy between the years 1971 and 1989.
Maria Giulia Confalonieri is an Italian track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team Uno-X Pro Cycling. She previously rode for UCI Women's Continental Team Ceratizit Pro Cycling.
Rossella Como was an Italian actress and television personality.
PaolaDrigo was an Italian writer of short stories, novellas, and novels. Her first collection of short stories, La fortuna, was published in 1913 and caught the attention of literary critics and the public. Her last major works were two novels, Fine d'anno and Maria Zef, both published in 1936. With a style rooted in 19th century Italian realism, she was admired for the detailed psychological analysis of her characters and her descriptions of provincial life in her native Veneto region. The protagonists of her stories were people of humble origin or those who had been "humiliated by fate".
Elena Linari is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club AS Roma and the Italy women's national team. She has also played for FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Atlético Madrid, Fiorentina and Brescia, and she has won four league titles, four cups and two supercups. She has represented Italy internationally since 2013.
The 1971 Women's World Cup was an association football tournament for women's national teams organised by the Federation of Independent European Female Football (FIEFF) in Mexico in August–September 1971. Held in Mexico City and Guadalajara, it is the second known tournament to be named as a women's football World Cup after the 1970 edition in Italy and the first time in the same place after the men's 1970 FIFA World Cup tournament in the previous year. It was held twenty years before the first official FIFA women's world cup.
Silvia Persico is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ.
Federica Masolin is an Italian sports journalist and television presenter of Sky Sport's football programming. She was the main presenter of Sky Sport's coverage of Formula One motor racing, having previously covered men and women's volleyball as well as the Serie A and Serie B football leagues, the 2011 Copa América, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi for the channel.
Giuditta Schiavo is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Vicenza.
Liliana Mammina is an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder for the Italy women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1971 Women's World Cup.
