Pope Leo XIV Tennis Fan - Search News

News

Pope Leo XIV Loves Tennis

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Pope meets Sinner: No. 1 player gives tennis fan Pope Leo XIV racket on Italian Open off day

Pope Leo XIV has apparently 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 Sinner at the Italian Open.

Arlington Catholic Herald · 1d

New pope, a tennis fan, meets world’s No. 1 player

Pope Leo XIV speaks with Jannik Sinner, the No. 1 rated tennis player in the world, May 14, during a meeting at the Vatican. Jannik gave a racket to the pope, who likes to play tennis. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Town & Country on MSN · 3d

Pope Leo, Avid Tennis Fan, Jokes He Won’t Play Jannik Sinner

He’s a tennis fan, and plays regularly. “I consider myself quite the amateur tennis player,” he said back in 2023. “Since leaving Peru, I have had few occas

13h

The first US-born Pope not only loves baseball — he says he swings a pretty mean tennis racket

Pope Leo XIV gave an initial blessing to the idea of the Vatican Tennis Invitational, wryly adding, “Just don’t bring [Jannik ...

1h

Alexander: Can we talk baseball and tennis with the new pope?

This week’s bucket o’ notes also discusses the fluidity of college eligibility, the return of a future Hall of Famer and the ...

Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.

Hide inaccessible results