Calcio (Soccer)
Soccer is the most popular sport in Rome, as in the rest of the country. The Stadio Olimpico hosted the final game of the 1990 FIFA World Cup; it is also the home stadium for local Serie A clubs A.S. Roma and S.S. Lazio, whose rivalry has become a staple of Roman sports culture.  Other notable teams in the city include Serie C2 team A.S. Cisco Roma.

Lo Stadio Olimpico
Via di Trigoria Km 3,600
00128 Roma
(06) 501 911
www.stadiumguide.com/olimpico.htm

A.S. Roma
http://www.asroma.it/

S.S. Lazio
www.sslazio.it

Rugby
While far from being as popular as soccer, rugby is gaining wider acceptance. The Stadio Flaminio is the home stadium for the Italy national rugby union team, which has been playing in the Six Nations Championship since 2000, albeit with less than satisfactory performances, as they have never won the championship so far. Rome is home to local rugby teams, such as Unione Rugby Capitolina, Rugby Roma, and S.S. Lazio.

Other
Every May, Rome hosts the ATP Masters Series tennis tournament on the clay courts of the Foro Italico. Cycling was immensely popular in the post-WWII period, although its popularity has faded in the last decades; Rome has hosted the final portion of the Giro d’Italia twice, in 1989 and 2000. Every spring, the annual Rome marathon is considered to be the most widely attended sports event in Italy.[citation needed] Rome is also home to many other sport teams, including basketball (Virtus Pallacanestro Roma), handball (S.S. Lazio), volley (male: M. Roma Volley, female: Virtus Roma and Linea Medica Siram Roma), waterpolo (A.S. Roma, S.S. Lazio).

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