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 ...

Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope, gave him a tennis racket ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV has made it clear that he won’t be playing a charity match with Jannik Sinner. The reason?Well, it’s the English meaning of Sinner’s surname.

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.

After joking that he would not be playing against Jannik Sinner because of the English meaning of his last name, Pope XIV invited the World No.1 to the Vatican.

ROME — 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 the top-ranked ...