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FLORENCE, 4 July 2024 – The big day of the 28th Fair Play Menarini International Award has finally arrived. The event dedicated to the very best values in sport kicked off yesterday in Florence in the romantic setting of Piazzale Michelangelo and will continue this evening with the grand finale at the Roman Theatre in Fiesole. The 2024 winners and the Fair Play Menarini Ambassadors, flagbearers for fair play on the field and in life, lit up the first appointment for the Award with their presence, on Florence’s most elegant stage

FLORENCE, 3 July 2024 – The 28th edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Award is about to kick off. Preparations are under way in the cities of Florence and Fiesole to host the numerous champions who will light up the 2024 edition, focused on the true values of sport. An event that this year promises to be packed with even more sports stories and legends, all linked by the common theme of ethics, loyalty, and respect

FLORENCE, 1 July 2024 – There is no end to the surprises at the Fair Play Menarini International Award. The Award Jury has added another global football legend, Didier Drogba, to the list of winners of the 2024 edition

FLORENCE, 20 June 2024 – The Members of the Board of the Fair Play Menarini Foundation, Antonello Biscini, Valeria Speroni Cardi and Ennio Troiano, are delighted to welcome another champion to the roster of 2024 award winners

FLORENCE, 17 June 2024 – The appointments with the Fair Play Menarini International Award continue

ROME, 5 June 2024 – The wait is finally over – new sporting stars light up the world of the Fair Play Menarini International Award

FLORENCE, 29th May 2024 – The countdown has started to the 28th Fair Play Menarini International Awards, to be held in Florence and Fiesole on July 3 and 4, an opportunity to celebrate sporting legends who have become symbols of ethics, loyalty and respect

FLORENCE, May 14th 2024 – Preparations are in full swing for the upcoming Fair Play Menarini International Award, the event that, every year, celebrates athletes who have become global standard bearers of ethics, loyalty and respect

The awards ceremony at the Roman Theatre was also attended by the Minister for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi

FLORENCE, July 4th, 2023 – The XXVII edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Awards is well under way.  The 2023 edition of the three-day event, centred around the values of fair play, opened last night with the talk show “The Champions Tell their Stories” on the Arengario of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. 

FLORENCE, July 3rd, 2023 – More surprises are in store in the XXVII edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Awards.

FLORENCE, July 2nd, 2023 – The countdown has begun to the XXVII edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Awards. Tomorrow, Monday, July 3rd, the 2023 edition of the event, dedicated to the sporting values of ethics, fair play and respect, will officially begin in the city of Florence, with the eagerly-awaited talk show “The … Read more

FLORENCE, 27th June 2023 – Once again this year, the roll call for the XXVII edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Awards would not be complete without the “Studio and Sport” Fiamme Gialle Special Prize Category.

ROME, June 19th, 2023 – The winners of the XXVII annual Fair Play Menarini International Awards are no longer a secret. This morning at the CONI Hall of Honour, a press conference was held to present the 2023 edition of the awards, scheduled from July 3rd to 5th in Florence and Fiesole.

FLORENCE, June 13th, 2023 – The countdown to the XXVII Menarini Fair Play International Awards, in which legends of sport from around the world will be welcomed to Florence and Fiesole for a three-day event from 3rd to 5th July, has begun.  

FLORENCE, April 13th, 2023 – Preparations are already underway for the International Fair Play Menarini Awards. This year, the event that pays tribute to athletes who demonstrate values such as ethics, loyalty and respect both in sport and in life, is in its XXVII edition and will host international sporting legends over the course of the three-day event in Florence and Fiesole.

FLORENCE, 8th July 2022 – Intense emotions and immense satisfaction were in the air during the final event of the XXVI Fair Play Menarini International Award. Yesterday evening, the award ceremony for the winners of the 2022 edition in Castiglion Fiorentino (Arezzo) drew an enjoyable end to this celebration of the values of sportsmanship, organised by the Fair Play Menarini Foundation.

ROME – The opening whistle has blown for the XXVI Fair Play Menarini International Award. This morning, the Salone d’Onore at CONI (the Italian National Olympic Committee) in Rome hosted a press conference announcing the celebration dedicated to the values of sporting ethics. The Fair Play Menarini Foundation, which organises the prestigious recognition, revealed the winners and details of this year’s programme.

In the morning, it has been presented the 20th edition of  “Premio Fair Play Menarini”. The location of the press meeting was Coni in Rome, to the presence of the president, Giovanni  Malagò. 

The Association International Award Fair Play Mecenate and President Angelo Morelli express condolences to the family of Jonah Lomu who left us prematurely.

Fair Play, honesty, love for sport and life. All these elements have been the base of “Premio Internazionale Fair Play Menarini”, a wonderful show which was held in Castiglion Fiorentino, an Etruscan town in the hearth of Tuscany. An international jury has choosen the winner of the categories among sport men and woman all over the world.