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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
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Press conference to present the 28th Fair Play Menarini International Award, from left to right: Valeria Speroni Cardi (Board member of Fair Play Menarini Foundation); Aldo De Donno (Commander of the athletics group of the Fiamme Gialle Sports Division); Cosimo Guccione (Town Councillor for sports for City of Florence); Alessandro Cosentino (Special Fiamme Gialle “Study and Sport” Award finalist); Guido Pellegrini (Special Fiamme Gialle “Study and Sport” Award finalist); Agnese Mori (Special Fiamme Gialle “Study and Sport” Award winner); Eugenio Giani (President of the Regione Toscana); Antonello Biscini (Chairman of Fair Play Menarini Foundation); Cristina Scaletti (Mayor of Fiesole); Simone Cardullo (President of CONI Toscana)
FLORENCE, 17 June 2024 – The appointments with the Fair Play Menarini International Award continue
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Press conference to present the 28th Fair Play Menarini International Award, from left to right: Antonello Biscini (Chairman of Fair Play Menarini Foundation); Silvia Salis (Vice President of CONI); Vincenzo Parrinello (Chairman of the Jury of Fair Play Menarini International Award); Matilde Leone (member of ASD Golfobasket Under 14 girls’ team and winners of Fair Play Menarini Award “Young Athletes” category); Luca Lotti (Fair Play Menarini Foundation consultant); Gioele Gallicchio (winner of Fair Play Menarini Award “Young Athletes” category); Nicolò Vacchelli (winner of Fair Play Menarini Award “Young Athletes” category); Ennio Troiano (Board member of Fair Play Menarini Foundation); Valeria Speroni Cardi (Board member of Fair Play Menarini Foundation); Omar Schillaci (deputy director of Sky TG24 and host of the award ceremony)
ROME, 5 June 2024 – The wait is finally over – new sporting stars light up the world of the Fair Play Menarini International Award
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“Young Athletes” Fair Play Menarini Award winners
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
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Fair Play Menarini Foundation Board members (from left to right: Ennio Troiano, Valeria Speroni Cardi and Antonello Biscini)
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
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The awards ceremony at the Roman Theatre was also attended by the Minister for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi
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Antonello Biscini, Valeria Speroni Cardi, Cosimo Guccione, Giancarlo Antognoni, Arrigo Sacchi, Ivan Zazzaroni, Tommie Smith, Ennio Troiano, Edwin Moses
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.
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FLORENCE, July 3rd, 2023 – More surprises are in store in the XXVII edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Awards.
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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
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Antonello Biscini, Valeria Speroni Cardi, Cosimo Guccione, Ennio Troiano, Aldo De Donno, Anna Ravoni, Gianluca Gensini, Serena Masi, Niccolò Lucchi
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.
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Antonello Biscini, Giampiero Bellardi, Ivan Zazzaroni, Anna Ravoni, Mariaclotilde Adosini, Giovanni Malagò, Emilia Rossatti, Valeria Speroni Cardi, Giorgio Pietro Torrisi, Cosimo Guccione, Ennio Troiano
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.
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Emilia Rossatti, Giorgio Pietro Torrisi, Mariaclotilde Adosini
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.
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Ennio Troiano, Valeria Speroni Cardi, Casey Stoner, Antonello Biscini
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.
Read moreFLORENCE, 17 October 2022 – A prestigious baton handover is taking place at the Fair Play Menarini International Award Jury. After years of commitment, success and gratification, Angelo Morelli, founder of the event in 1997, is handing over the presidency of the Jury to General Vincenzo Parrinello, a prominent figure on the Italian and international sports scene, with over 45 years of experience behind him. His extensive career, which began as a coach, manager and councillor of the Volleyball League Serie A, was consolidated within the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) where, until last June, he held the position of Commander of all the “Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle” (Sports Groups of the Fiamme Gialle).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Association International Award Fair Play Mecenate and President Angelo Morelli express condolences to the family of Jonah Lomu who left us prematurely.
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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.
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