{"id":3701,"date":"2024-06-06T11:14:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T04:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2024-06-06T11:14:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T04:14:52","slug":"fair-play-menarini-international-award-announcing-the-winners-of-the-28th-edition-at-the-coni-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=3701","title":{"rendered":"FAIR PLAY MENARINI INTERNATIONAL AWARD ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE 28th EDITION AT THE CONI HEADQUARTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From\u00a0Fabio Cannavaro to Marco Belinelli, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ambra Sabatini<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Clemente Russo<\/span> and many others: here are the names of the new champions of ethics, loyalty and respect<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ROME<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 5, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The wait is finally over &#8211; new sporting stars light up the world of the\u00a0Fair Play Menarini International Award. The annual event, that promotes the values of ethics, loyalty and respect, officially kicked off this morning at the CONI headquarters&#8217; Hall of Honour with the press conference to present the 28th edition, to be held on <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 3<\/span> and 4 in <span class=\"xn-location\">Florence<\/span> and Fiesole. The Fair Play Menarini Foundation has announced the names of the winners who will receive the prestigious award on the evening of <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 4<\/span> on the stage of the Roman Theatre in Fiesole.<\/p>\n<div>   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2431095\/Fair_Play_Menarini_Award_Press_Conference_1.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>28th Fair Play Menarini Award Press Conference CONI, Rome<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The 28th edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Award has arrived, an event linked to two inspiring words: &#8216;fair play&#8217;, the essence, basis and foundation of our world of sport&#8221;, commented the President of the Italian National Olympic Committee, Giovanni Malag\u00f2. &#8220;We are profoundly grateful to the Fair Play Menarini Foundation for its dedication and commitment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Once again this year, international champions who have personified the spirit of fair play throughout their careers, have entered the award&#8217;s Hall of Fame. Representing the world of football, there will be Ballon d&#8217;Or winner and captain of <span class=\"xn-location\">Italy&#8217;s<\/span> 2006 World Cup team, <span class=\"xn-person\">Fabio Cannavaro<\/span>, alongside Mister Cesare Prandelli, 2012 European Cup runner-up with the Italian squad, and three other symbols of Italian football: <span class=\"xn-person\">Alessandro Costacurta<\/span>, World Cup vice Champion with the Italian team in 1994, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ciro Ferrara<\/span>, third classified at the 1990 World Cup and Europe Vice Champion in 2000, and former 1982 FIFA World Cup champion, <span class=\"xn-person\">Giuseppe Dossena<\/span>. The stars shining among the legends of team sports are Marco Belinelli, the first and only Italian winner of the NBA, and <span class=\"xn-person\">Gian Paolo Montali<\/span>, former head coach of the Men&#8217;s National volleyball team, twice European Cup winners. Representing winter sports is ice skating star, Francesca Lollobrigida, European speed skating gold medal winner, while Paralympic champion and <span class=\"xn-money\">100m<\/span> world record holder, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ambra Sabatini<\/span> and sprinter, <span class=\"xn-person\">Roberto Rigali<\/span>, World silver medallist in the 4x100m relay, triumphed for athletics. <span class=\"xn-person\">Cesare Fiorio<\/span>, legend in the rally world, revved up his engine, while <span class=\"xn-person\">Clemente Russo<\/span>, landed a winning blow for boxing. Lastly, sporting journalism is represented by the face and voice of <span class=\"xn-person\">Federico Buffa<\/span> with his unparalleled ability to &#8216;narrate emotions&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Fair Play Menarini Ambassadors, protagonists of previous editions and guests for the two evenings in July, include the &#8216;Divina&#8217; <span class=\"xn-person\">Federica Pellegrini<\/span>, special guest of the event, and outstanding foil champion, <span class=\"xn-person\">Elisa Di Francisca<\/span>, Fiorentina football club icon, <span class=\"xn-person\">Giancarlo Antognoni<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-person\">Giusy Versace<\/span>, the first Italian athlete in history to run with bilateral prostheses.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0And there&#8217;s more: appearing alongside the award-winning sporting champions are also\u00a0Nicol\u00f2 Vacchelli, <span class=\"xn-person\">Gioele Gallicchio<\/span>,\u00a0and\u00a0the Under 14 girls&#8217; basketball team of the Asd Golfobasket club, who today received the Fair Play Menarini Award in the &#8216;Young Athletes&#8217; category during the CONI press conference. Lastly, the &#8216;Special Fiamme Gialle Study and Sport&#8217; award was confirmed and will be presented on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 17<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Florence<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The traditional gala dinner, hosted in the delightful setting of Piazzale Michelangelo in <span class=\"xn-location\">Florence<\/span>, will kick off the 2024 edition on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Wednesday July 3<\/span>. The award ceremony will take place the following evening on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday July 4<\/span>, against the backdrop of the Roman Theatre in Fiesole. Both evenings will be covered by Sky TG24 that is partnering the event. The final evening will be hosted by <span class=\"xn-person\">Rachele Sangiuliano<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Omar Schillaci<\/span>, accompanied by special guest, <span class=\"xn-person\">Federica Pellegrini<\/span>. The event will be broadcast the following day on Sportitalia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Welcoming the winners and Ambassadors of the Fair Play Menarini Award is a unique opportunity to rediscover the true spirit of sport which means overcoming your own limits and giving your all while respecting your opponent and yourself&#8221;, say Antonello Biscini, <span class=\"xn-person\">Valeria Speroni Cardi<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Ennio Troiano<\/span>, Members of the Board of the Fair Play Menarini Foundation. &#8220;We hope that the exemplary actions and behaviour of these sporting greats will instil the healthy values of sport in younger generations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div>   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2431094\/Fair_Play_Menarini_Award_Press_Conference_2.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>28th Fair Play Menarini Award Press Conference CONI, Rome<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0Fabio Cannavaro to Marco Belinelli, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ambra Sabatini<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Clemente Russo<\/span> and many others: here are the names of the new champions of ethics, loyalty and respect<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ROME<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 5, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The wait is finally over &#8211; new sporting stars light up the world of the\u00a0Fair Play Menarini International Award. The annual event, that promotes the values of ethics, loyalty and respect, officially kicked off this morning at the CONI headquarters&#8217; Hall of Honour with the press conference to present the 28th edition, to be held on <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 3<\/span> and 4 in <span class=\"xn-location\">Florence<\/span> and Fiesole. The Fair Play Menarini Foundation has announced the names of the winners who will receive the prestigious award on the evening of <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 4<\/span> on the stage of the Roman Theatre in Fiesole.<\/p>\n<div>   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2431095\/Fair_Play_Menarini_Award_Press_Conference_1.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>28th Fair Play Menarini Award Press Conference CONI, Rome<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The 28th edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Award has arrived, an event linked to two inspiring words: &#8216;fair play&#8217;, the essence, basis and foundation of our world of sport&#8221;, commented the President of the Italian National Olympic Committee, Giovanni Malag\u00f2. &#8220;We are profoundly grateful to the Fair Play Menarini Foundation for its dedication and commitment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Once again this year, international champions who have personified the spirit of fair play throughout their careers, have entered the award&#8217;s Hall of Fame. Representing the world of football, there will be Ballon d&#8217;Or winner and captain of <span class=\"xn-location\">Italy&#8217;s<\/span> 2006 World Cup team, <span class=\"xn-person\">Fabio Cannavaro<\/span>, alongside Mister Cesare Prandelli, 2012 European Cup runner-up with the Italian squad, and three other symbols of Italian football: <span class=\"xn-person\">Alessandro Costacurta<\/span>, World Cup vice Champion with the Italian team in 1994, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ciro Ferrara<\/span>, third classified at the 1990 World Cup and Europe Vice Champion in 2000, and former 1982 FIFA World Cup champion, <span class=\"xn-person\">Giuseppe Dossena<\/span>. The stars shining among the legends of team sports are Marco Belinelli, the first and only Italian winner of the NBA, and <span class=\"xn-person\">Gian Paolo Montali<\/span>, former head coach of the Men&#8217;s National volleyball team, twice European Cup winners. Representing winter sports is ice skating star, Francesca Lollobrigida, European speed skating gold medal winner, while Paralympic champion and <span class=\"xn-money\">100m<\/span> world record holder, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ambra Sabatini<\/span> and sprinter, <span class=\"xn-person\">Roberto Rigali<\/span>, World silver medallist in the 4x100m relay, triumphed for athletics. <span class=\"xn-person\">Cesare Fiorio<\/span>, legend in the rally world, revved up his engine, while <span class=\"xn-person\">Clemente Russo<\/span>, landed a winning blow for boxing. Lastly, sporting journalism is represented by the face and voice of <span class=\"xn-person\">Federico Buffa<\/span> with his unparalleled ability to &#8216;narrate emotions&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Fair Play Menarini Ambassadors, protagonists of previous editions and guests for the two evenings in July, include the &#8216;Divina&#8217; <span class=\"xn-person\">Federica Pellegrini<\/span>, special guest of the event, and outstanding foil champion, <span class=\"xn-person\">Elisa Di Francisca<\/span>, Fiorentina football club icon, <span class=\"xn-person\">Giancarlo Antognoni<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-person\">Giusy Versace<\/span>, the first Italian athlete in history to run with bilateral prostheses.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0And there&#8217;s more: appearing alongside the award-winning sporting champions are also\u00a0Nicol\u00f2 Vacchelli, <span class=\"xn-person\">Gioele Gallicchio<\/span>,\u00a0and\u00a0the Under 14 girls&#8217; basketball team of the Asd Golfobasket club, who today received the Fair Play Menarini Award in the &#8216;Young Athletes&#8217; category during the CONI press conference. Lastly, the &#8216;Special Fiamme Gialle Study and Sport&#8217; award was confirmed and will be presented on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 17<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Florence<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The traditional gala dinner, hosted in the delightful setting of Piazzale Michelangelo in <span class=\"xn-location\">Florence<\/span>, will kick off the 2024 edition on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Wednesday July 3<\/span>. The award ceremony will take place the following evening on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday July 4<\/span>, against the backdrop of the Roman Theatre in Fiesole. Both evenings will be covered by Sky TG24 that is partnering the event. The final evening will be hosted by <span class=\"xn-person\">Rachele Sangiuliano<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Omar Schillaci<\/span>, accompanied by special guest, <span class=\"xn-person\">Federica Pellegrini<\/span>. The event will be broadcast the following day on Sportitalia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Welcoming the winners and Ambassadors of the Fair Play Menarini Award is a unique opportunity to rediscover the true spirit of sport which means overcoming your own limits and giving your all while respecting your opponent and yourself&#8221;, say Antonello Biscini, <span class=\"xn-person\">Valeria Speroni Cardi<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Ennio Troiano<\/span>, Members of the Board of the Fair Play Menarini Foundation. &#8220;We hope that the exemplary actions and behaviour of these sporting greats will instil the healthy values of sport in younger generations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div>   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2431094\/Fair_Play_Menarini_Award_Press_Conference_2.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>28th Fair Play Menarini Award Press Conference CONI, Rome<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}