Rome

===Sports===
[[File:L'Olimpico - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Stadio Olimpico]], home of [[AS Roma]] and [[SS Lazio]], is one of the largest sports stadiums in Europe, with a capacity of over 70,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maspostatevilaregina.com/2009/05/05/brief-guide-to-olympic-stadium-of-rome/ |title=Brief Guide to Olympic Stadium of Rome &#124; Spostare le Finale da Roma? No! Grazie |publisher=Maspostatevilaregina.com |date=23 April 2009 |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512172341/http://www.maspostatevilaregina.com/2009/05/05/brief-guide-to-olympic-stadium-of-rome/ |archive-date=12 May 2011}}</ref>]]

[[Association football]] is the most popular sport in Rome, as in the rest of the country.
The city hosted the final games of the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]] and [[1990 FIFA World Cup]].
The latter took place in the [[Stadio Olimpico]], which is also the shared home stadium for local [[Serie A]] clubs [[SS Lazio]], founded in 1900, and [[AS Roma]], founded in 1927, whose rivalry in the [[Derby della Capitale]] has become a staple of Roman sports culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/10/22/first11.derbies/index.html |title=Football First 11: Do or die derbies |publisher=CNN |date=22 October 2008 |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017011443/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/10/22/first11.derbies/index.html |archive-date=17 October 2014}}</ref>
Footballers who play for these teams and are also born in the city tend to become especially popular, as has been the case with players such as [[Francesco Totti]] and [[Daniele De Rossi]] (both for AS Roma), and [[Alessandro Nesta]] (for SS Lazio).

[[File:Stadio_dei_Marmi.jpg|right|thumb|[[Stadio dei Marmi]]]]

Rome hosted the [[1960 Summer Olympics]], with great success, using many ancient sites such as the [[Villa Borghese gardens|Villa Borghese]] and the [[Baths of Caracalla|Thermae of Caracalla]] as venues. For the Olympic Games many new facilities were built, notably the new large Olympic Stadium (which was then enlarged and renewed to host several matches and the final of the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]]), the [[Stadio Flaminio]], the Villaggio Olimpico (Olympic Village, created to host the athletes and redeveloped after the games as a residential district), ecc. Rome made a [[Rome bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics|bid]] to host the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] but it was withdrawn.<ref name="olympic.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/media?articleid=138217 |title=Media |publisher=Olympic.org |access-date=15 September 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019052200/http://www.olympic.org/media?articleid=138217 |archive-date=19 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Bladesplace.id.au">{{cite web |url=http://www.bladesplace.id.au/olympic-games-candidates.html |title=Candidate Cities for Future Olympic Games |publisher=Bladesplace.id.au |access-date=17 October 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012174517/http://www.bladesplace.id.au/olympic-games-candidates.html |archive-date=12 October 2009}}</ref>

Further, Rome hosted the [[EuroBasket 1991]] and is home to the internationally recognised basketball team [[Virtus Roma]]. [[Rugby union]] is gaining wider acceptance. Until 2011 the Stadio Flaminio was the home stadium for the [[Italy national rugby union team]], which has been playing in the [[Six Nations Championship]] since 2000. The team now plays home games at the Stadio Olimpico because the Stadio Flaminio needs works of renovation in order to improve both its capacity and safety. Rome is home to local rugby union teams such as [[Rugby Roma Olimpic|Rugby Roma]] (winner of five Italian championships), [[Unione Rugby Capitolina]] and [[S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927]] (rugby union branch of the multisport club S.S. Lazio).

Every May, Rome hosts the [[ATP Masters 1000 tournaments|ATP Masters Series]] tennis tournament on the clay courts of the [[Foro Italico]]. Cycling was popular in the post-World War II period, although its popularity has faded. Rome has hosted the final portion of the [[Giro d'Italia]] three times, in 1911, 1950, and 2009. Other local sports teams include volleyball ([[M. Roma Volley]]), [[handball]] or [[water polo|waterpolo]].