Italy is a real sports country popular sports are motor sports, fencing, football and cycling. Formula 1 is also a successful sport in Italy in 1950 team ferrari started.

the team won 16 times the constructors 'championship and 15 times the drivers' championship.

Italy is one of the strongest basketball countries in Europe.

The country has a long tradition in this sport.

The Italian national team won gold at the Eurobasket 1983 and EuroBasket 1999 as well as a silver medal at the Olympic Games of 1980 and 2004.

Until the 2000s Lega Basket Serie A was the strongest basketball competition in the world outside of North America.

A well-known basketball player is Marco Bellinelli.

He plays for the New Orleans Hornets in the American NBA.

Well-known Italian clubs are: Olimpia Milano, Virtus Bologna, Pallacanestro Varese, Pallacanestro Cantù, Fortitudo Bologna, Scavolini Pesaro, Benetton Treviso, Montepaschi Siena, Basket Napoli, Virtus Roma, Pallacanestro Trieste and Juvecaserta Basket.