The Righteous Among the Nations are non-Jews who saved Jews during the Nazi genocide. The Righteous are people who save, welcome, testify and express their humanity in helping another human being. The Righteous of sport are those who make every competition worthy of being remembered and experienced.

"Stories of the Righteous of Sport" has been republished in a richer edition (Mimesis, 448 pages, 22 euros, edited by Gino Cervi, preface by Gabriele Nissim). In addition to the 21 stories already present (football with Bruno Neri, Matthias Sindelar, Arpad Weisz, Ernest Erbstein, Socrates, Fussball-Club St. Pauli, Khalida Popal, including the De Meer stadium in Amsterdam and Monumental in Buenos Aires; swimming with Eva Szekely; athletics with Peter Norman, Emil Zatopek, Donato Sabia, Son Kee-chung and Nawal El Moutawakel; tennis with Arthur Ashe; rugby with La Plata Rugby Club; gymnastics with Vera Caslavska; American football with Colin Kaepernick; mountaineering with Nasim Esqhi; and cycling with Gino Bartali, Albert Richter and Augusta Fornasari), 13 more stories are now included. These include the Polish skier Bronislaw Czech portrayed by Francesco M. Cataluccio, the Franco-Algerian boxer Marcel Cerdan described by Oscar Buonamano, the German doctor Ludwig Guttmann according to Giacomo Corbellini and the Italian doctor (born in Egypt) Antonio Maglio according to Riccardo Michelucci, considered the inventors or fathers of the Paralympics, the German Harry Seidel, "the cyclist of the Berlin Wall", again according to Corbellini, the American tennis player Billie Jean King outlined by Bianca Senatore, the goalkeeper Astutillo Malgioglio told by Paolo Camedda, the Yugoslav handball star Goran Cengic remembered by Michelucci, the Iranian boxer Sadaf Khadem narrated by Fabio Poletti. Cervi focused on the volleyball player Lara Lugli, the Afghan cyclists, the Palestinian footballer Natali Shaheen and some environmentalist footballers like the Norwegian (and Genoa) Morten Thorsby.

"Many of the stories told in this book - writes Nissim - have been, and still are, often forgotten because, with their behaviors, these athletes have broken the dogma that sport should be a world unto itself and that those dedicated to it must forget what happens around them".

Sport is much more than the toy department of life. It is history, geography and, today more than ever, education. Learning how to be in the world. As one should. Or as one would like to. Long ball and pedal on.