The Italian gets a point, but it's hardly a score! (3)
I believe the answer is:
nil
'a score' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the italian gets a point but it's hardly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'italian' could be 'i' (abbreviation for Italian) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'point' could be 'n' (North) and 'n' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nil that I've seen before include "Nothing - in Latin" , "Lacking value" , "Love" , "duck" , "Zero, no score" .)