Ex-Fiorentina defender loses son
Former Fiorentina and Arezzo defender Michele Bacis is in mourning after his eight-year-old son fell from a balcony. It’s reported the child was playing on the balcony last night when…
Former Fiorentina and Arezzo defender Michele Bacis is in mourning after his eight-year-old son fell from a balcony. It’s reported the child was playing on the balcony last night when…
Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora says he is ‘hopeful’ Serie A can resume on June 13. Team training is set to resume tomorrow, but doubts remains over when the campaign…
Parma announced two of their players have been isolated after testing positive for COVID-19 on one swab and negative on another. A statement from the club confirmed that all members…
Italy Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte confirmed ‘football teams can resume group training from May 18,’ but it remains to be seen whether the clubs will accept the protocol. The country…
Although the Bundesliga resumed today, Cesare Prandelli maintains Serie A should be in no rush. ‘Why not play in July, when the situation is clearer?’ The coronavirus pandemic is easing…
Milan midfielder Franck Kessie is finally back in Italy after struggling to make the journey back from the Ivory Coast. According to Sport Mediaset, Milannews.it and others, he was able…
Just days after reports of illegal training routines, Lazio received a visit from FIGC inspectors and their players underwent a series of tests. There were suggestions this week that Simone…
Marcello Lippi finds the arguments over restarting the Serie A season to be ‘vomit-inducing,’ because football is not treated as a huge industry. The medical protocol agreed by the FIGC…
Udinese announced that after a full swab and blood test screening, all their players and staff are free from COVID-19. As part of the medical protocol, before they can return…
There were 153 deaths related to coronavirus in Italy yesterday, 39 of them in Lombardy, as the active cases continue to plummet. The lockdown is easing in the Peninsula after…
Fiorentina chief medic Luca Pengue warns resuming football during a coronavirus pandemic is risky. ‘I am young, but ended up fighting for my life in a hospital bed.’ The Tuscans…
Football is back in Europe, as Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland scored the first Bundesliga goal after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bundesliga returned to the pitch this afternoon, the first…
Players’ Association President Damiano Tommasi wants squads to be heard when forming the Serie A medical protocol. ‘There’s no point risking a start now if it could all grind to…
Gianfranco Zola believes the return of football ‘can act as a form of therapy’ for society, but says he left England for Italy because they understood the pandemic better. The…
Sassuolo director Giovanni Carnevali insists many clubs ‘risk bankruptcy’ if the season doesn’t come to a natural conclusion. ‘We all have to focus on ensuring Serie A doesn’t go under.’…
FIGC President Gabriele Gravina has reopened the door to playoffs and playouts to decide the Serie A season. Gravina was speaking to Rai after he held talks with Lega Serie A over…
Sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora has hit back at the FIGC and Serie A, claiming that ‘they proposed to us’ the controversial quarantine measures. The federation and top flight opposed to…
There were another 242 coronavirus deaths in Italy on Friday, but active cases have dropped by a record 4,370. The drop is the biggest Italy has recorded since it began…
Former Milan goalkeeper Michael Agazzi has left Serie B side Cremonese after they ‘failed to fully guarantee the protection of my health’. Agazzi played 16 times for Cremonese before the…
The FIGC and Serie A have agreed on a new health protocol, which will be ‘promptly submitted’ to the Italian government. Team training was all set to resume on Monday,…