Maradona shirt raises €55,000
Diego Maradona thanked Ciro Ferrara after the sale of a 33-year-old Argentina Number 10 jersey raised €55,000 to help Naples deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Ferrara and Fabio Cannavaro set…
Diego Maradona thanked Ciro Ferrara after the sale of a 33-year-old Argentina Number 10 jersey raised €55,000 to help Naples deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Ferrara and Fabio Cannavaro set…
Following this evening’s announcement, Serie A clubs can begin preparing to start training in groups from May 18 and playing games from June 2, so the season could end in…
Italy will move into Phase Two of the coronavirus pandemic response from May 4, so players can train individually from May 4, in groups from May 18, with games expected…
Italy will announce the details of Phase Two in the COVID-19 pandemic response, which should see training resume from May 4, in groups from May 18, so on track for…
The daily death toll in Italy from COVID-19 has plummeted with only 260 since yesterday, the lowest figure since March 14, and just 56 in Lombardy. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte…
New Cagliari coach Walter Zenga believes he’ll be in a unique position to help his team through an unusual season. “I’m used to training in 45C heat.” The coronavirus pandemic…
Gianluigi Buffon’s partner, TV presenter Ilaria D’Amico, describes living in lockdown with an extended family, taking the Juventus pay cut and why she’ll retire before he does. The first Serie…
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte confirmed Italy will ease lockdown measures from May 4, but schools won’t open until September and we’re unlikely to see crowds in stadiums until January 2021.…
Montpellier player Junior Sambia is off the ventilator and has been taken out of his induced coma, confirmed his agent, after complications from COVID-19. The 23-year-old was the first Ligue…
Italy coach Roberto Mancini admits it might be better for the Nazionale if Serie A didn’t resume, but he will adjust to deal with the effects of this stretched season.…
The 20 medics representing Serie A clubs insist they are not against resuming the season, but wished to make helpful points on the testing protocol to clarify the situation. A…
The number of coronavirus deaths in Italy over the last 24 hours fell again to 415, the lowest figure in over a month, as hospitalisations and ICU admissions continue to…
Serie B side Venezia confirm their player Antonio Junior Vacca has recovered from the coronavirus and now tests negative. The midfielder is due to turn 30 next month and started…
According to the Corriere della Sera, only three out of 20 Serie A clubs – Juventus, Lazio and Genoa – have approved the medical protocols for returning amid the COVID-19…
The Polish Ekstraklasa league has been given the all-clear to resume with games behind closed doors at the end of May, but Ligue 1 have Montpellier player Junior Sambia in…
While a leading Italian epidemiologist assures football can continue even if another Serie A player tests positive for COVID-19, the WHO warns antibodies might not mean immunity. The latest Government…
The Italian Government is set to accept the protocol for resuming Serie A training, but only if clubs donate five COVID-19 test kits for every one they use. A protocol…
Lazio President Claudio Lotito claims people who wish to see the season abandoned ‘clearly don’t know what they’re talking about’. Lotito is a vehement supporter of the Serie A campaign…
Milan forward Rafael Leao has donated 24,000 face masks to a Portuguese hospital in its fight against coronavirus. The supply was sent to Hospital Garcia de Orta, based in Leao’s…
Sampdoria owner Massimo Ferrero has advised Serie A clubs to ‘roll our sleeves up and have a great 2020-21 campaign’ instead of fighting for a restart. The FIGC and Lega…