https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Hardcore supporters of AC Milan and Inter Milan were arrested on Monday for alleged organised crime offences, Italian police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20240930/ac-milan-and-inter-ultras-arrested-for-alleged-organised-crime-offences Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:46:55 +0200 ac-milan-and-inter-ultras-arrested-for-alleged-organised-crime-offences Whether you plan on watching the games from the comfort of your home or in the company of other football fans, here’s all you need to know about catching the World Cup matches on Italian TV. https://www.thelocal.it/20221121/where-to-watch-the-qatar-world-cup-in-italy Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:09:14 +0100 where-to-watch-the-qatar-world-cup-in-italy Italy’s national football team reportedly insisted on taking an open-top bus tour through Rome to show off their European Championship trophy to crowds of fans - despite city authorities forbidding it amid concern about the spread of coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.it/20210715/euro-2020-concern-about-virus-spread-after-italy-players-unauthorised-victory-parade-through-rome Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:37:18 +0200 euro-2020-concern-about-virus-spread-after-italy-players-unauthorised-victory-parade-through-rome European football's governing body UEFA has cancelled all tickets sold to UK-resident England fans for the Euro 2020 quarter-final against Ukraine in Rome this weekend, amid concern some may travel to Italy despite Covid-19 quarantine rules. https://www.thelocal.it/20210702/euro-2020-uefa-cancels-rome-quarter-final-tickets-sold-to-uk-based-england-fans Fri, 02 Jul 2021 11:24:06 +0200 euro-2020-uefa-cancels-rome-quarter-final-tickets-sold-to-uk-based-england-fans The Italian government on Wednesday reminded England fans not to travel to Rome for Saturday's Euro 2020 quarter final match against Ukraine amid ongoing coronavirus travel restrictions. https://www.thelocal.it/20210630/no-exceptions-italy-and-uk-warn-england-fans-against-travel-to-rome-for-euro-quarter-final Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:23:16 +0200 no-exceptions-italy-and-uk-warn-england-fans-against-travel-to-rome-for-euro-quarter-final Italy's English residents have been scrambling to buy tickets for the Euro 2020 quarter-final against Ukraine on Saturday. But the big question is: where can you buy them? https://www.thelocal.it/20210630/euro-2020-how-can-england-fans-in-italy-get-tickets-for-the-quarter-final-in-rome Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:40:17 +0200 euro-2020-how-can-england-fans-in-italy-get-tickets-for-the-quarter-final-in-rome Few places will mourn the death of Diego Maradona as much as Naples, the downtrodden, gritty Italian city that clasped the troubled Argentine to its heart at his time of need and was repaid with the best years of perhaps the greatest footballer to ever play the game. https://www.thelocal.it/20201126/i-represent-the-nobodies-how-maradona-became-the-hero-of-naples Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:02:36 +0100 i-represent-the-nobodies-how-maradona-became-the-hero-of-naples Diego Maradona, who has died aged 60, holds a special place in Italian football fans' hearts after leading Napoli to its two greatest victories. https://www.thelocal.it/20201125/naples-is-crying-tonight-how-maradona-lives-on-in-italy Wed, 25 Nov 2020 20:01:07 +0100 naples-is-crying-tonight-how-maradona-lives-on-in-italy Genoa's match against Torino on Saturday has been postponed after 15 team and staff members at the Ligurian club tested positive for coronavirus, the Lega Serie A confirmed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20201001/italian-serie-a-genoa-match-against-torino-postponed-after-virus-sweeps-squad Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:10:25 +0200 italian-serie-a-genoa-match-against-torino-postponed-after-virus-sweeps-squad Bergamo's Atalanta return to action on Sunday, hoping that a resumption of their incredible football success will signal the historic Italian city's return to normality after being devastated by coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.it/20200620/bergamo-wakes-from-virus-nightmare-to-resume-atalanta-football-dream Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:28:14 +0200 bergamo-wakes-from-virus-nightmare-to-resume-atalanta-football-dream Players from the Serie A football club will display a 'Black Lives Matter' anti-racism badge on their shirts for the remainder of the season which resumes this weekend, the Italian club announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200618/italys-as-roma-players-add-black-lives-matter-badge-to-shirts Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:52:45 +0200 italys-as-roma-players-add-black-lives-matter-badge-to-shirts Serie A is coming back. Here's a look at when the action will start. https://www.thelocal.it/20200602/calendar-when-football-will-return-to-italy Tue, 02 Jun 2020 12:59:27 +0200 calendar-when-football-will-return-to-italy Italy has given the green light to resume Serie A the weekend of June 20th, and the Coppa Italia on June 13th. https://www.thelocal.it/20200529/italy-confirms-serie-a-can-resume-season-on-june-20th Fri, 29 May 2020 11:17:54 +0200 italy-confirms-serie-a-can-resume-season-on-june-20th Milan's San Siro stadium is closer to being demolished after Italy's heritage authority found that the iconic stadium cannot be protected for cultural or historic reasons. https://www.thelocal.it/20200523/demolition-likely-after-italys-san-siro-deemed-of-no-cultural-interest Sat, 23 May 2020 13:42:21 +0200 demolition-likely-after-italys-san-siro-deemed-of-no-cultural-interest Upcoming matches in Italian Serie A and the Europa League will be played behind closed doors to combat the spread of coronavirus, the Italian sports minister announced late on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200225/coronavirus-italian-serie-a-football-matches-to-be-played-in-empty-stadiums Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:04:18 +0100 coronavirus-italian-serie-a-football-matches-to-be-played-in-empty-stadiums Italian Serie A football club Lazio has ordered 16 fans caught making fascist salutes at a home game to contribute to paying a fine imposed by UEFA over the incident. https://www.thelocal.it/20200121/lazio-football-club-tells-fans-to-pay-fine-over-fascist-salutes Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:01:44 +0100 lazio-football-club-tells-fans-to-pay-fine-over-fascist-salutes Lazio were fined 20,000 euros on Wednesday for the racist abuse some of their fans aimed at Mario Balotelli during their 2-1 Serie A win at Brescia at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20200108/lazio-football-club-fined-20000-over-balotelli-racist-abuse Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:33:05 +0100 lazio-football-club-fined-20000-over-balotelli-racist-abuse Zlatan Ibrahimovic warned on Friday he was not back at AC Milan just to act as a mascot and immediately got off the mark for his new club by scoring in a friendly against a local lower league side. https://www.thelocal.it/20200104/not-just-a-mascot-ibrahimovic-off-the-mark-in-ac-milan-friendly Sat, 04 Jan 2020 10:31:35 +0100 not-just-a-mascot-ibrahimovic-off-the-mark-in-ac-milan-friendly The head of Serie A on Tuesday apologised for using art featuring monkeys in an anti-racism campaign. https://www.thelocal.it/20191218/italy-serie-a-apologizes-monkey-anti-racism-campaign Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:58:07 +0100 italy-serie-a-apologizes-monkey-anti-racism-campaign The Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport has been widely condemned over a front page story headlined “Black Friday” about the football players Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling. https://www.thelocal.it/20191205/italian-newspaper-defends-black-friday-headline-on-footballers-lukaku-and-smalling Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:11:56 +0100 italian-newspaper-defends-black-friday-headline-on-footballers-lukaku-and-smalling