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 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 Italian club Verona's partial one-match stadium closure for racist chants directed at Brescia striker Mario Balotelli in a Serie A game earlier this month has been suspended on appeal. https://www.thelocal.it/20191122/veronas-partial-stadium-ban-for-balotelli-racist-abuse-suspended Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:48:22 +0100 veronas-partial-stadium-ban-for-balotelli-racist-abuse-suspended Brescia forward Balotelli said a “handful of idiots” were responsible for abuse directed at him during this weekend's Serie A game. https://www.thelocal.it/20191106/verona-get-one-match-partial-stadium-ban-over-balotelli-racist-cants Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:25:09 +0100 verona-get-one-match-partial-stadium-ban-over-balotelli-racist-cants Mario Balotelli on Monday reacted with anger after the head of Verona's hardcore ultras fans group fuelled a racism row by denying any abuse had been directed at the Brescia forward, who he said could not even be considered Italian. https://www.thelocal.it/20191104/light-hearted-not-racist-verona-denies-racially-abusing-mario-balotelli-video Mon, 04 Nov 2019 10:35:03 +0100 light-hearted-not-racist-verona-denies-racially-abusing-mario-balotelli-video Italy striker Mario Balotelli said on Sunday that giving him the captain's armband would be a signal against racism in the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20180604/football-italy-racism-mario-balotelli Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:38:39 +0200 football-italy-racism-mario-balotelli Italian international footballer Mario Balotelli has blasted the country's first black senator, who was elected in Sunday's general ballot for the far-right, anti-immigrant League party. https://www.thelocal.it/20180307/mario-balotelli-toni-iwobi-italy-first-black-senator Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:38:20 +0100 mario-balotelli-toni-iwobi-italy-first-black-senator The agent of Mario Balotelli led the growing criticism of former Italy and AC Milan coach Arrigo Sacchi following remarks criticizing the number of "blacks" playing at youth level in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150217/critics-slam-sacchis-too-many-blacks-slur Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:18:00 +0100 critics-slam-sacchis-too-many-blacks-slur Misfiring Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been recalled to Italy's squad for this week's Euro 2016 qualifier against Croatia in Milan alongside Alessio Cerci of Atletico Madrid. https://www.thelocal.it/20141110/balotelli-makes-italy-comeback-in-euro-2016-qualifier Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:42:00 +0100 balotelli-makes-italy-comeback-in-euro-2016-qualifier Italian striker Mario Balotelli has reportedly split from his fiancée less than three months after proposing to her on a Brazilian beach. https://www.thelocal.it/20140902/mario-balotelli-dumps-fiance-report Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:06:21 +0200 mario-balotelli-dumps-fiance-report As Italy says farewell to star striker Mario Balotelli, The Local looks back at the footballer’s most memorable off-the-pitch moments. https://www.thelocal.it/20140825/mario-balotellis-most-memorable-moments Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:09:00 +0200 mario-balotellis-most-memorable-moments Mario Balotelli's departure from AC Milan for Liverpool provoked few tears among Italian football fans with many saying 'good riddance' to the controversial striker. https://www.thelocal.it/20140822/tears-and Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:39:43 +0200 tears-and Mario Balotelli said his goodbyes to fellow A.C. Milan teammates and staff after training on Thursday, the club's website reported, suggesting that only personal terms remain to be finalized before his shock move to Liverpool. https://www.thelocal.it/20140822/balotelli-says-farewells-to-ac-milan-teammates Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:15:00 +0200 balotelli-says-farewells-to-ac-milan-teammates Mario Balotelli is on the brink of a shock move to Liverpool, media in England and Italy reported on Thursday, two weeks after Reds boss Brendan Rodgers ruled out a bid for the controversial striker. https://www.thelocal.it/20140821/super-mario-on-brink-of-shock-liverpool-move Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:25:00 +0200 super-mario-on-brink-of-shock-liverpool-move A.C. Milan striker Mario Balotelli has joined other global celebrities in the 'Ice Bucket Challenge', a social media craze aimed at raising awareness for a serious motor neuron disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20140819/video-balotelli-takes-on-ice-bucket-challenge Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:03:00 +0200 video-balotelli-takes-on-ice-bucket-challenge IN PICTURES: Italian striker Mario Balotelli was at the centre of fresh controversy on Friday after posting a picture of himself on social media apparently posing with a shotgun. https://www.thelocal.it/20140712/balotelli-sparks-row-by-posing-with-gun Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:16:00 +0200 balotelli-sparks-row-by-posing-with-gun A group of just fifteen fans welcomed the Italian national side home at Milan’s Malpensa airport on Thursday after the team was booted out of the World Cup in the group stage of the tournament. https://www.thelocal.it/20140626/few-fans-welcome-italian-team-home Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:19:00 +0200 few-fans-welcome-italian-team-home Star striker Mario Balotelli has said that he wants a kiss from the British Queen, if Italy help England stay in the World Cup by beating Costa Rica tonight. https://www.thelocal.it/20140620/balotelli-wants-a-kiss-from-british-queen Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:44:00 +0200 balotelli-wants-a-kiss-from-british-queen Italian striker Mario Balotelli has proposed to his girlfriend Fanny Neguesha ahead of the World Cup football tournament starting on Thursday, the AC Milan player announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140610/balotelli-gets-engaged-on-brazil-beach Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:16:00 +0200 balotelli-gets-engaged-on-brazil-beach Mario Balotelli has been subjected to racist abuse while training with Italy's national squad in Tuscany, in an incident the striker said usually happens "only in Rome or in Florence". https://www.thelocal.it/20140522/racism-against-balotelli-only-in-rome-or-florence Thu, 22 May 2014 12:10:00 +0200 racism-against-balotelli-only-in-rome-or-florence A Malaysian aviation official came under fire on social media Tuesday for evoking black Italian footballer Mario Balotelli when discussing two passengers who boarded a missing jet with stolen European passports. https://www.thelocal.it/20140311/missing Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:22:00 +0100 missing