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 One Inter Milan fan is dead and several others have been arrested following violence ahead of yesterday’s Serie A match, which itself was marred by allegations of racism. https://www.thelocal.it/20181227/inter-milan-fan-dies-after-violence-at-napoli-game Thu, 27 Dec 2018 13:38:00 +0100 inter-milan-fan-dies-after-violence-at-napoli-game Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis on Wednesday accused former coach Maurizio Sarri of only being interested in money and predicted that new manager Carlo Ancelotti was in for the long haul as the southerners chase a first Serie A title since 1990 and dream of Champions League success. https://www.thelocal.it/20181010/former-banker-sarri-only-interested-in-money-says-napoli-owner Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:15:00 +0200 former-banker-sarri-only-interested-in-money-says-napoli-owner Juventus are practically assured of winning a seventh successive Serie A title after second-placed Napoli were held 2-2 by Torino on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180506/napoli-draw-all-but-hands-title-to-juventus Sun, 06 May 2018 19:50:35 +0200 napoli-draw-all-but-hands-title-to-juventus Napoli coach Maurizo Sarri was unrepentant after he was spotted giving the middle finger to a group of Juventus fans on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180423/napoli-coach-maurizio-sarri-gave-juventus-fans-the-finger Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:34:57 +0200 napoli-coach-maurizio-sarri-gave-juventus-fans-the-finger Napoli's record goal-scorer Marek Hamsik scored again to keep his side top of Serie A with a 1-0 win at Crotone on Friday as they sealed the symbolic title of Winter Champions. https://www.thelocal.it/20171230/football-hamsik-ensures-napoli-end-year-on-top Sat, 30 Dec 2017 11:34:32 +0100 football-hamsik-ensures-napoli-end-year-on-top Leaders Napoli turn their focus back to Serie A after a bruising Champions League defeat to Manchester City midweek in which defender Faouzi Ghoulam picked up a serious knee injury. https://www.thelocal.it/20171103/football-napoli-hope-for-serie-a-success-as-european-hopes-fade Fri, 03 Nov 2017 08:51:09 +0100 football-napoli-hope-for-serie-a-success-as-european-hopes-fade On 36 occasions last season, Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain boosted Napoli dreams of ending a 26-year title drought as he inspired with goalscoring feats in the Scudetto race with Juventus. https://www.thelocal.it/20160727/higuain-goes-from-hero-to-zero-after-90-million-juve-deal Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:43:49 +0200 higuain-goes-from-hero-to-zero-after-90-million-juve-deal Gonzalo Higuain completed his move to Juventus after the Italian champions reportedly agreed to pay a €94.7 million buyout clause to wrest the Argentine striker from Napoli on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160726/napolis-gonzalo-higuain-joins-juventus-official Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:25:09 +0200 napolis-gonzalo-higuain-joins-juventus-official Roma coach Luciano Spalletti said his players should look to Leicester City and Serie A rivals Juventus for inspiration as they continue their bid to snatch the league's second automatic Champions League spot from Napoli. https://www.thelocal.it/20160425/roma-take-inspiration-from-englands-leicester-city Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:49:15 +0200 roma-take-inspiration-from-englands-leicester-city Thousands of Napoli fans made good a pledge to racism victim Kalidou Koulibaly by filling the San Paolo stadium with masks of the Senegal defender prior to kick off against Carpi on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160208/fans-fulfil-mask-pledge-to-monkey-chant-victim-koulibaly Mon, 08 Feb 2016 09:29:25 +0100 fans-fulfil-mask-pledge-to-monkey-chant-victim-koulibaly Seven Polish football fans were jailed for three years on Friday following violence between Napoli and Legia Warsaw supporters around Thursday's Europa League match between the teams in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20151211/seven-poles-jailed-for-napoli-violence Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:06:13 +0100 seven-poles-jailed-for-napoli-violence Police in Naples have made dozens of arrests following clashes between fans of Napoli and Legia Warsaw ahead of the sides' Europa League fixture on Thursday, according to reports in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20151210/dozens-hurt-as-football-thugs-rampage-through-naples Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:33:17 +0100 dozens-hurt-as-football-thugs-rampage-through-naples Fiorentina returned to the top of the Serie A table on Sunday with an emphatic 4-1 victory over Frosinone as Napoli squandered their chance to grab pole position with a 0-0 draw at Genoa. https://www.thelocal.it/20151102/fiorentina-back-on-top-of-serie-a Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:21:45 +0100 fiorentina-back-on-top-of-serie-a Former Italian national coach Roberto Donadoni was named as Bologna's new manager on Wednesday to succeed Delio Rossi who was sacked by the Serie A strugglers earlier in the day. https://www.thelocal.it/20151029/donadoni-takes-charge-at-bologna-after-rossi-sacked Thu, 29 Oct 2015 08:48:37 +0100 donadoni-takes-charge-at-bologna-after-rossi-sacked The chairman of football club Napoli, Aurelio De Laurentiis, had a lucky escape on Sunday evening when his yacht when up in flames off the Italian coast. https://www.thelocal.it/20150921/napoli-chairman-escapes-burning-yacht Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:40:33 +0200 napoli-chairman-escapes-burning-yacht Gonzalo Higuain struck once in each half as Napoli made amends for their dismal start to the season by handing Lazio their first 5-0 rout in Serie A since 1984 on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150921/higuain-and-insigne-star-as-napoli-pummel-lazio Mon, 21 Sep 2015 10:05:49 +0200 higuain-and-insigne-star-as-napoli-pummel-lazio Rafael Benitez moved a step closer to taking over Spanish giants Real Madrid when the Spaniard resigned as Napoli coach on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150528/rafael-benitez-resigns-as-napoli-coach Thu, 28 May 2015 16:02:32 +0200 rafael-benitez-resigns-as-napoli-coach A football hooligan and leader of Napoli’s “ultra” supporters has been jailed over his part in violence ahead of the Italian Cup final last May. https://www.thelocal.it/20150430/football-hooligan-jailed-over-rome-violence Thu, 30 Apr 2015 14:49:13 +0200 football-hooligan-jailed-over-rome-violence Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has declared that coach Rafa Benitez, who is out of contract at the end of the season, "could stay for another five years" at the Serie A club. https://www.thelocal.it/20150429/napoli-boss-opens-door-to-new-benitez-deal Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:46:08 +0200 napoli-boss-opens-door-to-new-benitez-deal The draw for the semi-finals of the Europa League on Friday kept alive the possibility of an all-Italian final as Serie A sides Napoli and Fiorentina avoided each other. https://www.thelocal.it/20150424/italian-clubs-kept-apart-in-europa-league-semis Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:40:49 +0200 italian-clubs-kept-apart-in-europa-league-semis