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 Thousands of mourners and the cream of Italian football gave an emotional sendoff on Thursday to Fiorentina player Davide Astori, whose sudden death at the age of 31 has shocked the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20180308/pictures-davide-astori-funeral-fiorentina-florence-italy Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:23:37 +0100 pictures-davide-astori-funeral-fiorentina-florence-italy Italian footballer Davide Astori likely died from a cardiac arrest linked to the slowing of his heart rate, local media reported on Tuesday following the initial results of his autopsy. https://www.thelocal.it/20180307/italy-footballer-davide-astori-died-of-heart-attack-autopsy Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:57:46 +0100 italy-footballer-davide-astori-died-of-heart-attack-autopsy Gianluigi Buffon celebrated 20 years of playing in Serie A on Thursday as the Juventus and Italy goalkeeping great was hailed by his fellow professionals. https://www.thelocal.it/20151120/buffon-celebrates-20-years-in-serie-a Fri, 20 Nov 2015 07:00:54 +0100 buffon-celebrates-20-years-in-serie-a 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 High-flying Fiorentina stayed top of Serie A after Inter Milan spurned the chance to take over after a pulsating but scoreless draw at home to Juventus on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151019/derby-ditalia-stalemate-leaves-viola-flying-high Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:06:44 +0200 derby-ditalia-stalemate-leaves-viola-flying-high A Fredy Guarin piledriver fired Inter Milan two points clear at the top of Serie A with a 1-0 win over AC Milan, for whom Mario Balotelli made his second debut on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150914/guarin-fires-inter-top-as-balotelli-returns-to-fray Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:25:45 +0200 guarin-fires-inter-top-as-balotelli-returns-to-fray Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has called on the stuttering Italian champions to stand up and be counted after a second consecutive league defeat left them in the Serie A Doldrums. https://www.thelocal.it/20150831/buffon-hits-out-as-juve-slump-in-serie-a Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:36:40 +0200 buffon-hits-out-as-juve-slump-in-serie-a Juventus's early season woes continued on Sunday with a 2-1 defeat to scudetto rivals Roma as Chievo went top of Serie A with a resounding 4-0 win over Lazio. https://www.thelocal.it/20150831/roma-stun-juve-as-chievo-crush-lazio Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:25:28 +0200 roma-stun-juve-as-chievo-crush-lazio Beaten Champions League finalists Juventus are primed for another record-breaking season in Italy in the face of expected challenges from Lazio and Roma, while struggling Milan giants AC and Inter continue their search for Serie A credibility. https://www.thelocal.it/20150818/juve-primed-for-more-success-in-new-season Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:30:41 +0200 juve-primed-for-more-success-in-new-season The president of Serie A club Lazio, Claudio Lotito, is under investigation for extortion, according to reports in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150610/lazio-chief-facing-extortion-probe Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:40:32 +0200 lazio-chief-facing-extortion-probe Juventus will have to wait at least a few more days before they can celebrate winning a fourth consecutive Serie A title as Massimiliano Allegri's side lost 2-1 to city rivals Torino on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150427/title-party-on-hold-as-juve-suffer-rare-derby-defeat Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:15:03 +0200 title-party-on-hold-as-juve-suffer-rare-derby-defeat Speculation over the future of Lazio forward Felipe Anderson swirled in Italy on Monday after it was reported that representatives of Manchester United had come to watch the Brazilian sensation. https://www.thelocal.it/20150323/man-united-eye-lazios-anderson-report Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:33:55 +0100 man-united-eye-lazios-anderson-report Goals by Lorenzo Di Silvestri and Luis Muriel secured a stunning 2-0 win in the Italian capital as Sampdoria downed Roma to virtually hand the Serie A title to Juventus on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150317/italian-title-race-all-but-over-as-samp-beat-roma Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:05:02 +0100 italian-title-race-all-but-over-as-samp-beat-roma Serie A chiefs have welcomed a new package of reforms by the Italian football federation (FIGC) that will see squads limited to 25 players in a move designed to boost the flagging Italian game. https://www.thelocal.it/20141121/crisis-hit-italian-football-set-for-reforms-in-2016 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:59:43 +0100 crisis-hit-italian-football-set-for-reforms-in-2016 Verona became the first Serie A club this season to be sanctioned for racism after fans in the south stand of the Bentegodi stadium targeted AC Milan's Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari with abuse. https://www.thelocal.it/20141022/verona-sanctioned-for-muntari-racism-abuse Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:00:20 +0200 verona-sanctioned-for-muntari-racism-abuse Footballer Ashley Cole, who signed with AS Roma earlier this month, said on Tuesday that racism in Italian sport can only be tackled with a top-down approach. https://www.thelocal.it/20140716/racism-can-only-be-tackled-at-the-top-cole Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:23:00 +0200 racism-can-only-be-tackled-at-the-top-cole