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 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 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 Five Italian Serie-A weekend matches including Sunday's clash between Juventus and Inter Milan have been postponed due to the coronavirus, the Italian football league said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200229/italy-cancels-five-serie-a-matches-on-virus-fears Sat, 29 Feb 2020 18:38:46 +0100 italy-cancels-five-serie-a-matches-on-virus-fears The Italian government has put in place drastic new measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, with travelling to or from several cities in the county’s north now effectively banned without a permit. https://www.thelocal.it/20200223/coronavirus-extraordinary-measures-adopted-in-northern-italy-as-more-than-100-cases-confirmed Sun, 23 Feb 2020 14:28:55 +0100 coronavirus-extraordinary-measures-adopted-in-northern-italy-as-more-than-100-cases-confirmed It was business as usual Saturday for Milan Fashion Week despite a clutch of coronavirus cases including two fatalities near the northern venue. Three matches in Italy's Serie A were however cancelled. https://www.thelocal.it/20200223/football-cancelled-but-milan-fashion-week-to-carry-on-amid-coronavirus-fears Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:47:35 +0100 football-cancelled-but-milan-fashion-week-to-carry-on-amid-coronavirus-fears 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 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 Federico Santander scored the winner as struggling Bologna stunned Inter Milan 1-0 to pile the pressure on coach Luciano Spalletti as Roma rescued a point with a 1-1 draw to AC Milan in Serie A on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190204/santander-stuns-inter-roma-rescue-a-point-against-ac-milan Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:50:00 +0100 santander-stuns-inter-roma-rescue-a-point-against-ac-milan Italian police are investigating after AS Roma supporters allegedly distributed anti-Semitic leaflets in the north of the city on Wednesday to coincide with the anniversary of bitter city rivals Lazio. https://www.thelocal.it/20190110/italy-anti-semitic-posters-lazio-napoli-roma Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:24:22 +0100 italy-anti-semitic-posters-lazio-napoli-roma Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench to score a late equaliser as 10-man Juventus salvaged a 2-2 draw at Atalanta on Wednesday to move nine points clear of Napoli at the top of Serie A. https://www.thelocal.it/20181226/ronaldo-rescues-point-for-10-man-juventus-at-atalanta Wed, 26 Dec 2018 18:33:25 +0100 ronaldo-rescues-point-for-10-man-juventus-at-atalanta Inter Milan's new CEO Giuseppe Marotta has begun to ring the changes at crisis-hit Inter Milan with the axe falling on Belgian bad boy Radja Nainggolan who has been suspended for disciplinary reasons by the club despite Wednesday's key Serie A game against Napoli looming. https://www.thelocal.it/20181225/marotta-rings-the-changes-as-crisis-hit-inter-tackle-napoli Tue, 25 Dec 2018 16:38:02 +0100 marotta-rings-the-changes-as-crisis-hit-inter-tackle-napoli AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso told Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini to focus on politics and not football after criticising his game plan in a Sunday's 1-1 draw against Lazio. https://www.thelocal.it/20181126/milan-coach-hits-back-as-italys-deputy-pm-slams-his-game-plan Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:30:00 +0100 milan-coach-hits-back-as-italys-deputy-pm-slams-his-game-plan Real Madrid on Tuesday announced the transfer of modern great Cristiano Ronaldo to Italian champions Juventus, with the Portuguese superstar saying the time had come "for a new stage" in his life. https://www.thelocal.it/20180711/cristiano-ronaldo-transfer-juventus-italy Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:02:04 +0200 cristiano-ronaldo-transfer-juventus-italy Juventus on Sunday claimed a seventh straight Serie A title, the 34th in their history, after a goalless draw against ten-man Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. https://www.thelocal.it/20180514/in-pictures-juventus-wins-serie-a Mon, 14 May 2018 14:03:17 +0200 in-pictures-juventus-wins-serie-a 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 Serie A clubs have generated a net collective profit for the first time in 17 years but remain in a precarious position and are too reliant on television rights money, according to a report on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180326/italy-serie-a-profit Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:14:32 +0200 italy-serie-a-profit The Italian league announced on Monday that the domestic television rights for Serie A games for the period 2018 to 2021 have been sold to Spanish group MediaPro for €1.05 billion a year. https://www.thelocal.it/20180205/serie-a-tv-rights-mediapro Mon, 05 Feb 2018 17:25:36 +0100 serie-a-tv-rights-mediapro Italy's Serie A hit a five-year low for spending during a frugal January transfer window which closed Wednesday night with ten times less cash splashed than in the English Premier League. https://www.thelocal.it/20180201/football-italy-january-transfers Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:12:26 +0100 football-italy-january-transfers Serie A club Cagliari will not be punished for racist chanting by their fans against Juventus midfielder Blaise Matuidi, the Italian league said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180109/cagliari-racist-abuse-juventus-blaise-matuidi Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:35:09 +0100 cagliari-racist-abuse-juventus-blaise-matuidi