Italy

Italian Serie A outfit Napoli has announced it has become the football club in the world to launch its own exclusive ‘Brand Store’ in partnership with internet company Amazon.

Italian entrepreneur Riccardo Silva is set to take a minority stake in Serie A football club AC Milan, SportBusiness International understands.

The National Council of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has today (Tuesday) unanimously decided to push forward with a bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, but has delayed reaching a verdict on which of the three proposals to back.

Elliott has commenced contractual proceedings that could grant the US private equity fund the power to determine the future of Italian Serie A football club AC Milan, according to multiple reports.

The Italian government has offered its support for a 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games bid under certain conditions, as the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) prepares to meet to discuss which project to choose.

Three proposals remain on the table for an Italian bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with a final decision due to be made next week.

Italian Serie A football club AC Milan will head to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after Uefa imposed the stiffest sanction so far on a team from one of Europe’s top five leagues for a breach of its financial fair play regulations.

The Ricketts family, owners of Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise the Chicago Cubs, have announced they are in talks to acquire Italian Serie A football club AC Milan, but they will reportedly face competition from another US party.
 

AS Roma has stated it expects its Stadio della Roma project to remain on course following a wave of arrests in the Italian capital over alleged corruption tied to the Serie A football club’s new stadium.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has sealed a deal to take its Supercoppa Italiana competition to Saudi Arabia in three of the next five years.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has confirmed it has received an “important offer” to take its Supercoppa Italiana competition to Saudi Arabia.

AC Milan chief executive Marco Fassone has hit out at Uefa after football’s European governing body turned down a request for a settlement agreement and referred the Italian Serie A club to its adjudicatory body for likely sanctions for breaching financial fair play rules.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has published its latest annual report into Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) with athletics and Italy topping the list of offenders for sport and nationality, respectively.

The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola circuit in Italy will continue to host a round of the Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) series until 2020 after a new hosting-rights contract was signed.

World Sailing has confirmed the Italian port city of Genoa will feature in both the 2019 and 2020 editions of its World Cup Series.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Tuesday) confirmed that seven National Olympic Committees (NOCs) met the deadline to register official interest in hosting the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, ahead of a final decision in September 2019.

The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has today (Thursday) confirmed its intention to put forward a joint bid from Milan and Turin for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Serie A club Juventus has detailed plans to build a new hotel near its Allianz Stadium home, in what will mark a first for Italian football.