Italy

Italian Serie A football club Juventus has announced year-on-year growth across key financials for the 12 months to June 30, with preliminary results showing an 11.4 per cent increase in revenue.

Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) president Giovanni Malago has said officials will press on with Rome’s bid for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, as the bid committee expressed its “profound surprise and disappointment” at Mayor Virginia Raggi’s decision to reject the project.

Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi has today (Wednesday) rejected the city’s bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games in a move that effectively spells the end for the Italian capital’s effort to secure the event.

Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport today (Wednesday) confirmed that the island of Sardinia will host the ‘Big Start’ of the 2017 race, which marks the centenary edition of the cycling ‘Grand Tour’.

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has struck up a partnership with US-based strategic event planning company EPIC to support organisers of the 2019 summer Universiade in the Italian city of Naples, amid a reduced timeframe to deliver the event.

A group of Italian athletes who competed at the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have written to Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi calling on her not to axe the capital’s bid for the 2024 Games, saying such a move would “close the door on a unique opportunity.”

Renewed uncertainty has emerged surrounding the future of Formula One’s Italian Grand Prix after it was revealed a Rome court will in October hear a complaint raised over the issue of government funding for the motor racing event.

The International Biathlon Union has awarded hosting rights for the 2020 and 2021 editions of its World Championships to Antholz in Italy and the Russian city of Tyumen respectively.

Monza has agreed a deal with Formula One for the motor-racing championship’s Italian Grand Prix to remain at the circuit until at least 2019.

Rome will bid to host the 2028 summer Olympics if the city pulls out of the race to host the 2024 Games, according to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

Gianni Infantino, president of football’s global governing body, Fifa, has hailed a landmark trial of video technology during the international friendly match between Italy and France yesterday (Thursday).

Monza is set to remain as the home of Formula One’s Italian Grand Prix after a new race deal was agreed with the motor racing championship’s organisers, Italian officials said today (Wednesday).

Rome’s Mayor Virginia Raggi has maintained her stance in not backing the capital’s bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games, stating it would be better to focus on “abandoned municipal installations” rather than the effort to land the sporting showpiece.

Cycling’s UCI WorldTour is set for its first Chinese team after a takeover deal was announced today (Friday) for the Italian outfit Lampre-Merida.

Rome 2024, the team attempting to bring the summer Olympics to the Italian capital, has penned an agreement with the Village for All organisation in an effort to make the Games fully accessible for people with disabilities.

A consortium of Chinese investors has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire AC Milan, according to Fininvest, the holding company that owns the Italian Serie A football club.