Italy

Football
Media

Clubs from Italy’s top-tier Serie A today reiterated their desire to finish the 2019-20 season at a league assembly meeting, but doubts remain over the fulfilment of the league’s domestic and international bro…
Fan Engagement

Part two of our video interview with Umberto Gandini, senior Italian sports business and administration figure and president of Lega Basket
Football
Events

The current French Ligue 1 season has been cancelled following a statement from the French prime minister that no sporting events will take place in the country until September
Motorsport
Events

Rome has renewed its hosting agreement with Formula E until 2025, with the electric series agreeing to underwrite all of the organisational costs for the race
Media

Mediaset, the Italy-based commercial broadcaster, has furthered its efforts to create a pan-European media group by raising its stake in Germany-based commercial broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1
Motorsport
Media

Eleven Sports will screen the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge in support of Unicef live to motorsports fans from this Saturday
Beach Volleyball
Events

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has announced that its 2021 Beach Volleyball World Championships have been pushed back by a year to 2022, as international federations continue to deal with…
Basketball
Media

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai and pan-European broadcaster Eurosport have turned to Lega Basket, the governing body of Italian domestic basketball, in a plea to reduce their fees for the cancelled…
Football
Events

Lega Serie A has maintained it is committed to completing the 2019-20 season amid Covid-19, as Italy’s Sports Minister, Vincenzo Spadafora, said he would return to the “very thorny issue” of free-to-air acces…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Serie A club Inter Milan has signed a sponsorship deal with Suning Real Estate, a division of the club’s Chinese ownership group Suning.
Football
Other

Adam Nelson takes a look at how the community initiatives at Liverpool FC and Everton FC are providing fans with much-needed support during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Private equity group CVC Capital Partners' planned £300m ($375m/€345m) investment in rugby union's Six Nations competition has been delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report in th…
Cycling
Media

International broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired live rights to the Tour de Suisse-backed ‘Digital Swiss 5’ e-cycling event in six territories.
Darts
Media

Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in each of its active markets to the recently-announced Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Home Tour series
Cycling
Sponsorship & Marketing

Italian cycle brand Bianchi will be the official sponsor and exclusive bicycle of the Giro d'Italia for three years from 2020 to 2022
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Italian Serie A club Fiorentina is set to play in kit supplied by Italian sports brand Kappa next season after five years with the French brand Le Coq Sportif
Football
Events

Although plans for football to resume in Italy and Germany by the end of next month are in progress, supporters could have to wait until 2021 to be allowed back in to stadiums
Motorsport
Events

The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has claimed another pair of major events, with this season's MotoGP races in Italy and Catalonia now postponed