Italy

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.

Gaetano Micciché, the chairman of financial services group Banca IMI, has been elected as the new president of Lega Serie A, the body that operates the top division of Italian football.

World Para Athletics has revealed details of a new competition exclusively for throw events that will debut in the Italian city of Ancona later this year.

A proposal to return the winter Olympic Games to Turin in 2026 has been hit with instant resistance as plans emerged for a rival Italian bid from the Veneto region.

Italy, Poland and Portugal are set to contend hosting rights for the finals of the inaugural Uefa Nations League, a new tournament for national team friendly matches organised by football’s European governing body.