Italy

Italy’s Serie A is set to become the latest leading European football league to use goal-line technology (GLT) after the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) approved its introduction from next season.

Events in Miami and Rome have been added to the Global Champions Tour schedule for the 2015 season of the show jumping series.

Six Nations chief executive John Feehan has said there is no prospect of the national team rugby union tournament being switched from its annual February-March slot.

Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio has said he hopes to win approval this year for a reduction in the size of Serie A from 20 to 18 clubs, stating the move will help address an “implosion” of the domestic football system.

Italian Serie A football club AS Roma has taken another step forward in its plans to develop a new 52,500-seat stadium after the Assemble Capitolina recognised Stadio della Roma as a project of public interest for the City of Rome.

Sergio Marchionne, the new president of the Ferrari Formula One team and car company, has called on the motor-racing championship to undergo a “revolution” if it is to appeal more to younger fans.

The European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) tournament operator has announced that rugby union clubs from Russia, Spain, Portugal and the Italian top division will feature in an expanded qualifying competition for the 2015-16 edition of the European Rugby Challenge Cup.

Italy has become the second nation to confirm a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi stating officials will seek to support Rome’s candidacy by including other cities in their summer Games masterplan.

AC Milan is reportedly close to securing a site to develop a new 42,000-seat stadium, while fellow Serie A football club Parma has announced it has secured a new owner.

The International Rowing Federation (Fisa) has announced that four bids have been submitted to host the global governing body’s 2019 World Rowing Championships.

Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio has said he is keen to introduce goal-line technology (GLT) into Serie A next season, while Parma has been hit with a one point penalty for breaching financial regulations.

Embattled Parma is set to become the latest Italian Serie A football club to fall under foreign ownership, with a Russian/Cypriot conglomerate likely to conclude a deal later this week.

Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) president Alfredo Gavazzi has said a bid is being prepared for the 2023 Rugby World Cup as part of a strategy in which Italy is also targeting the 2024 Olympic Games and the 2022 edition of golf showpiece the Ryder Cup.

International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson has admitted that the three ‘Grand Tours’ could be shortened in duration as part of the sport’s reform plans.

Chia, a coastal area on the Italian island of Sardinia, will host the 2016 European Cross County Championships athletics event.

Italian tennis players Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace are at the centre of match-fixing allegations, after intercepted conversations claiming they sold matches were printed today (Wednesday) in Italian media.