Sport in Italy
Italy is a nation that lives and breathes soccer (football), appropriately, it also holds the second spot for most World Cups won (the second spot is shared with Germany, as of 2017). Ever. The World Cup, of course, is the single, most important sporting event on the planet, held every four years […]
From Golden Ball to Pasadena’s Penalty – a career filled with goals, passion and class Roberto Baggio, fifty years with a past full of great moves. Able to heat up spectators with his class like no one else in the history of Italian soccer – there’s only one Roberto Baggio, he […]
NBA Logo While many might not know it, basketball and the NBA are a big presence in Italian culture. After soccer, basketball is the most watched and covered team sport in Italy, and Italian players like Gallinari, Bargnani and Belinelli (of the New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors and New Orleans […]
Chievo Verona Logo Chievo is a small neighborhood right outside of Verona in Veneto. About 15 years ago it became famous when, in one of the most amazing underdog stories of Italian soccer, its Cinderella team was able to reach Serie A, the top league, and after that to carry its […]
Luciano Moggi, on the left, was one of the protagonists of Calciopoli, Italy’s football scandal In 1980, the world of Italian soccer was shaken by one of the worst illegal match fixing scandals of its history; many believed such dark times had ended with the Italian World Cup victory in […]
Inter Milan Logo Soccer (or football) is a big deal in Italy and Inter Milan is one of the biggest teams in the country. Inter is also the only Italian team never to be relegated to second division, Serie B. Founded in 1908, Inter won its first scudetto, […]
Giovanni Trapattoni. Ph. Майоров Владимир on wikipedia Giovanni Trapattoni is a legend. He is the most successful club coach in history, once the coach of the Italian national team and later, at over 70 years of age, coaching the blossoming Irish National team, which he led to the Euro 2012 finals. […]
A.C. Milan Logo This glorious football team was founded in 1899 by two British gentlemen living in Milan. The traditional colors of the jersey are red and black, and the logo is a devil. More than for its marketing design, AC Milan impresses for its amazing winning history, […]
The Barcaccia after Dutch hooligans littered and provoked damage (photo by ANSA) It’s been a week, but the outrage around the events that followed the Europa League match between Roma FC and Rotterdam’s Feyenoord is still alive and very much kicking. Nowhere like in Europe has sport been brought to such violent extremes, and […]
I Mondiali, FIFA World Cup, is experienced as a very special event by all Italians, one that everyone knows not to miss. Even those who are not usually interested in the campionato di serie A, Italy’s national soccer league, become soccer crazy during the World Cup to support the Azzurri (the name reserved to the team) for the […]