Northern Ireland coach Michael O’Neill admits facing Italy in the World Cup play-off semi-final is “as difficult as we can get” but has urged his players to “believe we can get there and get a surprising result”. Italy will host Northern Ireland in a single-leg World Cup play-off semi-final on March 26, after the play-off…
Italy’s place in the World Cup play-offs has been confirmed after a 4-1 home defeat against Norway on Sunday night, but how will coach Gennaro Gattuso prepare his players without further international breaks between now and March? Italy, ready for the World Cup playoffs Italy finished second in Group I of the UEFA World Cup…
Fresh wind in Ternana Calcio: The Italian third division club has just appointed a new president, and she is immediately making history. At only 23 years old, she is the youngest club president in the history of Italian football. Claudia Rizzo was appointed president of the third division club by her father Gianluigi, after he…
Inter Milan leads Serie A, not “around first” or “near the top,” but they lead the league with 24 points, playing with a calm that feels unmistakably Italian. Inter are playing solid at the back, intelligent in midfield and aggressive in attack. Advertisement A derby win against AC Milan in November in about a week,…
Inter striker Francesco Pio Esposito is preparing for one of the biggest nights of his young career, with Italian media framing Italy vs Norway as a crossroads “between emotion and ambition” for the 20-year-old. The match at San Siro offers the striker a rare opportunity to start for the Azzurri in the same stadium where…
The European Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup write a new chapter this Sunday, with five teams still fighting for two direct places. The focus will undoubtedly be on Italy, who would need to beat Norway by nine goals or more at the San Siro to secure qualification. It doesn’t seem likely that that will…
A true sporting miracle. This is how you could describe the margin of victory of 9 goals that would be enough – using hyperbole – for Gattuso’s Italy to surpass Norway in the final photo of the qualification group for the 2026 World Cup and secure a ticket to the final phase of the prestigious…
England will face defending champions Spain in their UEFA Women’s World Cup qualifying group. Tuesday’s draw placed the pair in Group 3 of League A alongside Iceland and Ukraine, as, despite being European champions, England’s qualification in the Nations League meant they were not in Pot 1, the highest-placed teams for the draw. Advertisement Qualifying…
MILAN (Reuters) – Data centers around Milan, Italy’s financial capital, are expected to add around two gigawatts of capacity over the next five years, ten times more than current levels, the chief executive of energy group A2A said on Friday. The rapid expansion of data centers, needed to power artificial intelligence, promises to boost revenue…
