For generations, playing in the World Cup was akin to Italian birthright. The nation made every tournament from 1958 to 2014. It joined Germany and Brazil as the only nations to win the World Cup four ...

After letting the final Bosnian penalty slip under his reach on Tuesday, Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma remained on his knees, putting his hands on his head in utter disbelief. The rest of his ...

Italy “woke up ⁠angry and disillusioned” after their play-off defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina meant they missed out on a third consecutive World Cup, “prolonging a sporting nightmare for ⁠the ...

Italy sports minister Andrea Abodi has ruled out the possibility of the national team replacing Iran in the 2026 World Cup. Italy had recently emerged as a potential last-minute replacement for Iran ...

Italy beat Northern Ireland 2-0 in Bergamo on Thursday as they took care of business in their World Cup playoff semifinal, as they now advance to the final at Bosnia on Tuesday. The winner of that ...

Former Formula 1 driver and four-time Paralympic champion Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi has died. As his family announced, the Italian passed away on Friday evening at the age of 59. His life was marked ...

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© Getty ImagesFrancesco Pio Esposito of Italy. The proposal took officials by surprise, as Infantino had previously treated Iran’s participation as a settled ...