The names that grace Italian football stadiums: from the Pope to Maradona
Napoli recently renamed their stadium after Diego Maradona, but who are the other characters honoured by clubs in Italy?
June 2020
Ivan Rakitic puts stuttering Barcelona back on top in win over Athletic Bilbao
Ivan Rakitic came off the bench to secure victory for a sluggish Barcelona against Athletic Bilbao that put them clear at the top of La Liga ahead of Real Madrid’s match against Real Mallorca on Wednesday
March 2020
Parma v Spal Serie A match delayed amid more coronavirus concern
Italian football’s response to the coronavirus outbreak was thrown into further confusion when Parma’s home match against Spal was delayed by 75 minutes
February 2020
Ronaldo penalties revive Juventus while Lukaku lights up Eriksen's Inter debut
Cristiano Ronaldo converted two penalties as he scored for the ninth Serie A game in a row to give Juventus a somewhat flattering 3-0 win over Fiorentina which kept them top of Serie A
September 2019
European roundup: Suárez helps end Barcelona’s barren away run, Bayern top
Luis Suárez and Junior Firpo scored as Barcelona beat Getafe 2-0, while Bayern Munich went top of the Bundesliga with a 3-2 win over Paderborn and Juventus beat Spal
April 2019
Leicester keen to sign Atalanta striker Andrea Petagna in summer for €20m
European roundup: Sancho double for Dortmund, Spal shock Juventus
October 2018
Jadon Sancho and Reiss Nelson in the goals while Juventus lose 100% record
Jadon Sancho and Reiss Nelson were among the goals on Saturday as the English teenagers continued to impress in the Bundesliga
March 2018
Serie A round-up: Juventus stretch lead as Napoli are held at Sassuolo
Spirited Spal frustrate Juve and shake up the bottom – and top – of Serie A
February 2018
Marco Asensio scores twice as Real Madrid surge to win over Real Betis
Karim Benzema scored Real Madrid’s fifth goal in a thrilling 5-2 La Liga victory. Juventus’s 1-0 derby win against Torino came at a cost
January 2018
European round-up: Suárez, Messi score late to save Barcelona against Alavés
Lionel Messi scored a spectacular free-kick to give Barcelona a come-from-behind 2-1 win over struggling Alavés, keeping the Catalans 11 points clear at the top of La Liga
August 2017
Sportblog
Serie A has video assistant system successes but also some human error
A penalty awarded against Juventus at home in the opening game was just what the VAR was supposed to pick up – but a referee whistling too soon at Bologna proved costly for Torino
June 2017
European football review: 54 fans from 22 leagues sum up their season
Fans across Europe give their verdicts on how their clubs performed this year
March 2017
Guardian Sport Network
Italy's veteran manager turns to youth to restore their former World Cup glories
Gian Piero Ventura has been coaching for 41 years but the squads he has picked for Italy’s World Cup qualifiers show he has not lost his faith in young players
October 2014
Sportblog
The Joy of Six: rabonas
From the father of the trick to Angel Di María (via David Dunn), we celebrate half a dozen examples of players indulging themselves
