Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli has been handed a seven-month ban as part of a settlement with the Italian Football Federation after breaching rules on betting on matches, the FIGC said on Tuesday. Under FIGC rules, a player found to have bet on football matches could have been banned for at least three years, but Fagioli has had more lenient treatment …
Italy has formally submitted a bid to host the 2032 European Championship to European football’s governing body UEFA, the Italian Football Federation said on Wednesday. “We imagined Italy and European football in 10 years’ time, in the knowledge that the positive legacy of such an event would multiply extraordinary opportunities for the entire nation,” FIGC president Gabriele Gravina said. Italy …
Key figures at Juventus and Napoli, including chairmen Andrea Agnelli and Aurelio De Laurentiis, face possible lengthy bans as a trial over suspicious football transfers began on Monday, the Italian FA announced. Agnelli is just one of 61 people before the FIGC’s tribunal along with Juve’s former sporting director Fabio Paratici, his replacement Federico Cherubini, CEO Maurizio Arrivabene and vice-chairman …
Prosecutors at the country’s football federation have asked for Juventus chairman Agnelli to be banned from the game for a year over his alleged role in suspected inflated transfer values designed to artificially boost clubs’ balance sheets. Milan Key figures at Juventus and Napoli, including chairmen Andrea Agnelli and Aurelio De Laurentiis, face possible lengthy bans as a trial over …
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