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There is only one sport in the world where to wear a particular jersey number you have to be the star of the team. The person who wears that number is the brains of the team, the player with the most imagination, the most class, often even considered a genius. The sport we are talking about is soccer, which has a worldwide fan following estimated a...

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Wall Street rainmaker Michael Aiello found himself in Italy in late October, making an unlikely pitch. The chairman of the corporate department at law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, whose day job involves steering Fortune 500 companies through multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions, was in Cesena, a city close to the Adriatic coast, trying t...

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Serie A’s North American side has been up to quite a few new things. It has recently signed an official collaboration with Italian-American cooking creator QCP (Gianluca Conte) who averages more than a million views on TikTok per post. In order to streamline access and sponsors, Allied Sports has become an official partner to support the domestic f...

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In the season marking its 125th Anniversary, AC Milan took centre stage at Soccerex Miami 2024, the premier global event dedicated to the football business. Elisabet Spina, the Head of Women Football of the Rossoneri, affirmed what AC Milan represents in Italy and around the world: a Club that constantly innovates, evolves both itself and the game...

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The event, a landmark for the Italian business community in Florida, brought together more than two hundred entrepreneurs and managers to discuss this year's central theme: the impact of major sporting events in economic relations between Italy and the United States and their role in the development of Miami, a metropolis that boasts a thriving Ita...

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The Friedkin Group, owners of AS Roma, have announced a new project in the USA, where they will help to redevelop the Toyota Stadium, regular home of MLS outfit FC Dallas. The Toyota Stadium is set to undergo a series of major redevelopments, which are expected to begin in 2025 and be completed by 2028. The costs are expected to total around €178m...

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Money manager Mario Gabelli made an offer for the last Italian football club still owned the Berlusconi family. Gabelli, who runs GAMCO Investors Inc., bid for AC Monza, valuing the team as much as €60 million ($66 million), according to people familiar with the matter. The offer expires early next week, the people said. The Berlusconi family holdi...

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George Clooney’s villa is a 20-minute drive up the lake shore road from Como’s stadium. Kate Beckinsale was a spectator in the stands last weekend. Celebrity spottings and weddings have long been a pastime on Italy’s famous lake, which is known for its majestic views of the Alps. Now there’s another reason to visit: The local soccer team is making...

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We are in the mid-1980s, a time when American cultural influence in Italy, which had been expanding over the previous decades, was becoming increasingly pervasive. From TV to cinema, from sports to music, and more generally in daily life: the spread of new technologies was making the crossing of the Atlantic much faster for various products and cus...

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What’s in a nickname? That is a question The Athletic has been answering this week as we trace the origins of football clubs’ monikers in England, Germany, France, Spain and the rest of the world. This time, we’re looking at the nicknames — flattering and otherwise — in Italian football. Let’s begin with a deep cut. A lombata if you’re familiar wit...

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