Giovanni Battistuzzi

The Italian rider has also won the Tour de l’Avenir following the Giro d’Italia Next Gen: only Gibì Baronchelli had managed to do so before. Now there is another World Championship to aim for before having to endure the disappointments and frustrations of Italian cycling

After years on the bench, the Greek goalkeeper finally got his chance, partly thanks to Lazio’s chaotic transfer dealings. It worked out well for him and for Gennaro Gattuso

The Milan striker storms across the pitch, overwhelming his opponents, both when he has the ball at his feet and when he’s trying to win it back. He made his debut for Milan against Torino, scoring his first goal

This is how the team coached by Cesc Fàbregas has turned football into a unifying force for the whole of the Lario region. A report on local pride and European ambitions beneath the new stand at the Sinigaglia Stadium

The French cyclist, a two-time world champion, has retired with immediate effect. On his bike, he was able to blend joy and melancholy, happiness and despair, in a way that few others in the history of cycling have managed to do

He was the greatest trotter in history, “and the downfall of many who, up until then, had been scraping by at the racecourses”, says Raul Santini, who has spent his whole life


in the world of horses, for better or for worse

A spectacle that has managed to rob Italians of their ability to begrudge others, to find excuses for their own failures and to see conspiracies in those of others

Farewell to the captain who defined an era and did more than just write Milan’s history. A tribute to the former number 10: “He knew how to show his teammates the way”

In Padua, on 27 August 1995, the Stadio Euganeo fell silent for a few moments. The Captain had scored. The story of the last goal scored by Milan’s number 6

The former Milan defender and captain was 66 years old. His career got off to a poor start, during one of the most disastrous periods in Milan’s history. He played two seasons in Serie B, experiencing a rollercoaster of highs and lows, yet he never once questioned his commitment to the Rossoneri. And for one simple reason: is there any other shirt like it? Then came the great victories