Football and financeSky’s moves and DAZN’s figuresComcast’s pay-TV service has announced the acquisition of the broadcasting rights for Euro 2028: it will broadcast all 51 matches of the tournament’s final stage, with 24 matches shown exclusively. Meanwhile, the streaming platform is preparing for its stock market flotationbyMarco Sacchi19 SEP 26
Il Foglio SportChivu’s Inter take on Gasperini’s Roma in a match that will decide the top spotThe managers will face off at the Olimpico in a clash that threatens to set the league alight and ignite the title race. But between the two, despite the age difference, there are more similarities than might appear at first glancebyMichele Tossani19 SEP 26
Il Foglio SportSan Siro is celebrating its 100th anniversary, but it is a sombre occasionGianfelice Facchetti and Federico Jaselli Meazza discuss the stadium of their father, their grandfather and the derbies: “It remains a piece of Italy that goes beyond football”byFrancesco Gottardi19 SEP 26
Il Foglio SportMusetti and the beauty of being vintage“I’d love to steal Sinner’s mind. His mental strength is what impresses me most,” says the world number 24.byUmberto Zapelloni19 SEP 26
Il Foglio SportIt takes just three steps to make sense of this struggling Milan sideThe Europa League used to be a decent competition; they’ve stripped it bare and filled it with unwatchable matchesbyJack O’Malley19 SEP 26
Il Foglio Sportivo – A PORTRAIT OF BONANZAAmorin, Spalletti and the mystery managerWhilst the Milan manager accepts the challenge without losing his composure, refraining from becoming hostile in the face of the inevitable thorny questions, the Juventus manager, when faced with difficulties, digs his heels in, becoming someone other than himself. I would suggest cultivating the art of suspensionbyAlessandro Bonan18 SEP 26
Il Foglio SportThe usual political battle behind the temptation to dissolve the FIGCThe Federation risks being placed under administration. Is it really necessary to begin again with administrative oversight merely because the elected president did not possess a membership card? Not a party membership card, but a ball boy’s card.byUmberto Zapelloni18 SEP 26
Just sport and boobsSydney Sweeney shows her breasts and it is a scandal. But wasn’t the problem in the eye of the beholder?Would the actress, dressed in long trousers, a striped T-shirt and a cap, really have lent more dignity to women’s baseball? The narrative about women’s resilience in sport and the ‘problem’ of a very blonde, not very democratic young woman (in the sense of the Party)byJack O’Malley17 SEP 26
Serie ABologna are looking to Raffaele Palladino to help restore order to the chaosDomenico Tedesco has been sacked; he is to be replaced by the former manager of Monza, Fiorentina and Atalanta, who is now accustomed to failing to secure a job in the summer and taking over mid-seasonbyMarco Gaetani16 SEP 26
editorialsThe land of (lost) candidaciesThe defeat at the World Athletics Championships is a sign of a problem facing Italy: a lack of alliancesbyRedazione15 SEP 26
