Tadej Pogačar won the fourteenth stage of the 2026 Tour de France. A stage that treated us to the spectacle of the Col du Haag, Richard Carapaz’s determination, Jonas Vingegaard’s desire to take centre stage, Remco Evenepoel’s tenacity and the talent of Paul Seixas and Isaac Del Toro

Sixty years ago in England, one of the darkest chapters in the history of the national team: the defeat against the Korean side that the UK’s institutions and the football authorities did not want to acknowledge

There is no historical evidence of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi’s telephone call to the Tuscan cyclist; what is certain is that, at the 1948 Tour de France, Ginettaccio restored a sense of national pride to Italians that had been shattered by the wounds of the Second World War

Football turns coincidences into destiny: from the washing-up bowl to the World Cup. And the same goes for Scaloni and De la Fuente: one waited almost ten years within the Federation, the other was only supposed to stay for two matches

El Pibe de Oro could only be stopped by physical force. For this reason, I believe he is unrivalled. The isolation of the number 10 mirrors his 1986 match, even before any of Lionel Messi’s, including the American final he heroically won at the age of forty

At 38, with two children, Arianna is preparing for her 14th World Championships: “Now every race is a gift: if I win, it’s a unique sense of fulfilment; if I don’t, I no longer see it as a failure”

The referee who was arrested years ago during a debauchery involving weapons and drugs is the right man for the final act

From their early days in Serie A2 and international tournaments, through to promotion to Serie A1 and winning the league title in 2023, the team founded by Fabio Merlino has become a mainstay of the sport: "It was set up in memory of my dad. Before he left for Iraq, he promised me he’d take me to have a go at hockey."

When the former national team manager’s idea was made public, we all expressed skepticism. But it might be the right choice because what matters is a truly shared vision, a management team willing to defend it against the firing squad of public opinion, and a genuine rebuilding of Club Italia