Italian magistrates have announced the opening of an investigation into an match-fixing affair that allegedly saw corrupt Serie B players help change the outcome of matches to benefit Mafia gangsters.... more »
AC Milan, Napoli and Lazio have dismissed their respective roles in the latest scandal to hit Italian football after dozens of players and officials were put under investigation on Tuesday.... more »
Dozens of Serie A and B club officials including Adriano Galliani and Hernan Crespo have been targeted by an Italian police investigation into alleged tax evasion and false accounting, reports in Italy said Tuesday.... more »
A former Serie B player with links to a "gypsy gang" that placed illegal bets on Asian betting networks has revealed how he corrupted up to 60 professional players before being snared by police wire taps.... more »
They may be more used to issuing warnings and penalties, but referees in Italy's Serie B division are set to make professional football history by rewarding players for sportsmanship.... more »
A match-fixing scandal in Italy that has rocked Catania took a new twist on Monday when the Serie B club's president admitted to buying the results of five league games in a bid to "save the club".... more »
Italian police have arrested seven people in connection with a match-fixing affair aimed at helping Serie B club Catania beat relegation to the country's third division.... more »
Ten-man Bologna secured their return to Serie A after holding Pescara to a 1-1 draw in a decisive Serie B playoff to join Carpi and Frosinone in Italy's top flight next season.... more »
The president of Italy's football federation (FIGC), Carlo Tavecchio, pledged to eradicate the "criminals and tricksters" following the eruption of a sports betting scandal.... more »
Italian second division side Frosinone earned promotion to Serie A for the first time on Saturday, joining Carpi in Italy's top flight for next season.... more »
Carpi FC 1909's 0-0 draw against Bari on Tuesday sent the modest Serie B outfit into Italy's top division for the first time in their history.... more »
The number of fixed football matches in Europe rose sharply last year and sporting authorities must take action urgently, a top organisation of betting firms said Tuesday.... more »
Domenico Berardi scored his second hat-trick of the season as Sassuolo stunned hosts Fiorentina 4-3 on Tuesday to move two points clear of the drop zone in Italy's Serie A.... more »
Juventus secured the 2014 Serie A title with three games to spare on Sunday after closest challengers Roma were stunned 4-1 away to relegation-haunted Catania.... more »
Juventus secured the 2014 Serie A title with three games to spare on Sunday after closest challengers Roma were stunned 4-1 away to relegation-haunted Catania.... more »
Juventus secured the 2014 Serie A title with three games to spare on Sunday after closest challengers Roma were stunned 4-1 away to relegation-haunted Catania.... more »
Juventus secured the 2014 Serie A title with three games to spare on Sunday after closest challengers Roma were stunned 4-1 away to relegation-haunted Catania.... more »
Three doctors will be tried for negligent homicide after the death of Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini in a game in April 2012, a court in the city of Pescara announced on Tuesday.... more »
