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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Serie b - Caught on Camera

Ashley Cole: ‘The players have to trust what I’m asking them to do’

The former Arsenal, Chelsea and England left-back is in his first manager’s job, with playoff-chasing Serie B side, Cesena

The Guardian - UK

Refereeing scandal brings back unhappy memories of Calciopoli to Italian football

Allegations of ‘sporting fraud’ against Gianluca Rocchi arrive at an especially messy moment for Italian football

The Guardian - UK

Gianluigi Buffon: ‘You have a perception that you are unbeatable, almost omnipotent’

Italy’s goalkeeping legend tells Donald McRae about getting used to retirement, the decline of Italian football and why he blames himself for Zidane’s World Cup final red card

The Guardian - UK

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Goalkeeper ruled out of World Cup 2026 after suffering a broken neck

Former United States youth international was injured while playing in Italy

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US goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann breaks neck playing for Cesena

The former US youth international was injured in clash with a Palermo player and was taken to a hospital afterward

The Guardian - US

England legend lands shock first manager’s job at Italian second division club

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The Independent UK

Ashley Cole lands first managerial role as he makes surprise move to Serie B

Cole has been appointed head coach of Cesena, who sit eighth in Italy’s second tier

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'Pink is elegance, sensitivity, light and black is battle. Together they tell the story of the Palermitan soul' Historic Italian club Palermo plot course for Serie A return after financial hardship and City Football Group investment

FourFourTwo visited Palermo FC in January 2026, to witness first-hand how the club has risen from Serie D to the cusp of Italian football's top flight

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‘We lived a miraculous thing’: Castel di Sangro, 30 years on from their epic rise

The smalltown club’s Serie B adventure captivated football and inspired a famous book. That team’s spirit remains and is being passed to their successors

The Guardian - UK

Road to World Cup 2026: USMNT’s Four Best Players of the Week—Ranked

January wrapped up with some outstanding performances from Americans in Europe.

Sports Illustrated

It's Still Not Perfect, But I've Learned to Love FM26

Despite the issues, I'm having fun again.

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‘L’ultima bandiera’: Domenico Berardi raises final flag for loyalty in football

Sassuolo attacker is that rarest of beasts, a one-club man, and his virtuoso display against Atalanta reinforced his hero status

The Guardian - UK

5 Clubs To Manage In Football Manager 26 If You Want A Challenge

Challenge yourself.

Operation Sports

Can any club match Liverpool’s impressive run of top-eight finishes?

Plus: which club have won the greatest variety of finals at Wembley? And more footballers as song titles

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Christian Pulisic Quiets Doubters in Standout Performance for AC Milan in Coppa Italia

The USMNT star scored to help AC Milan beat Serie B side Barri in the Coppa Italia.

The Guardian - UK

Serie B chaos and memories of food-poisoning fall-guys

In today’s Football Daily: The battle to avoid Serie C rumbles on

The Independent UK

Sampdoria handed relegation lifeline as former Italian champions look to avoid new low

Sampdoria have never played outside of Italy’s top two divisions in their history

The Guardian - US

Pulisic’s surge to Balogun’s plunge: how USMNT stars fared in Europe this season

With a home World Cup on the horizon, we look at how potential players for Mauricio Pochettino’s squad affected their standing this past season

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Lake Como’s Serie A Rise Has Its Club Dreaming of Becoming a Sports Disneyland

Celebrity fans. Match tickets with VIP boat tours. This is Como 1907, where innovative owners strive to create a premier soccer destination.

The Guardian - UK

Stunned Sampdoria relegated to Serie C: how did it come to this?

One of the most beloved Italian clubs of the past 40 years now face a long way back to return to the glory days of the 1990s

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Sampdoria: Football's Flagging Giants

One of Europe's finest teams in the early 1990s, Sampdoria have just been relegated to the Italian third-tier Serie C for the first time - FFT travelled to Genoa to hear about a decline that has featured film directors, Andrea Pirlo and a pig's head in the post...

The Guardian - UK

Hang them in the Louvre: football tables as works of art

Plus: clubs making big profits on ageing players and the WSL teams playing each other four times in 13 days

The Guardian - UK

Cesc Fàbregas is writing a Hollywood script at Como as film stars watch on

Promoted team with expensive signings and celebrity fans are driven by the intensity of their manager and stakeholder

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Players who won different leagues with the same club

These stars were all champions at two or more levels with one side

The Guardian - UK

The fitba-calcio complex: how Serie A revived its Scottish connection

After a hiatus going back to the era of Jordan and Souness, Scottish players are in demand in Italy again – here’s why

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