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Ashley Cole leaves England Under-21s coaching role after successive Euros triumphs

Ashley Cole has decided to leave his role as an England Under-21 coach, the FA confirmed on Tuesday. Working under manager Lee Carsley, Cole helped the Under-21s win successive Euros titles in 2023 and 2025. Cole also took up a position as head coach of Serie B side Cesena in…

The Independent UK

Farewell Franco Baresi: Milan mourns an icon, world football loses a legend

Franco Baresi, the legendary Milan and Italy captain, who's died aged 66, leaves behind a unique legacy of trophies, titles and a record of defending the club's iconic red and black colours for more than two decades.

Euronews

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

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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

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

Former United States youth international was injured while playing in Italy

FourFourTwo

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

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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

The Independent UK

'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

FourFourTwo

‘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.

Operation Sports

‘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

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

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The Guardian - UK

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

Sports Illustrated

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

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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

Sports Illustrated

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

FourFourTwo

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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