For some Italians, their team’s absence from the biggest tournament in soccer is a metaphor for a broader national malaise.

Italy failed to reach the World Cup, losing to Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-1 in penalties after tying 1-1 in regulation in the European playoff finals.

Italy has won the World Cup four times, but will miss the World Cup for the third straight time as it sits out the 2026 tournament.

Erling Haaland’s Norway have ended Carlo Ancelotti’s World Cup dream by knocking Brazil out of the tournament, a result that ...

Former head of the Italian National Olympic Committee, Giovanni Malagò, was elected president of the Italian Football Federation FIGC on Monday.

Roberto Mancini is officially a free agent, and his return to the Italian national team has never been closer.

Goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca was at the heart of Italy's 1994 World Cup campaign, which culminated in one of football's most ...

From Maradona's 'Hand of God' and the Disgrace of Gijon to Luis Suarez's infamous handball and Egypt's protest against FIFA ...

It has been 20 years since Zinedine Zidane was sent off for his infamous headbutt on Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup ...

Italy has lifted the World Cup four times (in 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006), which puts the Azzurri among the most successful national teams in the history of the game. Yet the question of which ...

After four weeks and 96 matches and 280 goals and 8,820 minutes of soccer (and four penalty shootouts), we on Wednesday ...