AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli says there were obviously problems at Manchester City that led to the club failing to retain the Premier League title and to the sacking of manager Roberto Mancini.

Asked about Mancini’s departure, he told CNN World of Sport: “I am not really surprised. When I was with him he was a great manager and we had the best , I think, one of the best teams I have played with. read more »

Without unnecessarily resorting to national stereotypes, we had the Italians down as a stylish bunch, and Milan is the fashion capital of Italy.

Surely, therefore, AC Milan would’t make any serious faux pas when designing their…. Ah, I see. read more »

We’ve all laughed or moaned at keepers who flap at crosses, but even David James at the height of his video games obsession would have struggled to make a miscalculation quite this bad.

Inter Milan goalie Samir Handanovic completed misjudged a cross from Antonio Candreva and ended up backheeling the ball into his net mid-flight as he soared past his intended target.

There is a distinct sadness to not hearing about all of Mario Balotelli’s japes after his move back to Italy, but every now and then something does flow across to England on the breeze.

The great thing about this video is that it was filmed for AC Milan to display on their website to demonstrate how hard the players were working in training, but ended up simply showing how mad Mario is. read more »

Antonio Conte is a beautiful man, of that there is no doubt. It takes a cool Italian to pull off white y-fronts, and Conte is a cool Italian. Freezing, in fact.

After Juventus had secured their 29th Serie A title with a 1-0 home victory over struggling Palermo thanks to an Arturo Vidal penalty, the players went on a spree of glee, celebrating in what appears to be the largest changing room in the world. read more »