Signed on a loan deal with a permanent option, the young Brazilian with his moniker – Marquinhos – is now an in-demand starlet and highly tipped to be a future Seleção star. Marquinhos joined ...

As World Cup fever spreads in England after thrashing Panama 6-1, a football of a very different kind has been unfolding. Calcio Storico, the brutal, violent version of the beautiful game, has been on ...

FLORENCE, Italy -- A young man lies spread-eagle in the center of a sand-covered arena, blood streaming from a gash above his eye. The guy who opened up this wound is straddled across his chest, ...

The ancient form of football calcio storico combines rugby and street fighting and is played every summer in Florence. The new film “Lost in Florence” takes a hard look at love, sorrow and the healing ...

As Serie A continues its surge in North America, Wayne Girard was sent on-site for the league’s ‘Serie A Day: The Fashion of Calcio’ in Manhattan. Serie A’s North American side has been up to quite a ...

President of the Italian Football Referees’ Association Marcello Nicchi is very much against introducing television replays into Italian football. On from successive weekends that have seen ...

Gianluigi Donnarumma was one of just a number of Italy players reduced to tears by Tuesday's World Cup play-off loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina - but the penalty shootout defeat in Zenica hit the ...