Italy’s third consecutive failure to qualify for the World Cup has left a void at the heart of the nation’s football calendar this summer, and while the rest of the world prepares to descend on North America for the tournament, the Azzurri must find a way to rebuild both on and off the pitch.

Kimi Antonelli has added his voice to the national outpouring of disappointment following Italy’s World Cup elimination, saying the failure gives him extra motivation to keep representing his country at the highest level in Formula 1.

The 19-year-old Mercedes driver, speaking to Sky Sport fresh from back-to-back victories in China and Japan, was asked for his thoughts o...

Alessandro Del Piero has delivered one of the most forthright assessments of Italy’s footballing crisis since the World Cup playoff elimination, calling for genuine humility and structural reform rather than the blame-shifting and self-preservation that has characterised the response from those in power.

Rafael Leao has returned to full Milan training and is available for selection ahead of Monday’s crunch Serie A clash with Napoli at the Maradona.

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Italy’s post-World Cup disaster overhaul is gathering pace, with Gabriele Gravina’s resignation confirmed and attention turning to who will manage the Azzurri in the immediate interim period before a permanent successor to Gennaro Gattuso is appointed.