This is the new Nike ball that you will see being kicked around next season. It's called the Nike Total 90 Ascente and will also be used in the EPL and in Spain's La Liga. The ball will be used in all Serie A, Serie B, and Coppa Italia matches as well as the SuperCoppa this August and in all Primavera matches.

Ireland U17 striker Parick McEleney is staying at Sunderland after the young Derry man was confirmed as one of eight players who will be involved at the Sunderland academy of light next season.
The former St. Brigid's College pupil will be joined at Sunderland by fellow Ireland U17 international John Egan from Cork.

Yesterday the Lega Calcio announced the dates for the 2009/2010 Serie A season. Serie A begins the weekend of August 23rd and will end on May 16th to give the national team enough time to prepare for the World Cup. There will be 4 midweek rounds (September 23, October 28, January 6, and March 24).

Un guerriero svedese, che impressionava per forza fisica e per la grande grinta che metteva in ogni gara, è ora costretto a lottare contro un brutto male: la leucemia. Klas Ingesson, ex Bari, Bologna e Lecce (negli anni 1996-2001, ha impressionato nel campionato di calcio per la sua grande forza, da vero e proprio vichingo) si trova a dover affrontare la partita più importante.

Before we dive into Serie A transfer news, I just want to report on a transfer from Serie B that as fairly important, which was Torino's Alessandro Rosina signing for Zenit St. Petersburg. Nobody expected a player with Rosina's talent to stay in Serie B, but the move to Russia seemed a little surprising, however it makes sense.

Often we see a young player explode onto the calcio scene and everyone turns heads and says "Where did this kid come from?". Well, now is your chance to gain some knowledge about some promising Italian young players and maybe in a year or two when one of these players starts to do some good things on the pitch you'll know who they are.

En la temporada 95-96, la última de los torneos largos que se rumora podrían regresar al fútbol mexicano, fue cuando se escribió una página triste-gloriosa de la historia de los Tigres de la UANL: el descenso. Triste por descender a la Segunda División, llamada Primera "A". Gloriosa porque esos Tigres hicieron temblar al sistema del [.

Last week I posted the first edition of Transfer Tuesdays, where every week we round up what every Serie A club is doing on the transfer market. Today is the last day of June, which means tomorrow the transfer window is officially open and you'll see all the transfers made in the past few weeks become "official".

Antonio Cassano continua a regalare spettacolo, gol e fantastiche emozioni, gara ufficiale o amichevole che sia. E' sicuramente uno dei giocatori più forti della nostra Serie A di Calcio. Fantasia, tecnica, giocate da brividi, con quella maglia blucerchiata addosso che gli calza ormai a pennello.
E' sempre più un leader nel gruppo doriano e con i suoi gol e le sue magie sta facendo felice il presidente Garrone e i tanti tifosi della squadra ligure.

Going into the Promotion semi-final second leg, all 4 teams had a chance to advance. Empoli and Brescia played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg and had all to play for in the second. Grosseto upset Livorno 2-0 away, and they liked their chances of finishing the job at home but you couldn't count out a Livorno team with so many experienced players.

Let me just start out by saying that I have never liked Goal.com (the English version at least. The Italian version is actually pretty good because it just posts articles from Italian newspapers, so at least you know you're reading from a source). The English version always seems to have stories without sources that look like they were just thought up at that instant and posted, and I have never liked their opinions on Italian calcio.

by TRAVIS CLARK

It certainly wasn't a good start for Jose Mourinho's club last week, drawing 1-1 against newly-promoted side Bari. With Juventus looking like a strong side, it was inevitable for the Special One to bring in some new blood to his side.

Reports out of Italy and Spain have Real Madrid's Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder heading to Inter as early as today.

I thought now that the season is over and we've moved into the craziness of the off season where transfer rumors are posted by the minute on every calcio website possible, I would start a new weekly post called "Transfer Tuesdays" where we can sift through all these rumors and see what all 20 Serie A teams are up to during this summer's calciomercato.

The new season is quickly approaching (many teams have started pre-season training) and I realized that I never put up a best goals post for last season. So I searched the internet for videos of that showed the "top 10 goals" but I realized that I didn't agree with any of the videos because I felt that so many good goals were being left out.

We are now at the third volume of Transfer Tuesdays, and now we dig further into the transfer market. Most teams have started training again, and the new season is quickly taking shape. Now with all teams in pre-season training the sporting directors are moving frantically to make deals so that new signings can start pre-season training with the team.

Today the schedule was released for the 2009/2010 season. Lega Calcio finally decided to do the schedule EPL-style, with no seeding for teams, which meant you could have big games on the first day of the season. The first day of the season which starts the weekend of August 22 and 23 has two very interesting encounters, with Genoa-Roma and Palermo-Napoli.

Well, it's that time of the summer again. I'm off to the old country tomorrow, so the blog will be inactive for a couple of weeks. However I will be back right before the start of the Serie A season so I'll be able to maybe get a mega-preview up like last season and we'll wrap up the important news that happened while I was gone.

The Italian Serie A is just about to start as Internazional (Inter Milan) aim for their 5th straight league title. Can they win it again or will AC Milan or Juventus finally stop their streak? Here's a preview of the upcoming season along with predictions.

Who will win the Scudetto this year?

Internazionale held to a 1-1 draw with new boys Bari, Pato scores 2 for Milan to overcome Siena,...
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The Weekend Round-up will be up tomorrow since today was the last day of the summer transfer market and teams made last minute deals. Many clubs were scrambling until the very last minute to get contracts deposited into the league offices and some transfers had to be canceled because they weren't completed in time.

After 3 giornate, only 3 clubs are still at full points: Sampdoria, who defeated Atalanta 1-0 in Bergamo with a goal from Daniele Mannini; Juventus, who saw Lazio off with a 2-0 win thanks to Martin Caceres and David Trezeguet; and Genoa, who thumped Napoli 4-1 with Sergio Floccari, Giandomenico Mesto, Hernan Crespo, and Houssine Kharja all scoring their first goals of the season.

Di solito è sempre stato abbastanza riservato e taciturno. Non che gli sia mai mancato il carattere, che da buon friulano ha sempre avuto, ma Dino Zoff, portiere dell'Italia campione del mondo nel 1982, ex allenatore di Lazio, Juventus, tra le principali e più importanti ("un pezzo della mia vita") esperienze vissute nella Serie A di Calcio, questa volta è uscito dai ranghi e ha parlato di molte questioni, esaltando Diego ("è più forte di Zico") compresa quella che sta a cuore a molti italiani, la convocazione in nazionale di Antonio Cassano, autore di prestazioni divine nella Serie A con la maglia blucerchiata.

You can watch Chievo Verona v AC Milan Live online here.

Chievo Verona v AC Milan
Serie A
Sunday 25 October 2009
Kick-off: 19:45 BST

Chievo Verona Preview

Chievo will be looking to bounce back from their disappointing defeat to Bari last weekend.

Gazzetta dello Sport Nerazzurri draw 1-1 with Roma Mourinho: "Balotelli close to zero" De Rossi...
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So, three clubs have now officially ended their search for a new boss. Atalanta, Juventus, and surprisingly Palermo have all appointed new managers today. Atalanta and Juventus choosing a new manager was expected, but Palermo appointing someone new was very surprising, especially considering that Davide Ballardini hasn't even been fired yet.

The 2010-2011 season will be a little different for Serie A. The collective bargaining tv rights will go into effect which should mean more money for the little teams as the tv rights are shared throughout the whole league similar to the EPL model. But this also means they have decided to follow the EPL model in regards to schedule as well.

Los XVI Juegos Mediterráneos se celebran en Pescara (Italia), del 26 de junio al 5 de julio de 2009. Con competencias de 29 deportes, el fútbol es una de las disciplinas más atractivas. Esta es la tercera vez que Italia organiza la competición, luego de las ediciones Napoli 1963 y Bari 1997. Los "grandes países" de la costa mediterránea europea acuden con un equipo amateur.

With most news being transfer rumors now and calcio being in a lull period, I thought this would be an interesting thing to do. I call it Calcio Quiz! (name stolen from an iPhone application. My apologies if the creator is reading this), and I'll test your knowledge of the calcio world with random questions that I made up.

Bad news for Pisa. The Tuscan club today announced that they do not have the necessary funds to register for the 2009-2010 season and instead of playing in the Lega Pro First Division (Serie C1) next season, they will have to start at the amateur level in Serie D. Pisa is a popular club with a die-hard fan base, and last played in Serie A in 1990.

Non ci voleva proprio, a pochi giorni dall'inizio del campionato (esattamente una settimana). Mourinho e patron Moratti staranno maledicendo questi impegni estivi, importanti ma sicuramente forieri di problemi di questo tipo. Nella Serie A di Calcio mancher un importante protagonista, sia per il torneo che, soprattutto, per il centrocampo dell'Inter.

I just got back from vacation so I won't have time to put up a mega Serie A preview like I would've wanted, but by now we have an idea at where the 20 Serie A clubs stand for the coming season. So Serie A finally kicks off tomorrow with Bologna-Fiorentina and Siena-Milan, and the rest of the games come our way on Sunday.

Here you go the 2009-2010 season managers list for te Italian Serie A Atalanta: Angelo Gregucci (Italy :: June 10, 1964 :: his first season with Atalanta) Bari: Giampiero Ventura (Italy :: January 14, 1948 :: first season with Bari) Bologna: Giuseppe Papadopulo (Italy :: February 2, 1948 :: since April 2009 with Bologna) Cagliari: Massimiliano Allegri (Italy :: [.

Serie A is back which means Goals of the Week is back! You can't always expect the first day of the season to have the greatest goals, as the teams are just starting to get all their summer rust off and haven't hit their peak yet. But there were still some nice goals for us to watch this past weekend.

Roma's Brazilian forward Julio Baptista could be set for a move to Italy's Serie A champions Inter Milan.

News has surfaced that the former Real Madrid star is due for discussions with Jose Mourinho's men over a transfer from the Stadio Olimpico, after falling out of favour with Luciano Spaletti.

.Few football matches are more exciting, enthralling and passionate than the Derby della Madonnina. When two of the powerhouses of Italian football meet it is rarely a dull affair and this weekend's match promises to really kick start the season. After a disappointing 1 – 1 draw at home to Bari on the opening weekend, Inter [.

Inter recorded one of their best ever derby day wins today against rivals Milan today, as they waltzed to a 4-0 victory. Most of the pre-match build up had been about how Milan could get something, after their good opening day of the season, and Inter's dissapointing opening day draw to Bari. But there was [.

It was a full slate of matches in all of the big Europan leagues including the Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, and Ligue 1. Here's a list of video highlights for some of the matches in each division on Saturday August 29, 2009.

Real Madrid (3) – Deportivo La Coruna (2) – Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) – Saturday August 29, 2009

Lyon (3) – AS Nancy Lorraine (1) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday August 29, 2009

Bayern Munich (3) – VfL Wolfsburg (0) – German Bundesliga – Saturday August 29, 2009

Bari (0) – Bologna (0) – Italian Serie A – Saturday August 29, 2009

AC Milan (0) – Internazionale (4) – Italian Serie A – Saturday August 29, 2009

Real Zaragoza (1) – Tenerife (0) – Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) – Saturday August 29, 2009

Milan vs. Inter

Could the Derby della Madonnina, the first big derby of the 09-10 season in any European league, live up to the hype? Inter came into the game favorites to win the scudetto after mostly adding to the squad that has won the Serie A four years running. AC Milan did not add much in the offseason, and suffered the huge losses of Carlo Ancelotti, Paolo Maldini and Kaka.

It was a weekend of some nice goals. First, let's just say that Fabio Quagliarella ALMOST scored the goal of the season (he did however score 2 goals on the night). You can watch that video here. Diego scored his first goals in Serie A, Julio Cruz scored his first goals for Lazio, Alberto Paloschi continues to look more and more like the new Pippo Inzaghi, Giampaolo Pazzini continues to score, and Antonio Cassano worked some magic again.

Trapattoni está ciente das dificuldades mas os bons resultados nesta nova etapa da sua longa e próspera carreira, dão-lhe confiança para o futuro: "Conheço todos os jogadores italianos e sei que são dos melhores, mas 90 minutos são 90 minutos. Não quero ser presunçoso, mas porque não? Não é impossível.