Mario Balotelli

Serie A: Brescia set to terminate striker Mario Balotelli's contract for missing training, say reports

rescia are set to terminate Mario Balotelli’s contract after the Italy striker failed to return to training ahead of Serie A’s restart this month, Italian media reported on Saturday.

Serie A: Napoli come from behind to win 2-1 at Brescia. ahead of Champions League encounter against Barcelona

Having lost four of their first six matches under coach Gennaro Gattuso, Napoli have now won six of their last seven

Serie A: Brescia sack coach Eugenio Corini again, three days after saying they have full confidence in him

Brescia’s new signings this season included former Inter Milan, AC Milan and Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli who has had an eventful campaign

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Football union FIFPro pledges support to players who break IOC ban on political protests

Describing the ban as hypocritical, FIFPro secretary general Jonas Baer-Hoffmann said that football players had played a key role in raising issues such as racism and gender equality and it would be unacceptable to sanction them

Serie A: Cristiano Ronaldo's brace against Parma helps Juventus go four points clear at top; Inter Milan held by Lecce

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus beat Parma 2-1 on Sunday to remain firmly on course for a record-extending ninth straight Serie A title.

Serie A: Cristiano Ronaldo penalty sees Juventus beat Roma to retake top-spot; Sampdoria thrash struggling Brescia

Goals from Merih Demiral and Cristiano Ronaldo in the opening 10 minutes moved Juventus two points ahead of Inter Milan, which was held 1-1 by Atalanta a day earlier, at the halfway stage of the season

Serie A: Verona fan gets five-year EU stadium ban over racial abuse of Brescia's Mario Balotelli

A 38-year-old Italian man has been handed a five-year stadium ban after being found guilty of directing racial abuse at Italian striker Mario Balotelli in November, the ANSA news agency said.

Serie A: From Romelu Lukaku to Cristiano Ronaldo, teams utilise old-fashioned centre-forwards to score goals

Even Napoli, which led the recent movement toward false nines, the use of a more agile midfielder-like player at the centre forward position, have relied more on the physical prowess of Arkadiusz Milik for goals this season

Serie A: Lazio fined $22,000 for racist chants aimed at Brescia striker Mario Balotelli during game

Lazio were fined 20,000 euros and at least temporarily avoided a stadium closure on Wednesday after their fans targeted Brescia striker Mario Balotelli with racist chants.

Serie A: Lazio beat Brescia in match marred by racist chanting; Andrea Belotti scores brace as Torino shock Roma

Mario Balotelli had scored the opener but was twice the target of racist chanting by Lazio fans