Italy's soccer federation president has resigned amid political pressure after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup

After Gennaro Gattuso stepped down as Italy’s national team coach today, according to consistent media reports, the next major personnel shake-up followed just a few hours later.As the football

Turkey, Sweden and Czech Republic qualified alongside Bosnia, but Italy will be absent for the third straight World Cup

Italy will now have gone three straight editions of not reaching the World Cup, with their last appearance now being in 2014. Instead, it was Bosnia & Herzegovina who eliminated the Azzurri on penalties. Czechia, Sweden and Turkiye also advanced to the 48-team tournament.

Napoli and AC Milan will face off on Monday with Serie A leaders Inter Milan in their sights, but the return of domestic football over Easter has been completely overshadowed by the fallout from Italy failing to reach yet another World Cup.

Six candidates to lead Italy into painful reset following World Cup ‘disgrace’ - The Azzurri were felled by Bosnia to miss out on a third straight World Cup and head coach Gennaro Gattuso’s job is under serious threat.

Italy “woke up ⁠angry and disillusioned” after their play-off defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina meant they missed out on a third consecutive World Cup, “prolonging a sporting nightmare for ⁠the football-mad country”, said Al Jazeera. Italy have ...

Italy's national newspapers have hit out at the failure to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup.