Football goes to the polls. Next Monday it’s the turn of Serie A league: the era is over Casiniit could be up to Simonelliesteemed and well-known accountant. Then on December 16th he tries again Relieved at B: black smoke the first time, likely to end the same way again. The outgoing president, the lawyer Mauro Balatahe didn’t give up even though in the first meeting many clubs had turned their backs on him after coming close to being elected.
Not even the manager gives up Vittorio VeltroniWalter’s cousin. His program to relaunch the League seems to have pleased some clubs. We’ll see: tomorrow evening, Friday, meanwhile the applications close. The third competitor could be Paolo Bedinnow director of the Lega Pro (by the way, the only strong and compact professional League, with Matteo Marani undisputed leader). Bedin doesn’t accept any tickets: no general manager or CEO, he wants to be president. He is highly respected by the minister Andrea Abodiwith whom he has worked with full profit in the past.
However, none of the three should pass: the League B could therefore make the third attempt in January and if it fails, the commissioner will arrive. Yes, because on February 3rd he goes to the polls there Figc dove Gabriele Gravina he has already said he wants to run for a third term, even if the criminal investigation looms.
As for the League of B, it remains in the shadows, at least for now, Luigi Carraropresident of the International Padel Federation (which he relaunched) and son of Franco, one of the historic managers of Italian sport. Carraro jr. he has no intention of getting burned: he waits. A group of companies had contacted him, Luigi Carraro can and wants to relaunch the Cadet League, he has experience as a manager and strong international knowledge (just think of the Qatari investors of his friend Nasser Al-Khelaifi). Carraro jr. it could also bring the B abroad, giving it the visibility that is now missing. But we have reached a stalemate.
International Fencing Federation, oligarch Usmanov in office for only 4 days…
The millionaire Russian oligarch, Alisher Usmanov, remained in office for only four days at the helm of the International Fencing Federation (FIE). Usmanov, close to the Kremlin, had just been re-elected (see Spy Calcio on 1 December) with a real plebiscite: 120 countries had voted for him, including Palestine, South Africa, the Philippines and Israel. Even the FIS, the Italian Fencing Federation, had given him its support: a very questionable decision taken by President Azzi. Now Usmanov has suspended himself again as he had already done during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Now a second stop: on the other hand, the Russian millionaire has been sanctioned by the European Union and the United States since the beginning of the conflict. Can’t he travel to many countries, as the international president could have done? He and his lawyers appealed to the courts but in the meantime he voluntarily stepped aside, to prevent, as one of his spokespersons said, the “legally unfounded sanctions imposed on him from extending to the Fie and its activities”. The former president of the FIS, Giorgio Scarso, had been his strong (sporting) rival for years.
Abodi and the stadiums: “A commissioner to guarantee equal treatment”
“I am evaluating, together with my government colleagues, the identification of an extraordinary commissioner with special powers to further accelerate, without skipping any guarantee steps, and allowing everyone to have equal treatment at every latitude of the country without undergoing the personalization of sensitivity of those who manage. I hope the idea of a new model passes, a working method that I am sure will lead to this acceleration”: thus Andrea Abodi, minister for sport and youth, during the presentation of the study “100 Italian stories Sport Facilities” held at the Europa Experience room David Sassoli in Piazza Venezia, relaunches the idea of an extraordinary commissioner for infrastructures. Abodi then underlines how the stadium is “the most visible element of a city and a nation. We talk about stadiums and constraints, while other countries respect their history by putting it at the service of the future and not in antagonism; there are too many years that we say the right things but fail to carry them out.” Finally, a mention of the working group established which has the objective of “creating modern, intelligent, environmentally friendly and person-friendly infrastructures for all forms of disability. Furthermore, the stadium must be a place where people behave in the right way.”
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