Matteo Marani will lead the Lega Pro (Serie C) for the next four years. The re-election took place today, in the Florence headquarters, during the elective assembly of the companies, which voted for the president by acclamation. Marani was the only candidate of a League that found serenity after many years (see Spy Calcio of 1 October). The clubs wanted to demonstrate the compactness and unity of today’s Serie C, appreciating the work carried out in the last mandate by the governance. In fact, in addition to President Marani, the extraordinary elective assembly of the Italian professional football league renewed its confidence in the deputy vice-president Gianfranco Zola and the vice-president Giovanni Spezzaferri. Also in the sign of continuity is the choice of the members of the Board of Directors, with the confirmation of Alessandra Bianchi (Padua), Mauro Bosco (Vis Pesaro), Patrizia Rossana Testa (Pro Patria) and Stefano Udassi (Torres), who were joined by Angelo Antonio D’Agostino (Avellino) and Nicola Grieco (Audace Cerignola).
Elected for the first time on 9 February 2023, Marani commented on the result obtained as follows: “I am grateful to our clubs for wanting to confirm me as leader of the Lega Pro and I am proud to be able to continue to represent the sixty clubs of Serie C Now. I will work to protect the interests of Lega Pro, in months of important events for Italian football, and continuing on the growth path undertaken less than two years ago. Today, Serie C presents itself as united, strong and credible, with an ambitious project linked to young people and cost control. For the second consecutive season, through Sky Sport and Rai, we broadcast over a thousand matches on national territory and we are the first European football league to land on Fifa+. We have managed to rebuild the feeling of pride felt in being part of Serie C, a result I’m most proud of.” Marani further explained: “We are the championship of young talents, who from here become champions, at the service of the entire football system. #ilfuturoinsieme, as I wanted to rename the program, means continuing along the path traced by the Zola Reform, speaking now on technicians and sports centers with a view to a sustainable Serie C. We will work alongside our clubs, we will aim for cost efficiency, we will study solutions such as the salary cap and we will act as a management example.” “Serie C, following its history, stands out for its courage, innovation and development for the benefit of all Italian football, which today has the obligation to understand and respect its importance”, he concluded.
Malagò and Pancalli at the Carabinieri Sports Center party
In the Hall of Honor of the “Salvo D’Acquisto” Barracks in Rome, headquarters of the “Specialized Mobile Units” Division of the Carabinieri, in the presence of the Commander of the Officers School, Gen. Div. Claudio Domizi, it took place this morning the celebration ceremony of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Carabinieri Sports Centre. The highest sports authorities were present, such as the president of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, the Head of the Sports Department of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Flavio Siniscalchi, and the president of the Italian Paralympic Committee, Luca Pancalli.
The ceremony opened with a greeting from the Commander of the Carabinieri Sports Center, Gen. B. Gianni Massimo Cuneo and with the speech of Gen. Div. Claudio Domizi, which was followed by the screening of a film celebrating the Department. After the speeches of the president of CONI and the president of CIP, the ceremony continued with the presentation of the mascot of the Carabinieri Sports Center “Posillipo”, in the presence of the family members of the late champion Raimondo D’Inzeo, and with the delivery of the certificates of merit sports medalists and athletes who distinguished themselves at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Recognition will also be given to the old glories of the past including Ezio Gamba, Gianluca Guazzaroni, Mauro Numa, Gabriella Paruzzi, Alfredo Rota, Giovanna Trillini and Armin Zoeggeler. For the anniversary, a philatelic postmark was also created by Poste Italiane as a reminder of the anniversary of the foundation of the Sports Centre. The morning ended with the evocative performance of the Historical Carousel by the 4th Carabinieri Horse Regiment.
UNIForoItalico Sport Day on Saturday
The Foro Italico University of Rome presents the third edition of UNIForoItalico Sport Day, scheduled for Saturday 5 October from 9.30am to 2pm at the Stadio dei Marmi. The event, sponsored by Coni, CIP, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Municipio XV and NADO Italia, is open to people of all ages and aims to promote movement and sport as a fundamental element of well-being, the joy of living and of health. The program offers over 40 physical and sporting activities, with particular attention to inclusive disciplines, to allow everyone to participate and have fun. Participants will be able to try their hand at team sports, individual activities, racket sports, fitness and outdoor activities that combine physical exercise with love for the environment. Furthermore, there will be the opportunity to have fun with activities such as human table football or teqball, or try inclusive disciplines such as sitting volleyball, wheelchair rugby or baskin. All participants will be guided by technical trainers and students of the University, guaranteeing a safe and engaging experience. An important component of the day will be dedicated to prevention. Free medical screenings and fitness assessment tests will be available. Participants will also be able to learn first aid techniques and life-saving maneuvers, offering an opportunity to take care of their well-being with personalized consultations. Throughout the day, there will be sporting performances and speeches by guests from the world of sport, who will share their experiences, further enriching the event and inspiring participants. Participation in the UNIForoItalico Sport Day is free, but registration on the website is required. Each participant will be able to book up to 5 activities, choosing from the available options, or simply register to experience and enjoy the atmosphere of a moving stadium.
Coni Trophy with Mattarella and La Russa
The ninth summer edition of the Coni Trophy will be record-breaking. Sicily, with the provinces of Catania and Palermo and an appendix in the Syracuse area, is ready to host the largest under 14 sporting event in Italy, scheduled from tomorrow to Sunday 6 October. The mini Olympics organized this year by Coni Sicily, led by president Sergio D’Antoni, in collaboration with the territorial management of Coni and in partnership with the Sicily Region, the Municipalities of Catania and Palermo and Ita Airways, will begin tomorrow with the Coni Fair Play Games, multidisciplinary sporting activities based on Olympic values. The following day, Friday 4th, the matches will begin and in Catania, in Piazza dell’Università, with video connection with the teams based in Palermo, at 6.30 pm there will be the opening ceremony in the presence of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa, of the president of the Sicilian Region Renato Schifani, of the president of the Ars Gaetano Galvagno, of the mayor of Catania Enrico Trantino and of the leaders of Italian sport, starting from the president of the Coni Giovanni Malagò, the general secretary Carlo Mornati and vice president Claudia Giordani.
Many champions from the Italia Team will also be in Catania.
Exceptional torchbearers will be the Olympians Rossella Fiamingo and Alberta Santuccio, gold medal in the team sword competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Also expected are Luigi Busà (Sicilian from Avola, gold in karate at Tokyo 2020), Giorgia Villa ( silver in Paris 2024 in the general artistic gymnastics team competition), Matteo Melluzzo (sprinter from Syracuse present in Paris 2024 and European gold with the 4×100 relay in Rome 2024) and ‘the shark’ of Messina Vincenzo Nibali (winner of the Tour de France and Tour of Italy). Furthermore, Tina and Milo, the mascots of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, will be at the ceremony. The following day, at the end of the competitions, it will be the Foro Italico Umberto I in Palermo, with video connection with the representative teams based in Catania, host, at 6pm, the closing ceremony during which the winning Region will be proclaimed.
Abodi in defense of universal civil service: “Extraordinary results”
“In recent days there have been many caricatures and a lot of misinformation about one of the many faces of the Universal Civil Service, which instead in the last two years has given results of extraordinary participation. It is an opportunity that we have tried to exploit. It is no coincidence that the currently active tenders have received almost four times as many applications as there are places available. Young people are understanding the importance of a civil service which, among other things, involves them in public utility, non-commercial projects, advertised and managed by public bodies. Third Sector. Therefore, the caricature of being underpaid, precarious, or even gangmastering, seems to me to be in bad taste, and betrays the spirit of the instrument and the trust that young people are placing in it. It is a way to decline the agricultural civil service , as we have already done for digital, at an environmental level and now for the Jubilee. The agricultural civil service opens a new and different relationship of knowledge and service, also in the relationship with the earth in all its expressions”: this was stated by the Minister for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi.
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