For some Italians, their team’s absence from the biggest tournament in soccer is a metaphor for a broader national malaise.

Italy has won the FIFA World Cup four times. But if you've watched the last few editions of the tournament, you wouldn't know ...

Gianluigi Buffon has joined Gabriele Gravina in leaving his leadership role with the FIGC, after Italy missed out on another ...

Italy has won the World Cup four times, but will miss the World Cup for the third straight time as it sits out the 2026 tournament.

Four-time champions Italy will be absent from the World Cup yet again this summer, marking their third consecutive failure to qualify. The unthinkable has become the new normal for the Azzurri ...

Italy are the first former World Cup winners to miss three straight editions of the tournament following their defeat to ...

Four-time world champions Italy failed to qualify for a third World Cup in a row after a devastating penalty shootout defeat by Bosnia-Herzegovina. No previous winner of the tournament has missed ...

Why Did Italy Miss the FIFA World Cup 2026? ZENICA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – MARCH 31: Players of Italy show their dejection of Italy during the FIFA World Cup 2026 European Qualifiers KO play-offs ...

Italy will miss out on the World Cup for the second successive tournament after the Euro 2020 winners were stunned by a stoppage-time winner from North Macedonia in Thursday's playoff semifinal in ...

On the streets of the famous New York neighborhood that boiled over after the 2006 title, there is hardly any sign of the ‘azzurra’ ...

The heartbreaking miss in Pasadena often overshadows the remarkable tournament Baggio produced in the summer of 1994.

Italy suffered a shocking penalty shootout defeat to Bosnia-Herzegovina on March 31, 2026, missing the FIFA World Cup for the ...