AC Milan brought their match with Bologna to a brief halt on Saturday, summoning inspiration from American civil rights icon Martin Luther King to demonstrate solidarity with goalkeeper Mike Maignan who was racially abused last weekend.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino called for worldwide stadium bans for fans and "automatic forfeits" for teams whose
supporters hurl "abhorrent" abuse following racist incidents in Italy and England on Saturday.
There was an outcry in Italy on Thursday after a group of parents pulled their children out of a school in Bari over the number of “foreign” pupils in their class.
The United Nations committee responsible for combating racism singled out Italian football in its latest report on Thursday, saying attacks against black athletes were becoming "recurrent".
France international Samuel Umtiti left the pitch in tears after he and Lecce teammate Lameck Banda suffered racist abuse from visiting Lazio fans in Italy's Serie A on Wednesday, marking yet another case of racism in Italian football.
After the shocking killing of a Nigerian street vendor in broad daylight in a small Italian town, the police investigation should consider racist motivations, says Judith Sunderland at Human Rights Watch.
Players from the Serie A football club will display a 'Black Lives Matter' anti-racism badge on their shirts for the remainder of the season which resumes this weekend, the Italian club announced on Thursday.
Peaceful demonstrations took place around Italy last weekend as Italians joined people in the United States and around the world in protesting racism and police violence.
Prominent figures in Chinese communities in Italy warned on Thursday of episodes of "latent racism" against their compatriots by Italians fearful of a deadly virus which originated in China.
Facebook has taken down a video of Italy's anti-immigrant League leader Matteo Salvini buzzing the intercom of a 17-year-old Tunisian-Italian to ask if he was dealing drugs, a lawyer said on Tuesday.
Lazio were fined 20,000 euros on Wednesday for the racist abuse some of their fans aimed at Mario Balotelli during their 2-1 Serie A win at Brescia at the weekend.
The Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport has been widely condemned over a front page story headlined “Black Friday” about the football players Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling.
Italian club Verona's partial one-match stadium closure for racist chants directed at Brescia striker Mario Balotelli in a Serie A game earlier this month has been suspended on appeal.
Kicking racism out of stadiums won't be possible until Italian society sheds its outdated ideas on race, writes Marco Antonsich, who studies demographic changes in Italy.
Rightwing opposition leader Matteo Salvini, who says he too receives threats every day, asked why threats against 89-year-old Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre were given more attention.
Mario Balotelli on Monday reacted with anger after the head of Verona's hardcore ultras fans group fuelled a racism row by denying any abuse had been directed at the Brescia forward, who he said could not even be considered Italian.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Sunday the problem of racism in Italian football has "not improved" after a Serie A match between Atalanta and Fiorentina was halted for several minutes because of racist abuse of Brazilian Dalbert.
A group of hardcore Inter Milan supporters have written an open letter to Romelu Lukaku telling the Belgian striker that fans making monkey noises during a football match was not a sign of racism.
A Roma family targeted by racist mobs outside their council flat were on Thursday invited to meet Pope Francis, who said he "suffers" hearing about threats made against Roma and Sinti people in Italy.
Trieste half-marathon organisers, who were accused of racism when they refused to allow African runners to take part in their May 5th race, backed down on Saturday after a barrage of criticism over their contentious decision.
Italy coach Roberto Mancini called for tough measures in Serie A after the "unacceptable" racist abuse of Juventus's Italian international Moise Kean in Cagliari.
Juventus starlet Moise Kean has whipped up a storm by taking a stand when targeted by racist chanting during his team's Serie A match against Cagliari on Tuesday, but his actions raised barely a murmur in Italy, where racist abuse has become a recurring problem that football authorities remain reluctant to tackle.
