Cristiano Ronaldo stretched his goal-scoring streak to six consecutive league games as Juventus took the top spot in Serie A on Sunday with a 2-1 win at Roma, whose defeat was made worse by the cruciate ligament injury of rising star Nicolo Zaniolo.

Cristiano Ronaldo continues scoring streak to put Juventus top of Serie A

Serie A club Lazio have been fined 20,000 euros ($22,238) after their fans were found to have racially insulted Brescia forward Mario Balotelli during Sunday's match in the latest incident of racism which has plagued Italian football.

Serie A: Lazio fined after fans racially insult Balotelli

Inter Milan forward Romelu Lukaku scored twice, the first from a run which started inside his own half, to lead his side to an entertaining 3-1 win at Napoli which kept them top of Serie A on Monday.

Serie A: Lukaku double gives Inter impressive win at Napoli

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a second-half hat-trick to lead Serie A champions Juventus to a 4-0 win at home against Cagliari on Monday, taking his tally to eight goals in his last five league games.

Serie A: Ronaldo hat-trick gives Juventus three points

Two goals from Serie A's leading scorer Ciro Immobile, the second in stoppage time, gave third-placed Lazio a dramatic 2-1 win at 10-man Brescia on Sunday as they chalked up their ninth successive league victory.

Serie A: Lazio extend winning run to nine with another late show

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's decision to return to AC Milan and Italy for what may prove to be the final chapter of his storied career will provide a fascinating twist in the tale of a Serie A season that has been anything but rewarding for the "Rossoneri" so far.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to Italy as final chapter looms

Swedish football god Zlatan Ibrahimovic has reached agreement to join AC Milan on an initial six-month contract, according to multiple reports in Italy on Thursday.

Football: Ibrahimovic set for AC Milan return - Reports

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his hot streak as his towering header gave Juventus a 2-1 win at Parma to put Juventus top of the table as Gianluigi Buffon equalled Paolo Maldini's Serie A appearance record.

Flying Cristiano Ronaldo fires Juventus top as Buffon equals Maldini's Serie A record

The imagery by artist Simone Fugazzotto featured three apes with different colour eyes and detailing. "We realised it was inappropriate," the league's chief executive Luigi De Siervo said in a statement on Tuesday.

Serie-A chief apologises for anti-racism ape artwork

Napoli sacked Carlo Ancelotti, one of Europe's most successful coaches, on Tuesday, three hours after the Serie A club beat Genk 4-0 to qualify for the Champions League round of 16 and end a nine-match winless run.

Napoli sack coach Ancelotti after reaching Champions League last 16

By Mallika Singh Juventus giant Cristiano Ronaldo skipped the Ballon d’Or ceremony to receive Serie A award, where he was also named in the Italian top flight’s best XI following his debut season at the club.

Cristiano Ronaldo skips Ballon d’Or to receive Serie A ‘Player of the Year award’ in Italy

Sweden footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic has fuelled speculation that he is set to return to Italy, where he has played for AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus, by saying in an interview: "see you soon in Italy".

'See you soon in Italy': Ibrahimovic fuels talk of Serie A return

Lautaro Martinez's first-half brace sent Inter Milan top of Serie A on Sunday with a 2-1 win over SPAL after champions Juventus were held at home by Sassuolo. "We didn't use our heads," lamented Juventus boss Maurizio Sarri after his side dropped their first points at home this season.

Martinez fires Inter top of Serie A as Juventus slip up

The eight-time reigning Serie A champions are unbeaten this season and are one point ahead of Inter Milan, who kept their European ambitions burning with a 3-1 win at Slavia Prague.

Juventus, Inter Milan return to Serie A duel as Napoli try to snap winless run

A day after winning their first Copa Libertadores in 38 years, Flamengo completed a rare double on Sunday when they secured the Brazilian league title after closest challengers Palmeiras lost 2-1 at home to Gremio.

Flamengo confirmed Serie A champions a day after Libertadores win

Cristiano Ronaldo's fitness and attitude has come under the spotlight after he reacted angrily to being substituted during Juventus' win over AC Milan and coach Maurizio Sarri said the 34-year-old had been nursing a knee injury for some time.

Cristiano Ronaldo's fitness and attitude both under the spotlight

As Roma lost third place in Serie A when they slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Parma after Mattia Sprocati and Andreas Cornelius grabbed second-half goals on Sunday to end the visitors' six-match unbeaten league run.

Serie A: Roma knocked out of third place with defeat at Parma

Serie A strugglers Brescia named Italian 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as their new coach on Tuesday. The club confirmed in a statement on their website that the 41-year-old would replace Eugenio Corini, who led Brescia out of Serie B last season but was sacked on Sunday after only 10 games of the present campaign following a 2-1 defeat at Verona.

Football: Italian World Cup winner Grosso to coach struggling Brescia

Cristiano Ronaldo converted a 96th-minute penalty as Juventus defeated Thiago Motta's Genoa 2-1 to reclaim top spot in Serie A on Wednesday, while Napoli were left seething after conceding a disputed late equaliser against Atalanta.

Serie A: Cristiano Ronaldo hits late Juventus winner as Napoli rage at 'potato-peeling' referees

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has urged Italian soccer authorities to hand out stadium bans for supporters guilty of racism after another incident in a Serie A match between Atalanta and Fiorentina on Sunday.

Time to punish racists, FIFA chief tells Italian football authorities

A veteran Italian pundit has been told he will not be invited back onto one of the country's Sunday night round table programmes after suggesting Inter Milan forward Romelu Lukaku could only be stopped by giving him bananas to eat.

Italian pundit dropped after Romelu Lukaku banana comment

Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Italian league action after his four-goal spree for Portugal as Juventus head for Fiorentina on Saturday also boosted by coach Maurizio Sarri's highly-anticipated debut on the bench after a bout of pneumonia.

Maurizio Sarri back, Ronaldo firing on all cylinders as Juventus head for Fiorentina

Leaving Manchester United for Inter Milan has reinvigorated Romelu Lukaku and the striker is happy and hungry as he enters an important phase of his playing career, Belgium manager Roberto Martinez has said.

Belgium manager Roberto Martinez backs 'focused' Lukaku to fire for club and country

Inter Milan forward Romelu Lukaku, who was subjected to racist abuse by Cagliari supporters on Sunday, said that Italian football must combat racism in stadiums if it wants to attract the world's top players to Serie A.

Italy needs to fight racism to attract top players, says Romelu Lukaku

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