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As they peered through the smoke from lit flares, fans of the Italian soccer team AC Milan dancing beneath the towering Italian gothic cathedral in the city’s Piazza Duomo may have noticed a tanned 56-year-old Italian American who didn’t quite look like he belonged. Gerry Cardinale’s dark blue polo stood out amid the red and black striped jerseys t...

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"Sono molto orgoglioso delle mie origini italiane," David Manica said in Italian before switching to English for the rest of the presentation. It was 2019 and Manica, the most important and successful architect in the world when it comes to designing stadiums, was in Milan to present his proposal for Milan's new stadium. After that, Manica began wo...

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October 14 2023 NIAF Gala in Washington, DC

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is proud to announce that finance industry leader Gerry Cardinale will receive the Leonardo da Vinci Award in Finance at the NIAF 48th Anniversary Gala on October 14, 2023, in Washington, D.C. at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. The award will be presented by Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman of ESPN, and Sports Content...

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The internationalisation process of the AC Milan brand continues, with a particular focus on the US market. This summer, the Rossoneri participated in a significant event in the United States (the “Soccer Champions Tour 2023”), the key details of which were revealed on LinkedIn in a post authored by Halajie Barjiee. She has been responsible for the...

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The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox may be the most storied rivals in Major League Baseball rivals, but when it comes to soccer they could soon be working together. Well, sort of. Yankees are planning to join RedBird Capital in the takeover of Italian soccer champions AC Milan, according to the Financial Times. RedBird also own a stake in Fenwa...

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U.S. investment firm RedBird Capital Partners has agreed a 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) deal to buy AC Milan and wants the seven-times European Cup champions to rival the continent's soccer elite again. Milan have just won the Italian Serie A league title for the first time in 11 years. "For me, it's a little personal, it's a bit of homecoming" ...

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