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RCS Sport is a sport and media company that operates mainly in Italy in the sports sector, as part of
RCS MediaGroup RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera), based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, n ...
. It organises some of Italy's biggest road cycling events, including the Giro d'Italia, Milan–San Remo and Tirreno–Adriatico, as well as non-cycling events such as the
Milan Marathon The Milano City Marathon is a marathon race held every April in Milan, Italy. It was first organised in 2000 by the Milano City Marathon Club and the first nine editions were held in November. History The 2009 edition of the race, initially se ...
. RCS Sport was started in 1989 as an independent company from
La Gazzetta dello Sport ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' (; "The Sports Gazette") is an Italian daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. Founded in 1896, it is the most widely read daily newspaper of any kind in Italy (in 2018). History and profile ''La ...
while continuing to be its “organizational arm”. It also offers consultancy and partnership for other sports organisers, helping with events like
Lega Basket Serie A The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club basketball league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). It is the highest-tie ...
and The Color Run.


Cycling

RCS Sport owns 5
Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from tw ...
UCI World Tour events: * Giro d'Italia * Milan–San Remo *
Il Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cy ...
* Tirreno–Adriatico * Strade Bianche The also own four
UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world gove ...
events: * Roma Maxima * Milano–Torino * Giro del Piemonte * Giro di Sicilia And 2
UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form ...
events: * UAE Tour * '' Abu Dhabi Tour (former race, as it was merged with Dubai Tour Shorts into UAE Tour, last held 2018)'' * '' Dubai Tour (former race, as it was merged with Dubai Tour into UAE Tour, last held 2018)''


Soccer

RCS Sport is commercial advisor of the
Italian Football Federation The Italian Football Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio; FIGC), known colloquially as ''Federcalcio'', is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and the technical department is in Coverciano, Florence. I ...
and Series B soccer league.


Mass Events

RCS Sport organises the IAAF Milano City Marathon, the Fisherman’s Friend StrongmanRun in Italy, The Color Run and the Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia.


Basketball

RCS Sport is commercial advisor of the Italian Basketball Federation (
Italy national basketball team The Italy men's national basketball team ( it, Nazionale di pallacanestro dell'Italia) represents Italy in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). Italy has qualified for 38 EuroB ...
) and organises the main events of A Series Basketball League (Final8, All Star Game and Supercoppa Italiana). In 2012 RCS Sport have partnered with NBA to organize the Italian stage of the NBA Europe Live Tour.


Training

Since 2010 RCS Sport with SDA Bocconi School of Management has developed “Sports Business Academy”, a centre of sports management and a place for meeting and networking.


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