Roberto Beccantini (born 20 December 1950 in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
) is an Italian
sports journalist
Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism started in the early 1800s when it was targeted to the social elite and transitioned into an integral part of the n ...
.
He started writing for ''
Tuttosport
''Tuttosport'' is an Italian sport newspaper published in Turin, Italy.
History and profile
''Tuttosport'' was first published on 30 July 1945. Renato Casalbore (who later died in the 1949 Superga air disaster alongside the Il Grande Torino ...
'' on 20 August 1970. On 1 March 1981, Beccantini transferred to ''
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 ...
''. He was head of the department for international football of ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. He switched to ''
La Stampa
''La Stampa'' (meaning ''The Press'' in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin, Italy. It is distributed in Italy and other European nations. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy.
History and profile
The paper was fou ...
'' on 1 February 1992. Beccantini was one of the first journalists who reported on the
2006 Italian football scandal
''Calciopoli'' () was a sports scandal in Italy's top professional association football league Serie A and to a lesser extent Serie B. Involving various clubs and numerous executives, both from the same clubs and from the main Italian footbal ...
. In 2011, he won the
Nando Martellini journalism award.
Authored books
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References
External links
Biography of Roberto Beccantini
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1950 births
Living people
Italian sportswriters