On April 3, 1896, an icon of Italian sports journalism was born, which would come to sweep the landscape and paint the peninsula pink.
Newspaper La Gazzetta Dello Sport was first published from its base in Milan, and has since gone on to become one of Europe’s most read dailies.
Here at Forza Italian Football, we bring you 10 of the most important front pages dedicated to the world of Italian sport, as reported by the pink paper.