Andrea Pirlo was appointed the new manager of Sampdoria on Tuesday as the former Italian champions try to bounce back into Serie A at the first attempt.

Adrien Rabiot made sure Juventus continued their charge towards European football with a decisive brace in his team's hard-fought 4-2 Serie A win over struggling Sampdoria

Former Juventus, Chelsea and Italy striker Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 of pancreatic cancer, his former club Sampdoria announced on Friday

Juventus made it through to the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup on Tuesday with a 4-1 win over managerless Sampdoria.

Serie A: Zlatan Ibrahimovic was on the scoresheet as AC Milan sealed a 2-0 win vs Lazio. Meanwhile, Sampdoria held Inter Milan in a 2-2 draw.

Serie A: Newly-crowned champions Inter Milan celebrated their title win with a 5-1 victory over Sampdoria.

Serie A: Jens Petter Hauge scored the crucial goal for AC Milan, as they drew to Sampdoria on Saturday.

Serie A: Inter Milan coasted past Genoa to register their fifth win in a row and also push for their first league title since 2010.

Napoli came from a goal down to beat Sampdoria 2-1 at the newly-named Stadio Diego Armando Maradona while Inter Milan beat Cagliari 3-1.

Swedish debutant Dejan Kulusevski opened the scoring after 13 minutes in Turin with Leonardo Bonucci adding a second on 78 minutes and Cristiano Ronaldo a late third.

Maurizio Sarri, whose only previous trophy was the Europa League last year with Chelsea, guided Juventus to their ninth straight Serie A title.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring deep into first half stoppage time in Turin and then had a hand in Federico Bernardeschi netting the second after 66 minutes.

Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza gave the green light to a "soft" quarantine, meaning that if a positive case is discovered only the infected person will be isolated.

Maurizio Sarri's Juventus fell in the Italian Cup final to Napoli on penalties midweek, having also lost the Italian SuperCup to Lazio in December.

The Italian government announced that Serie A clubs can resume team training if they make adjustments to medical protocols.

Eight players have tested positive so far this week with four from Sampdoria, including one who had previously recovered, three from Fiorentina and one at Torino.

The matches between title-chasing Inter Milan and Sampdoria, Atalanta against Sassuolo and Hellas Verona versus Cagliari have been pushed back to avoid the spread of coronavirus.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Serie A hat-trick to lift Juventus top of Serie A, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic failed to inspire AC Milan on his return.