James Horncastle is an English

sportswriter 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 ...

and a broadcaster. Specialising in European and Italian football, Horncastle frequently covers football for

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. Horncastle speaks fluent Italian having formerly lived in Rome. Horncastle started writing

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match reports for the Football Italia website and is now a regular weekly pundit for

on their Champions League Goals Show and appeared weekly on their European Football Show for four years. As well as appearing weekly on British television Horncastle writes in English and Italian. He has written for

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

the Daily Mirror ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

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The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (f ...

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publish ...

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and the

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He was reported by

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to be the first to break the $828m deal for

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by Chinese investors from

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies f ...

. He is used weekly as a European expert for BBC Radio 5 Live’s Euro leagues show with Mina Rzouki,

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, and

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. He also produces columns for

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. He has contributed to Talksport, The Anfield Wrap,

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, the

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website, Off The Ball and

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. For

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Horncastle contributes weekly to their ‘On The Continent’ podcast. Horncastle was a regular on the Football Weekly podcast and live shows. He is now a regular on ‘Golazzo’ for

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with James Richardson and

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and has appeared as a guest at Totally Football live shows in England and Ireland. He has appeared on the panel at Gazzetta Football Italia live shows with James Richardson. He is a

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fan.

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