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Flavio Briatore is an Italian businessman. He started his career as a restaurant manager and insurance salesman in Italy. Briatore was convicted in Italy on several fraud charges in the 1980s, receiving two prison sentences, though the convictions were later extinguished by an amnesty. Briatore set up a number of successful Benetton franchises as a fugitive in the Virgin Islands and the United States. In 1990, he was promoted by Luciano Benetton to manage the Benetton Formula One racing team, which became Renault F1 in 2002. From 2007 to 2010, he was part-owner and chairman of London's Queens Park Rangers F.C. On 16 September 2009, Briatore was forced to resign from the ING Renault F1 team due to his involvement in race fixing at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. After the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) conducted its own investigation, Briatore was banned indefinitely from any events sanctioned by the FIA, although this ban was later overturned by a French Tribunal de Grande Instance.
The Top12 is the highest tier of the national rugby union competition in Italy. The first Italian championship took place in 1929, contested by six of the sixteen teams that existed in Italy at that time.
Benetton Rugby are an Italian professional rugby union team based in Treviso, Veneto competing in the Pro14 and the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Rugby Viadana 1970 is an Italian rugby union club based in Viadana. The club was established in 1970, and has since won the Italian championship in 2002, and the Coppa Italia three times. They also compete in European rugby competitions and were runners-up in the European Shield in 2004. Viadana plays in yellow and black. The club did not compete professionally between 2010 and 2012 as they focused their efforts on Aironi. Aironi was based at Viadana's home ground and represented a number of regional teams in the multi-national Celtic League. The FIR withdrew Aironi's licence to play at the end of the 2012, so Viadana reformed as a professional team will play in Italy's top division, the National championship of Excellence, from the 2012–13 season and currently in the Top12.
Pallacanestro Treviso, named Benetton Basket due to a long running sponsorship by the Benetton Group and widely referred to as Benetton Treviso, is an Italian youth basketball club based in Treviso, Veneto.
The Italian Rugby Federation or FIR is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Italy. The FIR has one seat on the 28-member World Rugby Council, the governing body of World Rugby.
Benetton Treviso may refer to either of the following sports clubs in Treviso, Italy, both owned by clothing giant Benetton:
The Coppa Italia, from 2011 until 2018 Excellence Trophy, is a rugby union competition in Italy for domestic clubs. The competition is second to the Top12, the Italian national championship. The competition has been contested annually since 1967, though it was not held from 1974 to 1980, and 1983 to 1994, and again in 1996, 1999 and 2002. The first club to win the competition was CUS Roma.
Alberto Sgarbi is an Italian rugby union player who plays at Centre for Benetton in the Pro14 and the Italian national team
Andrea Marcato is an Italian international rugby union player who is a utility back for Calvisano.
Leonardo Ghiraldini is an Italian international rugby union player, currently playing in France for Toulouse in the Top 14. Ghiraldini's position of choice is hooker.
Scott Kenneth Palmer is a New Zealand born Italian naturalized rugby union footballer. He plays as flanker, but has also played at number eight.
Brendan Williams is a retired Australian-born rugby union player. He played at Fullback.
Tommaso Allan, commonly known as Tommy Allan is an Italian rugby player who can play fly-half, centre or fullback, and currently plays for Benetton and the Italy national team. Besides Italy and Scotland, Allan has spent several years in England and some time in South Africa.
Enrico Bacchin is an Italian rugby union player who plays as a centre. He currently plays for Benetton Treviso in the Pro14.
Gilberto Benetton was an Italian billionaire businessman, one of Europe's most influential industrialists. He was a co-founder of Benetton Group, the Italian fashion brand which he started and ran with his three siblings. In October 2018, Forbes estimated the net worth of Gilberto Benetton, and each of his siblings, at US$2.7 billion. In June 2018, the conglomerate he created had assets of Euro 12.1 billion.
Sergio Zorzi, is a former Italian rugby union player and currently, coach. He played as a centre.
Dean Budd is a New Zealand-born, Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Lock, and he currently plays for Benetton.
