Original article (in Italian) > https://sport.sky.it/calcio/lega-pro/2018/08/27/serie-c-rimini-25-per-cento-quote-societa-criptovaluta.html

Reddit thread > https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/9ayfuj/25_of_italian_football_club_bought_with_crypto/

That's a first in football I believe?
A Serie C club (Rimini), Italian 3rd league, will have 25% of its shares sold in the form of a cryptocurrency transaction, following partnership with Quantocoin. Never heard about this Quantacoin before but a look on their website https://quantocoin.io and it looks quite promising.