Italy

Italy

• Roma hires Frenchman Rudi Garcia as coach

  Frenchman Rudi Garcia has been hired to coach Roma, becoming the capital club's fourth different manager in two years since coming under American ... 

• Fiat: supplier delays will force shutdowns

  Italian carmaker Fiat says it will temporarily stop production at some European car plants in the coming days due to insufficient deliveries of ... 

• Italy raises 7 billion euros in bond sale

  Italy paid slightly higher interest rates to sell 7 billion euros ($9.3 billion) in 12-month bonds. The Italian Treasury said Wednesday that it paid 0 

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  Bolt laughs off idea he's 'past it' after loss

  Usain Bolt laughed off suggestions he may be 'past it' on Tuesday and said he is looking forward to defending his world titles at 100 and 200 meters ... 

• Prada earnings up 14 percent thanks to Asia sales

  The Prada fashion house says it will concentrate on expanding its presence in international markets and cutting costs this year after reporting ... 

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  The new faces of Italy: Balotelli and El Shaarawy

  Mario Balotelli and Stephan El Shaarawy, both sons of immigrants, are the new faces of Italy. And at the Confederations Cup in Brazil, the AC Milan ... 

• Italy is taking the Confed Cup seriously this time

  Expect Italy to treat the Confederations Cup more seriously this time. Four years ago, the Azzurri went to the World Cup warm-up tournament in South ... 

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  Italy premier: mayor election wins boost coalition

  Italian Premier Enrico Letta savored a sorely-needed boost Monday for his fragile coalition, vowing to press ahead with his efforts to revive the ... 

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  Rome mayor race tests Berlusconi effect on voters

  Italian voters were choosing mayors in Rome and other municipalities Sunday in balloting, whose results will be interpreted as a test of ex-Premier ... 

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  Italian maestro Bruno Bartoletti dies in Florence

  Bruno Bartoletti, an orchestra conductor who was associated with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a half-century, and who championed modern opera as ... 

• Italy protests Vienna pub making fun of mob's dead

  Italy has complained to Austrian authorities on Saturday about a Vienna pub selling sandwiches named after Italians slain by Sicilian mobsters. 

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  Wizz Air jet makes safe emergency landing in Rome

  Officials at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport say a Wizz Air jet has made a safe emergency landing there after reporting a landing gear problem. 

• Ravanelli to coach Ajaccio

  Former Juventus and Italy striker Fabrizio Ravanelli is the new coach of French first division side Ajaccio. The 44-year-old Ravanelli was previously ... 

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  Portugal wins, Italy draws in WCup qualifying

  Portugal revived its World Cup qualifying campaign by beating Russia 1-0 while Mario Balotelli was red-carded for Italy in a 0-0 draw at the Czech ... 

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  Czech Republic draws 0-0 with Italy in qualifying

  Ten-man Italy escaped with a 0-0 draw against the Czech Republic in a World Cup qualifier Friday after star striker Mario Balotelli was sent off in ... 

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  Woman in "bunga bunga" scandal loved Berlusconi

  The former Italian dental hygienist charged with recruiting prostitutes to attend Silvio Berlusconi's infamous "bunga bunga" parties told a court ... 

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  Beaten by Gatlin, Bolt shows signs of slowing down

  After five years of dominating sprinting, Usain Bolt is showing signs of slowing down. The Jamaican lost by one-hundredth of a second Thursday to ... 

• Italian journalist missing in Syria contacts wife

  Italy's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that a war reporter for the Turin daily La Stampa has been in touch with his family for the first time since ... 

• Italy expresses concern about China wine probe

  Italian Premier Enrico Letta says he will follow China's decision to launch a trade investigation into European wine "with maximum attention" given ... 

• Fiat Industrial announces name of merged company

  Fiat Industrial says the new company created from a merger with its U.S. subsidiary CNH Global N.V. will be called CNH Industrial N.V. The Italian ... 

• Bari, 33 people face match-fixing trial in Italy

  It looks to be another Italian offseason marred by a match-fixing case after 33 people and Serie B club Bari were called to a sports trial before the ...