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Study shows clubs getting grip on finances
Clubs in Europe's top leagues defied challenging economic conditions to improve overall profits by maintaining revenue growth and staying in control ...
Director of Salzburg Fest heads to La Scala
Alexander Pereira will arrive at the Milanese opera house La Scala as general manager in 2015 with a unique set of work experience that may be just ...
Ailing Portugal up against it in Euro qualifying
The prospect of Cristiano Ronaldo missing the 2014 World Cup will creep ever closer if Portugal fails to beat Russia in the biggest match of the ...
Italy to host huddle on Eurozone youth joblessness
Italy says it will host a meeting of ministers from France, Germany and Spain to help coordinate strategies aimed at fighting unemployment, especially ...
MD eyes new operation as Rome mayor
Studied under pioneering U.S. surgeon. Saved lives transplanting livers on two continents. Helped create cutting-edge transplant center in ...
Spain, Italy police break up hashish dealing ring
Spanish and Italian police have arrested 99 people in the breakup of a hashish smuggling operation led by Italy's Camorra crime syndicate.
Six Pro Patria fans sentenced for racism vs. Milan
Six fans of lower-division club Pro Patria have been issued jail sentences from 40 days to two months for inciting racial hatred during a January ...
'Sorry Usain,' but Gatlin won't stop trash talking
The way Justin Gatlin sees it, trash talking is the lifeblood of the most glamorous race on the track. And if that doesn't go down well with Usain ...
Italian entrepreneur takes control of La Perla
An Italian businessman who founded several technology firms and has been embroiled in a complex tax evasion trial won control Tuesday of the ...
Italy appoints administrator for troubled plant
The Italian government on Tuesday appointed a turnaround expert as administrator to oversee Europe's largest steel mill as part of an emergency decree ...
Look fast: Italian downhill skiers meet Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt runs as fast as 44 kph (27 mph) in the 100 meters. Christof Innerhofer gets up to beyond 150 kph (90 mph) on downhill skiing courses like ...
US firm drops cycling team after doping cases
American cycling apparel firm DeFeet says it has severed ties with Italian team Vini Fantini after two Giro d'Italia riders tested positive for doping
Ogbonna, Ranocchia out of Italy's Confed Cup squad
Defenders Angelo Ogbonna and Andrea Ranocchia were among six players left out of Italy's final 23-man squad for the Confederations Cup late Monday.
Defense denies erotic dinners at Berlusconi villa
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's defense denied Monday that there were any erotic escapades at dinners at the media mogul's villa near Milan, and ...
10 Things To Know About Jose Mourinho
Ten things to know about Jose Mourinho, the Portuguese coach who returned to Chelsea on a four-year contract on Monday, six years after his departure ...
Italian court upholds conviction in asbestos case
An appeals court in Turin, Italy, has upheld the conviction of a Swiss man for negligence in some 2,000 asbestos-related deaths blamed on ...
Palermo president says he will hire Gattuso
Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has announced he will hire former World Cup winner Gennaro Gattuso as the Serie B club's coach. Zamparini tells ...
Italy confirms 3 cases of new respiratory virus
Three people were being treated Saturday for a new respiratory virus that is alarming global health officials, in the first cases in Italy, the ...
Prominent pavilions at the Venice Biennale
The 55th Venice Biennale, the world's most prestigious art fair, features national pavilions from 88 countries, 10 presenting work for the first time ...
Italy comfortably beats San Marino 4-0 in friendly
Using mostly reserves, Italy comfortably beat tiny San Marino 4-0 in a friendly on Friday. Midfielder Andrea Poli put the Azzurri ahead in the 28th ...
7 years sought for Berlusconi 'bunga bunga' aides
Prosecutors have wrapped up their case against three former aides to Silvio Berlusconi accused of procuring prostitutes for the ex-premier, asking a ...
Leave Mario Balotelli alone, Italy coach says
Leave Mario Balotelli alone. That's the message from Italy coach Cesare Prandelli a day after the striker was accused of drug dealing by a confessed ...
In shift, Pope Francis walks procession
Pope Francis has again broken with the practice of his predecessors, walking the full length of an annual 1.5 kilometer (mile-long) procession from ...