Sport
Roland Garros:
italy loses the final
11 giugno 2013 - 21:28
The Italian athletes Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci lose in the final of women's doubles at Roland Garros dispatched 7-5, 6-2 by the Russian Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarov .
The two world championship played well below their means in the last match, ratifying the defeat from the beginning and suffering for all the match.
In the third game, the Italian couple cancels 4...(leggi tutto)
Bari, 33 people face
match-fixing trial in Italy
06 giugno 2013 - 19:46
ROME (AP) — 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 country's football federation on Thursday.
The charges include fixing and failing to report fixing for two Serie B matches — Bari-Treviso (0-1) in May 2008 and Salernitana-Bari (3-2) in May 2009.
Among those na...(leggi tutto)
Six Pro Patria fans sentenced for racism vs. Milan
05 giugno 2013 - 22:55
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 friendly against AC Milan.
After repeated racist chants directed at him during the match, Milan and Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng kicked the ball in anger at a section of the crowd, took off his shirt and walked off the pit...(leggi tutto)
Errani beats Radwanska
in French Open quarters
04 giugno 2013 - 18:55
Sara Errani of Italy showed her surprising run at the French Open last year was no fluke as she beat fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 7-6 (6) Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament in Paris.
Errani rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the second set to break for a 5-4 lead but then failed to serve out the match. However, the 2012 runner-up did not...(leggi tutto)
Bolt ready to run his best
again at Rome meet
04 giugno 2013 - 18:49
Usain Bolt is looking forward to performing at his best again after being slowed by a hamstring injury a month ago.
The 100-meter world record-holder makes his European debut this season at Thursday's Golden Gala.
The six-time Olympic champion has ran the 100 only once this year, narrowly edging one of his training partners, Kemar Bailey-Cole, in a photo finish in the Cayman ...(leggi tutto)
Palermo president says
he will hire Gattuso
03 giugno 2013 - 21:48
Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has announced he will hire former World Cup winner Gennaro Gattuso as the Serie B club's coach.
Zamparini tells Italian state radio that "I like Gattuso a lot. He will be the next coach of Palermo as soon as I conclude my battle of wills with (current Palermo manager Giuseppe) Sannino."
The 35-year-old Gattuso, who won the 2006 World C...(leggi tutto)
Lorenzo wins Italian GP
ahead of Pedrosa
02 giugno 2013 - 21:46
Jorge Lorenzo passed pole sitter Dani Pedrosa on the opening lap and quickly pulled away to win the MotoGP race Sunday for his third consecutive Italian Grand Prix victory.
It was the 25th career victory for the Spaniard with the Yamaha Factory team.
"I'm very happy with this race because it really wasn't easy with the high temperatures," said Lorenzo, the 2010 and '12 wo...(leggi tutto)
Leave Mario Balotelli alone,
Italy coach says
31 maggio 2013 - 20:43
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 member of the Neopolitan Camorra crime group.
"It's intolerable to keep coming after him and dragging him into every situation," Prandelli told Italian state TV on Friday ahead of a friendly with San Marino. "I can't even ima...(leggi tutto)
Italy to use reserves
in friendly vs. San Marino
30 maggio 2013 - 20:23
Italy will field a team of reserves for its friendly against tiny San Marino on Friday, as the Azzurri prepare for a key World Cup qualifier and the Confederations Cup next month.
Both Mario Balotelli and his AC Milan strike partner Stephan El Shaarawy will sit out with minor injuries. Balotelli has back pain and El Shaarawy bruised his right ankle in training Monday.
Sev...(leggi tutto)
Di Luca tests positive
for EPO, risks life ban
28 maggio 2013 - 19:31
Cycling's first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday.
Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise check at his home before this year's race, organizers said.
If confirmed in a backup "B'' sample, Di Luca risks a lifetime ban since this is his third offense....(leggi tutto)
Nibali takes Giro title;
Cavendish wins last stage
26 maggio 2013 - 21:25
Vincenzo Nibali coasted to the Giro d'Italia title in the final stage of the three-week classic Sunday, while Mark Cavendish won the 21st leg in a sprint finish for his fifth victory in this year's race.
For Nibali, an Italian with the Astana team, the title cemented his status in an elite group of current riders considered capable of winning Grand Tours, along with Alberto ...(leggi tutto)
Lazio beats Roma 1-0
to win Italian Cup final
26 maggio 2013 - 21:23
Lazio took city bragging rights by beating Roma 1-0 Sunday in a derby to win a heated Italian Cup final and maintain its recent edge in the series.
Senad Lulic scored in the 71st minute at the Stadio Olimpico after goalkeeper Bogdan Lobont failed to clear a cross from Antonio Candreva, leaving the unmarked Bosnia-Herzegovina midfielder to put the ball into the net at the far...(leggi tutto)
Nibali wins snowy stage,
virtually wraps up Giro
25 maggio 2013 - 18:19
Vincenzo Nibali virtually wrapped up the Giro d'Italia title with a dominating solo performance to win the penultimate stage Saturday, leaving behind his rivals under a blizzard of snow on the race's final climb.
Nibali attacked with 3 kilometers (under 2 miles) to go on the steep ascent to Tre Cime di Lavaredo, the three-week classic's highest point at an altitude of 2,304 ...(leggi tutto)
Lazio players threatened
before Italian Cup final
25 maggio 2013 - 18:17
Lazio says its players have received threatening phone calls from people demanding that they lose Sunday's Italian Cup final to Roma.
Lazio communications director Stefano De Martino made the revelation during the pre-match news conference Saturday, adding that police have been informed.
There were already serious concerns about of fan violence in the derby.
Several fa...(leggi tutto)
Fan violence worries
overshadow Italian Cup final
24 maggio 2013 - 18:50
Worries of fan violence are high ahead of Sunday's Italian Cup final and Rome derby between Roma and Lazio.
After audiences with both Pope Francis and Italy President Giorgio Napolitano this week, delegations of both squads have called for supporters to behave and close out the season peacefully.
Several fans were stabbed and an ambulance was attacked before the teams' la...(leggi tutto)
Di Luca tests positive
for EPO, risks life ban
24 maggio 2013 - 18:49
Cycling's first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday.
Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise check at his home before this year's race, organizers said.
If confirmed in a backup "B'' sample, Di Luca risks a lifetime ban since this is his third offense.
"I...(leggi tutto)
Province, commiato gentile alla vecchia Sicilia. La rimpiangeremo? 
