Pope Francis launched a fresh attack on the mafia Sunday, Italy's day of remembrance for victims of the mob, describing them as "organisations of sin" who have exploited the coronavirus pandemic. "Mafias are present in various parts of the world and,...
Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo insisted Saturday he was happy to continue next season with Cristiano Ronaldo whose contract expires in 2022. The Portuguese forward’s future has been under scrutiny after Juventus crashed out of the Champions League in the...
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s AC Milan return to their decade-long Serie A title quest on Sunday desperate to close the gap on leaders Inter after their Europa League exit to Manchester United. “I want to play to win something,” said Ibrahimovic, who returned...
A young Italian chef who has become a symbol of frustration with the never-ending coronavirus crisis said Thursday she wants Prime Minister Mario Draghi to listen to her "despair". A photo of Camilla Moccia crouching on the floor of the kitchen of her...
Many of the bodies that remained in Bergamo were buried in haste
Inter's Serie A match this weekend against Sassuolo was postponed on the orders of local health authorities on Thursday because of a coronavirus outbreak at the club, the Italian league leaders confirmed. Defender Stefan de Vrij and midfielder Matias...
A seven-year-old boy has received a heart transplant after spending 17 months being kept alive by an artificial heart in an Italian children's hospital, the facility said Wednesday. The young patient was "successfully operated on after 525 days of...
Team New Zealand beat Italy’s Luna Rossa 7-3 to win their fourth America’s Cup Wednesday and retain the world’s oldest international sporting trophy in front of huge crowds in Auckland. The defending champions claimed the single win they needed to seal...
AC Milan forward Ante Rebic has been handed a two-match ban and goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma fined for their behaviour in last weekend’s league defeat to Napoli, Serie A announced on Tuesday. Croatian Rebic was sent off at the end of the 1-0 loss...
Team New Zealand reached match point in the America’s Cup Tuesday but were denied a chance to clinch the trophy when fickle winds forced the day’s second race to be abandoned. The hosts staged a come-from-behind win in race nine to extend their lead...
Team New Zealand overhauled a nearly four-and-a-half-minute deficit to move within sight of the America’s Cup title after a “bizarre” race on Monday. After overhauling Italian challengers Luna Rossa to win the day’s first race by 58 seconds, the hosts...
Win the start, win the race remained the key for success on day three of the America’s Cup in Auckland as Team New Zealand and Italy’s Luna Rossa again won a race each on Saturday to be locked at 3-3. However, both races disproved the theory that the...
All of Italy will become red zone during Easter weekend
The 'Supreme Poet' was exiled from his native Florence in January 1302
A new wave of infections is putting hospitals under strain
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus dust themselves down and head for lowly Cagliari on Sunday, focussed on salvaging their bid for a 10th consecutive league title with their Champions League ambitions buried for another season. Juventus crashed out in the...
Italy’s Luna Rossa continued to defy expectations and match America’s Cup favourite Team New Zealand Friday, with the rival yachts on two wins apiece after day two of racing in Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour. Written off by pundits ahead of the regatta,...
Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri and Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo discussed migration separate meetings in Rome with their Italian counterparts Luciana Lamorgese and Luigi Di Maio. The Home Affairs Ministry said the meeting between Camilleri...
Ferrari have unveiled the SF21, the car that they hope will take them back to the front of the pack in the 2021 Formula One season. The team from Maranello this season will have Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz as their drivers line-up who will be...
Juventus head coach Andrea Pirlo rued his side’s errors as the Italian champions crashed out of the Champions League at the hands of Porto despite a 3-2 win over Porto in Turin on Tuesday. Sergio Oliveira’s extra-time free-kick sent twice former...
Earlier this week, country surpassed the milestone of more than 100,000 deaths
Valletta striker Mario Fontanella has voiced his frustration as he has yet to receive an answer on whether his application for a Maltese passport on sporting merit has been accepted or not. Last year, the Italian striker had been lined up to be one of...
There was no special treatment for Italian President Sergio Mattarella when he received his coronavirus vaccine in a Rome hospital on Tuesday. In a photo issued by his office, the 79-year-old head of state was pictured sitting in a chair alongside...
Andrea Pirlo brushed aside talk his Juventus future would be in the balance in Tuesday’s second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Porto, with the Italians trailing 2-1 heading into the must-win clash in Turin. Pirlo’s predecessors Maurizio...
Eyes on the ground, they queue in silence for a food parcel outside Milan's Pane Quotidiano charity. Since coronavirus swept across Italy a year ago, the line has grown and grown. "I'm ashamed to be here. But, otherwise, I would have nothing to eat,"...
Italy on Monday authorised the administration of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to those over 65 years of age. The health ministry said in a statement the vaccine could be used safely on people 65 and older, except for "extremely vulnerable"...
130 people were killed and 350 wounded on November 13 of 2015
A town mayor in Italy's Sicily region said Sunday he was stepping down after coming under fire for jumping the queue for coronavirus vaccinations. "I spent a sleepless night thinking about this decision and I concluded that it is right for me to...
Italy on Friday lobbied EU authorities to approve a long-delayed state rescue of beleaguered national airline Alitalia, a perennial loss-maker that has almost run out of cash. The former flag carrier has not turned a profit since 2002, has been under...
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic revealed Friday how he had to hitch a motorbike ride to avoid missing Italy’s legendary Sanremo musical festival where he was performing a duet with Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic. The 39-year-old has been a guest...
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