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A rare example of a Lar, or White-handed, Gibbon was confiscated from a family home by forestry police in Mantua on Friday.The family had kept the gib…
McLaren-Merdedes driver Lewis Hamilton clocked the fastest time in the first practice for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix but Ferrari drivers Felipe Mas…
Italy's Paolo Bettini is eyeing a record third straight title in the World Road Race Championship here this Sunday.Bettini said Friday he's feeling st…
Italy's Andrea Dovizioso will join Honda's official MotoGP team HRC next year filling the spot left open by Nicky Hayden, who will move to Ducati at t…
Valentino Rossi appeared to be pacing himself in Friday's two practice sessions for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix, well aware that he need only make th…
Archaeologists in Sardinia said Thursday they have found the port of the Phoenician city of Tharros, held by some to be the ancient people's most impo…
Fashion houses staging catwalk shows at the current Milan Fashion Week are on high security alert after British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, best known…
A 'new Alitalia' will become a reality by the middle of next month, the national carrier's government-appointed administrator Augusto Fantozzi said on…
Pope Benedict XVI has named Msgr. Mariano Crociata, the bishop of Noto, to be the new secretary general of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI), a sta…
Inter Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic is pumped ahead of Sunday's derby with AC Milan.''I'm really enjoying myself in this Inter,'' he said after the le…
Italy's Valentino Rossi will have his first chance of winning this year's MotoGP championship on Sunday and intends to do just that.All the Yamaha rid…
Felipe Massa believes he can overtake Lewis Hamilton and achieve his dream of a first world title.Speaking ahead of Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix, Mas…
This year's hit film on the Naples Mafia, Gomorra, has been picked as Italy's contender for next year's Foreign Film Oscar.Gomorra, Matteo Garrone's a…
The riddle of an alleged theft from Italy's famed Riace bronzes has resurfaced 35 years after they were lifted from the Calabrian seabed.A photo of th…
The long-lost colours of Rome's famous Ara Pacis were temporarily brought back to life this week thanks to a new virtual reconstruction of how ancient…
Air France is interested in Alitalia, the former CEO of the failing Italian airline said Wednesday.Piero Mengozzi, a merchant banker who tried to turn…
Italy captain Sergio Parisse has become the first Italian rugby player to be nominated as world player of the year.''It's a great honour for me and re…
Two of Italy's soccer greats are to star alongside Pope Benedict XVI when he becomes the first pontiff in history to read a chapter of the Bible on te…
Mascalzone Latino owner-skipper Vincenzo Onorato and Olympic windsurf champion Alessandra Sensini have been nominated for ISAF Rolex World Sailor of t…
Speculation mounted that Premier Silvio Berlusconi was examining a new initiative to save Alitalia after he met informally on Tuesday with key ministe…