Double sprint world-record holder Usain Bolt can improve his stunning new times by a wide margin, Italy's former 200m record holder Pietro Mennea beli…
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Thu, 08/21/2008 - 03:14
A pizza in the shape of England football manager Fabio Capello's face is proving wildly successful at a fish and chip shop in the north of England.Nic…
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 03:54
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Georgia crisis on Tuesday, a Russian government spokesman told the…
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 03:50
The Vatican on Tuesday set a date for the beatification of a wartime priest who died at the hands of Yugoslav Communist guerillas in the so-called Foi…
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 03:42
Venezuelan police on Tuesday said there had still been no ransom request for an Italian entrepreneur kidnapped last week in Cabimas, 300 miles west of…
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 03:36
Teachers must not spit at headteachers, Italy's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.The Cassation Court upheld a decision by a Palermo appeals court condem…
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 03:27
The pope's colourful protection force, the Swiss Guards, got a new leader on Tuesday - policeman, army captain and former law lecturer Daniel Rudolf A…
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 03:19
Italy's gamblers have got the Olympic bug and are set to bet three times more on Beijing 2008 than they did on Athens 2004, betting agency Agicoscomme…
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 03:13
Star Italian gymnast Igor Cassina on Tuesday fell far short of retaining the Olympic gold medal he won in Athens in his trademark event, the high bar.…
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 03:38
A farmer who is refusing to hand over a three-month-old deer fawn to the authorities of an Italian national park is to be prosecuted, the park confirm…
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 03:30
An Italian animal rights group on Monday condemned a Sicilian village for its gory annual tradition of stringing up a slaughtered goose by its feet in…
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 03:23
World Cup hero Marcello Lippi is looking to kick off his second term as Italy manager with a win this time.Fielding questions ahead of Wednesday's fri…
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 03:19
Valentino Rossi could pace himself for the remainder of the MotoGp season after opening up a 50-point lead over reigning champion Casey Stoner in Sund…
Mon, 08/18/2008 - 09:20
The world's only completely solar-powered cableway turns 100 on Tuesday.The Montenero funicular railway at the Tuscan city of Livorno was unveiled on…
Mon, 08/18/2008 - 09:13
Italian police have arrested the imam of a mosque in northern Italy after Moroccan authorities requested his extradition on terrorism charges.Special…
Mon, 08/18/2008 - 09:08
The wealth divide between Italy's prosperous northern regions and the impoverished south is widening, a new survey showed on Monday.According to a rep…
Mon, 08/18/2008 - 09:02
AS Roma Chairman Franco Sensi has died, club sources said Monday.Sensi, who had been ill for some time, was 82.The oilman took over the Roman club in…
Sun, 08/17/2008 - 03:30
Industrial output fell 4.4% in June, compared to the same month last year, but inched up 0.1% from May, national statistics bureau Istat reported on…
Sun, 08/17/2008 - 03:30
The mayor of a Piemonte town on Wednesday pledged to don dustmen's overalls and clean the streets of his city every morning in a bid to keep the co…
Sun, 08/17/2008 - 03:30
National statistics bureau Istat on Monday definitively confirmed that Italy's year-on-year inflation rate hit a 12-year high of 4.1% in July while…