Tag: Italy
France slump as England and Italy struggle
France, the 1998 world champions, suffered an embarrassing 3-1 defeat to lowly Austria on Saturday to endure a nightmare start to their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign. [MORE]
Tragic Mickey Rourke film wins in Venice
Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler has claimed the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.[MORE]
Portman makes directing debut in Venice
Natalie Portman presented her debut as a director at the Venice film festival overnight.[MORE]
Britain heading toward recession: OECD
New figures show that Europe's economy is contracting more severely than predicted, with Britain in particular nearer a recession. [MORE]
Censored Vietnamese short film to screen at Venice
A short Vietnamese film will be screened at the Venice Film Festival despite a ban by censors.[MORE]
Bologna stuns Milan on Ronaldinho's debut
Francesco Valiani has scored a stunning goal as promoted Bologna beat AC Milan 2-1 at the San Siro to spoil Ronaldinho's Serie A debut.[MORE]
Director defends tsunami horror flick
French actress Emmanuelle Beart and the Belgian director of her latest movie have defended Vinyan, amid concerns that the film which opens with the 2004 tsunami may be insensitive to people affected by the tragedy.[MORE]
Venice films fail to impress local critics
Critics label choices for this year's Venice Film Festival "difficult to forgive".[MORE]
Sampdoria holds Mourinho's Inter in opener
Gennaro Delvecchio earned Sampdoria a 1-1 draw overnight to deny new Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho a winning start in Serie A.[MORE]
Italy signs colonial compensation deal with Libya
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has apologised to Libya for damage inflicted by Italy during the colonial era and signed a $US5 billion investment deal by way of compensation.[MORE]
Coens' comedy divides critics
Coen brothers' madcap comedy Burn After Reading sharply divides the critics.[MORE]
Museum defies Pope over crucified frog
Italian museum refuses Pope Benedict's request to remove crucified frog sculpture.[MORE]
Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower
The Tower of Pisa is being challenged by a lesser-known 12th Century building, in the northern Dutch town of Bedum, as Europe's most steeply leaning tower.[MORE]
Massa leads the way at Monza test
Ferrari's Felipe Massa, winner of the European Grand Prix at the weekend, picked up where he left off with the fastest time on the first day of Formula One testing at Monza overnight.[MORE]
Coen brothers bring Pitt-Clooney crime comedy to Venice
Coen brothers' madcap comdey Burn After Reading opens Venice Film Festival.[MORE]
Champions League joy for Juventus, Barcelona
Juventus returned to the Champions League proper for the first time in three seasons after a 1-1 draw at Artmedia Bratislava gave the Italians a 5-1 aggregate win overnight.[MORE]
Huge statue of Roman emperor found
Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered parts of an exquisite marble statue of the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius who ruled between 161 and 180 AD, a local official has said.[MORE]
Hollywood in supporting role at Venice
The Venice Film Festival opens on Wednesday with Hollywood A-listers George Clooney and Brad Pitt on the red carpet for the Coen brothers' eagerly-awaited Burn After Reading, but from then on Tinseltown takes a back seat.[MORE]
Brides of Christ to battle for beauty crown
A Catholic priest in Italy has come up with a novel way of enticing young people back to the church - by holding a beauty pageant for nuns.[MORE]
10 missing after giant avalanche in French Alps: police
Ten people are believed to be missing after a major avalanche swept down a mountainside early Sunday near Mont Blanc in the French Alps, police have said.[MORE]
Cammarelle wins super-heavyweight boxing gold
World champion Roberto Cammarelle of Italy has added Olympic gold to his resume as he stopped China's Zhang Zhilei in the Olympic super-heavyweight final.[MORE]
Shevchenko to return to AC Milan
Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko's Chelsea nightmare has ended after the London club struck a deal for him to rejoin AC Milan.[MORE]
Chakhkiev exacts revenge for heavyweight gold
Rakhim Chakhkiev of Russia has gained revenge on Italy's world champion Clemente Russo by taking Olympic heavyweight gold in Beijing.[MORE]
Sharks defeat Italy on penalties
Australia's men's water polo team has beaten Italy 4-3 on penalties in their classification match in Beijing.[MORE]
Italy, Spain ask CAS to strip Denmark of 49er gold
Italy and Spain have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to strip Denmark of the gold medal it won in the 49er class yachting, saying it used a boat belonging to Croatia.[MORE]
