ROME -- Two British lecturers have lodged an application in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg seeking damages of 352,450 euros against Italy for violations of a fair trial and a trial within reasonable time in a wage discrimination case, the Association of Foreign Lecturers in Italy (ALLSI) has said.

ROME -- Zak Chelli lost his British and Commonwealth Super-Middleweight Championship belts to mandatory challenger Callum Simpson this past weekend. 

 Chelli, who has strong Italian roots, travelled to Barnsley, England, Simpson's hometown, for the August 3rd encounter.

 Things went tough for Chelli from the beginning. An overhand right rocked Chelli late in the first round which somewhat spoiled the strong start to the fight he had. Chelli didn't go down and was trading at the bell, but it set the tone for what was to come.

ROME -- It is not often at the Olympics that we get to see a true underdog triumph. The Paris games have largely been a platform for the world’s favourites to showcase their dazzling best: Léon Marchand, Armand Duplantis, Keely Hodgkinson, Simone Biles. But it was in competition against the latter that Italy’s Alice D’Amato secured a historic gold on Day Ten in Paris.

ROME -- An Italian tourist has died in Bali after falling from a railing while taking a selfie in the Gajah Mas region of the Indonesian island. The family will now travel to Indonesia to repatriate the Italian's body.

 Giancarlo Zicari, a 49-year-old engineer, was on holiday with his partner Ilaria Biagi. It is thought the pair were walking in the Baturiti area when they decided to take a selfie on a ledge overlooking the waterfalls. But the railing they were leaning on collapsed and the pair fell 25 metres.