ROME – Italy succumbed to a heavy defeat against England in their opening Six Nations fixture at the Stadio Olimpico Sunday, with the away side running in seven tries.

ROME – Six red cards were dished out in 10 Serie A games on Matchday 22, with the league’s minnows grinding out some surprising results.

ROME – Lazio have been fined €50,000 by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) following the distribution of anti-Semitic stickers of Anne Frank in the kit of arch-rivals, AS Roma, by Lazio’s Irrid

ROME - Fresh problems emerged for Serie B football side Foggia Calcio as their president, Fedele Sannella, was arrested by antimafia investigators on charges of money laundering, following the inve

ROME - The name of Herbert Kilpin is barely known outside of Italy and, until recently, was almost forgotten in his adopted city of Milan.

ROME - The winter break fell later than usual this year in Serie A, with Juventus trailing top-placed Napoli by a single point after the last round of fixtures on Jan 6.

ROME - Halfway through the current Serie A season, referees and managers met in Milan to discuss the future of the controversial Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system, agreeing to continue with its

 ROME - The Israeli authorities threatened to cancel the start of the upcoming Giro d’Italia cycling race as the organisers referred to the starting point as “West Jerusalem” in their adv

MILAN - Former Milan player and Manchester City forward Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexual assault through his partici

ROME - Carlo Tavecchio, the head of the Italian Football Federation, has announced his resignation following Italy’s failure to qualify for the World Cup for

Milan – Italian football was left reeling Tuesday as a dismal 0-0 draw against Sweden condemned the Azzurri to miss their first football World Cup in more than half a century.

ROME -  Certainly the national pride of the Italians, as well as a stinging loss of up to 10 billion euros, has disappea

 MILAN -- Four time world football champion Italy has failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup after being held to a scoreless draw by dogged Sweden in a second leg qualifying match.

ROME - In a dramatic turn of events, Benevento scored a goal against league front runners Juventus.

ROME - Chelsea’s hopes were decimated in an embarrassing loss against Roma on Tuesday night. From the beginning of the game Roma dominated Chelsea.

 ROME -- Dozens of masked Italian soccer hooligans wielding clubs attacked Chelsea supporters in pub near th

ROME - The barbarians are at airport security. A sea of blue “hooligans,” in the words of Il Messaggero, will arrive in the coming hours ahead of the Chelsea-Roma Champion League match.

ROME- Napoli charged forward with a 3-1 victory against Sassuolo on Sunday. The win, the team’s tenth out of the past eleven games, puts it three points up in Series A.

ROME - Lazio has been charged with breaking rules on “sporting fairness” after fans were found with anti-Semitic stickers at the Lazio-Cagliari game last week.

GENOA - Two beautiful shots by Dries Mertens, and an own-goal from Genoa’s Ervin Zukanovic have allowed Napoli to regain their position at the head of Serie A.

ROME - Lazio supporters found to have produced anti-Semitic stickers for the Lazio-Cagliari game earlier this week have been identified.