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ROME – Edin Dzeko fired AS Roma into their first Champions League quarter finals in ten years as the Italian side crept past Shakhtar Donetsk on away goals with a 1-0 victory at the Stadio Olimpico

ROME – The weekend was certainly won by the tributes to Davide Astori, most notably the moving tifo at the Stadio Artemio Franchi reading “Davide 13”, as Fiorentina played their first match since t

ROME – AC Milan suffered a first loss since Dec last year in a 2-0 defeat to Arsenal at the San Siro.

ROME – In a pulsating tie, Juventus came from behind against Spurs to snatch a 2-1 victory at Wembley, progressing into the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

ROME – Italy and Nice footballer Mario Balotelli has hit out at Toni Iwobi, member of the League party and the first black senator of the Italian Republic, and Salvini, the far-right party leader.

ROME – Italian football has been shaken by the sudden death of Fiorentina captain, Davide Astori.

ROME – Italy’s extraordinarily expensive hosting of the Ryder Cup in 2022 is under serious scrutiny, following the accusation that the chosen location for the event, Marco Simone Golf and Country C

ROME – Italy’s miserable run in the Six Nations continued as they suffered another defeat in the competition against a lacklustre France at the Orange Velodrome in Marseille, the game ending 34-17.

ROME – AS Roma threw away a lead in the OSK Metalist Stadion in Kharkiv, succumbing to a 2-1 defeat away at Shakhtar Donetsk that leaves them needing a win on the return leg to stay in the Champion

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.