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/ 11 May 2008

South Africa’s Otto wins Italian Open

South African Hennie Otto secured a maiden European Tour victory after a one-stroke triumph over Briton Oliver Wilson in the Italian Open on Sunday. Otto fired a closing-round 69 for a 25-under par tally of 263, one stroke clear of Wilson, who carded a bogey-free 64 on the Castello di Tolcinasco course.

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/ 12 March 2008

Liverpool send ill-disciplined Inter crashing

Inter Milan’s ill discipline cost them again as Liverpool won 1-0 at the San Siro on Tuesday to progress to the Champions League quarterfinals 3-0 on aggregate. Nicolas Burdisso was sent off just five minutes into the second half of the second-round, second-leg tie to scupper the Italian champions’ hopes of reaching the next round.

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/ 28 January 2008

Pistorius loses hope of making Beijing

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has virtually given up his fight to compete at the Beijing Olympics and is focusing his efforts on running at the 2012 London Games. The International Association of Athletics Federations ruled on January 14 that the South African was ineligible to compete at the Olympics.

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/ 16 January 2008

Placido Domingo still can’t sing Spanish anthem

Placido Domingo says he’s always longed to lead his country in a national anthem that unites Spaniards — but acknowledged on Wednesday that he’ll have to wait a little while longer. The Spanish tenor was to premiere the new lyrics of his country’s anthem — a military march long performed without words — later this month.

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/ 5 December 2007

Strachan uninspired but relieved to be through

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan insisted it was the overall result and not the performance that mattered after Celtic sneaked into the Champions League knock-out stages despite a 1-0 defeat at the hands of AC Milan. Veteran forward Filippo Inzaghi scored his 63rd goal in European competition to break the great Gerd Muller’s long-standing record.

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/ 4 September 2007

Agritourism throws lifeline to Italian farmers

Like many farmers, Martin Busin works from dawn till nightfall, but he still needs the help of his cafe-au-lait cow, Miss, to bring in tourists to keep afloat his smallholding in Italy’s mountainous Alto Adige region. With little farming land and over a million high-cost small farms, Italy started opening farms to tourists in the mid-1960s.

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/ 27 July 2007

Italy fumes over F1 spy verdict

Italy joined Ferrari on Friday in condemning the decision not to punish McLaren for the spying controversy that has gripped Formula One. The International Automobile Federation said on Thursday that although McLaren had Ferrari data in their possession, there was insufficient evidence that they gained from it.

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/ 26 July 2007

Italian fans favour legalising doping

Italian cycling fans believe making doping legal is the best way to save their troubled sport, according to a popular survey on Wednesday. The Astana team pulled out of the Tour de France on Tuesday after Kazakh rider Alexander Vinokourov tested positive in the latest in a string of doping scandals to rock cycling.

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/ 8 May 2007

Basso says he only tried to dope

Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso said on Tuesday he had never used illegal substances or blood transfusions, but was guilty of attempts at doping. ”It is only attempted doping. In my career I have never used doping substances or transfusions,” Basso told reporters at a packed news conference in Milan.

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/ 3 May 2007

AC Milan look to erase Istanbul nightmare

AC Milan are desperate to beat Liverpool in the Champions League final to erase the memory of their nightmare defeat at the hands of the Merseysiders in the Istanbul final two years ago. Milan set up the chance for revenge with a superb 3-0 semifinal, second-leg victory over Liverpool’s Premiership rivals Manchester United on Wednesday for a 5-3 aggregate victory.

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/ 2 May 2007

Ferguson: We won’t only focus on Kaka

Focusing solely on AC Milan’s Brazilian playmaker Kaka could prove fatal, said Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson on the eve of their Champions League semifinal second-leg clash. United lead the clash 3-2 after a thrilling encounter at Old Trafford, but Ferguson was at pains to point out the Italian side possessed dangers other than Kaka.

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/ 31 January 2007

Ronaldo bids farewell to Madrid

Ronaldo’s farewell to Real Madrid didn’t include any fond words for coach Fabio Capello. The World Cup’s all-time leading scorer left Madrid for AC Milan on Tuesday, returning to Italy’s Serie A for a reported â,¬7,5-million transfer fee. The 30-year-old Brazil striker joined Milan until 2008 — the same length as the remainder of his contract at Madrid.

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/ 24 August 2006

Juve risk further sanctions by seeking civil redress

Juventus have lodged an appeal with a civil court to overturn their relegation for match-fixing despite a threat of extra sanctions from Italy’s football federation, a spokesperson for the club said on Thursday. A soccer tribunal ruling on the match-fixing scandal in July stripped Juve of their last two Italian titles and demoted them to the second division.

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/ 8 August 2006

Crespo ‘feels like Italy’s son’

Argentina striker Hernan Crespo signed for former club Inter Milan on Monday, leaving English champions Chelsea. ”I’m very happy to be back,” Crespo said. ”I love Italian soccer and the Italian country. Returning to Inter is a personal choice, a return home.” The 31-year-old forward signed a two year-deal on a free transfer.

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/ 19 May 2006

Tough times in Italian soccer

Italian football is in meltdown with the World Cup less than a month away. Four Serie A clubs stand accused of match-fixing, a referee and his assistants have been pulled off the World Cup list while being investigated for corruption, Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon may also miss the tournament as a result of a betting scandal, and the national organising body is in administration.

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/ 19 April 2006

Barcelona beat AC Milan 1-0

Ludovic Giuly scored off a pass from Ronaldinho on Tuesday to give FC Barcelona a 1-0 win over AC Milan in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. The France forward beat an offside trap to send a left-foot shot past Milan goalkeeper Dida in the 57th minute after a chipped pass from the 2005 European and Fifa World Player of the Year at the San Siro.

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