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Italy coach calls for zero tolerance to racism

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:44:31 -0400

FLORENCE, Italy - Italy must adopt a zero tolerance policy towards racism in football if it is to eradicate the problem from the sport, national team coach Cesare Prandelli said Monday.

Allegri to meet Milan Wednesday to discuss future

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:29:07 -0400

MILAN - AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani will meet with Massimiliano Allegri on Wednesday to discuss the coach's future at the Serie A club.

Milan's Abbiati signs 1-year contract extension

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:11:51 -0400

MILAN - Veteran AC Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati has signed a one-year contract extension with the Serie A club.

Milan secures Champs League spot with dramatic win

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:21:38 -0400

MILAN - AC Milan secured third spot and a place in the Champions League after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Siena on Sunday in the final Serie A round of the season.

Woman describes Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' parties

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:14 -0400

MILAN - Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center of the scandal.

Balotelli and El Shaarawy headline Italy squad

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:24:44 -0400

ROME - Mario Balotelli and AC Milan strike partner Stephan El Shaarawy headline Italy's squad for upcoming matches against San Marino and the Czech Republic, while Antonio Cassano remained left out.

Report: Moroccan in Italy convicted in attack plot

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:57:29 -0400

MILAN - Italian media are reporting that a 22-year-old Moroccan man has been convicted and sentenced to five years and four months in jail for plotting a terror attack against a Milan synagogue.

AC Milan and Fiorentina fight for Champions League

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:02:31 -0400

ROME - In the last weekend of Serie A, AC Milan needs to protect a two-point lead over Fiorentina in the race for third place and the final Champions League berth.

Blatter attacks tiny Roma fan for racism

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:16:12 -0400

ZURICH - FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he will protest to Italian soccer authorities over a decision to only fine Roma the equivalent of $65,000 after their fans racially abused AC Milan players.

Man City fires Mancini 1 year after EPL title win

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:54:13 -0400

LONDON - Manchester City fired manager Roberto Mancini on Monday, exactly one year after he delivered the club's first English league title in 44 years.

Milan prosecutors demand 6 years for Berlusconi

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15:48 -0400

MILAN - Milan prosecutors on Monday demanded a prison sentence of six years and a lifetime ban from public office for former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in his sex-for-hire trial.

Immigrant in Italy kills 1 in pickaxe rampage

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:28:13 -0400

ROME - An immigrant illegally living in Italy went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan at dawn Saturday, killing a passer-by and wounding four others in an apparently random attack, police said.

Patriarch of fashion brand Missoni dies in Italy

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:03:31 -0400

MILAN - Ottavio Missoni, the patriarch of the iconic fashion brand of zigzag-patterned knitwear that helped launch Italian ready-to-wear and turn Milan into a fashion mecca, died Thursday just months after his eldest son disappeared without a trace. He was 92.

Italy's ex-premier Giulio Andreotti dies at 94

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:42:06 -0400

ROME - Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad.

Bradley Wiggins needs no inducement to race Giro

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:32:34 -0400

ISCHIA, Italy - Unlike Lance Armstrong, Bradley Wiggins didn't need to be recruited for the Giro d'Italia with a $1 million commitment. Wiggins, last year's Tour de France champion, is riding in the Italian classic purely out of personal desire.

Italy gives Milan's Expo 2015 a push

Mon, 06 May 2013 05:38:13 -0400

MILAN - New Italian Premier Enrico Letta says his government is determined to make sure that organized crime does not infiltrate the Expo 2015 World Fair in Milan.

Juventus confirms return to top with 2nd title

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:44:15 -0400

MILAN - Juventus confirmed its return to the top of Italian football with its second successive scudetto on Sunday.

Fiorentina striker Ljajic handed 2-match ban

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:06:06 -0400

MILAN - Fiorentina's hopes of Champions League action next season have been dealt a blow with a two-match ban for striker Adem Ljajic.

Platini: All-German final not proof of dominance

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:38:01 -0400

LILLE, France - UEFA president Michel Platini is distinctly underwhelmed by Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund reaching the Champions League final and does not see it as a sign of a power shift toward Germany in European football.

Milan midfielder Montolivo may miss final 4 games

Fri, 03 May 2013 06:39:05 -0400

MILAN - Midfielder Riccardo Montolivo could miss AC Milan's final four Serie A matches after tearing a muscle in his right leg, an injury that could affect the Rossoneri's attempt to hold off Fiorentina for third place and the final Champions League spot.

Fiat reports Q1 loss as sales slip in Europe, US

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:36:30 -0400

MILAN - Weak sales in Europe and lower profits at U.S. partner Chrysler pushed Italian carmaker Fiat to a loss in the first quarter.

Zanetti hopes to play '1 more game' after injury

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:14:20 -0400

MILAN - Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti says he would like to play again despite a potentially career-ending injury.

Leonardo: Ibrahimovic '100 percent' to stay at PSG

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:03:35 -0400

MILAN - Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo says Zlatan Ibrahimovic is "100 percent" certain to remain with the French club next season.

Italy: animal rights protests sets back research

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:41:04 -0400

MILAN - The head of pharmacology at Milan's state university says a weekend break-in by animal rights activists who freed about 100 laboratory animals has cost years of research and hundreds of thousands of euros (dollars) in damage.

Juventus fined $39,000 for fans' racist chants

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:55:53 -0400

MILAN - Juventus has been fined $38,970 after fans chanted racist slurs and unfurled a banner during its 1-0 weekend win over AC Milan.