Seven bodies recovered, two people still missing, and four injured

Hopes of a stable coalition emerging after today's vote have been upset by emergence of the comic turned would-be leader

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Swedish captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hailed the qualities of England counterpart Steven Gerrard who is set to win his 100th cap in tomorrow's clash between the two countries in Stockholm.

Thunder, lightning, and a rainstorm of Wagnerian proportions provided a dramatic backdrop for the latest Alpari World Match Racing Tour win for defending champion Ian Williams and his Team GAC Pindar.

Reigning world match racing champion Ian Williams was being taken for a ride on Thursday afternoon.

Transatlantic sporting rivalry resumes down the road from here next month, in the Ryder Cup, and Jose Maria Olazabal can only hope that his men will match the example set by European horsemen and -woman on Saturday. For only one home runner, Little Mike in the Arlington Million itself, stood between the raiders and a clean sweep in the international races.

The struggles of Italy's poorer southern cities came under the spotlight yesterday as the Government moved to play down fears of a default by Sicily.

New Swansea boss Michael Laudrup has added club stalwart Kristian O'Leary to his backroom staff.

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Low turnout and a crumbling centre-right vote in Italian local elections were blamed yesterday on austerity measures introduced by Mario Monti's technocrat administration and a series of corruption scandals, particularly on the right.

Genoa have fired Alberto Malesani following a protest-filled 4-1 loss to Siena and hired Luigi De Canio for the final five matches of Serie A, marking the record 18th coaching change in the Italian league this season.

Genoa's 4-1 home defeat to Siena yesterday was suspended for nearly an hour, with Genoa "Ultra" fans demanding their players hand back their club shirts which the supporters claimed they had dishonoured.

Eleven years after police severely beat scores of peaceful campaigners at the Genoa G8 meeting, the Italian government is expected to announce within days the first compensation payment, a six-figure sum, to one of the British victims of the violence.