AC Milan will make a final decision regarding the signing of Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez tomorrow, according to club vice-president Adriano Galliani.

Former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni and 16 other people have been arrested in another match-fixing probe in Italy.

The start of the Serie A season will be delayed after the Italian Players' Union announced their members will strike this weekend.

Gino D'Acampo makes Pollo alla Milanese con Spinaci.

Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi underwent four hours of facial surgery yesterday to repair damage he suffered when a man hurled a statuette at him in 2009.

The latest scandal surrounding Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has damaged his public image but support for his party has risen, meaning he could win an early election, a respected pollster said yesterday.

Milan police have arrested six people on suspicion of kidnapping and shooting a crime boss's ex-girlfriend last November and dissolving her body in acid.

Alexandre Pato will not be leaving AC Milan this summer, according to vice-president Adriano Galliani.

Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children has been fêted by the literary world for nearly three decades. Yesterday the public showed their appreciation, voting it the greatest Booker Prize winner of them all.

Lauded by avant-garde musicians such as John Zorn, the cartoon film scores of Carl Stalling and Scott Bradley can be read as postmodern before their time: just perfect for short attention spans, with every musical cue parodying conventions and clichés from popular memory.

What is the most delightful Italian word? For my money, there is one that has the edge on pomodoro, vaporetto, risotto, Lamborghini, parmigiano, and even the overplayed amore. What heart does not leap at the mention of aperitivo? The word is like a smile. In Italy, the early evening aperitivo is more than just a drink. In the humblest of bars, you normally get nuts, crisps, a bit of cheese or mortadella with your birra, grappa or negroni. In posh joints, you get a lavish spread that those untutored in the ways of Italian restraint could easily treat as dinner rather than a prefatory morsel. It is this admirable tradition, especially strong in Milan, that the Italian beer maker Peroni is attempting to introduce to the barbarian north.