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The Last Word: Lean years may lie ahead unless Wayne Rooney learns to think thin
Saturday 06 July 2013
Miccoli, and Cassano have – at various stages, and in varying degrees – seemed to absorb obsolete bulk
Top Italian football clubs raided by finance police investigating tax-dodging and money laundering
Tuesday 25 June 2013
Latest scandal to shake nation's sport turns focus on Juventus, Inter, AC Milan and Lazio
Review: Time On My Hands, By Giorgio Vasta (Trs by Jonathan Hunt)
Sunday 23 June 2013
Tiny terrorists take the road to revolution
Mafia planned to use drones to assassinate its enemies in 1990s, says informant
Wednesday 12 June 2013
A top mafia informer has told an Italian court that Cosa Nostra planned to use drone-type flying bombs to assassinate its enemies, two decades before the United States began firing them at the Taliban.
Postcard from... Milan
Monday 10 June 2013
An Austrian café’s decision to name its sandwiches after victims of Mafia murders has sparked a diplomatic incident between Vienna and Rome.
Exclusive: Final fragments of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Saturday 04 May 2013
Published here, from a new collection, is ‘The Turret’ by the acclaimed author of ‘The Leopard’
Pope Idol: The Pope-pickers could have made things a bit more lively
Wednesday 13 March 2013
John Walsh offers some tips for next time
Even Mafia fails to escape grips of recession
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Even the Mafia is not immune to the lingering recession, according to new reports that suggest a merciless spending review is causing serious discontent in Sicily’s Cosa Nostra.
Editorial: Italy shows how the tide has turned against elites
Tuesday 26 February 2013
If these results do not shake Europe out of its apathy, then perhaps nothing will
Milan back down to earth as they are held to draw by Inter
Sunday 24 February 2013
After beating Barcelona in the Champions League last Wednesday, Milan's mood was tempered following a 1-1 draw with city neighbours Internazionale in a derby that was a tale of two sharply different halves.
Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi criticises rumours surrounding Pope's resignation
Saturday 23 February 2013
Comments come days after report in Italian newspaper that claims a 'gay network' within the Vatican influenced pontiff's departure
Get me out of here: Saint Lucia, Sicily, Turkey
Wednesday 06 February 2013
Now... On 21 February, DialAFlight has a week at the five-star Boucan by Hotel Chocolat in Saint Lucia for £1,349pp, with Virgin Atlantic flights from Gatwick, breakfast and a three-course dinner at the hotel's restaurant which specialises in "cacao cuisine". Book by Friday. Dialaflight.com
David Beckham signing is small change for mega-rich PSG owners
Thursday 31 January 2013
Qatari backers have spent over €250m in two years to transform club into European force
QPR midfielder Alejandro Faurlin completes loan switch to Palermo
Thursday 31 January 2013
Midfielder joins Serie A side until the end of the season
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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