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Football: Italian Preview

FIORENTINA, WHO took Serie A by storm early in the season but have slipped to third place behind Lazio, entertain second-placed Parma live on Channel 4 tomorrow in a game both sides need to win to keep their scudetto hopes alive.

Football: Parma keeper linked with United switch: RUMOURS

MANCHESTER UNITED have found the man they want to succeed Peter Schmeichel in the 21-year-old Italian Gianluigi Buffon, according to the People, who say United have offered pounds 4m for the Parma goalkeeper. But the report suggests that Milan are also in the hunt and Parma may hold out for pounds 5.5m. The same paper reckons former United target Mark Bosnich has put off Roma by asking for pounds 60,000 a week.

Football: Three sent off as Inter lose control

INTERNAZIONALE LOST 2-0 at home to Parma in an Italian Cup semi- final first-leg match last night, ending the tie with eight men after three players were sent off for dissent in the space of two minutes.

Football: Parma end Rangers' hopes

Parma 3 Rangers 1 Parma win 4-2 on aggregate

Football: Porrini off as Rangers bow out

Parma 3 Rangers 1: Parma win 4-2 on aggregate

Football: Ferguson in line to quell Veron

IAN FERGUSON has been given the daunting task of man-marking the Argentinian, Juan Veron, as Rangers

Football: Petrie takes advantage

Rangers 1 Van Bronckhorst 16 Dunfermline Athletic 1 Petrie 76 Attendance: 47,465

Asda slices open the protected market for Parma ham

THE COURT of Appeal struck a blow yesterday for the democratisation of high-class food when it ruled that Asda could sell cut-price Parma ham sliced and packaged in this country.

Football: Frugal Parma entertain Milan

Italian preview

Football: Amoruso confident Scots will progress

LORENZO AMORUSO is optimistic that Rangers can book a place in the quarter-finals of the Uefa Cup for next spring.

Football: Wallace gives Advocaat a fighting chance

Rangers 1 Parma 1

Football: Club deny Baggio's knife claims

WISLA KRAKOW yesterday admitted that Parma's Dino Baggio was struck by a metal object thrown from the crowd during their Uefa Cup draw on Tuesday, but have denied the Italian was injured by a knife.

Football: Zidane battling back

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