Tag: Italy
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Two dead, 20 injured in train-truck collision
Two people were killed and 20 others injured after a train crashed into a rig truck near the northern Italian city of Turin and derailed, Italian media said Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednesday when the train hit a large truck that had stopped on a level crossing near the town of Caluso, causing three…
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Roberto Mancini plans Balotelli return to Italy squad
Newly appointed Italy head coach Roberto Mancini, says he will talk to long-excluded striker Mario Balotelli about a possible return to the national team. Balotelli has not played for Italy since the 2014 World Cup, but he featured under Mancini at both Inter Milan and Manchester City. Mancini is replacing Gian Piero Ventura, who was…
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Video, Photos: 17 Nigerian migrants sue Italy for returning them to Libya
Seventeen Nigerian migrants who survived a deadly sea crossing last year have filed a lawsuit against Italy for violating their rights by supporting Libya’s efforts to return them to North Africa, their lawyers said on Tuesday. The plaintiffs, two of whom have returned to Nigeria, petitioned the European Court of Human Rights last week, Violeta…
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Reports: Roberto Mancini to become new Italy coach
Roberto Mancini has reached an agreement to become the next Italy coach, according to multiple media reports on Tuesday. The Zenit St Petersburg manager met with the Italian FA sub-commissioner Alessandro Costacurta and team manager Gabriele Oriali for over two hours in Rome on Monday evening. It was reported over the weekend that Carlo Ancelotti…
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Carlo Ancelotti offered job of Italian coach
Former Bayern Munich Carlo Ancelotti is set to be given the job of reviving the fortunes of Italy’s national team, according to reports on Tuesday. Ancelotti, who was sacked by the Bavarians last September, met with Italian Football Federation (FIGC) commissioner Roberto Fabbricini and sub-commissioner Alessandro Costacurta in a Rome hotel on Monday, Corriere dello…
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Italian Priest in therapy after gambling 500,000 euros of parish money
An Italian Priest has gambled away more than 620,000 dollars of his parish money, media reports said on Thursday, backed up by the local Catholic Church. Father Flavio Gobbo, 48, negotiated a plea bargain for a suspended two-year jail term for embezzlement, the Corriere della Sera newspaper said. As part of the deal, The Priest…
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Italy protests to France over border incident
Italy on Saturday protested to France over a incident in which French border police entered a clinic run by a non-governmental organization that cares for migrants trying to cross the Alps, the foreign ministry said. The episode angered many politicians, some of whom saw it as a violation of Italian territory. The ministry, which had…
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Thousands gather for Italy’s international Davide Astori funeral
Thousands of fans and representatives of every Serie A club have gathered in Florence for the funeral of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori. The Italy international defender died at the age of 31 on Saturday after a sudden illness. Members of the Juventus squad that beat Tottenham on Wednesday night were in attendance, including Italy’s national…
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Nigerian becomes first black elected senator in Italy
Toni Iwobi of Spirano in Lombardy who belongs to the anti-immigration League is the first black to be so elected in the history of Italy. Iwobi, announced “with great emotion” on his Facebook page that he had been elected to the senate in Italy’s general election. “After more than 25 years of fighting as part…
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Prosecutors open investigation into Davide Astori’s death
Prosecutors have opened a routine investigation into the death of Fiorentina captain and Italy international Davide Astori. The defender died in his hotel room on Sunday at the age of 31 following a “sudden illness”. Udine chief prosecutor Antonio De Nicolo said he had opened a “culpable homicide” inquiry – a routine move before an…