After Riots, Soccer Ban Shocks Italy
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Italy's football industry urged government and sporting authorities meeting on Monday to lift a ban on soccer matches as the nation prepared to bury a policeman killed by rioting fans.Comment
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Just days after winning its fourth World Cup title, Italian soccer suffered an all-time low as four top clubs &amp;#151; including powerhouse Juventus &amp;#151; and top officials and referees were sanctioned for match-fixing.
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Only six soccer stadiums in Italy meet security requirements, meaning that league games in other arenas will be played behind closed doors.Comment
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The Italian Government has halted its controversial expulsion policy after being widely criticised for sending plane-loads of illegal immigrants to Libya this week.
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The beautiful game turned vicious, even venomous Sunday. It was all still beautiful to Italy. And very ugly for France, which lost captain Zinedine Zidane with a red card after his nasty head butt in extra time, and then went down 5-3 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw.
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After the death of a policeman during a riot at a Serie A match, the Italian Olympic Committee says stadiums with inadequate security should be banned from hosting games next season.
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A tribunal investigating illegal betting and match fixing in Italian soccer descended into farce on its opening day on Wednesday, when the Disciplinary Committee of the Italian Football League declared itself ...
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The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) held an emergency meeting on Sunday as soccer stadiums fell silent for the second day in a row after a policeman died following fan violence in the Sicilian city of Catania on Friday.
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Italy ground to a halt as millions of workers observed a general strike in a show of force against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition government.
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A World Cup victory few expected. A corruption scandal that disgraced some of Italy's most famous clubs. And now, the death of a police officer during riots by Sicilian soccer fans.
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Juventus, once Italy's blue chip soccer club, has been taking a beating on the stock exchange in the wake of accusations that officials influenced referee appointments and carried out other illicit behavior in a wide-ranging soccer scandal.
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Soccer fans won't be allowed into stadiums in Italy unless security measures are met, a decision that comes days after rioting at a game in Sicily in which a police officer was killed.
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Saying it has been overwhelmed by a sudden influx of illegal immigrants sailing across the Mediterranean, Italy has begun deporting hundreds of newly arrived people to Libya despite widespread condemnation of ...
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Italy coach Marcello Lippi says the biggest danger for his team after the 1-0 loss to Slovenia is an over-reaction to the surprise defeat.
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Italy's government approves a tough set of measures to tackle football hooliganism.
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The Italian soccer federation threatened to suspend games indefinitely after a police officer was killed and more than 70 people were injured when fans rioted at a soccer match.Comment
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Rome, Dec. 1 (NNN) : Italy was on Tuesday virtually crippled as millions of workers staged a one-day walk-out against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.