New champion to be crowned, unless Italy ends 68 years of misery
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VOLOS, Greece  - Unless Italy recaptures a title it last won 68 years ago, the Olympic Games will crown a new soccer champion in Athens on Aug. 28.
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Primo match di qualificazione ai Mondiali 2006: vittoria per 2-1 degli azzurri. Vantaggio di Carew, subito pari di De Rossi. Decide all&#39;80 la punta del Palermo. PALERMO (5 set. 2004) - Quattro minuti di grande paura, 76 di.
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Italy coach Marcello Lippi is sticking to his guns in a World Cup qualifier against Belarus Wednesday night despite Saturday&#39;s shock defeat in Slovenia with 0-1, local media reported Tuesday.
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One match into World Cup qualifying and Italy is doing its best to erase memories of a sour first-round elimination from Euro 2004.
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Argentina, with almost the same roster that made history in 2002 by becoming the first team to defeat a US squad of NBA players, will compete for the gold medal against Italy, which defeated Lithuania 100-91.
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Italian fans will have to wait at least another month before they see Francesco Totti suit up for the national team. The star playmaker injured his right ankle in a preseason game for AS Roma and did not depart
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Thierry Henry might find some consolation in the fact that the European Player of the Year has gone on to be crowned the worldâs best only once in the last four years.
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Italy made its bid to qualify for next yearâs European Championship a lot more difficult yesterday, and England made it much more likely.Italy, the World Cup champion, was held to a 0-0 tie against France yesterday, dropping them into third place in Group B with four matches to go.England defeated Israel, 3-0, in Group E. It plays host to Russia on Wednesday in a match that will probably leave one of the two teams facing elimination.
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Another Serie A season is in the pipelines and this coming weekend will see the start of what promises to be a hard fought campaign in which the usual teams will be competing for the top honour.
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At least one women's title will be up for grabs when the World Cup stops off for the first time in the Italian resort of Tarvisio between Friday and Sunday.
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When Lazio faced Olympiakos Piraeus in an important Champions League tie in November, Italian daily Gazzetta dello Sport published a photograph of their 2000-01 squad.
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News on the group stage of the European competition.
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Former national team midfielder Roberto Donadoni was selected as Italy&#039;s new soccer coach, replacing Marcello Lippi, who resigned shortly after guiding the Azzurri to a fourth World Cup title.
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Italy makes its bid to qualify for next year's European Championship a lot more difficult Saturday, and England makes it much more likely.
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The fact that Italy does not much care for rules is part of the countryâs charm, and part of its malaise.
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Italy finally looks set to heal a feud  with Ethiopia by returning one of its most cherished relics,  the obelisk of Axum, taken by fascist invaders almost 70 years  ago.
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World Cup champion Italy began training again Monday with new goals in mind.