In Italy, youth injection raises hope for national team renewal
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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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With many of the stars on the U.S. national team playing with Major League Soccer clubs this weekend, some of the younger players got a chance to show they can contribute in international play.
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TABANCI, Bosnia  - Like every coach, Jusuf "Jufi" Malagic of FC Guber Srebrenica gathers his players on the pitch before each game for a short pep talk, asking them to do their best for victory.
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If Delle Donne lives up to her potential, scouts say, she could become one of a handful of talented players in recent years who have helped change the way the womenâs game is played.
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World Cup champion Italy began training again Monday with new goals in mind.
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Last week's international soccer schedule produced the usual club-vs.-country conflicts, inconvenience, and some surprising but deceptive results. Three of the great star players of the 1980s and '90s made their coaching debuts: Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany) won, and Hristo Stoitchkov (Bulgaria) and Marco van Basten (the Netherlands) tied. Marcello Lippi lost in his first game as Italy's coach, a 2-0 decision ...
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World Cup champion Italy gets back on track in the European Championship qualifying Saturday, beating Ukraine, 2-0.
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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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Rabbia e talento: la Serbia campione del mondo strappa con i denti la seconda gara del torneo olimpico all&#39;Italia. Una partita alla quale l&#39;Italia si presentava dopo la vittoria sulla Nuova Zelanda, i serbi dopo una sconfitta con l&#39;Argentina. Alla ...
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A month ago, both AS Roma and Real Madrid seemed destined for success. Both clubs had regrouped, were loaded with talent, and were being guided by high-profile coaches.
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The first international football cup for Catholic priests and seminarians opens in Italy on Saturday.
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TRADITIONALLY dominated by teams from the north, Italy&#39;s Serie A has a strange look about it with no less than three southern clubs in the top six.
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Mozart Ã¨ stato trovato positivo all&#39;antidoping. A comunicarlo la stessa Reggina. La scoperta dopo le analisi effettuate sul campione biologico prelevato il 3 ottobre scorso al termine della gara di campionato Milan-Reggina.
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As the 2006 boys' soccer season gets underway, all coaches are faced with the task of rebuilding and re-tooling teams that very often look different from the year before. Success can be cyclical, and year-by-year teams find themselves faced with the task of tinkering with lineups, bringing along younger players, and finding a style of play that will best suit ...
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Italy host champions France in the Six Nations opener in Rome on Saturday.
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&quot;It has been a long time since Italy enjoyed a true and spontaneous feeling of joy, capable of uniting the entire nation,&quot; said the leading daily Corriere della Sera in an editorial.
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Davanti a pochi spettatori (i paganti sono appena 7.043), allo stadio San Fi- lippo di Messina,la nazionale sperimen- tale messa in campo da Marcello Lippi supera 1-0 in amichevole la Finlandia. Si gioca al piccolo trotto, le emozioni latitano.