Juventus beats Celtic 2-0 to reach Champions League quarters
Juventus avoided any slip-ups against Celtic, finishing off the Scottish team with a 2-0 win Wednesday to seal a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals 5-0 on aggregate.
Juventus avoided any slip-ups against Celtic, finishing off the Scottish team with a 2-0 win Wednesday to seal a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals 5-0 on aggregate.
Interpol’s chief says Singaporean police have notified authorities in Italy that a suspected match-fixer is flying to Milan.
LONDON — Spain left it late to open its 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 victory over Georgia on Tuesday, capping an unconvincing night for Europe’s major powers. While England needed an 87th-minute penalty by Frank Lampard to salvage a 1-1 draw with Ukraine at Wembley Stadium, Germany, Portugal and Italy all failed [...]
Through nine days of lunge, parry and riposte with epee, foil and saber, Italy fought its way back to the top of the fencing medal table in the London Olympics Sunday, claiming the men’s team foil gold on the last day of competition Sunday for their third title of the games.
Spain on Sunday retained their European championship title in style, beating Italy 4-0 in the Ukrainian capital Kiev to become the first side to complete back-to-back wins in the competition’s 52-year history.
Hope was dwindling Monday for two French climbers stranded in the Mont Blanc massif for over five days in temperatures plunging as low as minus 25 degrees centigrade.
MILAN—Kobe Bryant said it was “very possible” he will play in Italy during the NBA lockout, adding that the country is like “home” to him since he spent part of his childhood there. Virtus Bologna has made numerous contract offers to the Los Angeles Lakers star and Bryant discussed the situation with the Gazzetta dello [...]
After a hot streak, team Philippines hit a wall of football power countries in the 2011 Homeless World Cup in Paris, France.
LONDON— Germany ended an 18-year wait for a victory over Brazil and Italy beat Spain in a meeting of the last two world champions in friendlies on Wednesday. Bastian Schweinsteiger opened the scoring from the penalty spot in Germany’s 3-2 victory over Brazil in Stuttgart before Mario Goetze and Andre Schuerrle also netted for the [...]
Even if the Philippines is not competing in standard boat competitions, the country’s dragon boat team doesn’t want to stop winning medals that are not gleaming gold.
