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  Italy stays perfect without Balotelli, Czechs win

  Football | October 11, 2014 12:14 IST

  Rome: Italy remained perfect without Mario Balotelli. The Netherlands, meanwhile, still appears to be in a post-World Cup slump.   Giorgio Chiellini accounted for all three goals in Italy's 2-1 win over Azerbaijan in European Championship

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  VVIP Chopper deal: No corruption charges proven, ex-IAF chief relieved

  India | October 10, 2014 14:34 IST

  New Delhi: After a court in Italy Thursday found him not guilty of corruption in the 2010 deal to supply India with AgustaWestland helicopters, Giuseppe Orsi, the former chief executive of Italian firm Finmeccanica said

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  No Ebola risk in Italy from migrants

  World | September 16, 2014 6:36 IST

  Rome: Italian Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin on Monday ruled out that there could be a risk of Ebola coming to Italy from African migrants, as suggested by some media reports in the past weeks.Speaking on

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  A taste of Italy up in Shimla hills

  India | September 15, 2014 12:54 IST

  Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh capital is now offering a platter of authentic taste of Italy -- an Italian thin crust, hand-rolled wood-fired pizzas laced with an assortment of organic herbs grown in its kitchen garden.The

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  Pope's WWI tribute infused with personal ties

  World | September 13, 2014 13:14 IST

  REDIPUGLIA: Pope Francis confronts a piece of his own family history on Saturday when he visits a World War I memorial built amid battlefields where his grandfather fought in a fierce Italian offensive against the

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  Italy wants more efforts to fight Islamist threat

  World | September 10, 2014 8:24 IST

  Milan: Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti has urged the European Union (EU) to fight "with all means" the threat of the Islamic State (IS) which has seized many areas in Syria and Iraq.The self-proclaimed IS

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  Italian marine Massimiliano Latorre seeks SC's nod to return home

  India | September 07, 2014 13:47 IST

  New Delhi: Massimiliano Latorre, one of the Italian marines facing murder charges in India, has submitted a request to the Supreme Court to allow him to return to Italy for his ‘more rapid and complete

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  Luis Suarez verdict likely days after Friday hearing

  Football | August 07, 2014 7:03 IST

  LAUSANNE, Switzerland : Luis Suarez should find out next week whether he has won his appeal against a four-month ban for biting an opponent at the World Cup.   The Court of Arbitration for Sport says

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  Italy's sunken ship towed away

  World | July 24, 2014 6:50 IST

  Rome: The wreck of Costa Concordia luxury cruise liner left the Italian island of Giglio and began its final journey towards the port of Genoa on Wednesday, where it will be dismantled.Its departure, more than

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  Italy saves over 300 migrants at sea; Ten die

  World | June 15, 2014 6:37 IST

  Rome: The Italian coast guard and navy have rescued more than 300 migrants whose boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea and recovered the bodies of 10 migrants whose dinghy had overturned.Naval official Salvatore

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  S&P confirms negative outlook for Italy

  June 07, 2014 17:22 IST

  Rome: Rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has confirmed the BBB rating for Italy, saying the outlook remained negative while noting the “encouraging intentions” of the current government.The US rating agency, which has cut Italy's

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  Fifa World Cup: Despite struggles, Italy optimistic on arrival

  Football | June 07, 2014 8:01 IST

  Managaraatiba, Brazil: Italy coach Cesare Prandelli doesn't appear the least bit concerned over the Azzurri's poor run-up to the World Cup.   The four-time champions arrived in Brazil on Friday following two disappointing results in warmup

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  US-born Rossi left off Italy's World Cup squad

  Football | June 02, 2014 8:34 IST

  Rome: Giuseppe Rossi will miss out on the World Cup once again. The American-born Italy forward was among the players cut from the Azzurri's final World Cup squad on Saturday, in a repeat of what

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  Prandelli already knows Italy's final WC squad

  Football | May 17, 2014 10:11 IST

  Milan, Italy: Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has already decided on his final 23-man World Cup squad and has asked the players to prove him right before he reveals who will be going to Brazil.   There

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  Giorgio Chiellini,Giuseppe Rossi included in Italy World Cup squad

  Football | May 14, 2014 9:25 IST

  ROME:  Key defender Giorgio Chiellini was included in Italy's preliminary 30-man World Cup squad Tuesday, ending doubts that he might face a code of ethics punishment for his three-match ban with Juventus.   United States-born forward

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  14 die, 200 missing in shipwreck near Italy

  World | May 13, 2014 14:05 IST

  Rome: At least 14 people were killed and 200 went missing after a boat packed with migrants sank near Italy Monday, media reported on Tuesday. The boat, carrying as many as 400 Italy-bound North Africans,

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  World's oldest man dies at 111 in Italy

  World | April 27, 2014 18:04 IST

  London: The world's oldest man has died in Italy at the age of 111, just days before celebrating his 112th birthday, Guinness World Records said.Arturo Licata was awarded the Guinness World Records title of oldest

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  Know the teams which have scored most numbers of GOALS in World Cup

  Football | April 28, 2014 8:11 IST

  New Delhi: With one and a half months left for the biggest carnival of soccer to get underway in Brazil, and the environment soccer becoming the talk of the town , we take a look

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  Italy mulls international arbitration over two marines

  World | April 24, 2014 16:54 IST

  Rome: Italy is mulling international arbitration over its two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012 as bilateral efforts have failed, Defence Minister Federica Mogherini said today.  “We are off the bilateral level,

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  Czech Republic leads Italy 1-0 in Fed Cup semis

  Tennis | April 19, 2014 19:09 IST

  Ostrava, Czech Republic: The Czech Republic took a 1-0 lead over defending champion Italy in the Fed Cup semifinals Saturday after Lucie Safarova defeated Sara Errani 6-4, 6-1 in the opening singles match.   The 26th-ranked