
Milan: Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has announced that Andrea Stramaccioni will remain in charge of the Nerazzurri after this season and become the club's permanent coach. The 36-year-old was appointed as interim boss until the end of the season after the departure of Claudio Ranieri in March, and Inter have now made the decision to hold on to Stramaccioni beyond the 2011-12 campaign. "I will confirm Stramaccioni as the...

10:10 AM, May 08, 2012

Milan: Andrea Stramaccioni held his first news conference as Inter Milan's coach on Tuesday, describing the job as a dream and an honour. The 36-year-old is Inter's third coach of a rocky season. Claudio Ranieri was fired on Monday after six months in charge. He had taken over from Gian Piero Gasperini, who lasted only five games at the start of the season. Stramaccioni was promoted from his position as...

07:51 PM, Mar 29, 2012

Milan: Inter Milan coach Claudio Ranieri was coy about his chances of remaining at the club after the 2-2 draw against Catania at San Siro on Sunday. The Nerazzurri found themselves down 2-0 at half-time, but goals from Diego Forlan and Diego Milito in the last 20 minutes allowed them to scrape through for a point. Sunday's draw extends Inter's winless streak to nine matches in all competitions, amidst speculation...

08:37 PM, Mar 05, 2012

Milan: Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti will meet with coach Claudio Ranieri in a bid to sort out the Serie A side's miserable season, as he evaluates the 60-year-old's position at San Siro. The Roman is under pressure after a run of five successive defeats in all competitions but the Nerazzurri supremo insists he will not make any rash decisions on the coach's future. Inter have lost seven of their...

05:08 PM, Feb 28, 2012

Marseille: Inter Milan have lost five of their past six games and pressure is mounting on coach Claudio Ranieri to get a win in Wednesday's Champions League match at Marseille. Inter, the 2010 champions, are looking to the Champions League to rescue their season following a dramatic drop in form. Inter had started talk of resurrecting their title chances after a streak of eight successive victories, but have now gone...

12:10 AM, Feb 22, 2012

Milan: It is a buoyant AC Milan side which heads to Cesena on Sunday as they turns their attention back to Serie A following a dominant Champions League victory against Arsenal. Milan are all but through to the quarter-finals after humiliating the Premier League side 4-0 in the first leg. They also remain top of Serie A after Juventus drew 0-0 at Parma on Wednesday. "We can win both the...

02:31 PM, Feb 17, 2012

Rome: Inter Milan's woes deepened on Sunday as they slipped to a 1-0 loss at home to bottom-placed Novara in Serie A, despite having a man advantage for the final 10 minutes. On-loan Genoa striker Andrea Caracciolo scored the only goal of the game in the 56th minute to inflict more misery on Inter, who lost 4-0 at Roma last weekend. Novara midfielder Ivan Radovanovic was dismissed for a second...

11:38 PM, Feb 12, 2012

Milan: Fabio Capello plans to relax rather than return to coaching in Italy after blaming a "misunderstanding" for his exit from the England job. The Italian quit on Wednesday after being overruled by his employees at the English Football Association, who decided to strip John Terry of the captaincy due to his pending trial for alleged racial abuse of a player. "I haven't run away. I left because there was...

02:32 PM, Feb 12, 2012

Paris: Paris Saint-Germain continued their spending spree by signing Brazilian midfielder Thiago Motta from Inter Milan on Tuesday. PSG said that the 29-year-old Motta will be presented at PSG's Parc des Princes stadium on Wednesday. No financial details were given, but reports in France and Italy estimated the transfer at 10 million Euros - taking PSG's outlay for the season comfortably over 100 million Euros. The player's represenative, Alessandro Canovi,...

11:15 AM, Feb 01, 2012

Manchester: Manchester City have added experience to their midfield for the Premier League title run-in by signing Chile international David Pizarro on loan from Roma for the rest of the season. The 32-year-old Pizarro played under City manager Roberto Mancini when both were at Inter Milan, before joining Roma in 2006. He won the Serie A title, the Italian Super Cup and Coppa Italia with Inter. City manager Roberto Mancini...

09:16 AM, Feb 01, 2012

Milan: AC Milan have suffered another injury setback with the news that Kevin-Prince Boateng has been ruled out of action for four weeks with a muscular problem. The Rossoneri released a statement on Monday evening revealing that the versatile midfielder had suffered a thigh injury in Sunday's Serie A defeat against Inter and will be sidelined for a month "unless there are complications." Milan also gave an update on the...

12:24 AM, Jan 19, 2012

Milan: Inter coach Gian Piero Gasperini believes Wesley Sneijder wants to remain at the club this summer, just a week after claiming the midfielder's future was uncertain. "Sneijder is here and he wants to stay. The approach [to pre-season] has been very positive," the 53-year-old told La Gazzetta dello Sport. Gasperini's comments come just 24 hours after the playmaker's agent Soren Lerby said there was no concrete interest from English...

09:57 PM, Jul 11, 2011