Milan: An Italian court on Friday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to four years in jail for tax fraud in connection with the purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television company. Berlusconi has the right to appeal the ruling two more times before the sentence becomes definitive and will not be jailed unless the final appeal is upheld. Prosecutors had asked for a jail sentence of three years...
08:44 PM, Oct 26, 2012
London: Liverpool's Italian striker Fabio Borini will not play again this year after undergoing surgery on a fractured bone in his foot, the Premier League side said in a statement on Wednesday. Borini, who signed from Roma in July but has yet to score in the league, sustained a foot injury in the league clash with Manchester United last month. He then aggravated the problem, resulting in a fracture, while...
10:34 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Milan: Mario Balotelli scored one goal and set up another to help 10-man Italy to a 3-1 victory over Denmark in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday that marked his return to the national team. Balotelli was in inspirational form in creating Riccardo Montolivo's opener as well as scoring Italy's final goal early in the second half as Italy recorded its 34th match without defeat in qualifiers for the World...
09:08 AM, Oct 17, 2012
Rome: The British royal family faced a multinational battle to contain the spread of topless photos of Prince William's wife Kate, as an Irish tabloid published them Saturday and an Italian gossip magazine planned to do the same despite the threat of legal action. The royal couple's St. James's Palace office condemned the moves as unjustifiable and evidence of pure greed, and said it was considering "all proportionate responses." The...
02:39 AM, Sep 16, 2012
United States On August 5, Micahel Wade Page killed six people inside a Sikh Gurdwara in Wisconsin, along with a police officer. Page was a supremacist, involved in underground music known as white power music or hate rock. FBI statistics show that since 2008, hate crimes towards African Americans have increased. Between 1996 and 2007, hate crimes had never crossed the 70 per cent mark, but in 2008 it touched...
10:56 AM, Sep 11, 2012
London: Italy were held to a disappointing 2-2 draw by Bulgaria as the rest of Europe's leading sides made winning starts in their first matches in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup on Friday. Showing little of the form that took the team to the European Championship final, the Italians were denied victory in their Group B opener when Georgi Milanov equalized for Bulgaria " ranked 89th in the world...
08:39 AM, Sep 08, 2012
London: Lionel Messi scored and missed a penalty in Argentina's 3-1 win in Germany and Belgium stunned Netherlands 4-2 as a flurry of new coaches and debutants cut their international teeth in friendlies on Wednesday. With 2014 World Cup qualifying games approaching fast in September, Didier Deschamps had a dull start as France coach with a 0-0 stalemate against Uruguay and Fabio Capello's first game in charge of Russia ended...
08:56 AM, Aug 16, 2012
London: Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has been ruled out of England's friendly against Euro 2012 runners-up Italy on Wednesday because of a bruised thigh. "Walcott ... was unable to train fully so has returned to his club as a precaution," the Football Association said on its website (www.thefa.com) on Tuesday. England coach Roy Hodgson confirmed the injury was not serious. "He had the same as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Unfortunately Alex turned...
11:39 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Milan: Three Napoli players have been suspended in the aftermath of a fractious Italian Supercup against Juventus on Saturday. Goran Pandev and Andrea Dossena were given two-match suspensions, while Juan Zuniga got a one-match ban. Juventus beat Napoli 4-2 to win the Italian Supercup after scoring twice in extra time. Pandev and Zuniga were sent off in the last five minutes of regular time. Pandev was shown a straight red...
11:33 PM, Aug 14, 2012
London: Croatia won its first Olympic gold in men's water polo, getting two second-half goals each from Miho Boskovic and Maro Jokovic to pull away from Italy for an 8-6 win on Sunday. With two of the best defenses and goalkeepers in the tournament, the final was a bitter defensive struggle. Croatia eventually grabbed control of the match early in the second half after Boskovic slotted home from long distance...
10:28 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Moscow: A city councilor in Russia's St. Petersburg city has accused US pop star Madonna of violating a controversial local law banning 'homosexual propaganda' during her concert there. Vitaly Milonov, author of the law, said the city's 'public organisations' will take either the singer or gig organisers to court. "We have video footage showing there were 12-year-old children there," said Milonov, who belongs to Russia's ruling United Russia party. But...
10:46 AM, Aug 11, 2012
London: After eight Olympics and five medals, Josefa Idem is finally hanging up the paddle. The 47-year-old Italian kayaker competed in her last race Thursday, finishing fifth in the final of the K-1 500-meters at the London Olympics, competing against opponents nearly half her age. Idem crossed the line in 1 minute, 53.223 seconds, just 0.3 seconds behind South Africa's bronze medalist Bridgitte Hartley. After the race, she confirmed that...
02:04 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Windsor, England: Italian kayaker Josefa Idem became the first woman to compete in eight Olympic Games " and marked the occasion on Tuesday by upstaging a host of younger rivals to qualify for the flagship 500-meter K-1 final. The 47-year-old Idem, who first competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, when she competed for Germany, won the third semi-final to stay on course for a second Olympic gold " after...
05:59 PM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Known more for misses than medals, Matt Emmons finally made his way to the podium in the 50-meter three-position rifle event at the Olympics. The U.S. marksman held on to win the bronze medal on Monday at the London Games, where the gold went to Niccolo Campriani of Italy after a record-setting performance. Campriani set Olympic marks of 1,180 in qualifying and 1,278.5 for his overall score, easily topping...
09:58 PM, Aug 06, 2012
London: Italy's Jessica Rossi blew away the competition and the world record in the women's trap on Saturday, missing just one of 100 shots on her way to Olympic gold. Rossi, 20, shot the first-ever perfect score of 75 in qualifying and was on target for an overall score of 100 until she missed her 92nd shot, but she still easily surpassed Zuzana Stefecekova's world record of 96. Silver was...
10:32 PM, Aug 04, 2012
London: Italy's Jessica Rossi has set a world record in qualifying for the women's trap shooting competition at the London Olympics, making all 75 of her shots over three rounds. Victoria Chuyko of Ukraine held the world record for 14 years, a 74 at the European Championships in 1998. The former Olympic record was 71, set by Daina Gudzineviciute of Lithuania at the 2000 Sydney Games. The final is later...
06:17 PM, Aug 04, 2012
London: Elisa Di Francisca won her second fencing gold medal of the London Olympics on Thursday, leading Italy to a 45-32 victory over defending champion Russia in the final of the women's team foil. Di Francisca and teammates Arianna Errigo and Valentina Vezzali went 1-2-3 at Saturday's individual competition. Ilaria Salvatori also competed a round in the final, replacing Errigo. South Korea won bronze with a 45-32 victory over France....
01:55 AM, Aug 03, 2012
London: Daniele Molmenti gave himself an Olympic gold medal as a birthday present. The Italian powered down the white water course at the London Olympics to secure the gold the men's kayak slalom on Wednesday " on his 28th birthday. Molmenti finished 1.35 seconds ahead of Vavrinec Hradilek of the Czech Republic, while Germany's Hannes Aigner won bronze. Hradilek set the tone with a fast early run that few in...
09:23 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday extended till August 8 the stay on the proceedings before a Kollam court against two Italian marines facing murder charge for shooting to death two Indian fishermen off Kerala waters in February. The court had on July 24 stayed the proceedings till Monday. When the matter came up, Justice CT Ravikumar extended the stay and posted the case to August 8 for further...
07:09 PM, Jul 30, 2012
London: Aron Szilagyi of Hungary won the Olympic gold medal in the men's individual saber, beating Diego Occhiuzzi of Italy 15-8 after the top four seeds all stumbled out before the semifinals. It was the second medal at a major competition for the 22-year-old Szilagyi, who beat defending champion Man Zhong of China on his way to the final. Szilagyi won bronze at the 2011 European Championship in Sheffield. Nikolay...
12:35 AM, Jul 30, 2012
