Roberta Vinci sent Italy into the Fed Cup final for the fifth time in eight years with a 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 victory over Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova in Palermo on Monday. The match was held over because of rain on Sunday. Vinci's triumph gave Italy, winners of the trophy in 2009 and 2010, an unassailable 3-1 lead over the twice defending champions, meaning the doubles was not played. Russia await...
12:21 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Palermo: Roberta Vinci will face Petra Kvitova on the opening day of the Fed Cup semi-finals between Italy and the two-time defending champion Czech Republic. Vinci beat former Wimbledon champion Kvitova in straight sets in Poland last weekend to move up to a career-high ranking of No. 12. The semifinal opens Saturday with seventh-ranked Sara Errani facing the 25th-ranked Lucie Safarova. After reverse singles on Sunday on the red clay...
06:22 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Monte Carlo: Rafael Nadal calmly continued his bid for a ninth consecutive crown at the Monte Carlo Masters with a 6-2 6-4 third-round victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany on Thursday The Spanish world number five recorded his 44th win in a row in the first big claycourt event of the season to set up a quarter-final encounter with 34th-ranked Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria. The 21st-ranked Kolschreiber did not pose...
06:12 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Vancouver: Milos Raonic defeated Andreas Seppi 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 on Sunday to give Canada an insurmountable 3-1 lead over Italy in their Davis Cup quarter-final on Sunday. The Canadians advanced to a September semi-final against Serbia, which defeated the United States on Sunday. Canada has never been in the world group semi-finals since the current Davis Cup format began in 1981. Canada did reach a semi-final in 1913, losing...
08:46 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Serbia and Canada both won marathon doubles matches on Saturday to seize control of their Davis Cup quarter-finals in North America. Both matches were decided in the 28th game of the fifth and final set as Serbia grabbed a 2-1 lead over the United States in Idaho and Canada led Italy by the same score in Vancouver. Argentina won their doubles rubber against France in Buenos Aires to snatch a...
10:19 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Mario Balotelli scored twice as Italy overcame a shaky start to beat Malta 2-0. ...
08:45 AM, Mar 27, 2013
In the slowly shifting landscape of Italian football, the past week has marked a relatively quick change of focus. ...
08:43 AM, Mar 26, 2013
El Shaaraw believes that Balotelli and he can lead the attack for Italy and AC Milan for many years to come. ...
12:57 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Boateng, who led a walk-off in a club friendly after being racially abused, believes the game needs to be more multi-cultural. ...
07:22 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Balotelli left Neymar in the shadows as he capped an inspiring performance with a majestic goal in a 2-2 draw. ...
05:36 AM, Mar 22, 2013
World champions Spain host Finland, Netherlands face Estonia, Germany play Kazakhstan and England will take on San Marino. ...
09:31 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Chiellini could miss Italy's upcoming matches against Brazil and Malta with injuries to both of his ankles. ...
07:19 PM, Mar 18, 2013
FIFA has banned 74 more officials and players from world soccer for helping fix matches, this time in Italy and South Korea. ...
09:17 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Anand played out an easy draw with Caruana in the first round of the Zurich Chess Challenge that got underway. ...
10:28 AM, Feb 24, 2013
Simone Bolelli of Italy reached his first ATP semifinals since 2008 when he defeated Albert Montanes of Spain 6-4, 6-4. ...
11:50 PM, Feb 15, 2013
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