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Italy vs All Blacks San Siro: Italian football makes way for rugby

25 April, 2020

This is a case where the adage “winning isn’t everything” is very true. Italy might be a football-mad nation in which other sports hardly get a look-in, but on the weekend a remarkable example of how Italian tastes and passtimes…

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Antonio Cassano: Italian footballer sets wedding date for World Cup

23 April, 2020

Italian football player, Antonio Cassano, from Sampdoria football club, has set his wedding date as June 19th next year. He is marrying another Italian athlete, the lovely water polo player, Carolina Marcialisi, who has been his girlfriend for about two…

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Italian football players: Cassano and Buffon sing Volare

23 April, 2020

This is like all your worst karaoke nightmares come true, but sooner or later we had to write something about Italians and karaoke, especially Italians and karaoke and the famous song, “Volare”. Before Italy’s big match tonight against the Netherlands,…

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Italian national football team azzurri changes colour to become "celesti"

20 April, 2020

After the news on Italian footballer Antonio Cassano getting engaged, and the new Juventus stadium in Turin, we continue Monday’s Italian soccer news with the news that Italy’s national football team the “Azzurri” are about to become less blue, and…

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Italy's football museum in Tuscany

14 April, 2020

Italy’s football museum is located in Tuscany, in the florentine area of Coverciano which is the technical centre of the Italian national football team.As a kind of sacred ground in Italian soccer, the museum shows the glory and pain of…

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Euro 2008: Italy celebrates 2-0 over France

10 April, 2020

There is one thing in Italy that you can’t joke about, and that is football (or soccer). Italians are ready to talk about and make fun of themselves over just about anything, but don’t ever risk speaking badly about the…

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Elena Santarelli to strip on MTV if Italy wins

9 April, 2020

So far Italy has had a pretty unsuccessful campaign at the Euro 2008 football championships, losing 3-0 to the Netherlands in its first match. To stay in the competition it will need to beat Romania in tonight’s game.And helping the…

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Italian songs: "Azzurro" by Adriano Celentano sung by Italian football team

9 April, 2020

In the video above you can see Italian singer Adriano Celentano singing “Azzurro”: an Italian song that laments the arrival of summer and a girl gone away to the sea. Celentano has a story typical of many Italians who migrated…

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Francesca Schiavone and the Azzurri: Lippi's team to emulate Schiavone's French Open win

5 April, 2020

Italy has a new sports star who continues the theme of some very successful Italian women in the sports scene: Francesca Schiavone. Having won the 2010 French Open women’s final, the cheerful and incredulous young lady has become a role…

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Ex-Italian footballer calls Maradona a charlatan

25 March, 2020

Argentina’s 4-0 loss to Germany in the 2010 World Cup will only help to pour salt into the words of Diego Maradona who has already invested in press conference time this year by mentioning episodes of 28 years ago. After…

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Six nations rugby: Italy to hold wooden spoon…?

24 March, 2020

Italy’s six nations rugby union campaign is underway, but the initial results are not positive. Italy lost to England 11-36 in the opening match of the tournament, despite an unimpressive game by the English.In the second match against Ireland this…

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Italian rugby on tour: loss to Australia before second match this weekend

23 March, 2020

Italy lost its rugby union match to hosting side Australia on the weekend, in a final score of 31-8. While the home side dominated, Italy’s Azzurri did show moments of spark, scoring a try in the second half of the…

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Italy for 2010 World Cup: high hopes

22 March, 2020

2010 is another World Cup Year and reigning champions, Italy’s Azzurri football team, will be carrying many hopes and expectations on their shoulders to repeat the 2006 Italian Word Cup victory. As it’s Friday, and we know you enjoy funny…