Manaudou confirms split with coach
Reuters: CANET-EN-ROUSSILON, France – Olympic and world champion Laure Manaudou confirmed on Wednesday she had split with her coach Philippe Lucas and was moving her […]
Kovalchuk leads Russia, Doan powers Canada
Reuters: MOSCOW – Russia shutout Italy 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals and Canada beat Belarus 6-3 for their fourth straight win at the world ice […]
Petrova slumps but Venus wins in Warsaw
Reuters: WARSAW – Nadia Petrova slumped to a 6-3 6-3 defeat against Italy’s Mara Santangelo in the second round of the Warsaw Cup on Wednesday. […]
Petrova slumps to surprise defeat in Warsaw
Reuters: WARSAW – Nadia Petrova slumped to a 6-3 6-3 defeat to Italy’s Mara Santangelo in the second round of the Warsaw Cup on Wednesday. […]
Pirelli sells T.Italia control to Telefonica, banks
Yahoo News: Reuters – Italy's Pirelli sold its Telecom Italia interest on Saturday to Spain's Telefonica and a group of Italian banks that will have […]
Ice hockey-Swedes cruise, Canada survive scare
Reuters: MYTISHCHI, Russia – Champions Sweden began the defense of their title by cruising past Italy 7-1 on Saturday, while Canada and Switzerland survived opening […]
Italy, France, Russia and U.S. sweep into semis
Reuters: LONDON – Defending champions Italy and France set up a Fed Cup last-four meeting with sweeping victories in their quarter-finals on Sunday. … leggi […]
U.N. supports common rules on hostage deals
Reuters: ROME – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he supports international rules being drawn up to deal with hostage crises such as that that ended […]
Lebanon crisis undermining U.N. efforts: Italy
Reuters: ROME – Lebanon’s worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war is undermining U.N. peacekeeping objectives like disarming Hezbollah militias and tightening borders, Italy […]
Stop wearing fur, activists tell Pope
Yahoo News: Reuters – Animal rights activists in Italy have asked Pope Benedict to stop wearing fur in a sign of respect for the "sacredness […]