Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has lost his job after the world champions failed to each the Euro 2008 semi-finals.

Euro 2008 - All over for Donadoni

Eurosport - Thu, 26 Jun 15:11:00 2008

Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has lost his job after the world champions failed to each the Euro 2008 semi-finals.


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Panucci limps out of Italy training

BADEN, Austria (AFP) - Italy suffered a second defensive injury scare on Friday when veteran full-back Christian Panucci limped out of training here with a suspected knee injury.

Coming just four days after captain and centre-back Fabio Cannavaro was ruled out of the tournament with ankle ligament damage, a second ( Read more... )

Cannavaro Officially Out Of Euros

The Italian FA have confirmed the bad news all Azzurri fans were fearing: captain Fabio Cannavaro's injury rules him out of Euro 2008.


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Al Qaeda 'Planning Euro 2008 Attack'Al Qaeda is planning to attack the Euro 2008 football championships in Switzerland and Austria in June, Swiss police say ( Read more... )

Cassano Mustn’t Be Called Up - Camoranesi

Juve star Mauro Camoranesi has made it clear that Antonio Cassano must not be called up by Italy for Euro 2008.

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Italy’s 2010 World Cup Qualifying Fixtures Released

The dates for Italy’s 2010 World Cup Qualifiers have been released, and the Azzurri will start and finish with matches against Cyprus.
September 6, 2008 - Cyprus (A ( Read more... )

Buffon becomes a father

Buffon’s girlfriend Alena Seredova gave birth this morning to a baby boy. The new born has been called Louis Thomas.

A statement on Juventus’ official website reads as follows:

"A year in the spotlight ends with the most wonderful news: Gianluigi Buffon will remember 2007 for a very long time; for his performances on the ( Read more... )

Scotland 1-2 Italy
Toni '2, Ferguson '65, Panucci '91

Luca Toni and Christian Panucci earned Italy's dramatic first ever victory in Scotland to qualify for Euro 2008!
This was Italy's fourth visit to Scottish soil and they had never won, managing just two draws and a defeat. The first encounter was a 1-0 result on November 9, 1965, followed by a 0 ( Read more... )

Italy U21 played today and won 2-1 over France.

Italy 2-1 France
Dessena 37 (I), G Rossi 40 (I), Quercia 55 (F)

Italy: Consigli (Sirigu 46); Motta, Andreolli (Santacroce 22, Ranocchia 57), Marzoratti, Pisano (Paonessa 66); Cigarini (Morosini 60), Dessena (De Ceglie 46), Marchisio; Giovinco (Lupoli 46), Rossi (Acquafresca 46); Pozzi (Russotto 46 ( Read more... )

Totti, Del Piero, Lippi, Cannavaro, and Buffon will appear in a TV spot testimonial in reply to accidents caused by drunk driving. source

Napoli will continue to the second round of Coppa Italia. They won 4-0 against Cesena. :)

Napoli 4-0 Cesena
Scorers: Calaiò 21 (N), Hamsik 40 (N), De Zerbi 75 (N), Domizzi 92 (N)
Sent off: Sacilotto 53 (C)

( and speaking of Napoli, it seems like Cannabro looks up to his big brother Fabio )