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Gianluigi Buffon saved three penalty kicks in a shootout and undermanned Italy edged Uruguay 3-2 Sunday to secure third place at the Confederations Cup following a 2-2 draw.It was a measure of redemption for Italy after a loss to Spain, also in a shootout, in the semifinals.“The main thing tonight was our character. We showed fantastic character. We never gave up,” Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said.
A senior cleric in the Vatican has been arrested on suspicion of trying to help rich friends illegally bring millions of euros into Italy.Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, 61, worked as a senior accountant in the Vatican’s financial administration. He is involved in another investigation by magistrates in southern Italy.
The underwater wreckage of a plane that disappeared off Venezuela with the CEO of Italy's iconic Missoni fashion house and five other people on board has been found, government officials and family members said Thursday.
No matter how Italy fares in Sunday’s third-place match vs. Uruguay, the team heads home from the Confederations Cup with heads held high and aware it’s a team on the rise with the World Cup a year away.
The 76-year-old leader of the centre-right People of Freedom (PDL) party, already fighting a four-year jail sentence and a ban on holding public office for tax fraud, meets Prime Minister Enrico Letta for discussions on Tuesday.
High-end Italian food market chain Eataly is planning to open an 80,000-square-meter theme park in Bologna to be called Eatalyworld, the company said Monday.''This is a feasible miracle'', said company founder and CEO Oscar Farinetti. Due to open November 1, 2015, Eatalyworld could draw up to 10 million tourists a year.
Human stem-cell therapy could combat incurable degenerative neuromuscular diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, Italian researchers announced on Monday.
Italy's equal opportunities minister, a German-born, eight-time Olympic kayaker, has resigned over tax troubles in a case with both racist and sexist overtones.
Forward Mario Balotelli will miss Italy's semifinal vs. Spain in the Confederations Cup due to a strained thigh, handing the team another major injury complication before facing the World Cup holder.
Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted in a sex-for-hire trial, the Associated Press reports on Monday.