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Olympic 50 km race walk champion Alex Schwazer was excluded from the London Games on Monday for testing positive for EPO, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Tuesday.
Italian kayaker Josefa Idem became the first woman to compete in eight Olympic Games - and marked the occasion Tuesday by upstaging a host of younger rivals to qualify for the flagship 500-meter K-1 final.
Italian Premier Mario Monti on Monday said he does not wish to put any limitations on a country's parliament following strong backlash from Germany to his interview with German weekly Der Spiegel.
Police divers have made a major archeological find off the coast of Genoa by discovering a first-century Roman ship. The find is one of the most important in recent years, as the ship contained hundreds of intact amphorae containers.
Italy claimed gold in the men's team foil fencing at London 2012 despite being fought all the way in the final by Japan. Andrea Baldini, Andrea Cassara and Giorgio Avola triumphed 45-39 despite being pegged back to 35-35 in the penultimate bout.
Italy's Niccolo Campriani won gold in the men's 50m rifle three positions in a new Olympic record but Matt Emmons again slipped up at the death. The United States marksman famously blew leads in the last two Olympics to finish outside the medals.
Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, gold medallists in the men's beach volleyball in Beijing in 2008, were knocked out of the London Olympics by a low-ranked Italian pair on Friday in the biggest upset of the tournament so far.
Italian beaches were devoid of their usual August crowds on Friday as beach clubs staged a short strike, the latest chapter in an emotive conflict over right of access to the Mediterranean country's sun-soaked coast.
Elisa Di Francisca won her second fencing gold medal of the London Olympics on Thursday, leading Italy to a 45-31 victory over defending champion Russia in the women's team foil final.
This is no typical trip to Italy for Marco Di Vaio. The prosecutor in the Calcioscommesse match-fixing case has called for a one-year ban for the Montreal striker, who allegedly failed to disclose knowledge of an attempted sporting fraud by former Bologna teammate Daniele Portanova in May 2011.