Italy’s 2006 World Cup winners reunited in Viareggio last night for a party with their ex-coach Marcello Lippi. Italy players from the 2006 World Cup, which the Azzurri won in Germany, reunited at a ...

BERLIN – The beautiful game turned vicious, even venomous Sunday. It was all still beautiful to Italy. And very ugly for France, which lost captain Zinedine Zidane with a red card after his nasty head ...

Today is the 45th birthday of former Palermo full back Fabio Grosso, who become an unlikely hero in Italy for his work at the 2006 World Cup. The Italian left back was a fairly understated inclusion ...

2006-07-10 04:00:00 PDT Berlin-- What began as an engaging World Cup final Sunday devolved into an inelegant victory on penalty kicks for Italy after France's captain and star midfielder Zinedine ...

Former France coach Raymond Domenech still asks himself why Zinedine Zidane headbutted Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup Final and is very critical of the current Italy squad: ‘Donnarumma saved ...

Delirious Italian fans celebrate Italy's first World Cup title in 24 years, and its fourth overall. The Italians beat France on penalty kicks Sunday night in Berlin. The win comes with the backdrop of ...

Andrea Barzagli is intrigued by the potential of young Italian defenders, naming five solid prospects for Italian football, including Giovanni Leoni. Barzagli has recently taken on a new role as ...

Italy put in some sublime performances to lift the 2006 World Cup, but what has happened to the heroes of that tournament since? Italy are one of the traditional heavyweights in European football.

Six years ago from a background of scandal, allegations of corruption, and an attempted suicide, the Azzurri rose up to conquer the world. This was not a new occurrence. In 1980 Totonero had broken, ...

Describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the conclusion of certain missions (official staff visits, in most cases to member countries). Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually ...