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Italy's football players association expressed satisfaction on Friday at a govement decision not to extend a tax relief measure benefiting foreign players on Italian teams. , ...ادامه مطلب

Italian police are investigating football clubs for allegedly getting young African players false papers in a probe that could involve Serie A teams, national media reported on Thursday. The inquiry centres on AC Prato, which plays in the Lega Pro league, amid suspicions managers "favoured the illeg, ...ادامه مطلب

Designer Maurizio Montalti poses with some of the everyday objects he has made from mushrooms. Photo: Sophie Mignon/AFPWhat is nicer after a long day than sinking your feet into comfortable slippers? But one Italian designer is hoping to show that shoes made from mushrooms can be just as cosy. A pai, ...ادامه مطلب

The snowshoe was just a few thousand years older than thought. Photo: Roman Clara/Bolzano regional govementA snowshoe discovered over a decade ago in Italy’s Dolomite mountains and previously thought to belong to a nineteenth century cattle farmer is actually nearly six thousand years old, it has been revealed. The shoe was found in 2003 in the melting snow of Gurgler Eisjoch glacier by Simone Bartolini, a cartographer for the Military Geographic Institute in Florence. Bartolini was mapping the Austrian-Italian border in South Tyrol, a German-speaking area of northe Italy.  Assuming the shoe to be about a hundred years old, Bartolini displayed the shoe in his office as a memento. He only realised that it was much older than previously thought after discussing it with an archaeologist colleague.  Radiocarbon dating by two separate labs now shows the shoe dates from 3800-3700 BC. This makes it up to 600 years older than the famous ice man Ötzi, who was found in 1991 just seven,shoe lays,shoe layaway,shoelaces styles,shoe layers,shoe layout,shoelaces online,shoelaces tricks,shoelaces models,shoe lays design,shoe lays tie ...ادامه مطلب

Lazio player Antonio Candreva narrowly escaped an exploding flare. Photo: Michal Cizek/AFPPalermo's Serie A relegation woes deepened in a trouble-hit 3-0 defeat to Lazio that saw the match stopped twice by the referee as rocket flares came dangerously close to hitting players. German veteran Miroslav Klose claimed his 50th and 51st Serie A goals and Felipe Anderson put the icing on the cake as Lazio moved one place up to eighth, albeit 31 points behind leaders Juventus and 11 off the European qualifying places. For teammate Antonio Candreva, it was a far more frightening affair. The Italy midfielder quickly covered his ears in panic after narrowly escaping stepping on an exploding flare as angry Palermo fans vented their frustration amid fears of relegation. Klose told Sky Sport afterwards: "This shouldn't be happening in football... but you can perhaps understand their anger because they obviously don't want to be relegated to Serie B." "Their team has a lot of young players, so it's difficult (for them). We have to think of the fans, because they buy their tickets." The Sicilians are battling to beat relegation to Italy's second division and tensions had already boiled over prior to the fixture when rival fans clashed outside the stadium. According to a report on Gazzetta dello Sport's website, several Palermo fans stabbed a Lazio fan as he sat in a bar. The incident sparked a mass brawl, with police called in to stop fans throwing missiles and flares at each other before arresting five local men. [embedded content] Lazio took a 2-0 lead by the 15th minute thanks to a double from 2014 World Cup hero Klose, who spun a loose ball into the net on 10 minutes and nodded the rebound from Keita Balde's cross home from close range five minutes later. With Palermo struggling, it all got too much for the team's hardline ultras. They began lighting and throwing flares on to the pitch, with firecrackers setting explosions echoing throughout the stadium and prompting referee A, ...ادامه مطلب