Victories for Palermo and Napoli in Serie A on Sunday compounded Juventus's loss in falling 2-1 at home to AS Roma the day before. Juve's eighth loss in 11 matches ensured they failed to climb back into the top four and with Napoli's 2-0 win at Livorno the Turin giants now trail the Champions League places by ...

German tourists can now obtain a map of Sicily's capital Palermo flagging the shops that refuse to pay extortion money to the Mafia, the German embassy in Rome said in a statement Thursday. "The Addiopizzo tourist map signals all the shops in Palermo that... have pledged not to pay racketeering fees," the statement said. The Sicilian mafia, the Cosa ...

AC Milan face a tough trip away to fellow Champions League second round qualifiers Fiorentina on Saturday as they bid to keep pace with leaders Inter Milan ahead of the Christmas break in Serie A. Inter, who host struggling Lazio on Sunday, lead Milan by five points with Juventus a further point back in third. But following last week's ...

Italian league leaders Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw at Atalanta on Sunday that prevented them from fully capitalising on slips-up by their main title rivals, Juventus and AC Milan. Inter, the four-time defending champions, were looking to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat at Juventus last weekend and they took a 15th-minute lead when their 10-goal top ...