REUTERS – Veteran AS Roma forward Francesco Totti vowed to play on for another two years in a light-hearted birthday message to his former team mate Daniele Conti. Totti, 39, has spent his entire career at the Italian capital club while the 37-year-old Conti left Roma to join Cagliari in 1999. “You’re getting old… I’ve […]
MILAN (Reuters) – Domenico Berardi converted a penalty in the fifth minute of injury time on Sunday to give Sassuolo a shock 1-0 win away to Inter Milan who were knocked off the top of the Serie A table by Napoli following their 5-1 win at Frosinone. Gonzalo Higuain scored twice, taking his tally to […]
ROME (Reuters) – Fiorentina missed out on an opportunity to snatch top spot in Serie A as they slumped to a 3-1 home defeat by Lazio on Saturday. Balde Diao Keita, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Felipe Anderson struck as the visitors climbed to ninth with 27 points from 19 matches. Fiorentina, who replied through Facundo Roncaglia […]
MILAN (Reuters) – The pressure will be on for both coaches when AS Roma and AC Milan meet on Saturday with the two sides stuck in a mid-season rut (Saturday 1945 GMT). Italian media say that Sinisa Mihajlovic has been given two games to avoid becoming the fourth Milan coach to be fired in the […]
ROME (Reuters) – Champions Juventus continued their resurgence by beating Hellas Verona 3-0 at home on Wednesday for an eighth successive Serie A victory as Inter Milan remained top after winning 1-0 at Empoli. Juventus, who took one point from their opening three matches and were 11 behind the leaders on Oct. 31, are now […]
MILAN (Reuters) – Serie A champions Juventus have a perfectly good squad and do not need to go delving into the transfer market, coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Tuesday. Juventus, chasing a fifth successive title, have recovered from a slow start and bounded up the table as close-season signings Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala have […]
The Serie A title race, re-starts on Tuesday following the Christmas break, yet its return has been overshadowed by the opening of the transfer window.
LONDON (Reuters) – Bournemouth pounced early in the January transfer window by signing AS Roma winger Juan Iturbe on loan, subject to a work permit, on Friday. A club statement said the 22-year-old would remain on the English south coast for the rest of the season with the Cherries retaining an option to make the […]
REUTERS – Inter Milan midfielder Felipe Melo has been banned for three matches for aiming a kung-fu kick at Lazio’s Lucas Biglia at the weekend, Serie A said on Tuesday. The Brazil international received a straight red card for the 90th-minute incident that came moments after he had given away a penalty for a foul […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Shock leaders Leicester City are certain to go into Christmas at the top of the table in England while champions Chelsea began the post-Jose Mourinho era with a 3-1 home win over Sunderland. Bayern Munich, who announced Carlo Ancelotti would be replacing Pep Guardiola as coach in the summer, enter the Bundesliga’s […]
