A footballing icon and one of the most gifted players of his generation, Zinedine Zidane won every major honor in the game.
Italian champions Inter Milan have handed a new three-year contract to veteran defender Marco Materazzi.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the only goal of the game as Inter Milan beat Sampdoria 1-0 in their Italian Cup semifinal second leg at the San Siro, but it was not enough to prevent the visitors reaching the final 3-1 on aggregate.
The Milan-based daily "Il Giornale" has published a police report alleging Italian football champions Inter threw away matches at the end of last season in order to increase gambling odds.
Passes, tackles, shots, saves, goals -- you go to a football match expecting to see these kind of things.
Zinedine Zidane is sure of the quality most necessary to create a successful team: mutual respect.
Substitute Julio Cruz spared Inter Milan's blushes with a late equalizer in a 3-3 draw at Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta on Tuesday night.
Italian defender Andrea Barzagli has had a successful knee operation after suffering a training injury during the Euro 2008 finals.
Inter Milan pulled off a welcome 2-1 Serie A home win against Palermo on Sunday to restore their six-point advantage at the top of the Italian table.
Liverpool rediscovered their pride and gave themselves a wonderful chance of reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League, after beating 10-men Inter Milan 2-0 in their first leg last 16 match at Anfield.
A footballing icon and one of the most gifted players of his generation, Zinedine Zidane won every major honor in the game.
Italian champions Inter Milan have handed a new three-year contract to veteran defender Marco Materazzi.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the only goal of the game as Inter Milan beat Sampdoria 1-0 in their Italian Cup semifinal second leg at the San Siro, but it was not enough to prevent the visitors reaching the final 3-1 on aggregate.
The Milan-based daily "Il Giornale" has published a police report alleging Italian football champions Inter threw away matches at the end of last season in order to increase gambling odds.
Passes, tackles, shots, saves, goals -- you go to a football match expecting to see these kind of things.
Zinedine Zidane is sure of the quality most necessary to create a successful team: mutual respect.
Substitute Julio Cruz spared Inter Milan's blushes with a late equalizer in a 3-3 draw at Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta on Tuesday night.
Italian defender Andrea Barzagli has had a successful knee operation after suffering a training injury during the Euro 2008 finals.
Inter Milan pulled off a welcome 2-1 Serie A home win against Palermo on Sunday to restore their six-point advantage at the top of the Italian table.
Liverpool rediscovered their pride and gave themselves a wonderful chance of reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League, after beating 10-men Inter Milan 2-0 in their first leg last 16 match at Anfield.
AC Milan, the most successful club side in international tournaments, visit their city rivals Inter this weekend, trailing them by 22 points in the Serie A table.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return to lead the Inter Milan attack as the Italians aim to clinch qualification for the Champions League knockout stages by beating Fenerbahce on Tuesday.
Mauro Camoranesi scored with 13 minutes left to earn Juventus a 1-1 home draw with Serie A leaders Inter Milan on Sunday.
Some people love watching national teams play. I don't.
Swedish international striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored both goals as champions Inter Milan beat Empoli 2-0 on Saturday to go top of Serie A.
World Cup winners Italy, humbled 3-1 by Hungary in a friendly on Wednesday, will face France in next month's Euro 2008 qualifier without defender Marco Materazzi.
Chievo Verona were relegated from Serie A at the end of a nerve-jangling final day in Italy, after starting as one of five sides who could have dropped down to Serie B.
Seven referees and two linesmen were suspended by the Italian Referees Association (AIA) on Thursday after being implicated in the match-fixing scandal which rocked the Serie A last season.
Inter Milan missed the chance to clinch the Serie A title after they were handed their first league defeat of the season 3-1 by second-placed AS Roma on Wednesday.
Nothing falls down more easily than an Italian soccer player -- with the possible exception of an Italian soccer player's pants. What is it with the World Cup champions' eagerness to drop trou? Last summer five greased-up members of the Azzurri set hearts aflutter (and left little to the imagination) by appearing in Dolce & Gabbana underwear ads on signboards across Germany. Now, seven months later, their most notorious teammate is spontaneously stripping into his black D&Gs before a stunned audience in a stylish Milan studio. It's hard not to stare.
Valencia clinched a place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a classic "catenaccio" defensive performance, when they held Inter Milan to a 0-0 draw at the Mestalla on Tuesday.
French football legend Zinedine Zidane, whose career ended with an infamous head-butt in last year's World Cup final, will play a charity match in Thailand this weekend.
VERONA, Italy -- I've been to plenty of MLS games that had 9,000 fans rattling around inside an NFL stadium, but I can't say that I've ever witnessed a soccer match featuring some of the world's best players competing before a paid audience of zero.
Inter Milan maintained their 11-point cushion at the top of Serie A when they beat Sampdoria 2-0 on Sunday.
Inter Milan set a Serie A record on Saturday with their 3-1 victory at Torino securing a 12th consecutive win.
Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has revealed the club are willing to sell talented central defender Andrea Barzagli if the price is right.
As 2006 draws to a close, we take a look back at the stories that have dominated headlines over the last 12 months.
Inter Milan claimed their 10th consecutive league triumph on Wednesday, a 2-0 win at Lazio maintaining their seven-point lead in Serie A.
Goals by Marco Materazzi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Serie A leaders Inter Milan a 2-0 victory over Messina on Sunday as they set a club record with their ninth straight league win.
An own goal from Italy defender Marco Materazzi gave Turkey a 1-1 draw away to the world champions in a friendly on Wednesday.
Inter Milan strengthened their position at the top of Serie A when their 10 men hung on for a thrilling 4-3 victory over city rivals AC Milan at the San Siro.
Serie A leaders Inter Milan and Palermo enjoyed victories on Wednesday while AC Milan returned to winning ways with a 1-0 triumph at Chievo.
Former France playmaker Zinedine Zidane, sent off in the World Cup final in Berlin, has been named on a 30-man shortlist for FIFA's World Player of the Year award.
World Cup winners Italy have recalled star strikers Alessandro Del Piero and Luca Toni to their squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Ukraine and Georgia.
Italy defender Marco Materazzi has broken his silence over the verbal exchange that led to his violent World Cup final clash with French star Zinedine Zidane.
Zinedine Zidane, the former France captain, and Italy defender Marco Materazzi have been fined and banned by FIFA for a head-butting incident during the World Cup final on July 9.
Italy defender Marco Materazzi traveled to Zurich on Friday to give evidence to FIFA in the investigation into Zinedine Zidane's headbutting dismissal in the World Cup final.
FIFA has launched disciplinary proceedings against Italy's World Cup-winning defender Marco Materazzi.
FIFA are to open a disciplinary investigation into the circumstances surrounding France captain Zinedine Zidane's head-butt on Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final.
Zinedine Zidane has been named the World Cup's outstanding player despite his sending off for headbutting an opponent in France's penalty shootout defeat by Italy in Sunday's final.
French President Jacques Chirac has hailed Zinedine Zidane as a "virtuoso, a genius of world football" despite his sending off in the World Cup final for head-butting an Italian player.
Italy won a penalty shootout 5-3 to lift the World Cup for the fourth time after French captain Zinedine Zidane was sensationally sent off near the end of the final that was tied 1-1 after extra time.
Italy defender Alessandro Nesta has been ruled out of Sunday's World Cup final against France in Berlin through injury.
Italy defender Alessandro Nesta has been ruled out of Friday's World Cup quarterfinal against Ukraine as he battles a right thigh injury.
Francesco Totti scored a penalty in the last minute of stoppage time to give 10-man Italy a 1-0 win over Australia in the World Cup second round on Monday.
Italy defender Alessandro Nesta has been ruled out of Monday's World Cup second round match against Australia with a muscle injury.
Italy fought off the stubborn resistance of 10-man Czech Republic to secure a 2-0 victory in Hamburg on Thursday to top Group E.
Juventus maintained their three-point lead over AC Milan at the top of Serie A when they brushed aside Siena 3-0 on Sunday.
Group E | World ranking: 13
Holders Inter Milan have reached the Italian Cup final after a 2-2 draw at Udinese in the second leg of the semifinal on Tuesday.
Holders Inter Milan progressed to the semifinals of the Italian Cup when they beat Lazio 1-0 to complete a 2-1 win on aggregate.
Champions Inter Milan edged into the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup when they came through a nervy 0-0 home draw with Parma to win 1-0 on aggregate.
Italy coach Marcello Lippi has named a 23-man squad for the friendlies against Netherlands on November 12 and Ivory Coast on November 16.
First-half goals gave Porto a 2-0 win over Inter Milan on Wednesday that kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
AC Milan moved into sole possession of second place in Serie A following a 2-0 win at Cagliari on Sunday.
David Pizarro's 49th minute free-kick gave Inter Milan a 1-0 win over Rangers in their Champions League Group H match played in an empty San Siro stadium on Wednesday.
AC Milan players Gennaro Gattuso and Giuseppe Pancaro both declined to take optional blood tests following Sunday's Serie A fixture against Roma.
Juventus striker Marco Di Vaio has been named in the squad for Italy's Euro 2004 training camp ahead of injured AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi.
Inter Milan defender Marco Materazzi has been handed a two-month ban after a tunnel clash with Siena's Bruno Cirillo following Sunday's Serie A game.
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