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The long and anxiety-causing summer of 2002 seems like an eternity ago considering the comeback that Florence’s Fiorentina has made since then. On August 1, 2002, the team went bankrupt and was disbanded (if only for a few hours), marking its lowest point in its existence since
F iorentina’s visit to Japan last week ended in triumph for the promising, newly-formed team that played together for the first time during the three matches of the Japan Tour Championship. Italy’s football team owners have been busy buying, selling, and trading players
This past week, a complicated new plan that hopes to reduce violence at the Artemio Franchi Stadium was finalised and set in place by Florence city officials and police authorities. During matches, all access roads will now be blocked by road barriers. It will no longer be possible to
While lawyers talked strategies behind closed doors, over one thousand fans took to the streets of Turin last week to protest the expulsion of their team, Torino, from the Serie A championships next season due to its severe financial difficulties. Messina has also been expelled from the championships for the
F iorentina fans are delighted by the latest acquisition of forward Luca Toni from Palermo. Owner Diego della Valle shelled out 10 million euros last week to add one of the top emerging scorers on the market to Florence’s team. Toni has scored a total of 50
The city of Turin has two football teams. One team, Juventus, has won the national Serie A championship so many times that their victory has become expected. The other team, Torino, has for two years now completely fallen out of the Serie A championship and has been playing in Serie
After Ferrari’s double win at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, at which only 6 teams were allowed to race, Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello did not repeat their victories at this past weekend’s Grand Prix race at Magny Cours in France. Fernando Alonso for Renault claimed
The Serie B national Italian American football championship was held last week and Florence’s team, Guelfi, managed to claim victory. Since its creation six years ago, the team has managed to win 4 finals and 2 semi-finals. City officials have already designated newer and better training fields
Italy’s most famous historical horserace in Siena held one of its two annual races this past Saturday, and victory went to the Caterpillar (Bruco) team. The horserace is held in the central Piazza del Campo of Siena and is a competition between various neighbourhoods of the city.
Last Sunday’s match between Parma and Bologna ended in a 2-0 victory for Parma. This match was to decide which of the two teams playing would take the last open spot in next year’s A Series League. Parma celebrated victory while Bologna mourned its
The Luna Rossa sailing team celebrated this past weekend after clinching the trophy for Act 5 of the Louis Vuitton race. The Swedish team had actually won the race but, due to a technical protest, they were disqualified. On a routine inspection after the fourth race, a measurer found
