This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE After the 1-1 draw two days ago in the Stadio Olimpico, Italy and Yugoslavia faced each other again in a replay to decide who would…
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When Italy and Germany met in the semi-final at Mexico 70, they played out unquestionably the greatest 30 minutes in World Cup – perhaps football – history
“My only real regret was not being able to share my life and success with my parents. If anyone could help me with this problem I would say to him: bring them…
The story of the European Championship’s emergence to global prestige starts with humble beginnings and a dream. International football, in and of itself, had only been in existence for just under a…
UNLIKE THE LANGUAGES of the other major Italian islands, the Venetian dialect considers the word for the sea, mar, to be feminine. Each year, on Ascension Day, the Venetians marry the sea, symbolically…