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More shocking news out of Italy, that Italian captain and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been interrogated by Turin tax police for his alleged involvement in illegal gambling. Buffon was interrogated by the police on Thursday, although the investigation is not said to be related to the latest match-fixing scandal that has hit Italian football. […]
Walter Mazzarri has vowed to stay at Napoli and will be offered a new one-year contract extension, Partenopei president Aurelio De Laurentiis has confirmed. Mazzarri guided Napoli to the Champions League knockout stage in 2011-12 and ended the club’s 20 year-wait for a Coppa Italia triumph, though a fifth-place Serie A finish meant his side […]
Juventus coach Antonio Conte is under investigation and Lazio captain Stefano Mauri has been arrested as part of an Italian police probe into a widening match-fixing scandal, officials said on Monday. Police in Cremona said they had made 19 arrests and were investigating Conte, who this month led Juve to the Serie A title for […]
Italy defender Domenico Criscito has withdrawn from the country’s Euro 2012 squad after becoming the subject of a match-fixing investigation. Criscito, who currently plays for Zenit St Petersburg in Russia but has played for Juventus and Genoa in the past, had his room searched at Italy’s Coverciano training camp after police arrived at 6.40am on […]
Italy’s preparation for Euro 2012 have been thrown into disarray after a police raid this morning at their team camp. The raid was part of “Last Bet”, an investigation into match-fixing in Italian soccer. As a result of the raid, Italian defender Domenico Criscito has withdrawn from the country’s Euro 2012 squad. Criscito, currently plays […]
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After three days’ hard training the Azzurri played their first warm-up match at Coverciano yesterday, a 70-minute game against Serie D side Virtus Vecomp Verona. Cesare Prandelli deployed a 4-3-2-1 formation with Emiliano Viviano in goal, defended by Ignazio Abate, Andrea Ranocchia, Davide Astori and Federico Balzaretti. Nocerino played in midfield alongside Daniele De Rossi […]
Paolo Maldini has warned old club AC Milan that they may as well give up any hope of winning any trophies next season if they sell both Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Milan ended the season trophyless and is set to rebuild this summer after releasing long-term Milan stars Alessandro Nesta, Filippo Inzaghi and Gennaro […]