Holders Barcelona will face Inter Milan, pitting Samuel Eto’o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic against their former clubs, after the draw for the Champions League group stage was made in Monaco on Thursday.
Barcelona to face Inter in Champions League
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Hairy Heroes: Canine Lifeguards Hit Italy’s Beaches
The dog days of summer have hit Italy hard this year. For my own family beach holiday on the enchanting island of Sardinia, the surprise star was Totò, a pint-sized, black-and-white, eight-month-old mixed-breed from Naples who our friends brought along in a house we shared near the southern town of Pula
FAA suspends 2 air traffic controllers over Hudson crash
The Federal Aviation Administration has suspended two air traffic controllers from New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport over Saturday’s collision of two aircraft over the Hudson that killed nine people, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
Sudden death syndrome: Football’s silent killer
With the shock death of Daniel Jarque – the Espanyol captain who suffered a cardiac arrest after training on Saturday – fans were left wondering how a man in such peak condition could endure a fate typically associated with the ageing and obese. The incident comes almost two years after fellow Spaniard, Sevilla’s Antonio Puerta, collapsed in the first half of his team’s 4-1 victory against Spanish league rivals Getafe and died three days later aged just 22.
Schumacher scraps F1 comeback plans
Michael Schumacher has called off his eagerly-anticipated Formula One comeback with Ferrari because he has not recovered from a neck injury he sustained in a motorcycling accident earlier this year.
Italian ship’s 4-month pirate ordeal ends
An Italian ship is free four months after Somali pirates seized it, Italy’s foreign minister says.
Tributes flood in following Jarque’s death
Tributes have been flooding in following the sudden death of Spanish Primera Liga side Espanyol’s captain Daniel Jarque at the age of 26 on Saturday night. Jarque passed away around 8pm local time when his heart stopped following a training session in Coverciano, Italy, where the squad are on a pre-season camp. Reports suggest Jarque was on the phone to his fiancee — who is eight months pregnant — at the time and she alerted two of his team-mates, who raced to his hotel room.
Football: Espanyol captain Jarque dies
Espanyol captain Daniel Jarque has died from a heart attack while on a pre-season training camp in Italy. The 26-year-old defender died at the hotel where the team were staying in the town of Coviciana
Huntelaar signs four-year AC Milan contract
AC Milan have completed the signing of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from Real Madrid after the Dutch international striker successfully came through a medical at the San Siro on Friday. Milan announced on their official Web site that Huntelaar had signed a four-year deal. No fee for the player was disclosed but reports have suggested a figure of $21 million secured Huntelaar’s services
After the Oil Crisis, a Food Crisis?
Is the world headed for a food crisis? India, Mexico and Yemen have seen food riots this year.