The reigning European Championship holders begin the ... including twice in the qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup. Italy have won all four previous meetings. The first meeting came ...

Italian veteran Dominik Paris has prevented a Swiss sweep of the podium by winning a men’s World Cup downhill race.

This also is the third UEFA Euro tournament that will feature 24 teams. Italy are the defending UEFA Euro champions, having defeated England in a penalty shootout in the final at Wembley Stadium ...

The 35-year-old has played a staggering 29 World Cup qualifiers, as well as six further play-off matches. Ukraine suffered heartbreak at the final stage of South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014 and Qatar ...

Gennaro Gattuso reveals Gigi Buffon tried to motivate the Italy squad on the eve of the 2006 World Cup Final, shouting during a pitch inspection: ‘They don’t scare us, we’ll eat them alive!’ ...