Fabio Cannavaro entered Italian sport’s Walk of Fame on Tuesday when the Azzurri’s 2006 World Cup-winning captain got his own stone at the Foro Italico complex that the Stadio Olimpico is part of.
Former Italy captain and 2006 World Cup winner, Fabio Cannavaro. (Photo: ANSA)
“It is an extremely great emotion to be here as a representative of all of Italian sport,” said the former Inter, Juventus and Real Madrid defender.
“And it is a great satisfaction because this honour is the fruit of my career in Italy, which was crowned with the World Cup victory.
“For this reason, I share it with all my teammates.”
ANSA
Prosecutors in Naples have placed the parents of two children suspected of throwing a statue from their balcony that hit and killed a tourist under investigation, judicial sources said Thursday.
A concert scheduled at Pompeii’s archaeological area on September 20 in honour of the guests of the G7 Culture Summit will include the performance of star tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Two people are missing in Emilia-Romagna floods caused by torrential rain, Deputy Transport Minister Galeazzo Bignami told a press conference at Palazzo Chigi in Rome Thursday.
It will be a few more months before the results of a check-up on rare 2500-year-old Riace Bronzes are released, the Central Institute of Restoration (ICR) director Luigi Oliva said on Wednesday.
Captain Daniel Maimon Toaff, a 23-year-old Israeli soldier with Italian citizenship, was among four Israeli soldiers killed Tuesday during fighting in Gaza, the Italian Jewish Community announced on Wednesday.
The Italian cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of a commission to evaluate a measure introducing the chemical castration of convicted rapists.
Former Italian prime minister and former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi warned that Europe is in danger of losing its freedom on Tuesday.
A father asked members of the Fabbrocino Camorra clan in Naples to kill his allegedly abusive son and son-in-law and to dispose of their bodies, according to anti-mafia DDA investigators.
Riccardo Schirru interviews the Julian Hill, the Representative for Bruce and the new Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs.
Finivest and Mondadori President Marina Berlusconi denied her family felt “disregard” towards Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni or was “dissatisfied” with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
