Grosso, Grosso, Italy's Fabio Grosso scoring in the final minutes of a second overtime in Italy's semifinal World Cup victory over Germany. Now Italy will play France. France defeated Portugal yesterday. Sunday is the World Cup Final. We are joined b...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 May 2007 Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have staged rallies in Rome to commemorate Family Day. At issue is proposed legislation that would grant greater rights to unmarried couples including homosexuals. Sabina...
By Liu Enming New York, New York 23 January 2007 watch Little Italy report New York City is teeming with immigrants from around the world, many of who bring the tastes and cultures of their homelands to their new country. In one immigrant neighborho...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 November 2006 Supporters of Northern league party stage a protest in front of 'Nagib Mahfouz' school, in Milan, October 10, 2006 An Arabic school in Milan, which has sparked debate about religious versus seculareducati...
By Parke Brewer Berlin 10 July 2006 Italy is the 2006 World Cup football champion after defeating France in a penalty kick shootout, 5-3. Italian defender, capitan Fabio Cannavaro, surrounded by teammates, holds up World Cup trophy They played with...
By Parke Brewer Berlin 08 July 2006 Few would have thought the French could make it to the final here, after they played to draws in their two opening group matches, and were at risk of bowing out of the tournament until a 2-0 win over Togo. ----- F...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 04 July 2006 Just hours to go for the Italian and German national soccer teams to face off against each other in the World Cup semifinal in Germany. Fans are getting ready for what they hope will be a great game of soccer...
By Parke Brewer Cologne 16 June 2006 The U.S. Soccer team will try to bounce back from its opening 3-0 (Group E) loss to the Czech Republic at the World Cup. But as VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer reports from Germany, it will not be easy. ----------...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 10 May 2006 Former Communist Giorgio Napolitano has been elected Italy's new head of state. His election paves the way for the winner of general elections last month, Roman...
By Sabina Castelfranco Naples 19 April 2006 Chouimet Amirouche, front at center, and Mellouk Djelloul, rear at center with his face covered, both of Algeria, are detained by Italian police officers, i...