The Gazzetta dello Sport is arguably the most famous sports newspaper in Italy, selling more copies than rivals Corriere dello Sport and Tuttosport. It is world famous for it's pink pages and has been printed in pink since 1899. The current head editor of the Gazzetta, Luigi Garlando, has always been a critic of Lippi since his return to the national team, has always been pro-Cassano, and doesn't understand why Lippi hates to answer questions at press conferences.

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Rafa interested in Samba Star.

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Interest is mounting for Brazilian hot property Hernanes who is strongly linked with a move to Italy but has also attracted the interest of a number of Premier League sides.

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In an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, Mauro Zarate's brother & agent said that if Zarate is not called up by Maradona, he will consider an offer made by the Italian football federation to play for their national team.

Zarate has an Italian passport which would clear the way for him to play for Italy.

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Lio Messi won the "Champions No. 1″ award which is given to the best player in the Champions League.

Messi was the top goal scorer, scored a goal in the Final and was the best player overall in last season's Champions League.

The award is given by the sports newspapers MARCA and La Gazzetta dello Sport.

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Io non compro la gazzetta dello sport

Dei titoloni di venerdì pomeriggio su alcuni siti online di alcuni giornali della peggior specie italici, mi sono soffermato in precedente post.

Il messaggio che ne era scaturito e che ha subito fatto presa sulla massa, sul lettore medio, è stato quello di un pieno di benzina per chi crede che calciopoli sia un vero moggiopoli, dove l'unico reo si chiama Luciano Moggi e l'unica colpevole la Juventus.

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It all started on September 19th in the year 2000. David Trezeguet, a high profile 40 billion lira signing from the then French champions AS Monaco, scored his first goal for Juventus an 83rd minute winner against Panathinaikos in the Champions League.

Nine years later, the 32-year-old Frenchman, who spent his formative years in Argentina watching his father finish his own playing career, celebrated his 167th goal for the Bianconeri, making him the most prolific foreign goalscorer in the club's history.

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Uèuèuè...paparaponziponziponzi!!!

Siore e siori ecco a voi pulcinellaaaaaa! Oggi alcuni giornali vivono con trepidazione e nostalgia l'estate 2006.

Le redazioni dei giornali come "il corriere della sera", suo cugino "la gazzetta dello sport", o di "la repubblica", sono in grande fermento per una notizia pro-piemme di Napoli su calciopoli.

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The last time Napoli won at the Olimpico in Turin against Juventus was on a cold November day in 1988. Diego Maradona and Ciro Ferrara were wearing Azzurro, as Napoli romped their way to a famous 5-3 victory that is still spoken about today in the unofficial capital of southern Italy.

Fabio Cannavaro, another of Napoli's favourite sons, wasn't yet old enough to play for the first team then.

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Palermo centre-back Simon Kjaer has dropped yet another strong hint that he could leave Sicily next year.
The 20-year-old has impressed in Serie A after joining the Rosanero in the summer of 2008 and has been frequently linked with Turin giants Juventus, but he has confessed that English giants Liverpool might be his first choice. Click to continue reading...

About as subtle as a sledgehammer!

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Palermo centre-back Simon Kjaer has dropped yet another strong hint that he could leave Sicily next year.

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Big Story
The Guardian, and particularly Football Supporters' Federation writer of the year David Conn, have provided Britain's best newspaper coverage of the ugly underbelly of the finances at British football clubs across England for quite some time.

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All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

More footballers reviewing music. This time: Millwall on a song called "Oopsy Daisy". [Channelbee]

Will you be dumb enough to pay to watch England v Ukraine on the internet?

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Fuori dai coglioni!

Annuntio Vobis Gaudium Magnum: Cobolli Gigli torna in enoteca.

Entro la fine di questo mese, uno dei peggiori presidenti della storia della Juventus football club, assieme all'annus horribilis di Montezemolo, lascerà la poltrona di Corso Galileo Ferraris.

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Gazzetta dello Sport Milan fever – Bergamo decides Van Basten in pole to replace Leonardo if the...
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- 'Distraught' Flavio Briatore is contemplating taking legal action against motor sport's governing body following his lifetime ban from Formula One. Click to continue reading...

Reports emerging over the past 48 hours suggest that Roma's John Arne Riise could be on his way to Germany, to join Bayern Munich.
With this in mind, the Giallorossi have been on the lookout for a direct replacement for the Norwegian, and they seem to have found one in the form of Andrea Dossena from Liverpool. Click to continue reading...

Should he stay or should he go?

Reports emerging over the past 48 hours suggest that Roma's John Arne Riise could be on his way to Germany, to join Bayern Munich.

With this in mind, the Giallorossi have been on the lookout for a direct replacement for the Norwegian, and they seem to have found one in the form of Andrea Dossena from Liverpool.

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La Gazzetta Dello Sport profiles Jozy Altidore under this headline.

It is the usual missive on his massive presence.

What's intriguing is that he is juxtaposed against Freddy Adu.

Altidore's move to Hull is seen as a step in the right direction whereas Adu's European perambulations are going nowhere.

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According to Italian Sports media "La Gazzetta dello Sport" &announced as official here in Spain by Spanish daily "Marca",REAL MADRID midfielder WESLEY SNEIJDER has understoodthat REAL MADRID will not count with him for this season,or any other, & has finally accepted to be transferred toINTER MILAN. Click to continue reading...

Well, I agree with that. England's boss Fabio Capello has sent his message: unless David Beckham returns to European football by the end of the year, he can kiss goodbye to joining the English team in South Africa in 2010. Coming from the bosse's mouth reiterates what everyone, including Becks, already knew.

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England manager Fabio Capello has told David Beckham that his World Cup dream is dead unless he secures a return to Europe this winter.

"Beckham knows well that if he doesn't return to a big European championship in December he'll have no chance for the World Cup," Capello told Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport.

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Readers will know that last week David Beckham was linked to Chelsea when rumors of he and wife Victoria buying a house there were confirmed.
Today the Daily Mail has this:

Fabio Capello has warned David Beckham that his World Cup dream is dead unless he secures a return to Europe this winter.

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Four MLS players who have been called in for Wednesday's World Cup qualifying showdown between the United States and Mexico took the field in MLS action on Sunday night and none of them looked to be holding anything back.

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Four MLS players who have been called in for Wednesday's World Cup qualifying showdown between the United States and Mexico took the field in MLS action on Sunday night and none of them looked to be holding anything back.

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"Beckham knows well that if he doesn't return to a big European championship in December he'll have no chance for the World Cup"
-Fabio Capello (La Gazzetta dello Sport. 8/10/09)
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Aaaaah, futbolitas! What is happening to Milan? More importantly, has Leoooonardo been a little too lenient? Mr.Fine has only managed one win in the last eight games and truth be told, that is extremely worrying.

Milan lost to Benfica 6-5 on penalties last night in another one of those odd pre-season tournaments (this one's called the Eusebio Cup.

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It appears that Milan fans have decided to become the moral police for Ronaldinho's fondness for the night life.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Ronaldinho and goalkeeper Dida were in a Milan night club when they were approached by fans who instead of asking for their autographs berated them for staying up so late.

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News in from Italian sports daily "La Gazzetta dello Sport" & pickedup here locally by "AS" & "Marca" inform that REAL MADRID hascome to an agreement with AC MILAN to transfer its Dutch forwardHUNTELAAR for 18M€.(photo: javier aguiliar/as.com)This way Real Madrid continues to "empty" its overflowing squad &Milan get the young forward desired at the price of leaving SevillaFC Brazilian Click to continue reading...

According to Lucas Brown at Goal.com, La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that Real Madrid midfielder Wesley Sneijder is not going anywhere. His agent Soren Lerby said,

"We have an understanding with Real Madrid that Wesley can't leave the club.

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Juiz adverte para riscos de infiltração da máfia

O juiz nacional antimafia italiano, Piero Grasso, advertiu hoje para o risco de infiltração da criminalidade organizada no mundo do futebol transalpino, sobretudo nas divisões inferiores e no âmbito das apostas desportivas.

"O risco de infiltração da parte de delinquentes e do crime organizado não deve ser subestimado.

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Oh My Gosh...
To celebrate the tension, the palpable suspense that exists ahead of Football Is Fixed going daily in time for the onset of the latest branded entity of ScudamoreWorld Simulacra, we are going to experiment.
Twitters, polls, guest posts, the reprinting of some externalised stuff, proprietary prescience, co-ordinated lateral thinking, mega-twitters, a flashback and a rehashed manifesto - all this and some bog standard posts too. Click to continue reading...

AS Livorno plans to offer 10 million euros for the Los Angeles Galaxy's Landon Donovan, according to La Gazzetta Dello Sport, which would break the MLS transfer record. Striker Jozy Altidore went from the New York Red Bulls to Villareal for $10 million last year.
Donovan would finish the season with the Galaxy, then join Livorno during the December transfer session. Click to continue reading...

From Italy – La Gazzetta dello Sport – the news is that INTER MILAN &FC Barcelona forward SAMUEL ETO´O have come to an agreement,something that as yet hasn't been picked up locally as certain.The Italian information is that Eto´o will sign a contract until 2014 &earn a cool 10M€/year in salary plus bonuses (incentives). Click to continue reading...

The on-again off-again transfer story about Samuel Eto'o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic hit the front cover of the online edition of The New York Times today. Unfortunately, it was only the global edition. When you switch to today's U.S. edition, the story isn't even mentioned on the homepage.

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1. January Transfer Headlines for Serie A Last Friday's Gazzetta dello Sport frontpage reads, Tevez, Aguero and Drogba:.

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Liverpool have sent emissaries to Rome in order to complete a £15m swoop for Alberto Aquilani, according to several Italian newspapers.
The Reds have shown an interest in the Roma midfielder as a potential replacement for Xabi Alonso, who is heading to Real Madrid.
Now it's claimed the club has taken the firm step of sending two emissaries to Italy for crunch talks. Click to continue reading...