Later, when I wrote about soccer in Italy and spent time with the players, they not only confirmed my impressions but expressed doubt that things could ever be otherwise.
Holland too has suffered at the hands of soccer yobs and in Italy mounting trouble came to a head in 1995 when a 24-year-old Genoa fan was stabbed to death by an AC Milan supporter.
Trenitalia, Italy's state railway operator, suspended train service from Bologna, and a friendly soccer match between Italy and Luxembourg in Parma was canceled.
It is hard to think that teams would have trouble selling tickets in a soccer-intense country like Italy, but the fact is that public funding and political gridlock make it difficult for teams to modernize their facilities.
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Soccer corruption scandals last year also tarnished leagues in Italy, Greece, Finland and Israel even though Union of European Football Associations, Europe's ruling body known as UEFA, spent millions investigating cases in which players and referees were allegedly bribed, and improving the monitoring of betting syndicates.
Investigators say Mr. Tan leads the syndicate while Mr. Suljic, a former soccer player, allegedly helped the group fix matches in Italy, the warrant said.
Investigators believe Mr. Tan leads the syndicate while Mr. Suljic, a former soccer player, allegedly helped the group fix matches in Italy, the warrant said.
MILAN A suspected member of an international crime syndicate allegedly responsible for fixing hundreds of soccer matches around the globe surrendered to police Thursday after arriving in Italy on a flight from Singapore.
Sassuolo has played flowing, attacking soccer all season something that isn't always guaranteed in Italy, where defense has been elevated to high art.
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But only 6% of those net revenues were generated from outside of North America, and part of this revenue resulted from partnerships with soccer teams in France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Sweden.
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Two utterly soul-crushing ties with our gentle, soccer-impaired neighbor to the north have been balanced out with wins against Italy and Mexico (in Mexico City, a first).
Born in Prague in 1947, he moved to Italy where his uncle, Cestmir Vycpalek, was a soccer coach shortly after Russian tanks rolled in back in 1968.
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