Juventus coach Antonio Conte is suspended for not reporting knowledge of an attempt to fix a Serie A match.
Vieri had been linked with a move to Serie A champions Lazio - but Inter coach Marcello Lippi insisted on Wednesday that the striker would be staying on for another season.
The 56-year-old has coached at a number of leading Serie A clubs and helped AC Milan to the 1999 Italian title, but it is his first job since being sacked by Torino in February 2007.
It was a result that went completely against the form book, with Chelsea arriving at the Stadio Olimpico having gone top of the Premier League at the weekend and Roma on a run of four Serie A defeats.
In Italy, AC Milan further strengthened their attacking options with the capture of Bojan Krkic on a year long loan from Serie A rivals Roma.
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But they were given a tough fight by underdogs Italy, who were inspired by an 80, 000 crowd in a stadium normally reserved for Serie A giants Inter and AC Milan.
Cada cultura es diferente, y ello constituye un valioso tesoro, pero la humanidad sigue siendo una sola, unida en torno a una serie de valores y derechos humanos.
Instead, he swiftly signed a four-and-a-half year contract with fellow Serie A side Inter, where he will wear the number 17 shirt.
Soccer has been grappling with cases of match-fixing in recent years with Italian prosecutors conducting a wide-ranging investigation into some of Serie A's most high-profile clubs.
Ronaldinho underwent a medical in Milan on Wednesday and signed a contract that will keep him at the Serie A club to the end of the 2010-11 season.
He joined rival Juventus on a free transfer, helped it win the Serie A title last year and is once again making a difference this season with Juventus atop the league.
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Kwadwo Asamoah is a Ghana international who plays for AC's Serie A rivals Juventus.
That defeat followed a 2-1 home reverse to Roma in Serie A on Saturday.
Van Persie has been heavily linked with a move to EPL champions Manchester City, while Serie A winners Juventus are also believed to be keen on his signature.
On the Web site, Galliani also sounded a note of warning over the loss of star players from Serie A to the bigger spending clubs in Spain and England.
Sky, a major European broadcasting company, has a television deal that only runs through the end of this Serie A season, which means that with every passing day of this labor dispute they are getting closer to not renewing their deal.
And he again left the possibility of a return to a Premier League club on loan if he did not return to Serie A with Milan.
The Spaniard, 50, has signed a two-year contract to take charge at the reigning European and Serie A champions.
Napoli were hit with a two-point penalty that dropped them from third to fifth in Serie A as part of the ongoing probe, though they vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
Ferrara's position has been threatened after a dismal run which has seen them slip out of contention in the Serie A title race as well as being eliminated from the Champions League at the group stages.
The threat from the Gyan brothers came just a day after Asamoah, who plays his club football for Udinese in Italy's Serie A, made an emotional appeal to fans of the Black Stars over Thursday's taunts.
Fulham had beaten Liverpool last Saturday and were a team high on confidence, while Roma showed the struggle for form their 14th place in Serie A indicated.
Balotelli, signed in the transfer window from Manchester City, missed a string of chances as his side were held 1-1 by his former side Inter, damaging their Serie A title hopes.
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Now 33, Anelka briefly worked as a player-coach at Shenhua following the dismissal of coach Jean Tigana but is now looking to play in Serie A for the first time in his career.
The two sides have endured a rough time since meeting in last year's final, with Inter eclipsed by rivals AC Milan in Serie A and Bayern 13 points adrift of the Bundesliga summit.
"Roma condemns any form of racial abuse, " the Serie A club said on Monday.
In Italy's Serie A, referees have not been sponsored since 2006, its refereeing body said.
Italy's Serie A and Spain's Liga go on hiatus for nearly three weeks until Jan. 7.
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Meanwhile in Italy's Serie A, Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw at Bologna.
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