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Rome (AFP) - France international Samuel Umtiti reportedly left the pitch in tears after he and Lecce teammate Lameck Banda suffered racist abuse from visiting Lazio fans in Italy's Serie A.

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s "last comprehensible words" have been revealed, as his body now lies at St Peter’s Basilica, in the Vatican City, Rome, to allow the faithful to pay respects

ROME: Former pope Benedict, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, has died at the age of 95 in the Vatican, a spokesman for the Holy See said on Saturday.

Vatican City (AFP) - Ex-pope Benedict XVI's condition remains stable, the Vatican said Friday, as Catholics prayed for the 95-year old former pontiff whose health has seriously deteriorated.

Ryder Cup vice-captain Edoardo Molinari is hoping to help Europe with his Moneyball-style stats in the same way Matt Fitzpatrick benefitted as he claimed the US Open

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday she would do her best to ensure that the Expo 2030 world fair is held in Rome, even though she had little time to work on the project launched by her predecessor.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest the “unacceptable” response to women-led protests in the Islamic republic, his office said Tuesday. Ambassador designate Mohammad Reza Sabouri has been called in to a meeting on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said in a note to the media,…

Rome (AFP) - Outgoing Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, who quit amid claims of false accounting at Italy's biggest football club, told shareholders Tuesday that leaving was difficult but the club "comes before everything".

Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the "icy winds of war" buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine, a 10-month-old conflict he decried as "senseless." At noon local time, Francis delivered the traditional "Urbi et Orbi'' (Latin…