Éder scores with two minutes to go to take Italy into round of 16Marco Parolo earlier hits Sweden bar during strong Italy finish to gameSweden remain on one point and are yet to have shot on target in finalsNext Group E fixtures, 22 June: Italy v Republic of Ireland, Sweden v BelgiumAll the build-up, match action and reaction as it happened on UEFA.comÉder's tremendous solo effort with two minutes to go in Toulouse sent Italy into the UEFA EURO 2016 round of 16 on the back of a second Group E victo...
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Group D winners Spain edge thriller with Italy
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship consists of three distinct stages: the qualifying round, the elite round and the final tournament. The format changed for 2014/15 with the expansion of the final tournament from eight to 16 teams.Qualifying roundThe qualifying round, played in autumn, is made up of 13 groups of four countries playing in one-venue mini-tournaments. The top two from each pool progress alongside the five third-placed sides with the best record against the leading pair in their groups.Elite roundIn the elite round, held in early spring, those 31 qualifiers plus the top seed – given a bye this far – compete i...
Sweden stun England as Italy and Spain win
Group CEngland 1-2 SwedenTwo goals from Joel Asoro condemned England to their first defeat in this season's competition. Direct and extremely quick, Asoro terrorised the England defence. The Sunderland forward raced through to prod Sweden ahead early on and within two minutes threatened again, this time pulling his shot wide. Asoro was up front on his own for large spells of a second half England dominated. He struck again, however, after being found by Nebiyou Perry. England's riposte was swift, but, despite penning the Blågult back for long periods, they only had Reiss Nelson's close-range finish to show for their endeavours.
Ducati Desmosedici GP15 to be presented in Italy
The presentation will take place at 11am on Monday at the Ducati Auditorium in Borgo Panigale. During the event, which has been organized in collaboration with Telecom Italia, the 2015 sporting activities will be presented and the team’s official riders Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone will pull the wraps off the highly-awaited Desmosedici GP15. The riders will officially debut the machine on track at the Sepang 2 test from 23rd to 26th February. ...
England, Italy set for friendly hat-trick
© Getty ImagesEngland will take on Italy in a glamour friendly next year, the Football Association has announced.Roy Hodgson's team will play the Azzurri, who beat the Three Lions 2-1 in the World Cup, on 31 March at an Italian venue which is yet to be decided.England will return the favour by hosting the Italians in a friendly after Euro 2016 and before the 2018 World Cup.The friendly next March will be the 26th time the Three Lions have played Italy, who, like England, failed to qualify from their group in Brazil."Italy have always provided stern opposition for England and these two fixtures will be no different," said England manager Hodgson, who has managed Italian clubs Inter Milan and Udinese."Italian teams
O’Gara and Murray to start against Italy
by Brendan Cole Ronan O'Gara and Conor Murray have been handed the starting half-back jerseys for Ireland's crucial Rugby World Cup Pool C showdown with Italy on Sunday. Watch live coverage of Ireland v Italy on RTÉ Two television and RTÉ.ie (RoI) from 8.00am. Listen live on RTÉ Radio 1 (FM, DAB, LW 252 and RTÉ.ie) from 8.10am and follow live tracking on RTÉ.ie/sport There was widespread speculation that head coach Declan Kidney would make the switch after the pair trained extensively with the first team this week. He confirmed that they would start at this afternoon's press conference in New Zealand. O'Gara played at out-half in Ireland's most recent game against Russia at out-half, steering a largely second string side to a convincing
Balotelli quizzed in Italy over links to the Mafia
Mario Balotelli's turbulent Manchester City career has taken another unsteady turn with the striker ordered by Italian police to explain his links to the country's Mafia.GettyImagesMario Balotell: Joined City from Inter• PLAY Champions League fantasyBalotelli, who has courted controversy since making a £24 million switch from Inter Milan last summer, has been called as a witness by prosecutors in Naples for an anti-Mafia investigation that is going to trial next week. The forward was given a guided tour of a notorious crime-ridden district of Naples by Mario Iorio, a catering entrepreneur who has been charged with money laundering as part of an ongoing crime investigation. Balotelli will face stiff questioning on his links to Iorio and regarding his visit to the