Rome - Coach Carlo Ancelotti has dismissed rumours that he could leave AC Milan, saying he is set on remaining at the Serie A giants despite a second straight disappointing season.
"I haven't yet found a good reason to leave," Ancelotti Tuesday told La Gazzetta dello Sport, "but the club must also agree."
The 49-year-old played his last five years with the Devils and took over as coach in 2001, steering them to win one Serie A scudetto, two Champions League titles and one Club World Cup.
Rome - At least two boats carrying hundreds of African refugees sank off the Libyan coast, with 21 bodies and 23 survivors recovered and hundreds more missing, Italian media reported early Tuesday.
One boat was carrying a reported 257 people and the second had 340 on board.
The search for missing was continuing.
The two boats were launched from near Tripoli in the direction of Italy. The causes of the shipwrecks were not immediately known.
Rome - On the right bank of the river Tiber in Rome stands Castel Sant'Angelo, an ominous and apparently inaccessible castle that was once a refuge of popes.
"It is one of our top attractions and no one should miss a visit," says art student Beatrice Bulzoni, who gives private, guided tours of the castle.
The Roman emperor, Hadrian, who ruled from 117 to 138, built the castle as his own mausoleum.
"A total of seven emperors were laid to rest here," tour guide Toni tells a group of visitors.
Rome - As more than 400 would-be immigrants landed on Monday in Sicily, Italy's Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said such arrivals from the North Africa would stop once an agreement involving Libyan naval patrols comes into effect in May.
"There's a commitment by the Libyan government to begin patrolling its coastline with six boats beginning on May 15," Maroni said.
"I have no reason to doubt that this will happen and that hence the problem will be solved," he added.
Rome - AC Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati successfully underwent knee surgery Monday in Belgium and began rehabilitation expected to last six months, his club's website reported.
Abbiati, 31, damaged the cruciate ligament in his right knee clashing with team mate Giuseppe Favalli on March 15 during a Serie A game against Siena.
A similar operation could be necessary for international striker Antonio Di Natale, who was stretchered off the pitch Saturday as Italy beat Montenegro 2-0 in a 2010 World Cup qualifier.
Rome - The co-founder of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's new party restated Monday his dissent with Berlusconi's plans to change Italy's constitution, including more powers for the premier, regardless of the views of the country's opposition.
Gianfranco Fini, speaker of parliament's lower house Chamber of Deputies, was commenting on remarks made by Berlusconi on Sunday at the People of Freedom party's opening congress.
Rome - Coach Carlo Ancelotti has dismissed rumours that he could leave AC Milan, saying he is set on remaining at the Serie A giants despite a second straight disappointing season.
Rome - At least two boats carrying hundreds of African refugees sank off the Libyan coast, with 21 bodies and 23 survivors recovered and hundreds more missing, Italian media reported early Tuesday.
Rome - On the right bank of the river Tiber in Rome stands Castel Sant'Angelo, an ominous and apparently inaccessible castle that was once a refuge of popes.
Rome - As more than 400 would-be immigrants landed on Monday in Sicily, Italy's Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said such arrivals from the North Africa would stop once an agreement involving Libyan naval patrols comes into effect in May.
Rome - AC Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati successfully underwent knee surgery Monday in Belgium and began rehabilitation expected to last six months, his club's website reported.
Rome - The co-founder of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's new party restated Monday his dissent with Berlusconi's plans to change Italy's constitution, including more powers for the premier, regardless of the views of the country's opposition.
