Milan - A ruthless and solid Juventus hammered Genoa 4-1 Thursday to temporarily go top in the Italian Serie A ahead of the weekend games.

The Turin side moved onto 24 points, drawing level with champions Inter Milan, who are away Saturday at Palermo.

Czech defender Zdenek Grygera opened the scoring before Genoa came close on two occasions, but Juve doubled up before the break through a header from Brazilian Amauri.

Rome - A fine by Italy's air traffic authority added Thursday fresh woes to troubled carrie

Rome, Nov 13 : Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the largest Greek necropolis in the city of Himera on the island of Sicily, where the ancient version of babies’ beakers has been found.

According to the new agency ANSA, although experts have long known about the burial ground, they have only recently understood its importance because of building work to extend a local railway track.

Milan - Struggling giants Roma play an unusual minnow role in Sunday's derby against buoyant city rivals Lazio, who sit far above them in the Serie A standings.

Lazio, lying fourth on 22 points from 11 games, are just two points behind leading champions Inter Milan and go into the game at the Stadio Olimpico boasting an impressive record of 21 goals notched mostly by strikers Mauro Zarate and Goran Pandev.

Milan- The rumours that Manchester City have made a massive, and possibly convincing, offer to Jose Mourinho comes at a time when the Portuguese coach seems to have had enough of Italian football after just four months at Inter Milan.

The English tabloid The Sun this week wrote that the wealthy Arab owners of the English club have had contacts with the coach "and have received a positive response" about his possible takeover from Mark Hughes at the end of the season.

Rome - A wildcat strike by Alitalia employees in Italy forced, for the second straight day Wednesday, cancellations or delays to dozens of flights.

Television news reports showed hundreds of disgruntled passengers stranded at airports around the country, including Rome's Fiumicino hub.