Milan - AC Milan have reacted with a mix of surprise and pride to their rise to the top of the Italian Serie A, a place they last occupied more than four years ago.

Their start to the season was a nightmare with two defeats, at home to promoted Bologna and at Genoa, but the following seven wins and one draw have now pushed them to the top on a 22-point tally from 10 games.

A lucky 1-0 win over Napoli, who were down to 10 men and hurt themselves with an own goal, allowed the Devils to leap ahead of Udinese, Napoli, and, probably msot important, champions Inter Milan.

London, Nov 4 : In a bizarre incident that has been described as a Wild West-style “saloon bar brawl”, a priest and two nuns were seen attacking an Italian restaurant owner.

The fight witnessed by passers-by started over an argument over the lease on the restaurant, owned by the Catholic Church.

The 49-year-old owner revealed that he had rushed to the eatery, in the village of Rutino near Salerno, in southern Italy, after hearing that the priest and nuns were causing trouble.

The fight resulted in the owner getting into an argument with the priest, who smashed a chair over his head, and the nuns joining in with kicks to his stomach.

Milan - Promoted Serie A side Bologna have called Sinisa Mihajlovic in to replace coach Daniele Arrigoni after he presided over the club's eighth defeat in 10 games.

The central-Italy club announced their decision Monday, in the wake of a 5-1 defeat suffered at Cagliari at the weekend.

Arrigoni, 49, steered Bologna to promotion last summer and seemed to be in for a good top-flight season after a 2-1 win at giants AC Milan in the opening round of the season.

A bad record of two wins and eight defeats, however, dropped Bologna to second-last position.

Rome, Nov 3 : A leading Leonardo Da Vinci scholar has spoke in favor of dismantling a 12-volume collection of work by the Renaissance genius.

According to a report by news agency Ansa. it, the scholar in question is Carlo Pedretti, who has been a leading Leonardo scholar for nearly six decades.

Commenting on plans to reverse a controversial 1970s restoration project, which would leave the Codex Atlanticus as a bundle of loose pages, Pedretti said that he approved of the proposal.

Milan - A 2-0 win over struggling giants Roma late Saturday pushed Juventus within three points of leaders Inter Milan in the Italian Serie A, and worsened the crisis of the Rome guests holding them dangerously close to the lower reaches.

Juve have now 18 points from 10 games, while Roma were held on seven, just two more than tail-enders Reggina, but with a game in hand.