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...Trap, as he is known, should shut it. His team didn't have the host nation's burning hunger to win. And, in his post-game harangue, the coach conveniently forgot to criticize his captain, Francesco Totti, for getting sent off for faking a foul in the Korean penalty area, and to fault his striker, Christian Vieri, for missing a couple of sitters in front of the goal...
...riders were ejected after failing drug tests. Some were arrested as part of a wider investigation. None of the three pre-race Italian favorites made it to the finish line: 2000 winner Stefano Garzelli tested positive for a banned diuretic and last year's winner Gilberto Simoni for cocaine. Francesco Casagrande didn't take any drugs but could have done with a sedative - he was expelled after a sprint tussle left a fellow rider lying in the road with facial injuries. SOCCER A Cagey Game With 2002 viewing figures expected to beat 1998's 33.4 billion, the World...
...There's little doubt that Italy should cruise into the second round, but with the Italians there's always a chance for dramatics. Playing in Group G against Ecuador, Croatia and Mexico, Italy's attack will feature Christian Vieri, "il Mostro," Inter's 1.93-m giant. Roma's fabulous Francesco Totti, the linchpin of the team, will play behind the front runners?that is, when he isn't driving defenses crazy by himself. The Italian defense will again be superb, providing a combination lock of skill and experience that will be hard to pick. If there's any weakness...
...lack of an) Italian Job Francesco Bruno has given up hope of ever finding a permanent job. The best the 30-year-old university graduate says he can expect is a call back from Alitalia for another short-term contract as a flight attendant. "I see myself as a permanent temporary worker," says Bruno, who asked that his real name not be used for fear of jeopardizing his standing with the airline. With Europe's ongoing push to create a job market with U.S.-style flexibility, such employment uncertainty is becoming common. Eurostat reports that the number of workers...
...press conference with foreign journalists in Rome last Thursday, opposition leader Francesco Rutelli blasted Berlusconi, comparing his control of information in Italy to Leonid Brezhnev's in the 1970s Soviet Union. But Rutelli and his allies - who tried in vain to make conflict of interest a pivotal campaign issue last spring - are still having trouble convincing the Italian public that there is much to worry about. rai's impending change of the guard is old news in Italy, where the state broadcaster's board - as well as top newsroom posts and even minor acting jobs - have long been divvied...