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Florence city government has approved a 1.8 million euro project for the construction of a new military sports facility in the Coverciano neighbourhood of Florence. The complex will include two tennis courts, a football field, and a structure for dressing rooms and other services.
The long and anxiety-causing summer of 2002 seems like an eternity ago considering the comeback that Florence’s Fiorentina has made since then. On August 1, 2002, the team went bankrupt and was disbanded (if only for a few hours), marking its lowest point in its existence since
F iorentina’s visit to Japan last week ended in triumph for the promising, newly-formed team that played together for the first time during the three matches of the Japan Tour Championship. Italy’s football team owners have been busy buying, selling, and trading players
This past week, a complicated new plan that hopes to reduce violence at the Artemio Franchi Stadium was finalised and set in place by Florence city officials and police authorities. During matches, all access roads will now be blocked by road barriers. It will no longer be possible to
While lawyers talked strategies behind closed doors, over one thousand fans took to the streets of Turin last week to protest the expulsion of their team, Torino, from the Serie A championships next season due to its severe financial difficulties. Messina has also been expelled from the championships for the
F iorentina fans are delighted by the latest acquisition of forward Luca Toni from Palermo. Owner Diego della Valle shelled out 10 million euros last week to add one of the top emerging scorers on the market to Florence’s team. Toni has scored a total of 50
The city of Turin has two football teams. One team, Juventus, has won the national Serie A championship so many times that their victory has become expected. The other team, Torino, has for two years now completely fallen out of the Serie A championship and has been playing in Serie
After Ferrari’s double win at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, at which only 6 teams were allowed to race, Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello did not repeat their victories at this past weekend’s Grand Prix race at Magny Cours in France. Fernando Alonso for Renault claimed
The Serie B national Italian American football championship was held last week and Florence’s team, Guelfi, managed to claim victory. Since its creation six years ago, the team has managed to win 4 finals and 2 semi-finals. City officials have already designated newer and better training fields
