Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral in the northern Italian city of Turin on Saturday of Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the only son of Italy’s last king, who died last week aged 86. Among those present in the city’s main cathedral were Prince Albert of Monaco and Spain’s former Queen Sofia, while small groups of […]
Fly-half Paolo Garbisi believes Italy are ready for the “most difficult match in world rugby” and expects facing Ireland to be twice as tough as taking on England. The Azzurri meet the reigning Guinness Six Nations champions in Dublin on Sunday after beginning their campaign with a narrow 27-24 loss to Steve Borthwick’s side in […]
Ireland continue their Guinness Six Nations title defence with Sunday afternoon’s match against Italy in Dublin. Andy Farrell’s men launched their campaign with a record bonus-point win away to France, while the Azzurri were narrowly beaten by England. Here, we pick out some of the main talking points ahead of the Aviva Stadium clash. Too […]
Andy Farrell hopes Ireland can fire up a sold-out Dublin crowd and prevent a zombie-like atmosphere during their homecoming against Italy. The reigning Six Nations champions are poised to play at the Aviva Stadium for the first time since an agonising World Cup quarter-final exit to New Zealand in October. Tens of thousands of travelling […]
Ireland boss Andy Farrell said Caelan Doris’ leadership development during his reign has been “astonishing” after naming him captain for Sunday’s Guinness Six Nations clash with Italy. Leinster back-rower Doris made his Test debut in the first match of the Farrell era – a 19-12 win over Scotland in 2020 in which he was forced […]
Caelan Doris has been named Ireland captain for the first time as Ireland make six changes for Sunday’s clash against Italy at the Aviva Stadium. Doris will start the game at flanker, with his Leinster teammate Jack Conan starting at number eight as Andy Farrell changes the team up from their win in France last […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden returned to Earth on Friday, ending a private three-week mission to the International Space Station. The trio were accompanied by a retired NASA astronaut who now works for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the chartered flight. The crew returned in a SpaceX […]
Ireland are hopeful centre Garry Ringrose will be available for Sunday’s Guinness Six Nations match against Italy in Dublin. Leinster co-captain Ringrose is “progressing nicely” in his recovery from the shoulder injury which caused him to miss his country’s 38-17 round-one win over France. The 29-year-old was again absent from training on Wednesday but Ireland’s […]
TOKYO (AP) — The leaders of Japan and Italy said Monday they will bolster their cooperation in security and defense, including their joint next-generation fighter jet development with Britain, as Tokyo welcomed the European nation’s shift toward playing a greater role in the Indo-Pacific. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, after meeting his Italian counterpart Giorgia […]
The leaders of Japan and Italy said on Monday they will bolster their co-operation in security and defence, including their joint next-generation fighter jet development with the UK, as Tokyo welcomed the European nation’s shift toward playing a greater role in the Indo-Pacific. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, after meeting his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, […]
England survived a scare at the Stadio Olimpico to launch their post-World Cup rebuild with a 27-24 victory over Italy in their Guinness Six Nations opener. For only the third time in the history of a rivalry spanning 31 Tests, inspired Italy led at the interval, but their 17-13 advantage was methodically picked apart by […]
GAA After an impressive showing in Salthill last week, Paul Towey parachuted into the Mayo attack for their Division One football summit with Dublin. In Division Two, Meath will look to build on last week’s draw with Fermanagh as they go to Armagh. Fermanagh themselves host Kildare. Down’s promotion push in Division Three continues against […]