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Nadal beats Federer in Rome final
Rafael Nadal clinched the Rome Masters title with a straight sets win over Roger Federer in Sunday's final.The Spaniard eased to a 6-1 6-3 victory over his Swiss opponent at Foro Italico, and is in fine form on clay ahead of the upcoming French Open, which starts next week.The 26-year-old has now won three out of five ATP 1000 events this year, and racked up his 20th win over Federer in the ...
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Nadal denies Federer Rome crown
Roger Federer admitted poor errors led to his downfall against Rafael Nadal in the final of the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome.Nadal secured a swift 6-1 6-3 win in one hour and nine minutes to claim his third straight title and sixth of 2013.At home on the clay surface Nadal was clinical, converting five out of six break-point opportunities, while the Swiss managed just one from ...
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AC Milan snatches Champion League berth with pair of late goals
AC Milan secured third spot and a place in the Champions League after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Siena in the final Serie A round of the season.Fiorentina crushed Pescara 5-1 but remained in fourth spot and will play in the Europa League next season.Mario Balotelli levelled for Milan from the penalty spot six minutes from fulltime, and Philippe Mexes scored the winner three minutes ...
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Nadal Serena triumph in Rome
Italy Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams underlined their French Open ambitions with convincing final victories in Rome on Monday morning.In what was his 30th meeting with Roger Federer, clay court king Nadal outclassed the Swiss 6-1, 6-3 as he continued his stunning comeback following a seven-month injury absence.Williams, who will head to Paris next week hoping to avenge her stunning first ...
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Cannes Film Festival 2013 Jackie Stewart backs Roman Polanski saying He will always be a friend
Sir Jackie Stewart has defended his long-standing friendship with Roman Polanski ahead of the controversial director's appearance at the Cannes Film Festival this week. In an interview ...
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Pope Meets with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti
Situation of Italy, European Integration and Immigration DiscussedBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY, April 29, 2013 (Zenit.org) - On Friday afternoon, Pope Francis met with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti at the Domus Sanctae Marthae in Vatican City. The Prime Minister, who was accompanied by his wife Elsa, met with the Holy Father in a meeting that lasted roughly 20 minutes.In a communique ...
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Rafael Nadal dispatches Roger Federer for 7th Italian Masters title
Roger Federer in straight sets in the Rome final. Nadal reeled off nine straight games against the second-seeded Swiss superstar to seize control, and then closed out the dominating match with a love service game to notch is sixth title of 2013. Nadal improved to 41-2 all-time on the clay courts of Foro Italico while appearing in his eighth consecutive final since returning from a knee injury ...
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Nadal and Williams Win Easily in Rome
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Williams wins Rome title
World No.1 Serena Williams swept Belarusian Victoria Azarenka aside 6-1, 6-3 to win the Italian Open title on Sunday.Williams broke Azarenka's serve three times in a one-sided first set and despite a tighter second set the American prevailed to stretch her career-best winning streak to 24 games.It was Williams' 51st career title and took her victory tally over Azarenka, who beat the ...
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Nadal Trounces Federer in Rome Final
MOSCOW, May 19 (R-Sport) – World number five Rafael Nadal defended his title at the ATP Rome Masters on Sunday with his easiest victory over Roger Federer ever, prevailing 6-1, 6-3 in just 72 minutes. The Spaniard takes a sixth title this season since his return from a seven-month injury layoff, reaching the final in all eight tournaments he has entered. Nadal dominated the Swiss star ...
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Serena Williams beats Victoria Azarenka to seal Italian Open title
Serena Williams extended her unbeaten run to 24 matches with victory over Victoria Azarenka in the Italian Open final. Photograph: Ettore ...
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Serena wins Rome Open title
It was Williams's 51st career title and took her victory tally over Azarenka, who beat the American earlier this season in the final of the Doha hardcourt event, to 12-2 in their ...
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Serena Williams Beats Azarenka to Win Rome Title
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Serena thrashes Azarenka to win Rome title
World No.1 Serena Williams swept Belarusian Victoria Azarenka aside 6-1 6-3 to win the Rome Open WTA title on Sunday.Williams broke Azarenka's serve three times in a one-sided first set and despite a tighter second set the American prevailed to stretch her career-best winning streak to 24 games.It was Williams's 51st career title and took her victory tally over Azarenka, who beat the ...
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Reid lands Italy tournament win
British men's wheelchair tennis number one Gordon Reid won his third tournament of the year with victory in the Internazionale d'Italia in Rome. Reid beat second-ranked Stephane Houdet of France 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the final. The title is a timely boost for world number six Reid. The Scot, 21, will be part of the British side competing at the World Team Cup in Turkey, which starts ...
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Italian cartoon character helping sell Fords
Tweet Widget Familiar animated cartoon characters make us laugh and feel good, so when they try to sell us something, we're more inclined to listen. That advertising ploy dates as far back as at least World War II, when Bugs Bunny sold U.S. war bonds and the Seven Dwarfs encouraged Canadian bond sales (and when Donald Duck tried to sell Americans on paying their income taxes to fund the ...
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Sports Roman Abramovich to pay over £30m for Wayne Rooney
Chelsea claim Roman Abramovich would be prepared to splash out over 30million for Rooney and match his 250,000-a-week United salary. It is believed Abramovich is determined not to be outbid by Paris Saint-Germain for Rooney and will blow any interest from Arsenal out of the ...
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Vatican turns to art patronage roots for Venice Biennale
The Vatican is returning to its ancient tradition of art patronage with a biblical show at the Venice Biennale commissioned to revive the rapport between art and faith.The exhibition explores themes from the Book of Genesis, so there are no images of the Madonna or suffering Christs, the Vatican said ...
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Nibali extends Giro lead over Evans
Italian Vincenzo Nibali extended his lead over Australia's Cadel Evans as Mauro Santambrogio won a shortened 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia to claim his maiden win on the race Saturday. Nibali, of the Astana team, had launched a decisive attack in the final kilometres and came over the finish line in second place after giving his fellow Italian the nod to take the stage win ...
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Two policemen shot as new Italy government sworn in
Enrico Letta was sworn in as Italy's new prime minister on Sunday and immediately faced an emergency after an unemployed man shot two police officers outside his office. The 49 year-old gunman, from the poor southern region of Calabria, told investigators he had planned to attack politicians but had found none within range. One of the officers was shot in the neck, hitting his spinal ...
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Italys Impregilo leads $2bn Doha metro deal win
A consortium led by Italian construction giant Impregilo has been awarded the $2bn design contract for the Red Line North of Doha Metro, according to reports in the Italian ...
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Ukrainians WWII love for Italian immortalised in sculpture
The sculpture shows two elderly people hugging each other in an embrace that defies age, immortalising a reunion 60 years after the end of World War II and descent of the iron curtain tore their love apart. A new monument in Kiev unveiled this month preserves for future generations the extraordinary story of Ukrainian Mokryna Yurzuk and Italian Luigi Pedutto who were finally rewarded for never ...
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Roger-Rafa in Rome final
In Saturday's semifinals at the Foro Italico, Federer held off a stiff challenge from rising Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-6 (5), 6-4, and six-time Rome champion Nadal defeated sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-2, ...
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Lucinda Lambtons family at war over fathers estate
Lady Anne Lambton, top left, Lady Beatrix Neville, below left and Lady Lucinda Lambton are seeking a share of their late fathers fortune (centre). Their brother Lord Durham, pictured with his wife Marina is fighting them in the High ...
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Italy Sampdoria defeats newly-crowned Juventus
Carlo Baroncini/AP MILAN (AP) -- Sampdoria became the only team to beat Juventus twice in the league under Antonio Conte as it secured a 3-2 victory over the newly-crowned Serie A champion on Saturday. Eder, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Mauro Icardi helped Sampdoria come from behind after Fabio Quagliarella had scored against his old team. Emanuele Giaccherini reduced the ...
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Italy heavily involved in multi billion euro South Stream project
Italy’s natural gas company ENI is a major investor in the South Stream natural gas pipeline project, but the infrastructure development is being held up by a number of trans-national issues, which the Italian government believes is detrimental to the country’s energy security.
South Stream is the name of the transit pipeline that is intended to transport natural gas from Russia to Southern Europe, bypassing Belarus and the Ukraine. It has been highlighted by Prime Minister Berlusconi as important for the energy needs of Italy as it will eliminate the so-called ‘middle man’ and enhance the security of our energy supply, an issue that was underscored in 2005 when ongoing business disputes between Russia and the Ukraine spilled over into trans-national political issues. Read more
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