India, June 24 -- When Italy lifted the FIFA World Cup trophy in Berlin in 2006, few could have imagined that the four-time ...

The night Italy defeated France in the 2006 World Cup final, Mario de Rossi was studying at a small university in Puglia. Though he had exams the next day, he still ventured out into a piazza ...

Italy ended a 24-year wait for a fourth World Cup in 2006, finally lifting the trophy after their previous triumph in 1982. Under the guidance of the legendary Marcello Lippi, the Azzurri fielded a ...

Italy has won the World Cup four times, but will miss the World Cup for the third straight time as it sits out the 2026 tournament.

Sassuolo coach Fabio Grosso, a 2006 Italy World Cup winner, is ‘happy’ for his player Tarik Muharemovic, but, obviously, sad for the Azzurri: ‘We need the right people with clear ideas. It’s a long ...

For some Italians, their team’s absence from the biggest tournament in soccer is a metaphor for a broader national malaise.

Italy has lifted the World Cup four times (in 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006), which puts the Azzurri among the most successful national teams in the history of the game. Yet the question of which ...