ROBERTO MANCINI

Manchester City has history on its side ahead of the final-day title showdown with Liverpool in the English Premier League.

It was a disaster for soccer in Italy when the national team missed out on the last World Cup.

European champion Italy will miss the World Cup.

The NHL Draft is less than six months away, and four current Saginaw Spirit players are ranked among the top draft-eligible players this season. NHL Central Scouting released its midterm rankings in advance of the NHL Draft, July 7-8, at Bell Centre in Montreal. Four Saginaw Spirit players were ranked among the potential picks. New locationThe Saginaw Spirit store and offices are moving, but they’re taking a short trip. On the roadThe Saginaw Spirit will play four road games in the next seven days, although they could call Erie “home” with three games at Erie.

Italy will have to go through the playoffs once again in its bid to reach the World Cup.

SAGINAW, MI – More than 5,000 fans helped the Saginaw Spirit usher in the 2021-22 season, celebrating a return to Saginaw hockey for the first time in 588 days. Saginaw Heritage graduate Mitchell Smith also celebrated, doing his part for the Spirit with a first-period goal that gave Saginaw a 2-0 lead. For Smith, it was a bittersweet moment, celebrating the return of hockey to his hometown and scoring a goal in his first game back. Smith followed with his goal at the 17:56 mark of the first period off assists from PJ Forgione and Calem Mangone. The teams return to The Dow Event Center for the Spirit’s second game of the season at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

Fans jammed Rome's streets to cheer Europe's soccer champions on a victory tour of the city in an opened-topped bus.

Italian soccer’s redemption story is complete.

The European Championship final between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium on Sunday has all the makings of a tight and tense title match.

Jorginho converted the decisive penalty kick to give Italy a 4-2 shootout win over Spain and a spot in the European Championship final.

It’s a match between teams who have almost forgotten what it feels like to lose.

Substitutes Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina scored in extra time to help Italy beat Austria 2-1 and advance to the quarterfinals of the European Championship.

Italy's transformation from a team that failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup into an attack-minded juggernaut can be traced back to Serie A teams like Atalanta and Sassuolo.

Italy matched a team-record 30-match unbeaten streak by beating Wales 1-0 at the European Championship.

Manuel Locatelli is finally living up to his promise as Italy's next great midfielder.

Manuel Locatelli scored two goals and Italy beat Switzerland 3-0 to advance to the last 16 of the European Championship with a game to spare.

Roberto Mancini has turned Italy around after the Azzurri failed to qualify for the last World Cup.

Italy waited a long time for this European Championship to start and then showed just how eager the team was to play the tournament opener.

The European Championship will be played in Italy, the first country outside Asia to get struck by the pandemic.

The European Championship will kick off in Italy, the first country outside Asia to be struck hard by the pandemic.

The biggest sporting event since the coronavirus brought the world to a halt has kicked off at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Italy will play Turkey in the opening game of the European Championship on Friday.

The European Championship is the first major international soccer tournament to take place since the coronavirus outbreak and arrives at the end of the most condensed club season in history.

(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)ROME – Three years after an embarrassing failure to qualify for the World Cup, Italy is back in contention with the best in Europe. England, meanwhile, is already out of contention for the Nations League finals with one round of matches still to play. In all, more than 20 Italy players were unavailable due to the virus and injury. Jorginho converted a penalty for Italy midway through the first half after Andrea Belotti was brought down inside the area. WINNING WALESWales is the only unbeaten team in League B following a 1-0 win over Ireland, courtesy of David Brooks’ second-half header.

(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)ROME Edin Dekos goal helped Bosnia-Herzegovina hold Italy to a 1-1 draw in the UEFA Nations League on Friday, ending the Azzurris record winning streak at 11. I was right yesterday when I said neither Bosnia nor Italy were 100% fit, Deko said. Two minutes later, Deko had time following a corner to let the ball bounce before scoring from six meters (yards). The last match Italy failed to win was a scoreless draw with Portugal in November 2018 -- also in the Nations League. The winning streak had to end sooner or later, Italy coach Roberto Mancini said.