Italian sports minister Giovanna Melandri has called for club football to be halted for several weeks in order to crack down on violence in the sport.

Italian football is facing fresh crisis after a Lazio fan was shot dead by police yesterday.

Italian football federation (FIGC) commissioner Luca Pancalli has announced a suspension of football in Italy after a police officer was killed during serious trouble at the Sicilian derby between Catania and Palermo.