GIORGIO ARMANI kicked off the week of womenswear preview showings for the autumn-winter 2006-2007 in Milan, Italy, with a sexy, feminine collection which confirmed that the maestro of the androgynous look is walking a new fashion path.

A DISGRACED Austrian ski coach left behind syringes in the home he rented for the Turin Olympics, and more details were revealed yesterday about what was seized in a surprise weekend raid on the living quarters of athletes and staff - including unlabeled drugs and a blood transfusion machine.