JUVENTUS have appointed Antonio Conte as their new head coach on a two-year contract.

Luigi Del Neri could discover next week whether he will stay on as Juventus coach for another season after club president Andrea Agnelli expressed unhappiness with recent displays.

IF THERE are gods of football, justice, then on Sunday they were surely smiling down on Naples.

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has urged Formula One's commercial rights holders CVC to start investing in the sport to guarantee his team's future interest.

The owners of Formula One today echoed the words of Bernie Ecclestone by insisting the sport is not for sale.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has again reiterated the sport’s current owners are in no mood to sell following further speculation regarding a potential takeover.

Juventus are heading for “financial meltdown” unless they receive a huge cash injection from private investors over the next two or three years, according to a football finance expert.

JUVENTUS Football Club SpA shares slid yesterday on concern that Italy’s most successful soccer team may be dropped from the country’s premier league, putting at risk €600 million in television and sponsorship contracts following corruption allegations.

Fiat’s new chairman promised today he would push ahead with a restructuring plan that is pulling the vehicle building giant out of its worst financial crisis ever.

Fiat Chairman Umberto Agnelli, who helped lead his family’s vast Turin-based carmaker out of hard times and into better financial shape, has died of cancer little more than a year after taking the company’s top position, a Fiat spokesman said.

THOUSANDS gathered in the square outside Turin’s 15th century cathedral yesterday for the funeral of Fiat king Gianni Agnelli, many having waited overnight to catch a glimpse of the billionaire tycoon’s coffin.

Christian Vieri outshone Inter Milan new boy Gabriel Batistuta by grabbing a hat-trick as the Nerazzurri moved back into second place in Serie A with a convincing 3-0 victory against Empoli.

Giovanni Agnelli, head of Italy’s troubled Fiat motor company, has died after months of illness, a company official said in Turin today.

Juventus have a new prominent shareholder, according to reports, in the form of Libyan president Muammar el Gaddafi.

Juventus owner Gianni Agnelli has said that former world player of the year Zinedine Zidane was "more entertaining than useful" during his days at the Italian club.