Arsenal may be the team to benefit from Italy’s early exit from the World Cup with under-fire Mario Balotelli prepared to consider a move away from AC Milan, according to his agent.

Italian football is the continuation of politics by other means rather than war.

The Italian media has hailed “beautiful” AC Milan after the Rossoneri’s title-clinching goalless draw at Roma last night.

Italian media mogul and former premier Silvio Berlusconi paid off a paparazzo to stop the publication of compromising photographs of his daughter, Italian papers said today.