THE Italian press celebrated the end of a dark chapter in the country’s football history yesterday after the verdicts and jail sentences were handed down in Calciopoli.

Lazio have confirmed the signing of Germany striker Miroslav Klose.

He may be Macedonia’s star player but Goran Pandev endures a love/hate relationship with the national fans. Ben Lyttleton profiles the Inter Milan dangerman ahead of tonight’s Euro qualifier at the Aviva Stadium.

Lazio president Claudio Lotito does not consider it a failure the club did not secure the services of Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz.

Lazio president Claudio Lotito is ready to negotiate Aleksandar Kolarov’s departure provided the right offer comes along.

THE Germans call it schadenfreude, meaning the pleasure you get from someone else’s misfortune, or literally “damage joy”.

MANCHESTER UNITED have dismissed claims they have ‘stolen’ teenage midfielder Paul Pogba from French club Le Havre.

ITALY coach Marcello Lippi yesterday dismissed reports linking him with a return to Juventus.

Italian police arrested seven people today in a crackdown on an organised crime group that allegedly tried to buy Lazio football club with laundered money.

LAZIO and Fiorentina have been reinstated to Serie A but Juventus remain in Serie B following their appeals against the sanctions imposed as a result of the match-fixing scandal.

Juventus president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli reacted angrily and vowed to appeal against the club’s relegation following the investigation into match-fixing.

AN Italian sports tribunal announced guilty verdicts against four top Serie A clubs and various prominent soccer officials at the end of a trial into match-fixing on Friday.

Juventus president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli has announced his club will appeal against the punishment handed out following the investigation into match-fixing.

It was the turn of Lazio president Claudio Lotito to plead his innocence in the Italian match-fixing trial today.

Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool will know by July 27 at the latest whether Italian representation in next season’s Champions League will be severely diminished.

AN event without precedent in world football begins today, when the Olympic Stadium in Rome is turned into a court of justice.

Juventus now seem destined to retain the Scudetto after AC Milan could only claim a goalless draw in Serie A’s top-of-the-table clash tonight.

Lazio's Paolo di Canio has been banned for one match and fined by the Italian football federation for an allegedly fascist salute.

Lazio will unveil their new coach on Monday with former Siena coach Giuseppe Papadopulo widely reported to be the new man.