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Italian World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi has played down media speculation linking him with Real Madrid and insists he is very happy at Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande.

Former Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp appears not to have ruled out the possibility of becoming manager of Russia.

Former England boss Fabio Capello and Harry Redknapp have been included on a wish list of candidates to become the new Russia manager.

Slaven Bilic still walks with a slight limp, the legacy of an operation he had back in January. Doctors tried to fix his old hip injury, which dated back to the most glorious period of his playing days, an episode which effectively ended his career.

Former Italy coach Marcello Lippi is confident the national team will be able to focus on football and block out the match-fixing controversy when they travel to the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine.

Henry Kissinger! Pele! Douglas Fairbanks Jnr! Robert De Niro! Ray Charles! Marcello Lippi! King Leopold Of Belgium!

Typically they feature dawn raids and search warrants; obscure provincial prosecutors with snappy wardrobes and an eye for publicity; pictures of sheepish young men emerging from police stations; extracts from mobile phone taps selectively leaked to the papers; condemnation and summary convictions; and then a five-year appeal process during which it emerges that everyone was doing it but the accused had the misfortune or the stupidity to be caught.

Giovanni Trapattoni set off on the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2012 adventure today insisting their success will rest not on his glorious past but his ability to adapt to the present.

Cesare Prandelli, will continue as Italy coach regardless of how well they perform at Euro 2012, according to the country’s football federation.

Cesare Prandelli will continue as Italy coach regardless of how well they perform at Euro 2012, according to the country’s football federation.

Celtic could face another meeting with cup bogey side Inverness in the fifth round of the William Hill Scottish Cup.

REALLY, it was a surprise that Giovanni Trapattoni was even in Kiev for yesterday’s Euro 2012 draw.

Roberto Mancini has claimed he “doesn’t know” whether Carlos Tevez will play for Manchester City again.

Giovanni Trapattoni will go head-to-head with a man he always expected to become a manager during their days together at Juventus.

WAYNE ROONEY has lauded Paul Scholes as the best player he has ever played with as many of the game’s global greats lined up last night to salute the retiring legend.

Bernie Ecclestone has today confirmed Neil Warnock will lead QPR into the Barclays Premier League next season.

NEIL WARNOCK admits he is unsure whether he will get the chance to lead QPR out in the Premier League next season.

ONE suspects that if Darron Gibson is still seen as an enemy within at Manchester United after a performance that booked his team a place in the Champions League final, then he really does have no future at Old Trafford.

Former World Cup-winning Italy boss Marcello Lippi is eager to coach a foreign national team.

Marcello Lippi has offers to coach in the Barclays Premier League, according to his agent.

Carlo Ancelotti has insisted he does not need to justify his record as Chelsea manager as the clock ticks down to what appears the end of his Stamford Bridge career.

CARLO ANCELOTTI yesterday appeared all but resigned to his fate as Chelsea manager after insisting it would “not be a problem” if club owner Roman Abramovich sacked him.

ITALY’S 1982 World Cup-winning coach, Enzo Bearzot, died in Milan yesterday.

GERMANY’S remarkable progress at this World Cup,built on a gamble to throw young talents from the Under 21s straight into the line of firing in South Africa, is now looking so impressive it could change the way other teams will approach the tournament in future.

OUTGOING captain Fabio Cannavaro insists changes are needed in Italian football or the team could face a lengthy wait before regaining the World Cup.

The Italian press pulled no punches this morning as they dissected the Azzurri’s World Cup failure.

ITALY coach Marcello Lippi took full responsibility for his side’s World Cup group exit, admitting the reigning champions had played with “terror in their hearts, heads and legs”.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi took full responsibility for his side’s World Cup group exit, admitting his side had played with “terror in their heart, head and legs”.

ITALY coach Marcello Lippi is remaining calm ahead of his team’s final World Cup Group F match against Slovakia today.

NEW ZEALAND coach Ricki Herbert was ecstatic last night after world champions Italy were saved from humiliation against his team of minnows only by a controversial penalty.

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ITALY goalkeeper Federico Marchetti is excited about the opportunity to fill in for injured veteran Gianluigi Buffon tomorrow against New Zealand.

DEFENDING champions Italy had to come from behind to salvage a draw in their World Cup Group F opener against Paraguay in Cape Town last night.

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Italy coach Marcello Lippi insists he will not rush chief playmaker Andrea Pirlo back from injury at the World Cup.

ITALY coach Marcello Lippi has dropped the strongest hint yet that his country’s best goalscorer will not start tonight’s World Cup Group F opener with Paraguay.

FORMER France defender Marcel Desailly believes the mood in les Bleus’ camp is upbeat ahead of their World Cup opener against Uruguay tomorrow night.

Italy have dropped Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi from their 23-man World Cup squad.

FIORENTINA coach Cesare Prandelli has signed a four-year contract to take over as Italy boss when Marcello Lippi steps down after the World Cup.

Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli moved a step closer to taking over as Italy boss today with reports suggesting he has signed a four-year contract to succeed Marcello Lippi after the World Cup.

FABIO CAPELLO has admitted he has no idea whether Gareth Barry will be fit for this summer’s World Cup.

Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro has announced he will retire from the national team after the World Cup.