ITALIAN football’s ambitious plans to reform and rebuild faced an uncertain future after their lost bid to host Euro 2012.

Investigators in Catania are examining a film of the attack against a police officer killed in rioting at a Serie A match last week in hopes of identifying those responsible for his murder, Italian newspapers reported today.

THOUSANDS of mourners flocked to a cathedral in the Sicilian city of Catania yesterday for the funeral of a policeman whose death in a football riot in Italy prompted calls for new measures to curb stadium violence.

Thousands of mourners flocked to a cathedral in the Sicilian city of Catania today for the funeral of a policeman whose death in a football riot has shocked Italy and prompted calls for new measures to curb stadium violence.