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Inter Milan have been fined €50,000 after a section of fans racially abused AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli during Sunday night’s Milan derby, the Lega Serie A have confirmed.

The Lega Serie A will meet tomorrow to consider sanctioning Inter Milan after fans reportedly directed racial abuse at Mario Balotelli during last night’s Milan derby, it is understood.

Mario Balotelli has found himself at the centre of a racism storm in Italy after a shocking public remark by AC Milan vice-president Paolo Berlusconi, younger brother of the club president Silvio.

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi must pay his second wife Veronica Lario €3m a month — the equivalent of €100,000 a day — in a divorce settlement, reports say.

The young Moroccan woman at the centre of Silvio Berlusconi’s sex-for-hire scandal has been fined for failing to appear as a witness twice at the former premier’s trial.

The young Moroccan woman at the centre of Silvio Berlusconi’s sex-for-hire scandal has been fined for failing to appear as a witness twice at the former premier’s trial.

With Mario Monti bowing out after taking some tough austerity measures, Italy is braced for a tough election battle as Silvio Berlusconi re-enters ring, reports John Lloyd

Milan magistrates have ordered police to search for a Moroccan nightclub dancer at the centre of a sex trial involving Silvio Berlusconi, now seeking a fifth term as prime minister in an election next year, after she failed to show up in court.

“Lady, I tell you, I am a leader of men, of a football team, of a......”

When historians of the future dig beneath the rubble of 21st-century Italy, they are likely to view Silvio Berlusconi as the last Roman emperor.

Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente believes his side’s stunning success over Manchester United has given them the belief they can claim the club’s first ever European trophy when they face Atletico Madrid in an all-Spanish Europa League final in Bucharest tonight.

The Moroccan-born nightclub dancer at the centre of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s sex trial told friends he was ready to pay millions for her silence, according to newly published wiretaps.

Rehn bares all in the sauna

Paris St Germain have announced they will not interfere with AC Milan’s plans to sign Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez in January.

AC Milan have made an offer to Manchester City to sign Carlos Tevez on loan in January, the Italian club's vice-president Adriano Galliani announced last night.

AC Milan have made an offer to Manchester City to sign Carlos Tevez on loan in January, the Italian club’s vice-president Adriano Galliani announced tonight.

WITH the eurozone close to the cliff’s edge, elected politicians are giving way to the technocrats, or else being forced to kowtow to them.

CHARISMA can have extraordinary power. In the summer of 2008, Miroslav Blazevic took over a Bosnian national side in crisis.

ITALY’S second austerity package in less than a month was met with a chorus of criticism a day after becoming law, with the largest union threatening a general strike over the “injustice” of the measures.

Porto 1 Braga 0

BENFICA will take a slight advantage into the second leg of their all-Portuguese Europa League semi-final following a deserved victory over Braga at the Estadio da Luz.

LURID revelations published in an Italian daily give a glimpse into Silvio Berlusconi’s alleged “bunga bunga” parties.

ITALIAN prime minister Silvio Berlusconi made a rare appearance in open court but left after two hours, saying the hearing at his tax fraud trial was a waste of time and accused prosecutors of having no case against him.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi made a rare court appearance today at his trial on a tax fraud charge.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is due to make a rare court appearance to defend himself against a tax fraud charge.

ASPIRING Italian starlets and Oscar-winning actor George Clooney are being called to make appearances in Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s trial on charges he paid for sex with an underage prostitute, then tried to use his influence to cover it up.

ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s late mother knew early on that her boy would be destined to do great things but she was wrong when she predicted that he would never go around with women.

THE dream of Liverpool gracing Dublin’s Europa League final at the Aviva Stadium in May was shattered last night as the Reds bowed out after an uninspiring goalless draw last night.

ITALY is investigating a reported attempt to alter the birth date of a young woman linked to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, prosecutors said.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish believes his side were lucky to leave Braga with only a 1-0 deficit from their Europa League last-16 first-leg tie.

LIVERPOOL manager Kenny Dalglish was unhappy with his side’s poor first-half performance which ultimately cost them the game in Braga last night.

FROM jewels and antiques to loans for young starlets, Italy’s billionaire Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent €34 million in 2010.

Braga 1 Liverpool 0

Liverpool’s record signing Andy Carroll has been named on the bench and is set to make his Europa League debut for the Reds in the first leg of their last-16 tie in Braga.

AC Milan managing director Adriano Galliani claims the headbutting incident which today saw AC Milan vice-captain Gennaro Gattuso charged with gross unsporting misconduct has been blown out of proportion.

Italian prosecutors want to put premier Silvio Berlusconi on trial over accusations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and then used his influence to cover it up.

Braga v Arsenal

Victor L Simpson in Rome says the ‘Ruby’ scandal may prove to be the final straw for the Italian public

“BUNGA bunga” was the most popular phrase being used at the EU leaders’ summit last week.

ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lived up to his playboy reputation again this week, saying men from Latin countries can “appreciate pretty girls” and asking foreign ambassadors to bring some over.

HYSTERICAL and tearful messages from Italians imploring Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to persevere after being attacked last year fill a new book that hits stores just as campaigning for regional elections steps up.

HE has emerged from the fringes of a neo-Fascist party to position himself as the heir apparent to Premier Silvio Berlusconi.