DOCTORS say Pope Benedict XVI will have to stay in a cast for a month after breaking his right wrist in a fall in his chalet while vacationing in the Italian Alps.

The pope had to undergo an operation today after falling and breaking his wrist at his holiday home in the Alps.

Triumphant goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon wants Italians to celebrate the Azzurri’s World Cup title instead of immediately turning their attention to the match-fixing scandal.

Parties from Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative coalition yesterday appeared largely headed for their latest defeat at the hands of the centre-left opposition, according to partial results from local elections on the island of Sardinia and parts of northern Italy.

MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi could miss the FIM‘s annual awards ceremony in his native Italy on Saturday.