Articles by Gabi Logan

Wed, 08/08/2012 - 03:01
On Monday, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) pulled Italian 50km race walking champion Alex Schwarzer out of competition in this year's Olympics du…
Tue, 08/07/2012 - 02:38
On Thursday the 2nd of August, an unknown shooter killed workman Valentino Spalluto in Lecce's Piazza Palio as he was setting up the stage for Saturda…
Tue, 08/07/2012 - 00:19
"It's not how you win but how you handle the loss that makes you a champion", said Niccolo Campriani, after he won the gold in the 50-metre rifle 3 p…
Mon, 08/06/2012 - 01:07
On Sunday night, the Italian men's fencing team beat Japan 45-39 to take the gold in the men's team foil, winning Italy's third gold medal in fencing…
Mon, 08/06/2012 - 00:55
On Saturday at the Royal Artillery Barracks outside London, Italian carabiniere officer Jessica Rossi broke two world records as she won the Olympic g…
Fri, 08/03/2012 - 06:14
The Italian fencing power trio—Elisa di Francisca, Arianna Errigo, and Valentina Vezzali—beat the reigning champion Russian women's team 45-31 Thursda…
Thu, 08/02/2012 - 22:59
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Alessio Sartori and his new partner Romano Battisti beat the favourites from Slovenia by 1.55 seconds to take silver in…
Thu, 08/02/2012 - 06:52
While under investigation for procuring prostitutes for Silvio Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" sex parties at his Arcore villa, Nicole Minetti is looking f…
Thu, 08/02/2012 - 00:54
After finishing tenth place in the Beijing Olympics, Daniele Molmenti took the gold yesterday in the kayak single slalom at the Lee Valley White Water…
Wed, 08/01/2012 - 01:37
Tomorrow evening at 9.15 pm, the Grand Theatre Giacomo Puccini in Torre del Lago near Viareggio will host the top contemporary figures in lyric opera…
Wed, 08/01/2012 - 01:34
After finishing fifth in both Sunday's 400-metre freestyle and Tuesday's 200-metre freestyle, Pellegrini will race in the heats for the 4x200m freesty…
Tue, 07/31/2012 - 06:59
Pending regional review, Premier Mario Monti's government is moving to dissolve 64 provincial governments—63 per cent of the current 107 provinces—as…
Tue, 07/31/2012 - 04:28
Reigning air rifle world champion Niccolo Campriani took the silver in the 10-metre competition yesterday at the Royal Artillery Barracks, while Roman…
Mon, 07/30/2012 - 04:37
During Saturday's female individual foil, the Italians came home with all three medals, after a series of upsets brought Elisa Di Francisca the gold,…
Mon, 07/30/2012 - 04:28
In the last few seconds of the Olympic men's archery finals on Saturday the 28th of July at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London, the Italian teams' fi…
Thu, 07/26/2012 - 17:29
After a year of suspense, Giorgio Armani's high fashion uniforms for the Italian Olympic team will finally take the stage in tonight's opening ceremon…
Thu, 07/26/2012 - 09:12
In Christopher Nolan's latest and final take on the Batman story, The Dark Night Rises, Batman's alter-ego Bruce Wayne gets a makeover all'italiana wi…
Thu, 07/26/2012 - 05:03
Archaeologists working in the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, Sicily, one of the largest and most important Greek colonies on the island, have uncov…
Wed, 07/25/2012 - 02:10
The most controversial figure in the upcoming Olympics, double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius, is training in Gemona del Friuli in the Italian Alps…
Tue, 07/24/2012 - 09:07
Through the 30th of September 2012, villa La Petraia in the Chianti mountains, is hosting three of Flemish painter Justus Utens birds-eye-view paintin…