Hundreds of illegal immigrants land in Italy: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
More than 350 illegal immigrants landed in Italy Saturday, a day after the government extended a state of emergency in an effort to combat the problem, Italy's Ansa news agency said.

Italy's Pennetta advances to WTA final (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Italy's Flavia Pennetta, seeking her third WTA title of the year, advanced to the final of a 600,000-dollar WTA hardcourt event by rallying to beat US wild card Bethanie Mattek here Saturday.

Defending champion Brazil to face Italy in final of Beach Soccer World Cup (Fox Sports)
Andre scored three goals and Brazil rallied to beat Portugal 5-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the Beach Soccer World Cup. Italy also advanced to Sunday's final, beating Spain 1-0 in a penalty shootout after the teams were tied 4-4 following extra time. "It was a very difficult game," Brazil goalkeeper Mao said. "Portugal played very well. ... It was a collective victory today, and we're ...

Italy's Errani impresses again, reaches final in Slovenia (CBS Sportsline)
Sara Errani of Italy reached her second straight final at the Slovenia Open, where she was joined by Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain on Saturday.

Warzasek strikes out 10 as Canada blanks Italy 7-0 at World Juniors (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
EDMONTON - Stosh Warzasek of Langley, B.C, pitched two hits and 11 strikeouts over seven innings as Canada shutout Italy 7-0 to open the World Junior Baseball Championship on Friday.

Brazil, Italy advance to Beach Soccer World Cup final (CBC)
Italy and Brazil advanced to the final of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with wins in their semifinal matches in Marseilles, France, on Saturday.

Italy reach final on penalties (FIFA)
Thirty-nine minutes of action could not split them but after sharing eight goals, Italy defeated Spain 1-0 on penalties to reach the Marseille 2008 final.

Italy's Pennetta advances to WTA final (The West Australian)
Italy's Flavia Pennetta, seeking her third WTA title of the year, advanced to the final of a $US600,000 ($A626,000) WTA hardcourt event by rallying to beat US wild card Bethanie Mattek on Saturday.

Italy close to revealing Alitalia plan (Calcutta News)
Italy’s Industry Minister Claudio Scajola has told the press that Italy is close to a rescue plan for the near-bankrupt airline Alitalia.

Navigating Italy by GPS (Chicago Tribune)
Past vacations that involved driving in Italy had required a peace pact between my wife, Kathy, and me, because being on the road there is so intense due to high speed, tight squeezes and plain old Italian urgency. With those complications, navigational mistakes become horribly magnified, and the driver starts blaming the navigator and vice versa. It gets ugly.