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Princeton
water polo goalie Peter Sabbatini, grandson of Abramo and Emma
Sabbatini, is one of 14 players selected to the junior Men's World
Championship team for the summer of 2003.
The
tournament is scheduled for August 8-17 in Naples, Italy and is
composed of 19 teams from across the world. The U.S. team begins
play in Group C with host Italy and last year's Junior Pan American
champion Brazil. The defending champion is Greece, which the U.S.
will not have to face in the first round.
Sabbatini
recently finished his sophomore year at Princeton, where he was
named to the Collegiate Water Polo Assn. Southern Team for his performance
in goal. He was the team's starting goalie, recording five saves
in the CWPA Southern Championship match and 15 saves against UCLA
earlier in the season. The Tigers ended the season with a 20-9 overall
record and a 7-1 mark in the CWPA.
Source:
http://www.fansonly.com
and Rico Marchesin
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Italy
has five nationally distributed daily newspapers (Il Corriere
della Sera, Il Sole 24 Ore, La Repubblica, L'Osservatore Romano,
and L'Unita) and each major city has its own local newspaper.
When reading Italian publications, it is important to keep in
mind who or what group owns the paper, which can account for any
biases.
The
national newspaper Corriere della Sera, comparable to the New York
Times, is owned by the Agnelli family, which owns Fiat. La Stampa,
published in Turin, is also owned by the Agnelli family. La Repubblica
is another one of Italy's national daily newspapers. In Sicily,
Giornale di Sicilia is the most widely distributed newspaper which
focuses on local news. The premiere newspaper in Venice, Il Gazzettino,
is owned by a group of industrialist including Benetton and shoemaker
Rene Fernando Caovilla. Il Giorno remains one of Milan's popular
daily papers. Il Mattino is the leading newspaper in Naples, while
Il Messaggero is widely read in Rome. Both papers are owned by the
Caltigirone family. One of Italy's most respected newspapers, Il
Resto del Carlino, is published in Bologna. The official daily newspaper
published by the Vatican is L'Osservatore Romano. At present, L'Unita,
the official publication of the Communist party, has ceased to publish
on paper but can be found online.
For
financial news, Italians turn to Il Sole 24 Ore which is operated
by the Confindustria, the equivalent of the National Assn. of Manufacturers
in the U.S. Italy Daily, a daily English language newspaper, is
distributed nationally by the International Herald Tribune. For
more information of Italian newspapers, please visit www.ciao-italy.com/categories/newspapers.htm.
Source:
The National Italian American Foundation
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Italians
have always coveted the top prize in the Anglo-Saxon world of
sports, the America's Cup. This sailing competition of the rich
and famous has been, for its 150 year history, a preserve of Brits,
Americans and parts Down Under. Two previous attempts by Italian
entrepreneurs in the Azzurro and Prada made the finals but never
copped the Cup. This year's race in New Zealand finally put the
Cup in Italic hands. Swiss billionaire, but Italian native, Ernesto
Bertarelli, financing his Alinghi (cow bells) turned the competition
upside down. Not only is this the first time the Cup became a
Latin trophy, it is the first time that a landlocked nation won.
How can Switzerland host the next race without an ocean?
Source:
The Italic Institute of America
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Italy
came in 7th during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt
Lake City: 4 gold, 4 silver, and 4 bronze medals. It beat out
such winter wonderlands as Switzerland (#9), Finland (#12), Sweden
(#13).
Source:
The Italic Institute of America
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