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article thumbnailT20 World Cup: Australia loses T20 Final

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Australia’s cricketers crashed to a seven-wicket defeat against England in the World Twenty20 final in Barbados on Sunday.
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article thumbnailBreaking NewsItalian Film Festival 2011

Tuesday, 05 October 2010

The Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2011 hits Brisbane in style on Wednesday October 5th with it's opening cocktail party at Palace Cinemas in the heart of Brisbane.
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RugbyWorldCup: Gutsy Italy lose to gutless Scots (English/Italian) Print E-mail
Monday, 01 October 2007
Italy scrum half Alessandro Troncon scores against Scotland - Rugby World Cup 2007Italy's quarter-final hopes were dashed after scoring the only try of the match, going down 18-16 to a dominated Scotland in the last Group C match of the IRB Rugby World Cup in St Etiene.

Instead goalkicker Chris Paterson sent Scotland into the World Cup quarter-finals again when he landed six penalties out of six.

After the breathless excitement of the Wales v Fiji game earlier in the day, this encounter was a much tighter affair as wet, slippery conditions encouraged a more conservative approach.

Scotland moved into an early 6-0 lead with two Paterson penalties but Italy then enjoyed a period of dominance and scored 10 unanswered points despite being reduced to 14 men when Mauro Bergamasco was sin-binned for killing the ball.

A soaring Ramiro Pez up-and-under caused chaos in the Scottish ranks and Alessandro Troncon, captaining the side in the absence of the injured Marco Bortolami, scampered through for a try on his 101st appearance.

Italian fullback David Bortolussi converted and then slotted a penalty for a 10-6 lead.

Paterson, switched to the wing for this match, nailed four more penalties either side of halftime to turn the deficit into an 18-10 lead.

The Italians, though, fought back tenaciously and Bortolussi, who had missed two earlier attempts, was accurate with two more to make it 18-16 to set up a testing final 20 minutes.

As the clock ticked down neither team risked anything but Bortolussi had the chance to become the hero with a long-range penalty attempt four minutes from time, but fell short, and Italy undeservedly missed out on a quarter final clash against Argentina. AAP

In Italian: Italia, grazie lo stesso

Nel match decisivo contro la Scozia, gli azzurri cedono 18-16 dopo essere stati avanti grazie a una meta di Troncon e vengono eliminati dal Mondiale. Decisivi i calci scozzesi all'inizio del secondo tempo, poi un lungo, inutile possesso palla e un errore di Bortolussi che alla fine risulta decisivo.

Finisce il sogno azzurro di entrare nella storia. Finisce con un k.o. incredibile con la Scozia, che ci batte di due punti e grazie a sei calci piazzati. Zero mete loro, una meta noi. E uscire così fa davvero tanto male: 18-16 davanti a un muro di oltre 12mila tifosi italiani arrivati da ogni parte d'Italia. Bellissimi, bravissimi: il loro Mondiale l'hanno vinto senza dubbio. Stadio esaurito, rumore assordante, pioggia battente da tre quarti d'ora prima dell'inizio della gara, boato terrificante all'ingresso delle squadre, con un Troncon capitano carico a mille: entra, tocca, dà un bacio alla bandiera e appoggia con affetto la testona al petto di Parisse durante l'inno cantato a squarciagola dai 12mila tifosi azzurri.

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Wednesday, 26 May 2010

 Sydney FC became the first club to win the A-League grand final in a penalty shoot-out, denying bitter rivals Melbourne Victory's bid to win back to back A-League titles.  
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A delighted, but modest Mark Webber paid rich tribute to his Red Bull team on Sunday after leaping into serious contention for this year's drivers' championship with a dominant display in an...
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    The Queensland Reds beat the Canterbury Crusaders to win its maiden Super 15 title at Suncorp Stadium. Maestro Quade Cooper hailed halves partner Will Genia as the fitting hero after engineering the...
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