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Italy women’s team awarded for ‘emancipating’ female game

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Former Italian Prime Minister and founder of the Italia Viva (Italy alive) party Matteo Renzi speaks at a meeting in Florence, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (Claudio Giovannini/ANSA via AP)

Italian ex-premier Renzi seeks to create new center-right

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Thousands of protesters gather for ‘Italian pride’ rally

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, April 12, 2018 file photo, Forza Italia Leader Silvio Berlusconi, center, Brothers of Italy party Leader Giorgia Meloni, left, and Northern League Leader Matteo Salvini meet journalists at the Quirinale presidential palace after talks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome. Italy’s politically battered Matteo Salvini and ally Giorgia Meloni are preparing for a weekend march on Rome to rally the right-wing after Salvini’s political miscalculation got him ousted from his powerful post as interior minister. Meloni’s post-fascist Brothers Of Italy party is growing in popularity as Italy’s political landscape shifts even more toward the right. Salvini calls the rally “a peaceful day of Italian pride” but many believe it will attract far-right extremists. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Giorgia Meloni is rising star on Italy’s far-right stage

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Italy asks U.S. to reconsider tariffs, say they’re unfair

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sweden's Marcus Berg scores the opening goal during the Euro 2020 Group F qualification soccer match between Sweden and Spain at Friends Arena in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday Oct. 15, 2019. (Anders Wiklund/ TT via AP)

Spain qualifies for Euro 2020 with stoppage-time goal

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Namibia, Canada rue missed shot at rare Rugby World Cup win

By FOSTER NIUMATA - Associated Press

Italy's Jorginho celebrates after he scores the opening goal of the game from the penalty spot during the Euro 2020 group J qualifying soccer match between Italy and Greece in Rome, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Turnaround: Italy qualifies for Euros with 3 games to spare

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

New Zealand's Jordie Barrett is tackled by Namibia's Helarius Kisting during the Rugby World Cup Pool B game at Tokyo Stadium between New Zealand and Namibia in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

‘Full on’ All Blacks to play each other after game canceled

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Japan's rugby team players practice ahead of their match against Scotland as Typhoon Hagibis approaches Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. Tokyo and surrounding areas braced for a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in six decades, with streets and trains stations unusually quiet Saturday as rain poured over the city. (Yuki Sato/Kyodo News via AP)

The Latest: Ireland crush Samoa 47-5 to reach quarterfinals

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United States' Blaine Scully, right, and Argentina's Santiago Carreras chase the ball during the Rugby World Cup Pool C game at Kumagaya Rugby Stadium between Argentina and the United States in Kumagaya City, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

The Latest: Scotland rebuked by World Rugby

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FILE - In this file photo taken in Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris, France, on Sept. 30, 2018, Italy's Francesco Molinari holds up the trophy after European team won the 2018 Ryder Cup golf tournament. Molinari is a major champion, a Ryder Cup hero and the poster boy of this week’s Italian Open. His achievements have helped boost golf’s popularity as the country prepares to host the 2022 Ryder Cup on Rome’s outskirts _ an idea that would have been unthinkable two decades ago. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Road to 2022 Ryder Cup in Rome begins with Italian Open

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Alan Gilpin, left, tournament director for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and Japan Rugby 2019 CEO Akira Shimazu, right, attend during a press briefing on update relating to the anticipated impact of Typhoon Hagibis on the final round Rugby World Cup 2019 pool matches this weekend Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

The Latest: Samoa makes two changes for Ireland match

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A man walks past a sign promoting the Rugby World Cup Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Tokyo. The powerful typhoon that has caused the first cancellation of the Rugby World Cup games has ended Italy's prospects of reaching the quarterfinals and could upset Scotland's chances of progressing to the knockout stages as well. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Typhoon stops All Blacks’ RWC run, and Italian farewells

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

The Latest: Canada picks van der Merwe to play South Africa

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In this May 14, 2013, file photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Italian accused of partnering with Russian to steal GE trade secrets arrested, DOJ says

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

South Africa trounces 14-man Italy 49-3 to stay alive at RWC

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

The Latest: Springboks beat 14-man Italy 49-3

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President Donald Trump arrives with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Attorney General William Barr to speak about the 2020 census in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

John Durham probe goes worldwide to examine spies and their Trump targets

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Players of Italy, left, and Namibia scrum during the Rugby World Cup Pool B game between Italy and Namibia in Osaka, western Japan, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. (Yohei Fukuyama/Kyodo News via AP)

Boks shaken by earthquake, hope don’t get rattled by Italy

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press