It’s a tired but true observation that to understand Italy and the Italians, you have to at least take a passing look at football and its place in society. Whether you subscribe to the theory that the game was actually invented in Italy – either as calcio fiorentino or the ancient Roman game of Harpastum [...]
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Serie A football resumes this weekend
Friday, August 21st, 2009Luca Toni features in the Emilia-Romagna PR campaign in Germany
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Luca Toni, born in the town of Pavullo nel Frignano (in the province of Modena) has been recruited, like other famous sports symbols Ferrari and Ducati, by his region Emilia-Romagna to help publicise the region abroad. Toni, who is in his second season at Bayern Monaco, has been recruited specifically to attract German tourists to [...]
