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...Russa's controversial speech came just a day after Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno refused to categorically condemn Benito Mussolini's fascist regime. Interviewed by Milan daily Corriere Della Sera following a visit to Israel, Alemanno, who also belongs to National Alliance, said he did not consider fascism an "absolute evil." While racial laws passed by Mussolini in the last five years of his two-decade reign were abhorrent, Alemanno told the newspaper, "fascism was a more complex phenomenon. Many people signed up in good faith...
...Right now, some $400 million is chasing the signatures of just three players - Manchester United's free-scoring Portuguese midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo (a $120 million target of Spain's Real Madrid); Brazilian forward Robinho, for whom English club Chelsea are reportedly willing to pay Real $80 million; and A.C. Milan's brilliant Brazilian playmaker Kaká, sought by Chelsea for a whopping $160 million. But dozens of lesser trades have seen players change clubs for sums unthinkable a few short years ago. And the ballooning wage bill of the English Premiership, which by virtue of having the world's largest...
...clubs with the biggest war chests - Real, United, Chelsea and Milan - use them to buy the players who'll ensure their continued dominance, concentrating talent in a handful of top clubs in each country, while those lower down the pecking order struggle to hold on to their best players. Even such legendary clubs as Arsenal and Liverpool in England, both of which reached the final four of last season's élite European Champion's League, are unable to match the financial muscle of Chelsea or Real Madrid, lowering their prospects for success...
...Trafford ground, is the richest of the English clubs - Liverpool's Anfield stadium holds only 45,000, by comparison, which at ticket prices averaging around $80 means that United generates as much as $50 million more than Liverpool in annual ticket sales. High rollers like Real Madrid and A.C. Milan, not surprisingly, play in stadiums that hold upwards of 80,000 fans...
...Speaking by telephone from her Milan office, Sozzani explained that the original concept began to take shape while sitting at the runways of Europe's top designers. "I was at the shows, and of all the (white) models, there was nobody who struck me: not one name, not one face." Indeed, the only young catwalk star who really caught the editor's eye was Ethiopian-born Liya Kebede...