What Italy’s Failure to Make the Soccer World Cup Says About Its Wider Woes

For some Italians, their team’s absence from the biggest tournament in soccer is a metaphor for a broader national malaise.

Cape Verde's World Cup magic has Italy great Materazzi spellbound

Italy's 2006 World Cup hero Marco Materazzi has been stunned by Cape Verde's fairytale debut at the 2026 edition, calling the ...
The New Yorker

Italy Has Failed to Qualify for Three Straight World Cups. Are the Country’s Immigration Policies to Blame?

The night Italy defeated France in the 2006 World Cup final, Mario de Rossi was studying at a small university in Puglia. Though he had exams the next day, he still ventured out into a piazza ...
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

WordReference – a Great Dictionary and Translation Tool for Language Learners

WordReference is a free bilingual online dictionary and translation platform. It offers dictionary services in several languages including French, English, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, and many more. As ...