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Alfonsina Strada made headlines when she entered the 1924 edition of the Giro d’Italia, under the name 'Alfonsin', and the story of her grit and determination to finish against all odds lives on today

Letter: Melissa Wright deplores the cost and quality of high street coffee shops in Britain, and says she’d much rather get an espresso in Milan for €1.20

How have the continent's top dogs fared at Euros gone by?

Is the EU's single market failing? Faced with growing competition from China and the US, the bloc is falling behind. The union has been relying on the single market to guarantee the free movement of goods, capital, services and people for more than 30 years. But inertia is creeping in,…

Health ministry rules that only adult dogs can be used for ‘animal assisted’ wellbeing activities

Which stars have got the most Euros games under their belts?

Italy is allowed to confiscate an ancient Greek bronze fished from the Adriatic in the 1960s and now in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Europe's top rights court ruled Thursday.

Loro Piana’s ‘Denim Silk’ is crafted from a mix of denim and silk in a collaboration between artisans in Italy and Japan, taking a day to produce just 50 metres

European court of human rights rejects appeal by US trust over lifesize Victorious Youth statue discovered in 1964

'I'd love to achieve what Pantani did' says race favourite as he begins quest to achieve the first double since 1998

From goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers to DJs, drummers, guitarists and rappers, a look at the footballers who turned their hands to making music...