A massive wave slammed into a cruise ship carrying almost 2,000 people in the Mediterranean Wednesday, leaving two people dead and six injured, Spain's maritime rescue service said. The freak wave "smashed windows in the lounge area" of the Maltese-flagged Greek Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty, a spokesman for the service told AFP. He said the accident occurred Wednesday evening ...

Nine-man Inter Milan stretched their lead at the top of Serie A to eight points after a 0-0 draw with 10-man Sampdoria in a nasty, edgy encounter at the San Siro on Saturday. Sampdoria played around 35 minutes with a two-man advantage and 25 minutes with one extra player and yet never showed either the urgency or ingenuity needed to ...

Robert Acquafresca scored a brace as Genoa boosted their Champions League hopes with a comprehensive 3-0 rout of lowly 10-man Udinese on Saturday. Rodrigo Palacio added the third after Christian Zapata had been dismissed early into the second period for a second booking. The victory moves Genoa to within one point of fourth spot and right in the heart of ...

Title hopefuls Roma and AC Milan will be hoping in-form Sampdoria can do them a favour and blow Serie A wide open by beating league leaders Inter Milan this weekend. Early pace-setters Sampdoria have won their last four matches in a row and are level on points with fourth-placed Napoli in the fight for Champions League football next season. In ...