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LONDON — For once, Fabio Quagliarella might have been grateful not to finish a complete game. His number was called 10 minutes from the end of Juventus’s 2-0 victory over Chievo Verona on Saturday, but as he walked toward the substitutes’ bench, the home crowd began singing his name. His first name anyway, because Quagliarella is quite a mouthful even for Italians.

MILAN — How to give minimalism maximum impact is once again the focus of fashion. The art movement that dominated the 20th century is looking for ways to have an impact on the new millennium, now that its founding features like a fascination with mechanics have been challenged.

MILAN: As Italy's top fashion brands hit the catwalks in Milan this week, the country's young designers are finding other ways to show off their collections in a bid to break into in an increasingly challenging market.

ROME — Maria Adele Carrai has two master’s degrees from Italian universities in economics and Asian languages and is now earning her Ph.D. in international law in Hong Kong. Her linguistic credentials are formidable: Besides native Italian, she has nearly flawless English, a rarity in Italy, as well as French, Arabic, Japanese and Mandarin.