Buffon

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announced on May 17 that he will leave the Turin giants after 17 years but did not call time as expected on his playing career.

A tearful Gianluigi Buffon quit international football as four-time champion Italy sensationally missed out on its first World Cup finals in 60 years after a playoff defeat to Sweden on Nov. 13.

Italy National Football Team will miss the World Championship for the first time since 1958, bTV reports.

Bulgaria's national football team has recorded a second loss (0:1) in a EURO 2016 qualifiers game played in Palermo, Italy on Sunday evening.

Italy's Daniele De Rossi scored the only goal as early as the 6th minute after shooting from the penalty spot.