ROME (AP) — Italian sports officials say four-time champion Italy is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming World Cup following a suggestion to that effect by a Trump administration official ....
Italian sports officials say four-time champion Italy is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming World Cup following a suggestion to that effect by a Trump administration official ... .
LOS ANGELES — Time is running short for Iran to decide if it will participate in this summer's World Cup but some members of the Trump administration apparently aren't waiting, with U.S. special envoy Paolo Zampolli urging the president and ... .
An American diplomat's suggestion that Italy could replace Iran at the World Cup is "shameful" and "not appropriate," Italian sports officials responded ... .
Italian officials pushed back hard at the suggestion, with SportsMinisterAndrea Abodi saying Thursday that "first of all, it's not possible. Secondly, it's not a good idea." ... .
The primary reason for this is the will to keep Iran in it as long as possible ... There would be no good reason, for example, for Italy to replace Iran rather than Ireland or Wales, despite the history ... .