Inter Milan Soccer News

LONDON (AP) _ West Ham is in talks with Inter Milan over a loan deal for Brazil striker Adriano. ``The possible deal is in its early stages and money has not yet been discussed,'' a West Ham statement said late Tuesday. ``The club are investigating the possibility of a loan deal at this stage.'' Inter wants Adriano to leave the club, preferably for a temporary period, after disciplinary problems and a loss of form last season. It ...

MILAN, Italy (AP) _ Luis Figo will play one more season for Inter Milan before ending his career and taking on an administrative role with the Serie A champion. Inter announced the winger's one-year contract extension Sunday. ``At the end of next season, Luis Figo will make his great experience and professionalism available to the club to look after international relations,'' Inter said in a statement. Figo, 34, signed a deal in December to move to Saudi ...

Inter Milan won 3-0 at Empoli on Sunday to equal its club record of eight straight wins in the Italian league. Hernan Crespo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Walter Samuel scored in the second half for Inter, which previously won eight straight on three different occasions. Inter leads the Serie A with 39 points, followed by AS Roma with 32 and Palermo with 31. Also Sunday, Catania moved into fourth place with a 1-0 win over Udinese. Gionatha Spinesi headed ...

Inter Milan and AS Roma advanced to the Italian Cup quarter-finals Wednesday. Inter beat Messina 4-0 with four headers _ two by Nicolas Burdisso _ and advanced 5-0 on aggregate. Roma beat second-division Triestina 2-0 on goals by Valerio Virga and Vincenzo Montella and advanced 4-1 on aggregate. Inter, the Serie A leader, led in the 27th minute when Burdisso converted a Luis Figo corner. Kily Gonzalez scored in the ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Patrick Vieira scored a goal each Sunday to help Inter Milan beat Palermo 2-1 and take a four-point lead in the Serie A. Ibrahimovic put Inter ahead in the sixth minute with a powerful strike from 30 metres (yards), which Palermo goalkeeper Alberto Fontana should have saved. Vieira scored the second in the 61st from just inside the area. Inter improved to 33 points, four ahead of ...

Inter Milan and Chelsea claimed spots in the second round of the Champions League on Wednesday, leaving six berths to be filled. Inter advanced from Group B after beating Sporting Lisbon 1-0 on Hernan Crespo's 36th-minute goal. Bayern Munich had already clinched the other group place. Chelsea, despite losing 1-0 at Werder Bremen on Per Mertesacker's 27th-minute goal, guaranteed itself a place in the knockout round from Group A. Ten ...

Inter Milan owner Massimo Moratti is reportedly set to return as club president following the death of Giacinto Facchetti. ``I will return as president,'' Moratti was quoted by Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport published Friday. ``There are no alternatives.'' Moratti served as Inter president from 1995 to 2004 before handing over to club legend and former Italy captain Facchetti, who held office until his death last month. ``The truth is that the perfect president for Inter has passed away ...

Inter Milan has finally got two healthy strikers in form and they're not Adriano, Hernan Crespo or Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Alvaro Recoba set up two goals by Julio Ricardo Cruz in Inter's 2-1 win over Spartak Moscow in the Champions league on Wednesday. Recoba made his season debut and Cruz played his first full game of the season. ``There has been a lot of talk about Inter's strikers recently. Today everyone ...

Inter Milan finally won a game in the Champions League on Wednesday. Chelsea won another. Inter scored its first goals in this year's competition, getting two from Julio Cruz in a 2-1 win over Spartak Moscow in Group B. Didier Drogba got Chelsea's lone goal in the 47th minute, scoring from the edge of the penalty area to give the English Premier League champions a 1-0 win over defending champion ...

Inter Milan leads Serie A. In the Champions League, it's another story. Inter is bottom of the Group B standings without a point or even a goal. Wednesday's game against Spartak Moscow is crucial. Spartak has one point, while Bayern Munich leads the group with six points. ``We have to win at all costs now,'' club owner Massimo Moratti said. ``It's a decisive game, like each of the four games ...

Dejan Stankovic scored twice as Inter Milan beat Catania 2-1 to move into first place in the Serie A standings Sunday. Stankovic headed in Luis Figo's cross in the 29th minute, then added another in the 75th with a powerful drive from the edge of the penalty area. Also, Reggina beat AS Roma 1-0 and Atalanta topped Palermo 3-2. Inter leads the league with 14 points. Roma and Palermo have 12 points each, with Roma ahead on goal ...

Inter Milan striker Hernan Crespo was diagnosed Tuesday with a strained left leg and will be sidelined for a month. Inter left back Fabio Grosso has an injured right leg that forced him to drop out of Italy's training camp. No timeframe on Grosso's injury was given. Both players were injured in a 1-1 draw at Cagliari on Sunday.