11.   Also on the program were Vanessa Williams, Natalie Cole, Jon Bon Jovi, Trisha Yearwood and Italian stars Eros Ramazzotti, Zucchero and Pino Daniele.

12.   Also on the roster were Vanessa Williams, Celine Dion, Natalie Cole, Trisha Yearwood and Italian stars Eros Ramazzotti, Zucchero and Pino Daniele.

13.   Atletico hopes that its own Italian star, tall striker Christian Vieri, will maintain his current spell of good form.

14.   But Jim Smith has an imaginative strikeforce in which Italian stars Francesco Baiano and Stefano Eranio and Costa Rican Paolo Wanchope have excelled.

15.   But the Italian star brushed off suggestions that he is the easy favorite to repeat Saturday.

16.   Career awards will be given to Italian star Sophia Loren, Scottish actor Sean Connery and Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda.

17.   Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit has expressed interest in signing another Italian star, AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini, but admits the chances are remote.

18.   Chelsea, meanwhile, has opened talks with Juventus to land Italian star Gianluca Vialli for next season.

19.   Coach Ruud Gullit has bought adventurously with Italian stars Vialli, Zola and Roberto Di Matteo lining up alongside French defender Frank Lebeouf.

20.   Corriere della Sera wrote that English premier league Manchester United and Bundesliga Munich were among the clubs bidding for the Italian star.