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F.C. Aprilia

Football Club Aprilia (formerly A.C. Aprilia) is an Italian association football club based in Aprilia, Lazio.


1969 in organized crime

December 10 - Michele Cavataio and three of his men are killed in the Viale Lazio in Palermo by a Mafia hit squad including Bernardo Provenzano, Calogero Bagarella (an elder brother of Leoluca Bagarella the brother-in-law of Totò Riina), Emanuele D’Agostino of Stefano Bontade’s Santa Maria di Gesù Family and Damiano Caruso a soldier of Giuseppe Di Cristina, the Mafia boss of Riesi.

1996–97 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Long-serving coach Tony Parkes was appointed caretaker, remaining in the post until the end of the season, when he handed over the reins to Roy Hodgson after Sampdoria's Sven-Göran Eriksson changed his mind about accepting the manager's job and joined Lazio instead.

1998–99 S.S. Lazio season

Lazio's best moment of the 1998-99 season came when they beat Mallorca 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham in the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, following goals by Vieri and Pavel Nedvěd.

2000–01 Juventus F.C. season

It was also Zinedine Zidane's last season with Juventus as he was sold for a world record fee to Real Madrid, but the Italian club compensated his loss with four new players during the summer, with Gianluigi Buffon and Lilian Thuram coming from Parma, whilst Pavel Nedvěd and Marcelo Salas came from Lazio.

2009 North West 200 Races

The only Aprilia in the field topped the Tuesday timesheets, with Ballywalter's David Lemon riding it to a lap of 5:20.756 and the only 100 mph lap of the session.

A.S.D. F.C. Bassano Romano

A.S.D. F.C. Bassano Romano is an Italian association football club located in Bassano Romano, Lazio.

A.S.D. Ferentino Calcio

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Ferentino Calcio was an Italian association football club located in Ferentino, Lazio.

A.S.D. Nuova Cassino 1924

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Nuova Cassino 1924 is an Italian association football club from Cassino, Lazio.

A.S.D. Pisoniano

Associazione Sportiva Dilettante Pisoniano is an Italian association football club located in Pisoniano, Lazio.

Antonio Candreva

On 2 September 2012, Candreva scored his first goal for Lazio in the 2012–2013 season when Lazio defeated Palermo in a 3–0 victory following Miroslav Klose's 2 goals.

Antonio Sbardella

Born in Palestrina near Rome, Sbardella first got involved in football playing as a goalkeeper at youth levels of the local powerhouse Lazio.

Aprilia Tuono

Specs included Öhlins Racing suspension, OZ forged alloy wheels, Brembo 4-pad brake calipers and an Aprilia Racing titanium exhaust system with matching EEPROM.

The Tuono 1000 R Factory comes with fully adjustable Öhlins Racing rear mono-shock and front forks, blue- or gold-anodized (depending on model year) forged aluminum wheels, a frame finished in gold, a paint job sporting the signature Aprilia Lion's head on the fuel tank and the extensive use of carbon fiber parts.

Astura

Torre Astura, a former island of Lazio, Italy, containing Roman villas

Bombino

Bombino nero, an Italian wine grape variety grown in Puglia, Basilicata, Lazio and Sardinia

Buffalo mozzarella

In Italy, the cheese is produced in almost all nation using Italian buffalo's milk and type with official name by Government Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP is produced in areas ranging from Rome in Lazio to Paestum near Salerno in Campania, and there are production areas in province of Foggia, Puglia and in Venafro, Molise.

Campoli

Campoli Appennino, a municipality in the Province of Frosinone, Lazio

Cimatti

The company is survived by a struggling small group of Italian motorcycle companies, including Moto Guzzi, Aprilia, Piaggio, Laverda and Ducati.

Daisuke Matsui

Among the teams which were believed to have shown interested in signing him at the time were Catania, Genoa, Lazio and Torino of Serie A, Celtic and Rangers of the Scottish Premier League, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga, and Lille of Ligue 1.

Fernando Muslera

On 19 July 2011, Galatasaray officially announced the signing of Fernando Muslera from Lazio on a 5-year contract while he was on duty in the Copa América with Uruguay.

Giacinto Brandi

Born in Poli, in the Lazio, he was trained in Rome in the studio of Alessandro Algardi, a noted sculptor, who noted that Brandi was more suited to painting.

Gianni Granzotto

By the end of his life he became incapacitated by an old disease that would lead to his eventual death in Lazio, Rome in March 1985 at the age of 71 – hepatitis – this he had contracted in Yugoslavia, where he had been sent to follow the rift between Josip Broz Tito and Joseph Stalin.

Il Messaggero

It is a national newspaper and the most popular daily newspaper in Rome and central Italy; It provides different local editions for the regions of Lazio, Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo and Tuscany.

Il Tempo

It was founded in Rome, Italy by Renato Angiolillo in 1944 and currently publishes the Rome edition (available nationally) and other five local editions (Latina, Frosinone, Northern Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise).

Italian general election, 1946

While all regions of Northern Italy as far as Tuscany and Marches gave a majority to the republic, all regions of Southern Italy from Lazio and Abruzzo voted to maintain the monarchy.

Ivan Bebek

Bebek is considered the best Croatian referee and is the only Croatian referee who supervised two UEFA Champions League group stage matches (Lazio v. Werder Bremen during the 2007–08 season and Bordeaux v. CFR Cluj in the 2008–09 season).

Katia Serra

She played for Bologna (1986–1991), Lugo di Ravenna (1994–1997), Modena (1997–1999), Lazio (2002–2003), Bergamo (2003–2004), Atletico Oristano (2004–2005), Agliana and Terme di Cervia (2005–2006), Reggiana (2006–2007), Trento (2007–2008), Roma (2008–2009) and Levante (2010).

Lucidio Sentimenti

Lucidio played for Modena, Juventus and Lazio during the same time as his attacking midfielder brother Vittorio Sentimenti, both as prominent squad members.

Michele Cavataio

Cavataio and three of his men were killed on December 10, 1969, in the Viale Lazio – a modern street in the smart new northern area of Palermo – by a Mafia hit squad including Bernardo Provenzano, Calogero Bagarella (an elder brother of Leoluca Bagarella the brother-in-law of Totò Riina), Emanuele D’Agostino of Stefano Bontade’s Santa Maria di Gesù Family, Gaetano Grado and Damiano Caruso a soldier of Giuseppe Di Cristina, the Mafia boss of Riesi.

Montalto Di Castro Airfield

Montalto Di Castro Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, located approximately 16 km southwest of Canino, in the province of Viterbo (northern Lazio) in the internal part of Maremma Laziale, 90 km north-northwest of Rome.

Monte Cairo

Monte Cairo (1,669 m ) is a mountain located in Lazio (in the province of Frosinone), overshadowing both the Abbey and the town of Monte Cassino, 5 kilometres to the south.

Monti Volsini

The Monti Volsini or Vulsini are a minor mountain range in northern Lazio, Italy, near the Lake Bolsena.

Montopoli

Montopoli di Sabina, a municipality in the Province of Rieti, Lazio, Italy

Nigel Benn

On 10 October 1992, Benn challenged Mauro Galvano for the WBC super-middleweight title in Palaghiaccio de Marino, Marino, Lazio, Italy.

Olympiacos F.C. in European football

Olympiacos opened the second round of the group stage with a draw 0–0 to Real Madrid at the Karaiskakis Stadium and kept alive the record of being undefeated by Real Madrid in Athens in four matches, while the Reds moved a step closer to qualifying for the last 16 after coming from behind to defeat Lazio 2–1 in Stadio Olimpico.

Paul Le Guen

During this time he turned down management positions at several top European clubs including Benfica and Lazio and also stated that he would not return to manage his former club PSG.

Puntarelle

Puntarelle or cicoria di catalogna or cicoria asparago is a late fall early winter chicory which originated on the Catalonia coastline of Lazio Gaeta.

Riccardo Perpetuini

A native of Cisterna di Latina, just south of Rome, Perpetuini came through the successful youth academy at Lazio.

S.S. Lazio fans

With the arrival of the new club president, Sergio Cragnotti, Lazio qualified for European competition becoming one of the world's strongest teams.

Sergio Cragnotti

Cragnotti presided over perhaps the most successful period in Lazio's recent history, plowing in record amounts of money which attracted such luminaries as Pavel Nedvěd, Christian Vieri and Marcelo Salas.

Trebula

Trebula Mutusca, an ancient Sabine town, modern Monteleone Sabino, Province of Rieti, Lazio

U.S.D. Zagarolo

Unione Sportiva Dilettantistica Zagarolo was an Italian association football club located in Zagarolo, Lazio.

Vlad Marin

Before the start of the 2012-2013 season, Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini was accused by Lazio director of sport Igli Tare of having an "dishonest" approach in his attempt of securing the young player's services.

Voltone Airfield

Voltone Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, located approximately 4 km west of Tarquinia (Provincia di Viterbo, Lazio), central Italy, about 70 km northwest of Rome.


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