Italy’s greatest export since pizza and corruption

It seems that absolutely nothing can stop an Italian sports star landing one of his nation’s infinite amount of gorgeous models as a WAG. Just ask former AC Milan and Fiorentina star Giuseppe Pancaro - his goatee-clad face, thinning hair and distinct lack of silverware has not stopped him shacking up with the very lovely Vincenza Cacace.

The best sports on the telebox tonight

Despite holding Fiorentina to a goalless draw at Ibrox last week, Rangers go into tonight’s UEFA Cup semi-final second leg as huge underdogs. Can they pull off a surprise in Italy? Will we ever find out who threw out my sandwich from the fridge at Spoiler Towers earlier this week? So many crucial questions going unanswered!

To have a punt on tonight’s game using the best odds available on the net, visit the oddschicken.

Snooker
World Championship semi-finals (BBC2, 7pm)

Blue Square Premier Play-off semi-final
Exeter City/ Torquay Utd (Setanta Sports 1, 7.45pm)

UEFA Cup semi-final seconnd leg
Fiorentina/ Rangers (ITV4, 7.45pm)

The best sports on the telebox tonight

After the intense lack of excitement last night, lets hope Scotland’s second best team can pull off some magic in Europe’s second favourite cup competition. The bookies fancy Fiorentina to take an away victory in tonight’s first leg, so take a look at the odds here and cash in on Scottish misfortune.

Snooker
World Championship (BBC2, 7pm)

UEFA Cup semi-final first leg
Rangers/ Fiorentina (ITV4, 7pm)

Ahh, Saint George’s Day - the one day of the year when you can go into the office with your tatts out and blood on your knuckles and no one even bats an eyelid. Because if they do, that’s fighting talk, their eyelid is taking the mick, thinking it’s better than you. Stupid eyelid, coming over here in it’s boat, sneaking past customs, taking our women…

Makes you proud to be English.

The Saint George’s transfer talk reads a little something like this:

Steve Sidwell to Aston Villa
Aston Villa goes to bed every single night and dreams of becoming a Top Four/Five club - and word has it that to make such a transition you need to sell your best player to Liverpool, and bring in Chelsea’s… wait for it… STEEEEEEVE Siiiiiiidwelllllll - hang on, that can’t be right…

Samuel Eto’o to Tottenham
Eto’o said, verbatum: “If next year we continue the same without winning titles here, I will have to go to another place because what I want is to win.” Spurs bloggers heard: “I very much adore Juande Ramos and would love to come to Tottenham Hotspur to defend the Carling Cup.” Unlikely, surely?

Desk dancer, karate champ and lover of Bobo

The WAG of the Day archive is brimming with Italian talent, a fine example being yesterday’s afternoon delight Giorgia Palmas. Mrs Davide Bombardini was a ‘Veline’ or ‘desk dancer’ on hit Italian show Striscia la notizia (‘Strip the News’), who passed the flirtatious mantle onto Melissa Satta, the current beau of Christian Vieri. (Thanks to Spoiler fan Luther Blissett Project for bringing her to my attention, and for alluding to a group of obscure radical activists.)

The best sports on the telebox tonight

English clubs are flying high in Europe right now, but Everton and Tottenham are hanging on for dear life in the Champions League’s less-respected little brother. Both are chasing a deficit in tonight’s Round of 32 second leg, and both are more than likely to miss out on a place at the City of Manchester stadium final in May. Still, if you fancy a patriotic bet - maybe a surprise English double - head to the oddschicken for the best odds available.

UEFA Cup Round of 32
Everton/ Fiorentina (ITV4, 7.45pm)
PSV Eindhoven/ Tottenham Hotspur (Five, 7.45pm)

Cricket
New Zealand/ England (Sky Sports 1, 9pm)

Adrian Mutu’s “friend” has a real career and stuff

The Italian gossip industry has been all a-twitter this week with claims that Adrian Mutu, who used to take coke for Chelsea, has been playing away from home. Now at Fiorentina and with a wife and three kids, Adrian has still found time, say the tittle-tattles, to steamroller 23-year-old actress Martina Stella.

Martina’s acting career has mainly unfolded on Italian TV, but she got her