Naples

Diego Maradona's brother Hugo dies in Naples aged 52

"Hugo Maradona has died," Napoli said in a brief statement on their website, confirming reports in the Italian press the former footballer had suffered a heart attack.

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, restorers in Florence's Medici Chapel unleash grime-eating bacteria to clean Michelangelo's sculptures

Last fall, with the chapel operating on reduced hours because of COVID-19, scientists and restorers completed a secret experiment: They unleashed grime-eating bacteria on the artist’s masterpiece marbles.

Archeologists find unscathed ceremonial chariot that survived the Mt Vesuvius eruption near Italy's Pompeii

The Archaeological Park of Pompeii called the chariot “an exceptional discovery” and said "it represents a unique find — which has no parallel in Italy thus far — in an excellent state of preservation.”

Napoli rename stadium after former player Diego Maradona: Naples town hall

The city authorities and the club's president had proposed renaming the San Paolo Stadium within hours of Maradona's death on 25 November.

Diego Maradona passes away: Napoli pays tribute to 'captain of the angels'

Maradona played for the then-unfashionable Napoli between 1984 and 1991, after joining following an increasingly unhappy spell at Spanish glamour club Barcelona.

For Napoli fans and residents of Naples, Diego Maradona's legend will always live on

Maradona was treated as a deity for the way he led Napoli to its only two Serie A titles — in 1987 and 1990 — and raised the spirits of the southern Italian city, which remains far removed both geographically and socio-economically from the country's football capitals of Milan and Turin.

Massive alligator found 'strolling' on golf course in Florida's Storm Eta, caught on camera

The alligator was recorded strolling through the Valencia Golf and Country Club in Naples as a tropical storm battered Florida's Gulf coast

Coppa Italia: Health authorities slam ‘reckless’ Napoli fans for pouring into streets to celebrate victory over Juventus

Thousands of Napoli football fans who poured into the streets to celebrate their team’s Italian Cup title without social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic were criticised by health officials as being “reckless.”

Premier League: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp dismisses talk of shift from defensive approach after conceding late goals against Napoli

When asked about the defensive lapses this season, Klopp said that the club's approach remains the same as last year and the goals conceded were due to circumstances

Petrified horse with saddle and harness unearthed intact in stable near Pompeii

A volcanic eruption of the Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed the flourishing city of Pompeii.