Torino End Serie B Campaign With Scoreless Road Draw

At Bergamo, Italy:


Torino, who already clinched promotion to Serie A, battled relegated Albinoleffe to a 0-0 road draw on Saturday as the two clubs closed out their Italian Serie B seasons.  The Bull, along with Pescara, won automatic promotion to the top flight, while Sassuolo, Hellas Verona, Varese, and Sampdoria will take part in playoffs to determine the third promoted club.  Empoli and Vicenza will take part in relegation playoffs while Nocerina, Gubbio, and Albinoleffe were relegated to the third-level Liga Pro Prima Division (formerly Serie C1).

Torino On Brink Of Returning To Serie A

At Turin, Italy:

Danilo D'Ambrosio (31'), Migjen Basha (52'), and Riccardo Meggiorini (81') provided the goalpower that carried Torino to a 3-0 Tuesday Italian Serie B home domination of Sassuolo, enabling the hosts to climb back up to the the of the league standings.  A win from either of their final two games (at home vs. Modena on Sunday and at relegated AlbinoLeffe on May 26) would lock up promotion to Serie A for the Bull after a three-year absence.

Pescara Top Torino, Jump Bull To Top Of Serie B Standings

At Pescara, Italy:


Lorenzo Insigne (10') and Ciro Immobile (45'+2) provided the scoring on Saturday as Pescara took over top spot in the Italian Serie B standings with a 2-0 home win over Torino.

Home Win For League-Leading Torino

At Turin, Italy:

Riccardo Meggiorini (13'), Valerio Di Cesare (53'), and Mirko Antenucci (87') each scored once on Monday as Italian Serie B-leading Torino defeated visiting Padova 3-1. 

Road Win For The Bull----And That Ain't No Bull

At Livorno, Italy:

Riccardo Meggiorini scored the only goal of the match in the 38th minute as Torino stayed atop the Italian Serie B standings following their 1-0 road win over Livorno.

Home Win Keeps Torino On Top

At Turin, Italy:


Kamil Glik (3') and Alessandro Sgringa (39') each scored a goal on Saturday as Torino stayed atop the Italian Serie B standings with their 2-1 home win over Crotone.

Torino Hold On To Win Suspended Match

At Turin, Italy:

Kamil Glik scored the only goal of the match in the 16th minute as Italian Serie B-leading Torino defeated visiting Reggina 1-0 on Wednesday in a match that was originally started on April 6 but suspended at halftime due to bad weather.

Goose Eggs For Torino And AS Bari

At Bari, Italy:

The Saturday Italian Serie B contest between AS Bari and visiting league-leading Torino ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

Piermario Morosini, Livorno Midfielder, R. I. P.

Piermario Morosini, a midfielder with Italian Serie B club Livorno (on loan from Udinese of Serie A), suffered a heart attack on the pitch during a league game on the road on Saturday at Pescara and passed away at the age of 25 en route to hospital.

As a result of Mr. Morosini's passing, all scheduled matches for this weekend in Serie A have been postponed.

Torino Knocked Off At Empoli

At Empoli, Italy:


Massimo Maccarone scored the only goal of the match in the 24th minute on Saturday as Empoli garnered three potentially precious points in their fight to avoid relegation from Italy's Serie B with a 1-0 home win over league-leading Torino.

Smashing Win For Torino

At Turin, Italy:


Rolando Bianchi (40', 68') and Mirko Antenucci (46', 80') as Torino blew out visiting (and relegation-threatened) Gubbio 6-0 in Saturday Italian Serie B action.  The hosts now sit atop the league standings, one point up on Sassuolo.

Road Draw For Torino

At Castellammare di Stabia, Italy:


Alessandro Sgrigna's equalizer in the 41st minute lifted Torino to a 1-1 Saturday Italian Serie B road draw with Juve Stabia.  Marco Sau scored in the 34th minute for the hosts.

Torino Dominated At Home; Blow Chance To Climb Back To Top Of Serie B Standings

At Turin, Italy:


Juan Gomez Taleb scored twice (24', 56') as Hellas Verona climbed within two points of Torino for the second automatic promotion spot in Italian Serie B following their 4-1 road domination of the Bull on Monday, preventing Torino from reclaiming top spot in the league standings. 

Torino Open Up Four-Point Lead Atop Serie B Standings

At Grosseto, Italy:

Nnamdi Oduamadi (12'), Rolando Bianchi (90'+2), and Mirko Antenucci (90'+5) each scored a goal on Saturday as Italian Serie B-leadin Torino dominated Grosseto 3-0 on the road.

Defensive Boo-Boo Proves Costly To Torino

At Brescia, Italy:


Matteo Darmian scored an own goal in the 66th minute as Brescia knocked off Italian Serie B-leading Torino 1-0 at home on Sunday.

Home Win For Torino, Now Atop Serie B

At Turin, Italy:


Riccardo Meggiorini scored the winning goal in the 85th minute as Torino found themselves atop the Italian Serie B standings follwing their 2-1 Monday home win over Sampdoria.

Convincing Home Win For Torino

At Turin, Italy:


Danilo D'Ambrosio (8'), Guiseppe Vives (32'), Alan Stevanovic (47') each delivered a goal as Torino dominated visiting Nocerina 3-0 in Saturday Italian Serie B action.

Mirko's the Man In Torino Triumph

At Turin, Italy:

Mirko Antenucci scored the only goal of the match in the 64th minute on Tuesday as Torino defeated visiting Vicenza 1-0 in Italian Serie B action.

Scoreless In Varese

At Varese, Italy:

The Saturday Italian Serie B match between Varese and visiting Torino ended in a 0-0 deadlock.

Road Draw For Torino (Now In Second Place In Serie B)

At Cittadella, Italy:

Mirko Antenucci's equalizer in the 17th minute enabled Torino, now running in second place in Italy's Serie B (due to inferior goal difference vis-a-viv Sassuolo), to gain a 1-1 road draw with Cittadella.  Daniele Gasparetto scored at 6 minutes for Citta.