Lazio captain Stefano Mauri believes the team is the strongest it has been in his eight years at the club. The Rome side go into Sunday's match at Inter Milan knowing a win would see them end the year in third place in Serie A. The Biancoceleste followed their 2-1 triumph at Parma with a 3-0 victory over Atalanta last time out and head into the clash at the San Siro one point adrift of third-p...Full Story »

Stefano Mauri helped take Lazio into the top four of Serie A on Saturday night with two goals in a 3-0 win over Atalanta. Mauri struck early in the second half and again in the 71st minute before Senad Lulic sealed a second straight win for Stefano Pioli's men, who had gone three games without winning before beating Parma last weekend. The win lifts the Biancoceleste above Napoli and Sampdoria...Full Story »

Lazio captain Stefano Mauri is demanding an immediate response to last weekend's humiliation by Juventus when the Romans visit Chievo on Saturday. The upwardly-mobile Biancocelesti were reminded they are still a long way from presenting Juve with a title challenge as the Turin side plundered a 3-0 win in the Italian capital. Next up for Mauri and his team-mates is a trip to face lowly Chievo a...Full Story »

Crawley will be without Joe Walsh and Gwion Edwards when they host Peterborough. Defender Walsh and winger Edwards this week received their first call-ups to the senior Wales squad for the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus. Boss John Gregory is also missing Ryan Dickson due to a knee injury while Emmett O'Connor has a hamstring problem. Goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown, midfi...Full Story »

Ten-man Lazio edged Sassuolo 3-2 on Sunday to secure back-to-back Serie A wins for the first time this season. Goals from Stefano Mauri and Filip Djordjevic put the Romans 2-0 up after 25 minutes and, although Sassuolo striker Domenico Berardi swiftly reduced the deficit, Antonio Candreva restored the hosts' two-goal cushion before half-time. Lazio had Lorik Cana sent off four minutes into the...Full Story »

Crawley have a host of absentees to contend with for the visit of Rochdale. Defender Joe Walsh and winger Gwion Edwards are on international duty with Wales Under-21s while skipper Josh Simpson's ankle injury is worse than first feared so he is some way from a return. Bobson Bawling (hamstring) and Conor Henderson (knee) are doubts while Dean Leacock, Ryan Dickson and Jimmy Smith played in the...Full Story »

Lazio midfielder Stefano Mauri struck a last-gasp equaliser to hand his team a 3-3 draw against Hellas Verona in Rome on Monday. Hellas looked to have secured all three points when substitute Romulo gave them a 3-2 lead with seven minutes remaining. Lazio, who had Senad Lulic sent off for a straight red soon after, drew level when Mauri tapped in his own missed penalty. Keita had scored the f...Full Story »

Lazio's Stefano Mauri will now serve a nine-month suspension for his alleged involvement in match-fixing after an unsuccessful appeal against an original six-month ban. The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) suspended the 33-year-old from football in August after the prosecutor's investigation into Lazio's league meetings with Genoa and Lecce in 2011 determined he had failed to report his kno...Full Story »

Lazio captain Stefano Mauri will try to clear his name through the appeal courts after being handed a six-month ban for alleged involvement in match-fixing. The punishment was on Friday handed down by the disciplinary commission of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) after the organisation's prosecutor had initially recommended a 54-month sanction for the player's alleged failure to report...Full Story »

Stefano Mauri: Gave Lazio the advantage over Juventus Stefano Mauri's late goal handed Lazio the advantage as the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final ended in a 1-1 draw away to Juventus. The hosts went ahead through a Federico Peluso header in the 63rd minute and the Old Lady looked set to take that slender lead into the second leg as the clock ticked down. But Mauri popped up to leve...Full Story »