MILAN -- Italy coach Gian Piero Ventura has asked league officials to start the Serie A season earlier next year to ensure the Azzurri are better prepared for their key World Cup qualifier against Spain.Spain tops Group G, above Italy on goal difference after four games. The two drew 1-1 in October in Turin and the return match is scheduled for Sept. 2. Only group winners qualify directly for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.This years Serie A campaign began Aug. 20.Were a bit set in our ways, but everyone else starts August 13, Ventura said. Its in the national interest to play on level terms. Ive already asked to play at least two more league matches. In a moment of madness I asked for three, but they told me to check myself into hospital.Italy lost an international friendly 3-1 to France in Venturas first match in charge in September, just two matches into the league season.This year we had very little Serie A before playing France and we paid the price, Ventura added. I hadnt even talked to any players until 48 hours before the match ...We lost 3-1 and it was labeled a disaster because thats the culture that we have here.Ventura, who was speaking at a press conference in Milan ahead of Tuesdays friendly against Germany, says league officials are mulling it over.I know it will be difficult, said the former Torino coach. But you have to change things by 360 degrees or youll go forward in dribs and drabs. In order to achieve great things you have to create the prerequisites.The league campaign in France and England started on Aug. 13 this year, while the Spanish season got underway the following week, on the same day as the Italian one.The German Bundesliga started a week after that. Devin Hester Youth Jersey . It says Pocklingtons lawyer filed the appeal Friday in a California court. CTV Edmonton also says Pocklington gave a $100,000 cash deposit as part of the conditions of his bail, and that he will be out on bail until his appeal is heard. 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Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. The football world is mourning Brazilian club Chapecoenses plane crash that left 71 dead. Here are the latest updates and a selection of stories about the tragedy and the reaction.* Colombias aviation agency said on Tuesday that the British Aerospace 146s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder had been found among the wreckage strewn over a mountainside and were already being studied by experts.* Authorities also said they were not ruling out the possibility the aircraft ran out of fuel minutes before it was to land at Jose Maria Cordova airport outside Medellin.* South Americas soccer federation canceled all scheduled matches in a show of solidarity, while the Real Madrid and Barcelona clubs interrupted their training sessions for a minute of silence. Brazils top teams offered to lend players to the small club for next season as it rebuilds, saying: It is the minimum gesture of solidarity that is within our reach.* Atletico Nacional asked that the championship title be given to Chapecoense.COVERAGEThousands mourn after Chapecoense crashThousands squeezed into Chapecos cathedral and even more packed a stadium to mourn 71 people, including 19 from Chapecoense, killed in a plane crash.Read more:?Thousands mourn in Chapeco after Chapecoense plane crashPSG deny €40m donation to ChapecoenseParis Saint-Germain have denied speculation that they have donated €40 million to Chapecoense after rumours began circulating on social media the french team had pledged a significant sum of money.Read more: Paris Saint-Germain deny €40m donation to Chapecoense after crashChapecoense on my mind - Liverpools LucasCaptain Lucas Leiva admitted that his mind was on the Chapecoense air disaster during Liverpools 2-0 EFL Cup win over Leeds United.Read more:?Lucas struggled in Liverpools EFL Cup win after Chapecoense air disasterPune Citys Eduardo mourns losing friend in Colombia crashEduardo Ferreiras close friend and Chapecoense defender Filipe Machado was among those who died, and it has shaken up the Brazilian-born Ferreira.Read mmore:?Pune Citys Eduardo mourns losing friend in Colombia crashSimeone pays tribute to ChapecoenseAtletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has offered his condolences to everyone at Brazilian club Chapecoense.ddddddddddddRead more:?Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone pays tribute to Chapecoense teamAtletico Nacional: Give Chapecoense title?Colombian club Atletico Nacional have asked CONMEBOL to award fellow finalists Chapecoense with the Copa Sudamericana title.Read more: Chapecoense should be given Copa Sudamericana titleThe dramatic rise of ChapecoenseBrazilian team Chapecoense are a small club with a short history but they have gained a lot of respect in Brazil after having their best season ever in 2016. Here are some key facts about the club.Read more:?The dramatic rise of ChapecoenseChapecoense roared right up to the very end?The fairytale had been written, Chapecoense were ready for a continental crown. And then everything came to a cruel end on that flight to Medellin.Read more:?Chapecoense were the mighty mouse that roared right up to the very endThe worst air disasters in sportThe Chapecoense crash in Colombia on Tuesday killed 76 of the 81 on board, including most of the team. A look at some of those that preceded it.Read more:?Torino to Cronje - the worst air disasters in sportFormer player and broadcaster?Mário Sérgio dies in Colombia plane crash?Loved or hated, Mário Sérgio left no one indifferent -- on the field, as a coach or behind the mic. Brazilian football has lost one of its true icons.Read more:?Brazilian football icon Mário Sérgio dies in Colombia plane crash76 killed in Brazilian football teams plane crashA chartered plane carrying Chapecoense to the biggest match in the Brazilian football clubs history crashed into a Colombian hillside and broke into pieces, killing 71 people and leaving six survivors.Read more:?Chapecoenses plane crashes, leaving 71 dead, six survivors ' ' '