MILAN (AP) — Napoli advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup by winning a lengthy penalty shootout against Cagliari following a 1-1 draw in regular time Wednesday.
Antonio Conte’s team eventually prevailed 9-8 on penalties with Mattia Felici hitting the crossbar with his spot kick for Cagliari and Zito Luvumbo having his saved by Napoli goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.
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Atalanta's Marten de Roon scores his side's second goal during the Italian Cup soccer match between Atalanta and Genoa in Bergamo, Italy, Wednesday Dec. 3, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Inter Milan's Marcus Thuram, 2nd left, scores his side's third goal during the Italian soccer cup round of sixteen match between Inter Milan and Venezia, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec.3, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Inter Milan's Andy Diouf celebrates his side's opening goal during the Italian soccer cup round of sixteen match between Inter Milan and Venezia, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec.3, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Napoli's head coach Antonio Conte reacts during the round of 16 Italian Cup soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari, in Naples, southern Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli's Alessandro Buongiorno, top, celebrates after scoring during the round of sixteen Italian Cup soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari in Naples, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP)
David Neres could have secured the win for Napoli with his team’s fifth penalty, after Felici’s miss, but his spot kick was saved by Elia Caprile. Instead it was Alessandro Buongiorno who sealed the victory after even Milinkovic-Savic had taken — and scored — a spot kick.
The match had finished 1-1 after Lorenzo Lucca’s first-half header for Napoli was canceled out by Sebastiano Esposito in the 67th minute, following an accidental assist by home midfielder Scott McTominay.
Napoli will play either Fiorentina or Como in the quarterfinals.
Inter moved into the last eight with a crushing 5-1 victory over Venezia — the only Serie B team left in the competition.
Both Napoli and Inter heavily rotated their squads, with both teams also involved in the Serie A title race and in the Champions League.
Andy Diouf was given his first start and set Inter on the way with his first goal for the Nerazzurri in the 18th minute. Pio Esposito doubled Inter's tally just two minutes later before a double from Marcus Thuram all but secured the victory.
Richie Sagrado netted a consolation for Venezia but Ange-Yoan Bonny restored the four-goal advantage.
Inter will next play either Roma or Torino.
Atalanta set up an Italian Cup quarterfinal match against Juventus with a 4-0 win over 10-man Genoa.
It was Daniele De Rossi ’s first defeat as Genoa coach after taking charge at the beginning of last month.
Berat Djimsiti headed in a cross to give Atalanta the lead in the 19th minute and Genoa’s task became more difficult when teenager Seydou Fini was sent off in the 36th for bringing down Raoul Bellanova when he was through on goal.
Marten de Roon doubled Atalanta’s lead early in the second half with a powerful, swerving shot from outside the area and Mario Pasalic slid in to fire home the third late on.
The 17-year-old Honest Ahanor — who joined Atalanta from Genoa in July — scored his first senior goal in stoppage time.
Juventus beat Udinese in their round of 16 match on Tuesday.
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Atalanta's Marten de Roon scores his side's second goal during the Italian Cup soccer match between Atalanta and Genoa in Bergamo, Italy, Wednesday Dec. 3, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Inter Milan's Marcus Thuram, 2nd left, scores his side's third goal during the Italian soccer cup round of sixteen match between Inter Milan and Venezia, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec.3, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Inter Milan's Andy Diouf celebrates his side's opening goal during the Italian soccer cup round of sixteen match between Inter Milan and Venezia, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec.3, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Napoli's head coach Antonio Conte reacts during the round of 16 Italian Cup soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari, in Naples, southern Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli's Alessandro Buongiorno, top, celebrates after scoring during the round of sixteen Italian Cup soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari in Naples, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP)
President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will keep hitting Iran “very hard” in the next two or three weeks and bring the country “back to the Stone Ages,” even as he touted the success of U.S. operations and argued that all of Washington’s objectives have so far been met or exceeded.
Trump said Iran would continue to face a barrage of attacks in the short term.
“We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,” Trump said. “We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong.”
Trump didn’t say anything about negotiations with Iran or bring up the April 6 deadline he set for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, the critical waterway for global oil and gas transport. He has threatened to attack Iran's energy infrastructure if the strait was not reopened.
Trump also did not offer a clear path to end the supply disruptions that have sent energy prices soaring. He did not mention the possibility of sending U.S. ground troops into Iran, or NATO, the trans-Atlantic alliance he has railed against for not helping the U.S. secure the waterway.
Oil rose more than 4% and Asian stocks fell after the comments. Oil prices were sharply higher following Trump’s remarks. Brent crude, the international standard, jumped 4.9% to $106.16 per barrel. Benchmark U.S. crude rose 4% to $104.15 a barrel.
U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war continues to push fuel prices higher worldwide. Analysts say those high fuel costs will trickle into groceries as businesses’ transportation and packaging costs pile up.
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A New York-based think tank said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech suggests he “is willing to leave the Strait of Hormuz off the table, leaving other nations to deal with the consequences.”
“Trump’s message was that the United States can sustain its own economic and energy ecosystem, while countries dependent on regional exports will either have to buy from the United States or manage the Strait themselves,” the Soufan Center wrote.
“While Trump explicitly thanked U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf for their cooperation and allyship, an expedited U.S. withdrawal without securing the Strait will leave many of these countries, whose economies are dependent on energy exports, in the lurch.”
Fuel prices in Thailand soared again on Thursday after the government further cut subsidies, sending diesel price to over 44 baht ($1.35) per liter, about 12% increase.
The surge was the second time in a week, after a majority of fuel prices rose by 6 baht ($0.18) per liter last Thursday.
Democrats are criticizing Trump’s primetime address to the American people on the war in Iran as “incoherent” and as doing little to answer “the most basic questions the American people,” according to statements from two Democratic lawmakers released on Wednesday.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., noted that Trump owed Americans more answers about a conflict that has driven up prices on gas “alongside rising prices for diesel, fertilizer, aluminum, and other essentials, with consequences that will continue to ripple through the economy for a long time to come” in his statement.
Meanwhile, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., released a statement that said the “speech was grounded in a reality that only exists in Donald Trump’s mind.”
Murphy went on to add that “no one in America, after listening to that speech, knows whether we are escalating or deescalating.”
Oil rose more than 4% and Asian stocks fell after U.S. President Donald Trump said in his first national address since the Iran war began that the U.S. will keep hitting Iran very hard.
Trump also said the United States will “finish the job” in Iran and that military operations could wrap up soon.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was down 1.4% to 53,004.81 in early Asia trading on Thursday. South Korea’s Kospi lost 3.4% to 5,292.36. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.8% to 25,082.59.
U.S. futures were down more than 0.7%.
Oil prices were sharply higher following Trump’s remarks. Brent crude, the international standard, jumped 5% to $106.22 per barrel. Benchmark U.S. crude rose 4.2% to $104.36 a barrel.
Members of civic groups hold signs against the U.S. and Israel attacks on Iran near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Israel's rescue teams and residents take shelter as sirens sounds next to a site struck by an Iranian missile in Bnei Brak, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A family who fled Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon warm themselves by a bonfire next to tents used as shelters in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People stand near a damaged van beside scattered debris following an Israeli strike in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A firefighter extinguishes a car at the site of Israeli airstrikes, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
