The news was first broken on MOD3 by Beyali, but I think this is big
enough news to merit being posted on the main group!

Here is the original message from Beyali:

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hi everyone
i case you don´t know it... nesta has been dad. the baby was born on
thursday night.she has been a girl and her name is sofia. i like that
name¿
congratutaltion to sandro and gabi
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And this is from the Milan official site:

BEST WISHES PAPA' NESTA
10/20/2006
MILAN - Best wishes to Alessandro and Gabriela Nesta on the birthday
of their daughter Sofia.

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And of course (belated) congratulations to Sandro, Gabriela and
little Sofia from me too! (and I like the name Sofia too!)

Ming, from Xian, China