Новости за 19.09.2020

France reported 13,498 new confirmed Covid-19 cases over the previous 24 hours, setting another record in daily additional infections since the start of the epidemic.

Two-time winner Elina Svitolina fell to a straight sets defeat to Czech Marketa Vondrousova in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open on Saturday. Vondrousova, last year's French Open finalist and the 12th seed in Rome, brushed aside her fourth-seeded rival 6-3, 6-0 as she warms up for Roland Garros in just over a week. The Czech hit 25 winners to Svitolina's nine thoughout the match, with the former champion accumulating 26 unforced errors. Svitolina won the Rome title in 2017 and 2018, beating Romanian Simona Halep... Читать дальше...

Top men's seed Novak Djokovic let his frustrations spill over, breaking his racket during a tough 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 quarter-final victory over qualifier Dominik Koepfer in the Italian Open on Saturday. The world number one needed more than two hours to see off the 97th-ranked German, before advancing to the semi-finals in the last warm-up tournament on clay before the French Open. Two weeks after his US Open default for accidently hitting a line judge with a ball, the Serb struggled to contain his emotions... Читать дальше...

Marcus Browne gave his absent manager Neil Warnock and 1,000 returning supporters something to cheer as Middlesbrough hit back to claim a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth at the Riverside Stadium. Watching from home due to a positive coronavirus test, Warnock saw Dominic Solanke fire the visitors into a 38th-minute lead with a neat back-heel. But, despite surely bemoaning his side's lack of cutting edge, he will have been cheered by the sight of substitute Browne meeting a Paddy McNair cross to head a deserved equaliser 10 minutes from time. Читать дальше...

Tadej Pogacar all but clinched the Tour de France on Saturday after his Slovenian compatriot Primoz Roglic let a 57 seconds lead slip on a French mountainside during a tricky individual time-trial on the last day of real racing. It was a staggering end to a bizarre Tour and the penultimate stage duel between two compatriots of different generations will go down as one of 2020's great sporting moments. The 21-year-old Pogacar will now lead the peloton into Paris on Sunday wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey and... Читать дальше...

Gareth Bale completed his return to Tottenham Hotspur on a season-long loan deal from Real Madrid, Spurs announced on Saturday. However, the Wales attacker will not be fit to make his second debut for the club until late October due to an injury. "We are delighted to announce the return of Gareth Bale to the club on a season-long loan from Real Madrid," Tottenham said in a statement. "Gareth sustained a knee injury whilst playing for Wales on international duty earlier this month and this together... Читать дальше...

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar pulled off a major upset at the Tour de France by stunning compatriot Primoz Roglic to claim the overall leader’s yellow jersey with a monumental victory in the final individual time trial on Saturday.

Top seed Simona Halep and Spaniard Garbine Muguruza set up a semi-final clash in the Italian Open on Saturday, a battle of former French Open champions before Roland Garros. Halep -- the 2018 French Open winner -- reached the Rome semi-finals for the fifth time after Kazakh rival Yulia Putintseva retired injured while trailing during their match on Saturday. The world number two was leading 6-2, 2-0 in the quarter-final clash on clay in Rome when Putintseva signalled that she was retiring after 45 minutes with a lower back injury. Читать дальше...

Liverpool sealed the signing of Portugal forward Diogo Jota from Wolves for a reported £41 million ($54 million) on Saturday. Jota has signed a "long-term" contract with the Premier League champions, which is believed to be a five-year agreement. The 23-year-old joins Liverpool just 24 hours after they signed Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara for an initial £20 million. Liverpool also signed Greece left-back Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiakos earlier in the transfer window. Jota will provide... Читать дальше...

At 73, Nina Baginskaya is one of Belarus's most prominent veteran activists, facing regular detention by police as she marches in support of the opposition. The small, sprightly great-grandmother is frequently at the frontline of anti-government protests and altercations with masked riot police who tower over her. On Saturday, police detained her as she took part in a "Shiny March" where women protested in sparkling accessories, demanding an end to President Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule. Читать дальше...

A fierce political battle shaped up over the future of the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, with President Donald Trump saying he would quickly name a successor to liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a move that would tip the court further to the right.

Ott Tanak crashed out of the Turkey Rally on Saturday to severely dent his world championship title defence and leave the way open for Belgian driver Thierry Neuville to take the race lead. Tanak's Hyundai suffered a steering problem when careering off the road at full throttle towards the end of the third stage. Both the Estonian and his co-driver escaped uninjured. Tanak, who had breathed fresh life into his title bid when winning his home rally in Estonia, was placed seventh after Friday's opening stages. Читать дальше...

Tadej Pogacar all but clinched the Tour de France on Saturday after his Slovenian compatriot Primoz Roglic let a 57 seconds lead slip in a tricky individual time-trial, the last day of real racing. The 21-year-old Pogacar will lead the peloton into Paris on Sunday wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey and, barring disaster, will climb onto the top step of the podium. Pogacar pulverised the field with his stage-winning performance, and his team hugged and kissed him as they realised the 20202 Tour was theirs. Читать дальше...

Americans Patrick Reed and Bryson DeChambeau, two of golf's more unusual characters, tee off in Saturday's final US Open third-round pairing chasing major glory on a punishing Winged Foot layout. Tenth-ranked Reed, the 2018 Masters winner, led 62 players who made the cut on four-under par 136 after 36 holes at the famed Mamaroneck, New York course. "I feel ready to go out and put myself in position to have a chance late on Sunday," Reed said. "The biggest thing is I feel like the game is where it needs to be. Читать дальше...

US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republican lawmakers to back his upcoming nomination for the Supreme Court "without delay" as the issue upended the election only a day after the death of liberal stalwart Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The 87-year-old justice, immensely popular among Democrats, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. Coming shortly before the November 3 election, in which Trump trails his Democratic rival Joe Biden in the polls, the vacancy offers Republicans a chance to... Читать дальше...

Alex Goode scored 19 points as holders Saracens beat four-time winners Leinster 25-17 to reach the final four of the European Champions Cup on Saturday in a re-run of last season's final. The English side, who will be relegated from the Premiership due to salary cap breaches, will travel next Saturday to the winner of Clermont's later tie with Racing 92. Goode deputised at fly half for England captain Owen Farrell who is serving a five-match ban for a dangerous tackle. Ireland's Johnny Sexton... Читать дальше...

Belarusian riot police detained hundreds of women on Saturday as around 2,000 opposition protesters marched through the Belarusian capital Minsk demanding an end to President Alexander Lukashenko's rule.

Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein spoke to FRANCE 24 about the challenges facing his country and the whole region. He said the Islamic state group (IS) was still a threat and that the number of ISIS fighters and their networks was higher than a recent UN estimate of 10,000 in Iraq and Syria. "We are sure we can defeat IS," he says, "but we need cooperation with many other countries."

Paul Rusesabagina, depicted in a Hollywood movie as a hero who helped save Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide, told the New York Times he believed he was flying to Burundi at the invitation of a pastor, but was instead lured to Rwanda and arrested on terrorism charges,

Esquelbecq castle – which is situated in northern France, not far from the border with Belgium – has remained open this weekend for the 2020 edition of the European Heritage Days, despite a wave of event cancellations across the country due to Covid-19.

Most of the asylum seekers who were left homeless after fires ripped through their camp on Lesbos island have moved to a new temporary site, Greece's migration ministry said on Saturday.

On the Greek Island of Samos, refugees have been on a hunger strike since the start of September. Protests began when one refugee died after not receiving cancer treatment. Inhabitants of the refugee camp say that there is little access to any medical resources, even essential treatments. A French lawyer who visited the Samos refugee camp herself confirmed these testimonies and documented the situation with images.

Ever since it's been reduced to ashes during the August 4 explosion, the Lebanese capital Beirut has been trying to preserve its cultural heritage.

Tens of thousands of people gathered to mourn the controversial leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamist group as his funeral was held on Saturday in a rural southeastern town, police said. Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi, who had led the hardline Hefazat-e-Islam group since it was formed in 2010, died of age-related complications on Friday in the capital Dhaka. He was believed to be over 100 years old. His death came just a day after an unprecedented revolt involving thousands of students at his highly influential madrasa... Читать дальше...

Thousands of protesters in Thailand's capital demonstrated against the government of former coup leader and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Saturday, with many also demanding reforms to the powerful monarchy.