Новости за 07.01.2024

Six sailors set out on the 40,000km around-the-world Ultim Challenge from France on Sunday, hoping to complete one of the sport's "biggest challenges" inside 50 days.

Under bright winter sunshine in the Brittany port of Brest, the first such race on super-powerful but relatively fragile trimarans got underway. The Edmond de Rotshchild, helmed by Charles Caudrelier, was the early evening leader with an advantage of a few nautical miles. Caudrelier, Tom Laperche (SVR Lazartigue), Thomas Coville (Sodebo), Armel Le Cleac'h (Banque Populaire), Anthony Marchand (Actual) and Eric Peron (Adagio) were the six men to cross the starting line in their 32-metre-long crafts. Читать дальше...

Klopp's side had to survive a sustained Arsenal assault at the Emirates Stadium before two goals in the closing stages gave them a hard-fought success. Arsenal's Jakub Kiwior headed Trent Alexander-Arnold's free-kick into his own net in the 80th minute and Luis Diaz wrapped up the victory deep into stoppage-time. In the absence of the ill Virgil van Dijk, as well as Mohamed Salah and Wataru Endo on international duty, Liverpool showed they have the character required to win silverware this season. Читать дальше...

Premiership title-contenders Bath came from behind to win 17-10 at home to west country rivals Gloucester on Sunday as they moved up into third place in English rugby union's top flight. Their attention will now turn to European encounters with Racing and Toulouse before a busy January sees Bath back in Premiership action with another derby clash away to Bristol. "In the bigger scheme of things, this was a very important game," said Bath head of rugby Van Graan following a fightback featuring two tries by full-back Tom de Glanville. Читать дальше...

The Belgium international came on as a 57th-minute substitute and set up a goal as the holders cruised to a 5-0 win over second-tier strugglers Huddersfield in a thoroughly lopsided clash at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. This was De Bruyne's first senior appearance since tearing his hamstring during City's Premier League opener against Burnley in August. Chants of 'Oh Kevin De Bruyne' echoed around the ground when the 32-year-old replaced Julian Alvarez, with City already 2-0 up following goals from Phil Foden and Alvarez. Читать дальше...

The 76-year-old won a fifth term as prime minister after polls on Sunday, with the opposition boycotting a vote they say was neither free nor fair. Hasina branded the main opposition party a "terrorist organisation". The daughter of a revolutionary who led Bangladesh to independence, Hasina has presided over breakneck economic growth in a country once written off by US statesman Henry Kissinger as an irredeemable "basket case". Last month, she vowed to "turn the entire of Bangladesh into a prosperous and developed country". Читать дальше...

The 22-time Grand Slam title winner has been plagued by injuries throughout his career, including missing 11 majors through a series of knee, feet, ankle, abdomen and wrist problems. AFP Sport looks at Nadal's history of pain: 2003: Elbow -- Two years after his professional debut, Nadal experienced his first physical problems which forced him to withdraw from the French Open after picking up an elbow injury in training. 2004: Left foot -- Just 18, Nadal misses the French Open and Wimbledon due to a broken bone in his foot. Читать дальше...

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won re-election for a fifth term Sunday, officials said, following a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a "terrorist organisation".

Serbia striker Vlahovic thumped home a perfect header in the first minute of stoppage time to snatch the points for Juve at the Stadio Arechi. The 23-year-old's seventh goal of the season came at the end of a battle in soaking Salerno, where the hosts fought bravely even after losing goalscorer Giulio Maggiore to a second booking in the 53rd minute. Maggiore had put Salernitana into the lead six minutes before the break but substitute Samuel Iling-Junior fired the away side level with a powerful close-range finish in the 65th minute... Читать дальше...

Azerbaijan's ecology minister and former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev was on Friday appointed to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks in a move that has sparked concern among NGOs and environmentalists who voiced similar worries over last year’s COP28 chair Sultan Al Jaber, chief of the United Arab Emirates’ national oil company.

The 36-year all-rounder, who leads the country in all formats of the game, beat his rival by a margin of more than 150,000 votes in his constituency in the western town of Magura, the district's chief administrator Abu Naser Beg said. "It was a landslide victory," he said. There is no immediate comment from the cricketer, a candidate of the ruling Awami League party of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is herself widely expected to win a fifth term in power after the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) boycotted the vote. Читать дальше...

While Kevin De Bruyne's long-awaited return for Manchester City in the holders' 5-0 rout of Huddersfield was a memorable moment on Sunday, it was Liverpool's victory in the blockbuster third round clash at the Emirates Stadium that stole the spotlight. Jurgen Klopp's side rode their luck for long spells as Arsenal wasted a series of chances before Polish defender Jakub Kiwior headed Trent Alexander-Arnold's free-kick into his own net with 10 minutes left. Luis Diaz wrapped up the smash and grab raid in stoppage-time. Читать дальше...

Muizzu, who won September elections on promises that included removing a small contingent of Indian troops operating maritime aircraft from his archipelago, banned the ministers from work pending an investigation. One deputy minister, Mariyam Shiuna, had called Modi a "clown" following the prime minister's visit to the Indian territory of Lakshadweep, a cluster of atolls just north of the Maldives. The three suspended ministers -- Malsha Shareef, Abdulla Mahzoon and Shiuna -- are all from the youth ministry. Читать дальше...

Only nine-time rally world champion Sebastien Loeb got anywhere near Peterhansel at 29sec as American rookie Seth Quintero came home third at 3min 11sec. The 58-year-old Peterhansel scooped his 50th Dakar Rally stage win to become joint record holder with Ari Vatanen. "I stopped counting a long time ago, but it's good to know I can still beat him," Peterhansel said. But the result leaves Audi's Carlos Sainz in the overall lead at 8hr 49min 38sec with a lead of 1min 51sec on Saudi Arabian Yazeed Al Rajhi who came fifth Sunday... Читать дальше...

The world number seven kept the tie alive with his never-say-die 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 victory after top-ranked Iga Swiatek had swept past Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-0. Zverev returned to partner Laura Siegemund and seal the title with a 6-4, 5-7, 10-4 win over Swiatek and Hurkacz in the deciding mixed doubles. "It was a matter of millimetres today for you guys (Poland) to be the champions," Zverev said at the presentation ceremony. "To my team, it's been amazing and so much fun. I couldn't... Читать дальше...

Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal on Sunday pulled out of the Australian Open with a "micro tear on a muscle" barely a week after making his comeback from a year-long injury absence, but said he remained positive.

Dressed in black, the yellow of the Brazilian national team or the colors of the clubs where Zagallo played and coached, scores of mourners filed past his coffin at the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in Rio de Janeiro. Also on display near the lace-draped coffin were football-mad Brazil's record five World Cup trophies. Zagallo, a diminutive left-wing known for his tactical brilliance, had a hand in winning four of them, more than anyone in football history. The "Professor," as he was known... Читать дальше...

Vlhova clocked 51.30 seconds in the tightly-gated opening run before following up with 56.32sec in the second. The Slovakian put half a second on Lena Duerr in the second run with the German finishing 0.72sec behind. Leona Popovic was third after the first run but a mistake halfway down the second knocked the Croat out of contention and allowed the American AJ Hurt to claim her first World Cup podium. The 23-year-old Californian, who made her World Cup debut in 2018 when she was just 17, was 16th fastest on the first run... Читать дальше...

Mustafa Thuria, a video stringer for AFP news agency, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with the Al Jazeera television network, were killed while they were travelling in a car, the ministry and medics said. AFP has asked the Israeli army for comment. The military replied by requesting the geographic "coordinates" of the strike. Hamza's father Wael al-Dahdouh is Al Jazeera's Gaza bureau chief who was recently wounded in a strike after his wife and two other children were killed in Israeli bombardment in the initial weeks of the war. Читать дальше...

The 26-year-old Rublev has reached nine Grand Slam quarter-finals without ever progressing further. But he must be rated among the favourites for the first major of the year at Melbourne Park after romping to his 15th ATP tour crown in just 77 minutes. "The title is something special," said Rublev. "So I couldn't have had a better week. "Now with a really happy feeling I go to Melbourne. I will enjoy one week of practice there and then we will start the Australian Open." The last time Rublev... Читать дальше...

The Federal Aviation Administration "is requiring immediate inspections of certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes before they can return to flight," the agency said on X. It added that around 171 aircraft worldwide would be affected, with each inspection taking four to eight hours. Alaska and United Airlines fly the largest number of MAX 9 planes, while Turkish Airlines has a smaller fleet. As of Sunday, all three airlines had grounded their jets for inspection. Boeing has so far delivered about 218 of the 737 MAX planes worldwide... Читать дальше...

Rybakina, who will now become world number three, won the first eight games in a row on her way to a 6-0, 6-3 win in just 73 minutes over the Australian Open champion in a repeat of the 2023 Melbourne Park final. It was her sixth WTA title and comes a week before the first Grand Slam of the year. "For sure it gives me confidence," she said about her Australian Open prospects. "But this week is just the beginning for all the players. I feel like maybe not everyone is in the best form yet. "I'm playing well now... Читать дальше...

The 37-year-old had been out of the game since injuring his hip at the 2023 Australian Open, undergoing surgery before making his return at the Brisbane International. He won his opening two matches in straight sets and looked in good touch, but needed a medical timeout towards the end of his quarter-final loss to Australia's Jordan Thompson after feeling pain in his upper left thigh. "During my last match in Brisbane I had a small problem on a muscle that as you know made me worried," he said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Читать дальше...

With fog enveloping the top of the course, Steen Olsen, 22, was the fifteenth down the mountain and completed the run in 56.79 seconds, just 0.05sec ahead of his 23-year-old ompatriot McGrath. Italy's Tommaso Sala was third quickest, finishing 0.23sec behind the leader. The track is a happy hunting ground for the young Norwegians with victory last year for Lucas Braathen, who retired earlier this season after a dispute with the national federation, ahead of McGrath. Discipline leader Marco... Читать дальше...

North Korea was conducting live-fire drills on its western coast, the Yonhap news agency reported Sunday, the third consecutive day of military exercises near the contested maritime border with the South.