Новости за 05.07.2016

Four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy once singled out Luke Donald as the one player he would choose to hole a 'winner-take-all' 10-foot putt on the last green.

Top-ranked Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott lead a host of men's golf stars who have withdrawn from the Rio Olympics, an exodus that could jeopardize the sport's return to the Games lineup after an 112-year absence.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he was optimistic that a Canada-EU free trade agreement would be ratified soon, despite requiring the approval of 28 EU member states and European Parliament to go forward.

La maire PS de Paris Anne Hidalgo a étrillé mardi, par la voix d'un de ses adjoints, l'actuel projet français de candidature à l'Exposition universelle qui présente des "faiblesses graves" et dont la gouvernance "doit être renouvelée".

Argentina head coach Gerardo Martino announced his resignation on Tuesday, days after losing the Copa America Centenario final and a month before the Olympics.

World number two Andy Murray confirmed on Tuesday he will play for defending champions Britain in their Davis Cup quarter-final in Serbia next week despite Novak Djokovic opting out for the hosts.

Coalition forces fighting the Islamic State group in northern Syria destroyed one of their own combat drones Tuesday after the unmanned aircraft crashed, the US Air Force said.

Theresa May emerged on top after the first round of voting for Britain's next leader as MPs cast their initial ballots in the contest to replace David Cameron Tuesday.

A rocket fired by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen on Tuesday killed seven children in a residential neighbourhood of Marib city, east of the capital, officials said.

Apple on Tuesday announced that the coming version of software for iPhones will include an easy way for people in the US to become organ donors.

BlackBerry on Tuesday said that it is killing off its Classic smartphone with a physical keyboard as part of an effort to modernize its lineup.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Antoine Griezmann, Toni Kroos: ils ont joué la finale de Ligue des champions avec leurs clubs fin mai et rêvent maintenant d'accéder à celle de l'Euro-2016 en franchissant le stade des demi-finales mercredi et jeudi.

Le long règne des dinosaures n'a pas été mis KO d'un seul coup par la chute d'une météorite il y a 66 millions d'années: cet événement a été précédé par un changement climatique lié aux volcans, soulignent mardi des chercheurs.

Environ 4.500 migrants ont été secourus mardi au cours d'une trentaine d'opérations diverses dans le canal de Sicile, en Méditerranée, ont annoncé les gardes-côtes italiens qui coordonnent ces interventions.

L'écologiste Nicolas Hulot a annoncé mardi qu'"après mûre réflexion", il ne serait pas candidat à l'élection présidentielle de 2017.

England gave a debut to exciting Sussex quick bowler Tymal Mills for the one-off Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka at the Ageas Bowl on Tuesday.

France, led by NBA star Tony Parker, got off to a perfect start Tuesday as the world's fifth-ranked basketball team threw off the Philippines 93-84 in their bid to win a slot at the Rio Olympics.

Marcel Kittel said his Tour de France stage win on Tuesday was a relief following a nightmare 2015.

Venus Williams insisted she never stopped believing she could conquer the long road back to the top after the five-time champion reached the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time in seven years.

Joao Havelange, the Brazilian former FIFA president who helped Rio de Janeiro's winning bid to host the Olympic Games this August, left hospital Tuesday after treatment for pneumonia, a spokeswoman said.

Dominika Cibulkova has no regrets about missing out on a fairytale Wimbledon final as the Slovakian prepares to walk down the aisle on her wedding day.

Chanel pulled the curtain back on its Paris haute couture show Tuesday to reveal the secret life of its studios, where a small army of tailors, embroiderers and plumers turn out some of the world's most expensive clothes.

L'ancien chef de l'Etat Valéry Giscard d'Estaing conseille mardi à Emmanuel Macron d'acquérir de "l'expérience" et de mener une longue carrière de ministre avant de se lancer éventuellement dans une campagne présidentielle.

Des peines allant de deux ans à dix ans de prison ferme ont été requises mardi à l'encontre de cinq jeunes Lensois jugés à Paris pour avoir rejoint ou tenté de rejoindre la Syrie en 2014 pour combattre auprès des jihadistes du groupe État islamique.

La SNCF a indiqué mardi qu'elle indemnisera les abonnés TER en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, après les perturbations survenues sur le trafic ferroviaire en juin, entre les mouvements sociaux et les intempéries.