Новости за 02.07.2016

Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova is on an eight-match winning roll on grass she hopes will continue deep into the second week of Wimbledon. The 19th seed beat 2014 runner-up Eugenie Bouchard 6-4 6-3 on Saturday to reach the last 16 without the loss of a set and now has third seed Agnieszka Radwanska in her sights. […]

Andy Murray recorded a solid and largely straightforward 6-3 7-5 6-2 victory over Australian John Millman on Saturday to reach the second week of Wimbledon where he will find himself in the unusual position of being the highest seed left in the draw. One of the partisan crowd’s biggest cheers during his third-round win over […]

By Martyn Herman Novak Djokovic is fallible after all, as American powerhouse Sam Querrey proved in stunning fashion to stop the Serb’s seemingly unstoppable charge towards a calendar year grand slam at a rain-hit Wimbledon on Saturday. The 28th seed boomed down 31 aces and repelled an attempted Djokovic comeback to win a third-round match […]

The British Council will be running a clearing exhibition on Wednesday at the Hilton hotel in Nicosia, where people interested in becoming an undergraduate or postgraduate student at a UK university this autumn can get on-the-spot offers. The exhibition, which will bring together representatives from 41 British universities, is suitable for students who have not […]

The owner of a night club in Paphos reported to police on Friday night that someone had fired a shot at the establishment’s main entrance. The case was reported to police at around 11.30pm, shortly after the owner noticed the shot while opening his business, located on Ayios Antonios Street. The man said he noticed […]

A 19-year-old male was seriously injured on Saturday after a car he was travelling in crashed into the iron railings of a pedestrian crossing near the Ayia Fyla roundabout in Limassol. The incident happened at 5am. The 21-year-old driver of the car was slightly injured. They were both taken to hospital where doctors diagnosed that […]

Resumption of the National Council’s operation is important at a time when efforts are afoot to speed up reunification negotiations, main opposition AKEL said on Saturday, following the president’s announcement that he would consider reconvening the body if party leaders agreed to his conditions. “Although it is an advisory body, the National Council is at […]

Britain might have its Glastonbury festival, where thousands of people gather each year to camp out, enjoy the music and get very muddy, but we have the Xarkis festival in the village of Lofou where there is only sunshine, lots to do and a relaxing time. For the fourth year in a row the festival […]

The 22nd General Assembly of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) convenes in Thessaloniki, Greece, from Monday to Friday to discuss matters such as the refugee crisis, poverty and climate change. A delegation of the House of Representatives, comprised by Angelos Votsis, Costas Constantinou, Evanthia Savva and Elias Myrianthous, will take part in the assembly, […]

Four men were remanded in custody for 24 hours on Saturday in connection with a series of offences including assault, car theft and impersonating police officers that took place last month in the Famagusta district. The four, three locals, aged 29, 34 and 48, and a 35-year-old Albanian, were arrested earlier on Saturday. On Monday, […]

Nico Rosberg’s hopes of a third successive Austrian Grand Prix win took a hit on Saturday when he crashed in final practice and damaged his Mercedes’ gearbox, incurring a five-place grid penalty. Mercedes said mechanics were working flat out to repair the damaged car in time for afternoon qualifying at the Red Bull Ring circuit. […]

The 20-year-old driver of a car involved in an accident that injured him and a passenger, had 62 microgrammes of alcohol in his system, police said. The legal limit is 22. The 20-year-old Russian national, along with a compatriot, 28, both living in Limassol, were slightly injured when the driver apparently lost control of the […]

By Jonathan Barrett and Jane Wardell Early counting in Australia’s national election on Saturday showed a swing to the opposition Labor Party, adding to fears a close vote will deny current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the outright majority he needs to enact major economic reforms. The leader of Australia’s conservative Liberal Party-led coalition dissolved both […]

Five people were killed and another 22 were wounded early on Saturday when a man entered a cafe in northern Serbia and opened fire with an assault rifle, police said. Police arrested the suspect, a man in his late 30s identified only as Z.S., immediately after the shooting during a local festival in the village […]

Limassol may have its Rialto World Music Festival running at the moment, but Nicosia and – specifically – Aglantzia has always got its jazz festival as a summer staple. This year marks ten years since the start of the two-day festival and each year increasing numbers of music lovers are attracted to the outdoor jazz […]

Title contenders Germany will come face to face with their ultimate tournament nightmare when they take on Italy in their Euro 2016 quarter-final in Bordeaux on Saturday. The world champions have lost every single tournament knockout game to the Italians going back almost half a century but are confident they can end a streak that […]

Defending champion Chris Froome looks set for a rocky ride with an army of hungry rivals trying to prevent the Briton becoming the first rider for over 20 years to retain the Tour de France. “This is the toughest challenge I’ve faced in my career, to target a third Tour de France,” Froome, who prevailed […]

Ecstatic Wales coach Chris Coleman praised his “soldiers” after a shock 3-1 win over Belgium at Euro 2016 took the country to their first major tournament semi-final, and said they could match anyone if they were not afraid to fail. “I know my team are good enough to perform against anybody. We defended like soldiers, […]

Nico Rosberg is the only current Formula One driver to have won in Austria and Mercedes’ championship leader intends to keep it that way on Sunday by completing his hat-trick in Red Bull’s backyard. The German arrives at the scenic Red Bull Ring buoyed by a victory in Baku which restored his lead over team-mate […]

Six gunmen were killed and 13 hostages, including three foreigners, were rescued on Saturday during a police operation inside a Dhaka restaurant that came under attack, Indian television channel Times Now reported. Gunmen attacked the upscale cafe in the diplomatic area of Dhaka late on Friday and had been holding about 20 hostages, including foreigners, […]

Order of play at Wimbledon on Saturday, prefix number denotes seeding, all times GMT. Third round unless stated. CENTRE COURT (1200) 5-Simona Halep (Romania v 26-Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) John Millman (Australia) v 2-Andy Murray 27-Jack Sock (U.S) v 6-Milos Raonic (Canada) COURT ONE (1100) 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v 28-Sam Querrey (U.S) T/F 6-7(6) 1-6 Alize […]

ON the occasion of Ramadan on July 7, about 1,000 people of Turkish origin who live in the north will make a pilgrimage to the Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque led by Mufti Taliban Atalay. “The pilgrimage was made possible after an agreement by religious leaders Archbishop Chrysostomos and the Mufti Taliban Atalay in 2014,” an […]

WILBUR ROSS, the main shareholder and vice chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, saw an opportunity for Cyprus that was created by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Many London-based financial companies would be looking to re-locate in order to remain within the EU and Cyprus should try to take advantage of this exodus […]

KEY testimony by a suspect arrested in Nicosia on Monday for harbouring one of the shooters in last week’s contract killing in Ayia Napa, led to the arrest of four more people on Friday, including the victim’s bodyguard who may have been in on it. The four suspects, believed to have facilitated the killers involved […]

ELEGANT executioner Roger Federer dropped Dan Evans through the Wimbledon trap door on Friday as he reached the fourth round of the grasscourt major with a bloodless 6-4 6-2 6-2 victory. Forty eight hours after slaying world number 772 Marcus Willis, Federer claimed a second successive British scalp as he reached the second week without […]