Новости за 26.11.2016

CHELSEA 2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 Chelsea retained top spot in the Premier League after goals from Pedro and Victor Moses earned them a comeback 2-1 win over London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. Chelsea looked disjointed for most of the first half and in the 11th minute, Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen whipped the ball home from […]

Borussia Dortmund, conquerors of Bayern Munich one week ago, ended an eventful week by losing 2-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Saturday while Hoffenheim remained unbeaten after drawing 1-1 at Borussia Moenchengladbach. Werder Bremen twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at bottom club Hamburg SV, who remained winless after 12 games, in […]

Starting off December, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, together with Soloist Christina Pantelidou will give two performances next week under the name La Folia. For this one we will be transported to green meadows with a touch of madness as the aria Verdi prati from George Frideric Handel’s opera Alcina forms the basis for the first […]

Liverpool and Manchester City both had to struggle for the victories that took them above Chelsea at the top of the Premier League table although Antonio Conte’s side will return to the summit if they beat Tottenham Hotspur in Saturday’s late game. City came from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 with two Sergio Aguero goals […]

The first Cypriot space documentary film, which narrates the adventure of the Cypriot NASA international first prize winner ArachnobeeA team was presented this week for the first time in Nicosia. The documentary film The Incredible Story of ArachnobeeA tells the story of the team that won the first international NASA Best Mission Concept Award for […]

Hosts Croatia took a 2-1 lead over Argentina in the Davis Cup final after Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig beat Juan Martin Del Potro and Leonardo Mayer 7-6(2) 7-6(4) 6-3 in Saturday’s doubles. Having overcome more fancied doubles teams in wins over the United States and France en route to the final, Cilic and Dodig […]

England showed great determination, organisation and experience to overcome a fifth-minute red card for Elliot Daly and grind out an impressive 27-14 victory over Argentina on Saturday to make it 12 wins in a row under Eddie Jones Wing Daly was sent off for tackling Leonardo Senatore in the air but England still battled to […]

Political parties and groups on Saturday expressed their sorrow over the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro who died on Friday at the age of 90. Communist party Akel said that very few leaders left their print on world history and Castro was one of them. “The major achievements of his people in the […]

Lewis Hamilton lapped in a league of his own on Saturday to seize pole position for the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix with Mercedes team mate and championship favourite Nico Rosberg joining him on the front row. Rosberg has a 12-point lead and can afford to let Hamilton win Sunday’s day-to-night race, knowing […]

Efforts to continue the UN-led peace talks on Cyprus continue in the coming week, with the focal point being the return to the island of the UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide on Sunday. British and US officials will also be visiting Cyprus in the coming days. On Monday morning Eide […]

Sergio Aguero struck twice as Manchester City came from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 at Turf Moor in the Premier League on Saturday. Aguero scored the winner in the 60th minute when he fired home at the far post for his 33rd goal in his last 34 games having equalised in the 37th minute when […]

Judges informed the finance minister that as of the beginning of next year they will no longer take a voluntary 20 per cent pay reduction which was part of an austerity drive to prop up the economy, reports said on Saturday. According to media reports, head of the Supreme Court Myron Nicolatos sent a letter […]

World leaders paid tribute on Saturday to Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States, but in death just as in life he divided opinion, and critics labelled him a “tyrant”. Castro died on Friday aged 90, his younger brother and successor Raul Castro announced […]

Turkey should heed European Union warnings over halting membership talks and carry out reforms demanded by the bloc, the president of the European Commission said on Saturday in a newspaper interview. Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday’s vote by the European Parliament to suspend talks with Ankara should not be underestimated because, although not binding, “it will […]

While weddings are supposed to be celebrations of love, they can also be a celebration of cultural tradition and family values. And very often the bride’s wedding dress reflects that. Which is what makes the exhibition entitled Brides at the Leventis Museum: tradition and fashion in Greece and Cyprus, which opens in Nicosia on Wednesday, […]

Disy’s Limassol municipal councillors on Saturday urged mayor Andreas Christou to reveal the content of the letter he received last week from the auditor-general. They expressed bewilderment over why the mayor did not inform them of the arrival of the letter, which was also notified to the municipal council. The letter, the group said, was […]

Jonny Bairstow‘s composed 89 helped England survive some atrocious top order shot-making and reach 268 for eight at close of play on the first day of the third test against India on Saturday. Alastair Cook won an important toss but the tourists conceded much of the advantage with poor shot selection and could have been […]

Hundreds of thousands rallied in central Seoul on Saturday for a fifth week of protests against President Park Geun-hye, in the largest ongoing series of demonstrations in the country since the 1987 movement to democratise South Korea. Park’s presidency has been rocked by allegations that a close friend used her ties to the leader to […]

A 27-year-old man was arrested Friday night after attempting to travel abroad from Paphos airport with more than €100,000 cash in his luggage. The man, who was to board an outbound flight, was arrested at around 8.45pm after airport security staff spotted €102,900 in €500 and €50 notes during the luggage control of the flight […]

Cyprus sent more reinforcements to Israel to assist in the fire-fighting as flames spread across Haifa and other parts of the country on Saturday. According to the civil defence spokeswoman Olivia Michaelidou a team of 28 firemen, 24 civil defence rescuers and 17 forest rangers departed on Saturday morning for Israel to help put out […]

Timo Werner struck twice as promoted RB Leipzig crushed hosts Freiburg 4-1 on Friday to go six points clear at the top of the Bundesliga with their seventh consecutive victory. The talented 20-year-old, who joined the club from VfB Stuttgart for a reported 10 million euros ($10.59 million) this season, took his tally to seven […]

Technopolis 20 cultural centre will be in a jazzy mood tomorrow when Pavel Skornyakov will take to his saxophone with Leonid Nesterov accompanying him on the piano. The accomplished musicians will perform a selection of their original compositions and also other well-known jazz pieces. Coming over from Russia specially to perform, Skornyakov will impress with […]

By Daniel Trotta The son of a wealthy landowner, Fidel Castro turned his back on a life of privilege to lead a left-wing revolution in Cuba that endured for decades and was shaped by his political cunning, keen sense of destiny and boundless ego. Castro, who has died at the age of 90, was at […]

Tottenham Hotspur may be licking their wounds after crashing out of the Champions League but they must quickly refocus as they return to Premier League action on Saturday at leaders Chelsea in their third straight London derby (7.30pm). Spurs were eliminated from Europe’s premier competition at the group stage after a sloppy display in a […]

AEL and Omonia, the two teams that opened up the title race last weekend with wins over the top two, face each other in the weekend’s most attractive encounter in the Cyprus football championship. Leaders AEK face a tricky home game against Ermis while Aris and Doxa meet in a potential relegation six-pointer. Anorthosis will […]