Новости за 11.02.2017

Liverpool belatedly kick-started their year and damaged Tottenham Hotspur’s slender Premier League title hopes as Sadio Mane struck both goals in a 2-0 victory at Anfield on Saturday. Second-placed Tottenham had the chance to cut Chelsea’s lead at the top to six points ahead of their trip to Burnley on Sunday, but they were swept […]

Elliot Daly’s try four minutes from time gave champions England a 21-16 victory over Wales in a pulsating Six Nations clash played at relentless speed amid an amazing atmosphere at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on Saturday. England’s 15-match winning streak and hopes of a repeat grand slam looked over as they trailed late into a game […]

Manchester United became the first club to reach 2,000 points in the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Watford at Old Trafford on Saturday. United, crowned champions 13 times since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, maintained their top-four pursuit with goals from Juan Mata and Anthony Martial. Watford have never […]

Ireland recorded their biggest ever Six Nations victory as they smashed Italy 63-10 in Rome on Saturday, running in nine tries and earning the tournament’s first attacking bonus point. The 2015 champions rebounded from a narrow loss against Scotland last week at Murrayfield and earned their four-try bonus point in barely 30 minutes, with blindside […]

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has ordered an investigation into the cause of a stampede at a football match in which at least 17 people were killed. Scores of people were injured in the stampede at a stadium in the northern city of Uige on Friday when hundreds of supporters stormed the venue’s gates. […]

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in an interview to be aired on Sunday that he doubts the bloc’s remaining 27 members can maintain a united front as they negotiate Britain’s exit from the European Union. “The other EU 27 don’t know it yet, but the Brits know very well how they can tackle this,” […]

Death is not something we often talk about, and yet, as it is the only certainty we have, maybe we should. Not only that, talking openly about the subject can also make us live our lives better. Which is why a growing number of people visit death cafes. They are not actually cafes, that is […]

Two goals from Alexis Sanchez, one of which was scored with his hand, earned Arsenal a workmanlike 2-0 win at the Emirates which halted their run of two successive Premier League defeats and lifted them to third in the table. But the result was far from convincing and did little to settle the debate over […]

Usain Bolt fired his team of international ‘All Stars’ to victory in the inaugural Nitro Athletics Series in Melbourne on Saturday, capping the glitzy event with a dominant win in the 4x100m relay to pip hosts Australia in the final standings. Running the second leg of the relay, the eight-time Olympic gold medal winner took […]

Britain’s government has said it will shut down a unit investigating claims of torture and unlawful killing by British soldiers in Iraq after a law firm representing alleged victims was found to have made false claims. “This will be a huge relief to hundreds of British troops who have had these quite unfair allegations hanging […]

Women, and men, on Saturday assembled at Phaneromeni Square in Nicosia to mark the One Billion Rising global day of action, which this year focused on the exploitation of women, and to harnessing even stronger global solidarity to demand an end to violence in all forms. The One Billion Rising nametag comes from what organisers […]

The committee on missing persons (CMP) said Saturday it had recently found out that the remains returned to a family in 2009 belonged to the wrong person, as it announced a review of other, similar cases. In a written statement, the CMP said tests conducted on a set of remains exhumed in 2015 indicated “that […]

A Turkish hacker was sentenced to eight years in a US prison for his role as one the masterminds behind three cyber attacks that enabled $55 million to be siphoned from automated teller machines globally. Ercan Findikoglu, who went by the online nicknames “Segate,” “Predator,” and “Oreon,” was sentenced by US District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto […]

  Parliament’s decision to introduce an annual commemoration in public schools of the 1950 enosis referendum is unacceptable and will only foment the mistrust his community felt towards Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Saturday. “It is unacceptable that during a time when we are trying to set a date for a […]

Mark Warburton has resigned as manager of Rangers, the Scottish Premiership club said on Friday. Warburton, however, told the BBC he had not stood down from his post and was unaware of the club’s statement. The record 54-time Scottish champions are third in the standings, 27 points behind leaders and arch-rivals Celtic after returning to […]

Tiger Woods will not compete in two scheduled upcoming PGA Tour events due to nagging back spasms that forced him to pull out of an event in Dubai last week, the former world number one said. Woods, who has struggled mightily in his much-anticipated comeback this year following back surgery, said on his website he […]

Where do you live? I live in Protaras and Larnaca. Best childhood memory? I have lots of wonderful memories of my grandfather’s house by the sea. Absolute favourite dish? What food would you really turn your nose up to? I really like Spanish cuisine and my favourite dish is paella. I don’t eat meat. What […]

  By Harry Pearl Whale rescuers in New Zealand linked arms in neck-deep water on Saturday to try and prevent about 200 pilot whales from stranding themselves again in a remote bay, where 300 of the animals died this week. The incident, in the shallow muddy waters of Golden Bay, at the northwest tip of […]

Turkey will hold a referendum on April 16 on proposed changes to the constitution that would replace its parliamentary system with the executive presidency sought by Tayyip Erdogan, the head of the High Election Board announced on Saturday. The proposal would enable the president to issue decrees, declare emergency rule, appoint ministers and top state […]

Police arrested a 22-year-old man in Nicosia on Friday in connection with possession of child pornography. The arrest followed a search of the suspect’s home during which police seized a computer and a mobile phone. The case is being investigated by the cyber crime unit.

By Michele Tamez For the human body to function well, it should be fed a good balance of vitamins and nutrients. There are three primary macronutrients which we consume namely protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Without these, our body won’t be able to function properly. Since we cannot synthesize vitamins in sufficient quantities, they must be obtained […]

Four people died and more than 100 were injured after a powerful earthquake struck the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines late Friday, damaging some structures and cutting power in many areas, local officials said. The 6.7 earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km and the epicentre was about 13 km east of […]

By Katie Adams With more and more people putting more concern on their health and wellness, detoxification products such as detox teas are becoming all the more popular. Why Detoxify? The human body is created with its own detoxification system, which includes the skin, liver, kidney and the colon. The liver and the kidney filter […]

If Tottenham Hotspur are to keep up the chase of Premier League leaders Chelsea they must find a cure for their Anfield jinx and pile on the misery for fading Liverpool on Saturday. Victory in the late kick-off (7.30pm) would see Spurs cut Chelsea’s lead to six points before the Blues travel on Sunday (3.30pm) […]

Five points separate the top four teams as we enter the final four games of the regular season, with leaders Apoel having seemingly the easiest task this weekend as they face Karmiotissa, who are stuck in the bottom half of the table. Second-placed AEL have a tough game against fourth-placed AEK, while Apollon, who are […]