Новости за 22.04.2017

Late goals from Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matric sealed a 4-2 victory for Chelsea over London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in a rip-roaring FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday. It was only the fourth time in the competition that a semi-final had featured the current top two in the top flight and it did not […]

There is always something going on at the Cyherbia Botanical Park and Labyrinth in Avgorou, and now that all the eggs have been found in the maze, the fairies and goblins can come out for some fun. Saying a big hello to Spring, the park will host its third Fairy Folk Festival next week and […]

Rafa Nadal stayed on course for a record-extending 10th Monte Carlo Masters title when the Spaniard beat David Goffin 6-3 6-1 in the semi-finals after the Belgian was denied a key point in controversial fashion on Saturday. The 10th-seeded Goffin was 3-2 up and on game point when chair umpire Cedric Mourier ruled a Nadal […]

Bournemouth boosted their chances of staying in the Premier League with a crushing 4-0 win over 10-man Middlesbrough that pushed their opponents towards the relegation precipice on Saturday. Middlesbrough, who have not won in 16 league games, had a nightmare opening 20 minutes in which they conceded two goals and had midfielder Gaston Ramirez sent […]

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich twice came from a goal down to struggle to a 2-2 draw against visitors Mainz 05 on Saturday, but stayed nine points clear at the top with four matches remaining. The Bavarians, chasing a fifth straight Bundesliga title, lacked any spark for much of the game, with Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final […]

With Bob Dylan winning the Noble Prize in Literature last year, it is plain to see that many consider his song lyrics to be under the literary umbrella. And just as pieces of literature have inspired artists to take their own art into diverse paths, so have some of Dylan’s lyrics. Specifically, the lyrics from […]

US scientists will stage an unprecedented protest on Saturday, a March for Science provoked by steep cuts President Donald Trump has proposed for science and research budgets, and growing disregard for evidence-based knowledge. The march in Washington, timed to coincide with the Earth Day environmental event, will put Trump’s questioning of climate change and proposed […]

Triple Olympic track champion Kenenisa Bekele is somewhat surprised that his sepia-tinged 5,000 and 10,000-metres world records are still standing but, at 34, he still feels he can complete a remarkable hat-trick by claiming the marathon mark. Ethiopian Bekele, widely regarded as the greatest distance runner of all time, set 5,000m and 10,000m world records […]

Forced to buy expensive airport food and water, given no shelter A SERBIAN lawyer and human rights activist who lives permanently in Cyprus has contradicted the foreign ministry’s version of events relating to the handling of a Serbian children’s dance troupe on Tuesday, saying the authorities deported its members and did not provide suitable care to […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May refused on Saturday to rule out an increase in personal taxes if she wins a June 8 election after her Chancellor said fiscal pledges had limited his ability to manage the economy. May and her Chancellor, Philip Hammond, were forced earlier this year to scrap a planned rise in an […]

Former tennis bad boy Ilie Nastase found himself in deep water on Saturday after being booted out of Romania’s Fed Cup tie against Britain, a day after allegations that he made a derogatory comment about Serena Williams’ unborn child. The 70-year-old former French Open and U.S. Open champion, who is captain of Romania’s Fed Cup […]

CID officers from police HQ were investigating on Saturday reports that intense betting activity had been noticed before kick-off in the game between Ermis and Doxa, for the championship play-offs. Police did not name the teams but they said they had received information from the football association regarding suspicious betting activity ahead of a particular […]

Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency spied on the Interpol international police agency for years and on the group’s country liaison offices in dozens of countries such as Austria, Greece and the United States, a German magazine said. No comment was immediately available from the BND, Interpol or Europol. Der Spiegel magazine, citing documents it had […]

The government was monitoring the movements of a Turkish survey vessel offshore Cyprus, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Saturday, adding that public comments would not serve any goal. “We do not think public statements served the goal,” he said. The Republic was monitoring the developments, reviewed the data continuously and its reactions were already […]

Michele Scarponi, the 2011 Giro d’Italia champion, has been killed in a road accident after being hit by a van while training close to his home in Filottrano, his Astana team said on Saturday. Scarponi, 37, left home early on Saturday morning for a training ride where the accident occurred at a crossroads. “This is […]

Watering equipment worth some €10,000 was destroyed by fire in Paphos in what police say was a deliberate act. The equipment was located in a field in the area of Ahelia, belonging to a 43-year-old man. The fire was put out by the fire service before it spread. The equipment, worth €10,000 was destroyed. Investigators […]

Police arrested a 22-year-old man in Larnaca on Friday in connection with possession of 56 grammes of cannabis and a number of firecrackers. Drug squad officers searched the man’s house after a tip off and found a half-finished joint containing tobacco mixed with cannabis, 56 grammes of cannabis, a precision scale, and €4,250. Officers also […]

Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday the United States would honour a controversial refugee deal with Australia, under which the United States would resettle up to 1,250 asylum seekers, a deal President Donald Trump had described as “dumb”. Pence told a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that the deal would […]

Nicosia will turn to reality on Wednesday with the screening of two documentaries. For all those interested in birds and their importance to the ecosystem, the non-profit organisation BirdLife Cyprus will screen its documentary Wings on the Wind for the first time at the Aigaia School of Art and Design in Nicosia at 7.30pm. The […]

France’s Front National (FN) has gone from a protest vote to a genuine election contender over the last twenty years. According to research by Ifop comparing surveys of FN voters in 1997 and 2017, the share of people putting their cross next to the Le Pen-led party as an act of defiance to the political […]

TOTTENHAM Hotspur fans could be excused for putting their faith in the old mantra “what goes around comes around” as Saturday’s seismic FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea looms. Decades of misery have been inflicted by a club they once lorded it over so victory at Wembley would not only heal some of the scars but […]

THE Cyprus football championship enters the final stretch this weekend as the second and final round of the playoffs begins. With just five games remaining, the chasing teams in both groups, are beginning to run out of time. In the Championship group, Apoel hold a four point advantage over second placed Apollon and they should […]

As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in what would be the deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military base, officials said. One official in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, where the attack occurred, said on Saturday at least 140 soldiers were killed and many […]

Liverpool have a chance to consolidate their position in the Champions League qualification spots when they host Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday (6.30pm), while three of the top four are in FA Cup semi-final action. Looking to benefit from any slip-up by Jurgen Klopp’s side are fifth-placed Manchester United – unbeaten in […]

A massive power outage threw San Francisco into chaos for most of the work day on Friday, knocking out traffic signals, paralyzing businesses and halting the city’s famed cable cars. The power outage, which was triggered by a fire in a PG&E Corp. utility substation, disrupted San Francisco’s normally bustling financial district, home to banks […]