Новости за 05.07.2017

French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko battled her misfiring game and stubborn qualifier Francoise Abanda before securing a 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3 win to reach the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday. For the second match running the 13th seed’s level fluctuated wildly but she finally made her extra firepower count to see off the Canadian as darkness […]

The Venezuelan police officer who staged a helicopter attack on government buildings in Caracas last week appeared in an internet video on Wednesday vowing to continue fighting for the “liberation” of his country. And in another chaotic day for Venezuela, convulsed by protests since April, pro-government groups burst into the opposition-controlled National Assembly, witnesses said, […]

Rafa Nadal continued his imperious run of form as he swept aside American Donald Young 6-4 6-2 7-5 in the Wimbledon second round on Wednesday. The two-time champion was rarely troubled by an opponent ranked 43rd in the world who chose to slug it out from the back of the court against the supreme Spanish […]

The United States warned on Wednesday that it was ready to use force “if we must” to stop North Korea’s nuclear missile program but said it prefers global diplomatic action against Pyongyang for its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said North Korea’s actions were […]

Long, long ago (well, several decades before I got into this game, anyway!) The Cyprus Mail was set by hand. Reporters rushed to the scene, phoned in their copy, editors took out their red pencils, and the pages were set by hand in our inky back room. And then, seemingly overnight, the internet sprang up […]

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was knocked out in the second round by 95th ranked American Madison Brengle on Wednesday. Brengle triumphed 6-3 1-6 6-2 to defeat the Czech who won at the All England Club in 2011 and 2014. Kvitova was playing only her third event of the year after recovering from a knife […]

A hot and bothered Daniil Medvedev is facing disciplinary action from Wimbledon officials after a bizarre row with umpire Mariana Alves ended with him tossing coins at the official’s chair on Wednesday. The Russian, who had sensationally beaten U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka on Monday, suffered a meltdown on Court 16 following his 6-4 6-2 […]

Defending champion Andy Murray outclassed German maverick Dustin Brown 6-3 6-2 6-2 in an entertaining match of exhibition style points on Wednesday, overcoming a potentially tricky opponent with a reputation for giant-killing. Brown, ranked 97th in the world, beat twice champion Rafa Nadal in the second round in 2015 and set out his familiar game […]

By Emmelia Georgiou The popular jazz festival AglanJazz is back for two nights full of music, entertainment, food and drinks. A number of jazz bands have been invited to perform from all over the world at Aglanzia old square. On Monday three bands will take stage: the Michael Messios Symmetry Band featuring Demetris Tsakas; Dock […]

Rising temperatures and humidity caused an unlikely problem at Wimbledon on Wednesday as the All England Club was infested with flying ants. Players, officials and spectators were all affected, with some – such as Croatian player Donna Vekic – even seen applying insect repellant during the changeovers in her second round match with Johanna Konta […]

Arsenal have signed striker Alexandre Lacazette on a five-year contract from French side Olympique Lyonnais, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. British media reported that Arsenal paid a club-record £46.5 million for the 26-year-old Frenchman. Lacazette scored 37 goals in 45 games last season as Lyon secured a fourth-placed finish in Ligue 1 and […]

Fabio Aru claimed his maiden Tour de France win on Wednesday, as defending champion Chris Froome snatched a yellow jersey he intends to wear all the way back to Paris. Italian champion Aru launched a blistering attack in the final stretches of the fifth stage, jumping away from the leading group with 2.3km left of […]

Britain’s Johanna Konta pulled out all the stops to win an enthralling, marathon, second round contest on Wednesday with Croatia Donna Vekic 7-6(4) 4-6 10-8. In one of the best matches of the tournament so far, which lasted 3 hours 10 minutes, Vekic’s resilience kept her constantly in with a chance of an upset but […]

Britain said on Wednesday it was sending in a task force to help run the local authority struggling to cope with the aftermath of a London tower block blaze which killed at least 80 people. Kensington and Chelsea council has been criticised by victims’ relatives and survivors for its handling of the disaster in Grenfell […]

Heather Watson hammered out a statement of intent at Wimbledon on Wednesday, swiping aside 18th seed Anastasija Sevastova 6-0 6-4 to reach the third round. On a roasting Court Two, the Briton was in the hottest of form in the first set, bashing big forehand winners past her Latvian opponent to clinch it in less […]

Giorgos Papadopoulos of the Solidarity Movement was reinstated as an MP on Wednesday after a parliament decision last week to give him back his seat which he had lost following a supreme court decision. In a ceremony at the Limassol district administration, in the presence of House speaker Demetris Syllouris, Papadopoulos was declared for the […]

MPs have until the end of July to conform to the new law on capital-statement submission, which calls on them to reveal not only their own assets and liabilities but also those of their spouse and children, it emerged on Wednesday. In a letter to deputies, dated June 28 and made public by daily Politis, […]

Results from the Wimbledon Men’s Round 2 matches on Wednesday: 28-Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 7-6(3) 6-4 6-2 30-Karen Khachanov (Russia) beat Thiago Monteiro (Brazil) 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(3) 7-5 7-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 7-6(2) 6-4 7-5 Ruben Bemelmans (Belgium) beat Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 6-4 6-2 3-6 2-6 6-3 9-Kei […]

  Cyprus MEPs admitted on Wednesday that they were among those who did not attend the prime minister of Malta’s address in the European Parliament, dedicated to the country’s six months in the EU presidency chair, which ended last week. The poor showing by MEPs in general – only 30 out of 751 MEPs showed […]

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) has announced the appointment of Ran Ben Shimon as the new manager of the Cyprus national team until the autumn of 2019, when Cyprus conclude their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign. He replaces Christakis Christophorou who stepped down earlier this year after a series of poor results. Ben Shimon, a 46-year-old […]

All sides in Crans-Montana appeared to be waiting on Wednesday for news of the arrival of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the morning conference session was postponed in favour of a number of bilateral meetings between the various parties that were going on all day. The morning session of discussions on security and guarantees was […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying that Germany was “committing suicide” by not letting him speak to Turks in Germany during his visit to the country for a G20 leaders summit, which starts on Friday. “Germany is committing suicide,” he told German weekly Die Zeit, adding: “Germany must correct this mistake.” Erdogan also […]

Deok trade union said on Wednesday that many employers were ignoring laws which should protect employees working in extreme heat. The union said that it had noticed that over the last four years that the system the labour inspection service proposes businesses use to monitor whether workers are protected from extreme weather conditions, “has failed […]

All Volvo car models launched after 2019 will be electric or hybrids, the Chinese-owned company said on Wednesday, making it the first major traditional automaker to set a date for phasing out vehicles powered solely by the internal combustion engine. The Sweden-based company will continue to produce pure combustion-engine Volvos from models launched before that date, but its […]

Fragments of bone belonging to 15 Greek commandos on board the Noratlas plane, that were unearthed last year and could not be identified though DNA testing, were buried on Wednesday in Nicosia, in line with the wishes of relatives of the 1974 tragedy. The Noratlas, carrying soldiers from Crete, in the wake of Turkey’s invasion […]