Новости за 23.12.2017

Tonight brings a packed schedule featuring the maximum 15 games, as the league crams in as much action as possible before shutting down the schedule for three days over the holidays. The Flames are the lucky team that gets the extra night off, while the country’s other six teams are in action, including one all-Canadian matchup. We’ll start there.

Craig Burley joins SportsCenter to discuss his thoughts on whether or not Zinedine Zidane will remain Real Madrid's manager. Barcelona extend their La Liga lead to 14 points above Real Madrid, thanks to goals from Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Aleix Vidal. Barcelona rocked the Bernabeu and moved 14 points clear of Real Madrid with a 3-0 victory, inspired by Leo Messi's goal and assist. MADRID -- Zinedine Zidane admitted Real Madrid were hurting badly but said he had no regrets... Читать дальше...

Speaking at an annual gathering of Russia's ruling United Russia party on December 23, its head and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the party wants the "ultimate victory" of President Vladimir Putin at the presidential election in March 2018 and will give him "all possible support" now and in the future. (Reuters)

Liam James Tell is front and center in mom Lauren Conrad and dad William Tell’s 2017 holiday card!

This is the dramatic moment a jumped from an eight-story building that had been engulfed by fire. But the man’s fall was broken by firefighters with an air mattress after he leaped from the tower block in Jecheon, South Korea. The horrific fire claimed the lives of 29 people, most of them taking a sauna....

This is the dramatic moment a jumped from an eight-storey building that had been engulfed by fire. But the man’s fall was broken by firefighters with an air mattress after he leaped from the tower block in Jecheon, South Korea. The horrific fire claimed the life of 29 people, most of them taking a sauna....

After spending a day caught up in what looked like an embarrassing gaffe for the NCAA, it turns out Florida State is officially eligible for the Independence Bowl. The story, which was reported by Reddit College Football and was later confirmed by ex-ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy on Facebook, centered around Delaware State, a team Florida...

Hundreds of drivers have been stranded on the main Athens to Thessaloniki highway, as a snow storm hit central Greece, on Friday./ thegreekreporter

Oklahoma left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. chases late dad's NFL success

You can’t shop Meghan Markle‘s custom three-stone ring — after all, it’s made up of a diamond from Botswana and two from the collection of Princess Diana — but fashionistas can replicate the bride-to-be’s looks from her dreamy engagement photo shoot with Prince Harry.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Orlando Brown Jr.'s road to greatness hasn't been as straight as one might expect for the son of an NFL offensive lineman. Oklahoma's dominant left tackle is a first-team AP All-American and a projected first-round draft pick. But years ago, he was a slow, chubby seventh-grader who lacked aggression. "His dad would stay on him, like, 'You're playing too timid, you don't want to play this game, you don't want to play it because you're not playing the way you should be playing,'" said Orlando Jr.'s mother... Читать дальше...

Residents in Iraq's Shiite holy city of Karbala have denounced a local decision that could soon see salesmen in trouble for displaying female mannequins in anything but Islamic clothing.

MELBOURNE – England's players owed under-fire skipper Joe Root their utmost to turn the tables on dominant Australia in the showpiece Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow said Saturday.

CHICAGO – The Chicago Police Department carried out several raids Wednesday night after infiltrating a Facebook group where guns and drug were being sold, according to WGN. Dozens of suspects were arrested, including a Chicago Public School teacher. This was a 10-month operation that began in February of this year when a police informant told investigators about gun and drug trafficking going on in a dark corner of social media – the so-called “secret” groups on Facebook. 50 people were […]

Southern California's Thomas Fire became the state's largest wildfire in recorded history Friday night, state officials said. The blaze has now burned 273,400 acres, which is about 427 square miles, and has destroyed more than 1,000 structures. One firefighter was killed fighting the fire, which is now 65 percent contained.

Russia has estimated there are about 10,000 Islamic State militants in Afghanistan and their number is growing because fighters fleeing Syria and Iraq also are heading to the war-ravaged country. Russian media on Saturday quoted Zamir Kabulov, Russia's special presidential envoy for Afghanistan, as saying Moscow is particularly worried about an increasing foothold of Daesh militants in northern Afghan provinces bordering Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Daesh is the Arabic acronym for IS. "Russia... Читать дальше...

BOURNE, Mass. (AP) — A Cape Cod teacher is one tough cookie — he cut his finger on the Food Network's "Christmas Cookie Challenge" show and still won the competition. Doug Alley, who lives in Rhode Island and teaches culinary arts at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School in Bourne, took the $10,000 top prize. Alley tells the Cape Cod Times he and his fellow contestants have been texting each other since the episode began being aired in the run-up to Christmas. The challenge was taped in New Orleans in August. Читать дальше...

Complaints in military circles revolve around fears that the recent extension of tenures of the military service chiefs will lead to delayed promotions.

Complaints in military circles revolve around fears that the recent extension of tenures of the military service chiefs will lead to delayed promotions.

Russia, Iran and Turkey have announced that a fourth track of peace talks will open in Sochi in January 2018. Both the UN and the Syrian opposition have acknowledged the new peace push without embracing it, Deutsche Wellewrites.
After two days of talks in Astana, Russia, Iran and Turkey announced on Friday that they would meet for a "national dialogue congress" next month in the Russian seaside resort of Sochi, to try to find a political solution to the ongoing conflict in Syria.
The three... Читать дальше...

2002 was a slumping time for the Penguins and Mario’s last great year as a player. We look back on him scoring from a faceoff on this day 15 years ago

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York lawmaker who has long called for greater disclosure when it comes to online political ads is backing a new proposal from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. On Thursday Cuomo announced he would ask lawmakers to pass legislation requiring online campaign ads to bear the name of the organization paying for the content. He also wants groups paying for online campaign ads to register with the state, just like groups paying for traditional ads. Democratic state Sen. Todd Kaminsky... Читать дальше...

The Ravens big man burned up his former team in Week 15. We break down the fantasy implications.

L'année s'annonçait déjà record en ce qui concerne les assassinats au Mexique. Les autorités le confirment maintenant : 23 101 homicides ont eu lieu dans le pays en 2017, ce qui en fait l'année la plus violente des deux dernières décennies.

Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has asked for some enabling sops from the Odisha government for building city gas distribution (CGD) infrastructure in the state.The board has urged the state government to make available land at concessional rates to create CGD infrastructure like pipelines. It has also suggested to cap the applicable VAT (Value Added Tax) rate on CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) or PNG (Petroleum Natural Gas) at rates not exceeding subsidized LPG."The state government... Читать дальше...