Новости за 19.03.2023

Two-time champion Fernando Alonso, who started on the front row, crossed the line third in his Aston Martin. He took his place on the podium but was then dropped to fourth because he was hit with a six-second penalty for failing to take a five-second penalty correctly during the race. George Russell, who chased furiously in the final stage, egged on by his pit chief over the radio, finished within six seconds of the Spaniard to take third. Lewis Hamilton in the other Mercedes was fifth. The... Читать дальше...

The 23-year-old prodigy told a pre-race conference call he was looking forward to his first European race of the season, wearing the world champion's rainbow jersey in a country where he lives year-round. "I'm not at my best yet but I feel good, better than expected," he said. The Vuelta a Espana champion opened his season at the Vuelta San Juan in Argentina in January and then won the seven-stage UAE Tour in February before heading to the mountains on the Canary Islands for an altitude training camp. Читать дальше...

With a little help from VAR, Leverkusen came from behind to hand coach Xabi Alonso a famous win on his first reunion with former club Bayern and keep the champions from regaining top spot. Bayern are now a point behind leaders Borussia Dortmund, with the two sides set to meet in the next round of games on April 1. "We are not in the position we hoped to be in going into that game," Bayern forward Thomas Mueller told Dazn. "We deserved to lose today. Leverkusen had more bite to them and were very good against the ball," he added. Читать дальше...

The seven-stage race presents three stark mountain summit finishes and culminates in a downtown Barcelona spectacular next Sunday with a series of ascents of the city's Montjuic mountain to round off a 1,196km route. Former Tour de France and Giro d'Italia champion Bernal almost died in a training crash 16 months ago, and while he had been pushing for a fast return, he finally appears ready to roll. Bernal will be riding alongside the Welsh elder statesman of the Ineos outfit Geraint Thomas, himself... Читать дальше...

The death toll after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador and Peru, has risen to 15, authorities said Sunday.

Kylian Mbappe had an effort disallowed for offside before Karl Toko-Ekambi put Rennes in front with a magnificent strike in the final minute of the first half. Arnaud Kalimuendo made it 2-0 three minutes after the restart against the club he left in the last close season, as PSG slumped to a first home league defeat of the campaign. It is the Parisians' fourth Ligue 1 loss this season, all of them in 2023. They lost away to Rennes when the teams last met in January. The result means Marseille... Читать дальше...

"This is a soft opening for a non-Marvel superhero follow-up, down substantially from 'Shazam 1,'" said industry analyst David A. Gross. Hollywood Reporter called it "one of the worst starts for a major Hollywood superhero film." The original "Shazam!" enjoyed a $53.5 million opening in April 2019, while the sequel, a DC Studios/New Line production distributed by Warner Bros. and starring Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Adam Brody and Rachel Zegler, cost more than $110 million to make and has had tepid reviews, according to Variety. Читать дальше...

UBS will take over Credit Suisse, Swiss authorities said on Sunday, in a deal to combine Switzerland's top two banks designed to contain a widening crisis of confidence in global finance.

Nigeria striker Osimhen took his league-leading goal tally to 21 with two towering headers in each half with Kvaratskhelia's 35th-minute penalty sandwiched between his attacking partner's brace. Kvaratskhelia then laid on Tanguy Ndombele's first Serie A goal in the 68th minute following great hold-up play from Osimhen as Napoli took another step towards a first league title since 1990 in front of an army of fans in Turin. It was their first away trip after the end of a two-month ban on travelling... Читать дальше...

Nigeria striker Osimhen took his league-leading goal tally to 21 with two towering headers in each half with Kvaratskhelia's 35th-minute penalty sandwiched inbetween. Kvaratskhelia then laid on Tanguy Ndombele's first Serie A goal in the 68th minute following great hold-up play from Osimhen as Napoli took another step towards a first league title since 1990 in front of an army of fans in Turin. It was their first away trip after the end of a two-month ban on travelling supporters following a motorway dust up with Roma fans in January. Читать дальше...

The Red Rose brigade ended the Championship with two wins and three defeats for the third straight season after a 29-16 loss to Grand Slam champions Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. England, however, restored their self-respect at Lansdowne Road after a woeful 53-10 defeat by World Cup hosts France, an all-time record home loss, in the fourth round at Twickenham. They pushed Ireland hard, despite having full-back Freddie Steward sent off on the stroke of half-time, before the world's number one-ranked team pulled clear. Читать дальше...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has "welcomed" an invitation from Saudi Arabia's King Salman to visit the kingdom following the reconciliation deal between the two countries, an Iranian official said Sunday.

FRANCE 24 brings you a special full-length report on how the conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is investing in home-grown cinema. Making films in stunning Saudi locations is also a way of attracting foreign tourists to the country. Young people are now rushing to see films at multiplex cinemas and women make up a large proportion of the audience – a sign of the country's liberalisation. But is all this simply a smokescreen for serious human rights violations? We discuss the issue in this debate.

The former England striker was restored to his presenting role for live coverage of Manchester City's 6-0 thrashing of Burnley on Saturday, a week after being taken off air in an impartiality row. Lineker was criticised for comparing the launch of the UK government's new asylum policy to the rhetoric of Nazi-era Germany. However, his removal sparked chaos across the BBC's sporting coverage as presenters, pundits and commentators showed their backing for Lineker by refusing to work. A compromise... Читать дальше...

The Irish have a tough draw -- 2019 champions South Africa and Scotland in their pool and then a potential quarter-final against New Zealand or France. The Irish players and fans are painfully aware that when it comes to the World Cup they have come up short -- never going beyond the last eight. With 22 wins in their last 24 Tests, including a historic series win in New Zealand and now the Six Nations Grand Slam, they are in a very strong position to go the whole way. Here AFP Sports picks out... Читать дальше...

French President Emanuel Macron faces a critical test on Monday when the National Assembly is due to examine no-confidence motions filed after his government bypassed parliament on Thursday to push through a deeply unpopular pension reform, sparking days of unrest.

The ruling was made due to discrepancies in the decree dissolving the previous parliament, the official KUNA news agency said. The September polls were the most inclusive in a decade, and saw opposition members take a parliamentary majority with 28 out of 50 seats. Many in the opposition had stayed out of elections in the past decade, over what they saw as alleged meddling in parliament by the executive authorities. "The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court issued a verdict on Sunday annulling the results... Читать дальше...

Starc, a left-arm quick, rattled the Indian batting with his pace and swing to bundle out the opposition for 117 in 26 overs in Visakhapatnam. Openers Travis Head (51) and Marsh, who smashed six sixes in his 36-ball blitz, then took apart the Indian bowling to romp home in 11 overs and level the three-match series with one game left. Australia finished the chase with 39 overs to spare and bounce back from their opening loss. Starc led the team's lethal attack with the wicket of Shubman Gill for... Читать дальше...

The election follows months of deadlock after the government was hit with a no-confidence vote in August but continued to rule, kicking off a wave of protests and calls for snap polls for the parliament. The latter were called for June 11 by Djukanovic on Friday a day after he had dissolved parliament as a three-month deadline expired for the prime minister-designate to form a new government. Montenegro's president has a largely ceremonial role, with most political power resting with the prime minister. Читать дальше...

They are from a team of six researchers from Morocco, Israel and France, part of a project to revive the North African country's Jewish heritage after it was all but lost following the minority's exodus. The discovery of a fragment of a Hebrew religious manuscript is "a sign from above", jokes Israeli archaeologist Yuval Yekutieli, from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Efforts to uncover Jewish historical treasures scattered across the kingdom's oases are one of the outcomes of warming ties... Читать дальше...

The September polls -- the most inclusive in a decade -- had seen opposition members clinch 28 out of 50 seats, giving them a parliamentary majority. The vote marked a victory for opposition figures, many of whom had stayed out of elections in the past decade over what they saw as alleged meddling by the executive authorities over parliament. "The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court issued a verdit on Sunday annulling the results of the 2022 National Assembly elections," due to discrepencies in the decree dissolving the previous parliament... Читать дальше...

After romping the first run by a wide margin Shiffrin eventually beat Norway's Thea Louise Stjernesund by a wafer thin 0.06sec with the delighted Canadian Valerie Grenier coming third In bright sunshine with temperatures at 3C the skiing conditions were perfect for the 330m vertical drop on hard snow from a 2167m altitude starters gate, high enough to retain some natural snow Three of the pre-race favourites bombed out in the first run as the Slovac Petra Vlhova, Sweden's Olympic champion Sara... Читать дальше...

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul's military said, the fourth show of force in a week as South Korea and the United States stage major military drills.

Seoul and Washington have ramped up defence cooperation in the face of growing military and nuclear threats from the North, which has conducted a series of increasingly provocative banned weapons tests in recent months. South Korea and the United States are currently in the middle of 11 days of joint drills known as Freedom Shield, their largest in five years. North Korea views all such exercises as rehearsals for invasion and has repeatedly warned it would take "overwhelming" action in response. Читать дальше...

The tourists reached 113-2 in their second innings at stumps on day three but still trailed by 303 runs at Wellington's Basin Reserve. They need a massive turnaround to avoid defeat after being skittled out for 164 in their first innings in response to the Black Caps' 580-4 declared. Starting off with a deficit of 416 runs, they showed more fight in their second turn at bat. Captain Dimuth Karunaratne posted his second half-century of the day before being dismissed by counterpart Tim Southee for 51... Читать дальше...