Новости за 10.08.2015

They may call it soccer and are still miles behind in terms of quality, but the Americans are showing they can master the culture of football as good as the English.

The recipe is changing for the food industry. Processed food sales are under pressure in America where consumers are seeking out healthier alternatives. For gluten-free or organic goods they are turning to new brands and smaller producers they think they can trust.

Three out of every four students are working either part or full-time to help fund their way through university, according to new figures published on 10 August.

The rise of Genghis Khan astonished his contemporaries. From obscure beginnings on the grassy steppes of present-day Mongolia, he fashioned a mighty army that united various nomadic tribes before overrunning a substantial slice of the planet. Striking south-east, he conquered northern China and Korea. Turning to the south-west, he subdued modern Afghanistan, Central Asia and parts of the Caucasus and Russia. Following his death in 1227, his successors expanded the Mongol empire further, liquidating the remaining Russian principalities... Читать дальше...

Relieved Widnes coach Denis Betts admits there was “plenty of anxiety” after part-timers Halifax almost stunned them in their Super 8 qualifiers opener.

Muhaarar completed a Group One summer hat-trick at Deauville by adding victory in the Prix Maurice de Gheest to his successes in the Commonwealth Cup and July Cup. The Charlie Hills-trained colt scored by half a length and the same from Esoterique and Gordon Lord Byron in the six-and-a-half-furlong contest.

The bad news for England pretty much covers the waterfront: it is macro and micro, general and specific, psychological and techno-tactical.

It is still just a little tempting to wonder whether Ireland are as good as they think they are, but the evidence is beginning to stack up in their favour.

Coach Jason Gillespie insisted that the race is not yet run, but it is difficult now to see the County Championship being prised from Yorkshire’s grasp. With five matches left to secure the defence of their 2014 title – one more than all their rivals – they ended the challenge of 2013 champions Durham with a victory inside three days to stretch their Division One lead to a daunting 50 points. They chose to stay in Scarborough an extra night to celebrate, and who could blame them?

With the year’s final Grand Slam tournament at the US Open only three weeks away, most of the game’s leading men are pushing hard to get their hard-court games into shape. This week’s Montreal Masters will be the first outing since Wimbledon for a number of the top players, whose need for time on the court is reflected in a remarkable line-up in the doubles competition.

It was from a vantage point six feet away that you saw how Michael Clarke bled. His hands twisted around each other as he talked about what losing an Ashes Test match meant. There were silent little Australian tragedies like that all over the place on Saturday morning. Like Nathan Lyon, last man out, down on his haunches for fully a minute or more, taking in the vast significance.

Australia coach Darren Lehmann believes Steve Smith is the man to replace Michael Clarke as captain after admitting this Ashes defeat marks the end of an era.

“The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling but in rising again after you fall.” Vince Lombardi’s words accurately describe the last year and a half of Alastair Cook’s cricket career.

Having spoilt Bournemouth’s big day with a team featuring four French debutants, Aston Villa’s manager, Tim Sherwood, emphasised the need for a British core. Villa have done the bulk of their summer shopping abroad but Sherwood, who also began with five native players, insisted, “that core of British players is unbelievably important” with any further signings “probably coming in from the British market”.

After a night and a day of contemplation, England’s achievement in recapturing the Ashes appears no less remarkable. In 40 days and 40 nights it will still retain an element of the miraculous.

Tens of thousands of asylum-seekers with children will be pushed deeper into poverty by “cruel” cuts to their support payments which come into force on 10 August, leading charities including the British Red Cross are warning.

The introduction of universal iodine supplements for pregnant women could save countries thousands of pounds in future health costs for each child, even in nations with only a mild iodine deficiency such as the UK.

Two cows were herded through an Asda supermarket in Stafford during a protest over how much dairy farmers are paid for the milk they produce.

A 27-year-old man is being held on suspicion of terror offences after "suspicious items" were allegedly found at his home in Naseby Road, in the Alum Rock area of Birmingham.