Новости за 20.08.2015

* Clarke gets standing ovation in final test (Adds details to tea)

Aug 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Scoreboard at tea on the first day in the fifth and final Test between England and Australia on Thursday in London, England Australia 1st innings C. Rogers c Cook b Wood 43 D. Warner c Lyth b Ali 85 S. Smith not out 29 M. Clarke not out 14 Extras (b-1 lb-11 nb-1) 13 Total (for 2 wicket

LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino said it was "obvious" the Premier League club needed to add to their striking options but refused to say whether they would make another bid for West Bromwich Albion forward Saido Berahino.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - New videos show Libyan security officials threatening Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi in an effort to force him to talk, two weeks after footage emerged showing guards beating him in the same Tripoli jail.

SIGIRE, Iraq (Reuters) - When Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called a ceasefire with Turkey two years ago, residents of the village of Sigire slaughtered a sheep to celebrate what they believed was the start of a new era of peace.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea fired tens of artillery rounds towards North Korea on Thursday after the North launched shells to protest South Korea's anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts along the border, as tension escalated on the peninsula.

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's parole review board has up to four months to conclude its decision on when Oscar Pistorius can be released from prison, a Justice Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

(Reuters) - A new diabetes pill from Eli Lilly and Co and Boehringer Ingelheim cut risk of heart attack, stroke and death in a closely watched study, the first glucose-lowering drug to show such protective results in a large cardiovascular trial, the drugmakers said on Thursday.

(Reuters) - A new diabetes pill from Eli Lilly and Co and Boehringer Ingelheim cut risk of heart attack, stroke and death in a closely watched study, the first glucose-lowering drug to show such protective results in a large cardiovascular trial, the drugmakers said on Thursday.

BERLIN (Reuters) - VfL Wolfsburg attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will be in the squad for Saturday's Bundesliga game against Cologne despite media reports linking him with a move to Manchester City, Wolfsburg sports director Klaus Allofs said on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Stoke City's club record signing Xherdan Shaqiri is ready to make his Premier League debut against Norwich City on Saturday, manager Mark Hughes said on Thursday.

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) - Formula One drivers who might have measured themselves up for Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari seat shrugged off any disappointment on Thursday after the team's decision to retain the Finn for next season.

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Formula One drivers who might have measured themselves up for Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari seat shrugged off any disappointment on Thursday after the team's decision to retain the Finn for next season.

Slovenian band Laibach play in Pyongyang as the first western band performing in North Korea. Rollo Ross reports.

London (Reuters) - American and Swiss criminal investigations into corruption in global football are unlikely to lead to any threat to Russia retaining the hosting rights for the 2018 World Cup, according to U.S. and European sources familiar with the probes.

ROME (Reuters) - Catania have been demoted to the third tier of the Italian league over a match-fixing scandal in last season's Serie B, the Italian football federation (FIGC) said on Thursday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - To many, sprinter Justin Gatlin will forever be the bad guy of track and field: a drug cheat forced to serve not one but two doping bans.

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's parole review board has up to four months to conclude its decision on when Oscar Pistorius can be released from prison, Justice Ministry spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga told Reuters on Thursday.

COLOMBO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Opener Lokesh Rahul struck his second test century and combined with skipper Virat Kohli to help India recover from a shaky start and reach 319 for six at stumps on the opening day of the second test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.

(Reuters) - Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic believes the earlier-than-usual start to the Premier League season has hurt the team's performance, the London Evening Standard reported on Thursday.

Aug 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Scoreboard at stumps on the first day in the second Test between Sri Lanka and India on Thursday in Colombo, Sri Lanka India 1st innings M. Vijay lbw b Prasad 0 L. Rahul c Chandimal b Chameera 108 A. Rahane c Karunaratne b Prasad 4 V. Kohli c Mathews b Herath 78 Ro. Sharma lbw b Mathews

Former "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston makes her first public appearance at the Los Angeles premiere of "She's Funny That Way" since marrying her longtime boyfriend Justin Theroux. Rollo Ross reports.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Outgoing athletics chief Lamine Diack admits his sport is in crisis because of the doping allegations levelled at it over the last month but still believes "99 percent" of athletes are clean.

LONDON (Reuters) - Spain forward Pedro has agreed to join English Premier League champions Chelsea from Barcelona, the clubs said on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is thinking of using an EU loophole to dodge the impact of its own subsidy cuts on renewable energy and escape fines for missing 2020 European renewable targets.