Новости за 06.03.2016

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Timberwolves GM Milt Newton and his wife, Shalaun, hosted six children from the U.S. Virgin Islands this past week as part of the next phase of their Emerald Gems Foundation dedicated to giving back to children from Milt Newton's homeland.

Playing with 10 men proved to be no problem for Liverpool in the English Premier League on Sunday.

BRUSSELS - NATO announced Sunday that it was expanding its mission to help choke off the smuggling of migrants into Europe by deploying warships in Greek and Turkish waters, reinforcing its flotilla and deepening cooperation with the European Union's Frontex border agency.

SURPRISE, Arizona - The stat-heads hate the Kansas City Royals.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida - A teenage pilot flying a small vintage plane has made an emergency landing on a golf course in at the St. Petersburg Country Club in Florida.

MADRID - Lionel Messi continued his impressive run by scoring two goals in Barcelona's 4-0 win over Eibar on Sunday, keeping his team unbeaten and maintaining a comfortable lead entering the final stretch of the Spanish league.

BERLIN - Nicolai Mueller scored twice as Hamburger SV eased its Bundesliga relegation fears with a 2-0 home win over third-place Hertha Berlin on Sunday.

HOUSTON - Investigators looking for the body of a missing 17-year-old girl near Houston are being helped by a man who is connected to that death and to a University of North Texas student who's been missing since 1997.

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - Daytona Beach police say a woman crashed through the infield of the Daytona International Speedway, hitting six cars and injuring four people.

EVANSVILLE, Indiana - Police say a botched drug deal near the Angel Mounds state historic site in Evansville culminated with the arrest of two people and the shooting of a third.

WARSAW, Poland - Poland marked the 90th birthday of the country's leading filmmaker, Andrzej Wajda, with special showings of his films and exhibitions honoring his life.

DAMASCUS, Syria - A rocket and mortar barrage struck a government-controlled neighborhood in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing 13 civilians and wounding 40, the government and an opposition group said.

HANNOVER, Germany - Lukas Rosol defeated 18-year-old Davis Cup debutant Alexander Zverev 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 to book a place for the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals with a 3-2 win over Germany on Sunday.

WEST POINT, New York - Perched on the shoulders of her Army teammates and tears glistening in her eyes, Kelsey Minato gallantly fought the emotion of the moment as she glanced up at her No. 5 hanging from the rafters of West Point's Christl Arena.

MILAN - Juventus restored its three-point advantage at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 win at Atalanta on Sunday.

NEW YORK - Providence teammates Kris Dunn and Ben Bentil, Villanova's Josh Hart and Seton Hall's Isaiah Whitehead are all unanimous selections to the All-Big East team.

NEW YORK - The city that pioneered "broken windows" policing is retooling its longtime strategy of trying to reduce serious crime by cracking down on people who commit minor offenses, like public drinking and littering.

FORT WAYNE, Indiana - Officials say the Historic Embassy Theatre in Fort Wayne is ready for public viewing after $10 million in renovations.

BERLIN - Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won his record-extending eighth speedskating world allround title while Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic clinched her fourth Sunday.

CHICAGO - Lady Gaga and Al Roker are among the celebrities jumping into frigid Lake Michigan waters at a fundraiser for the Special Olympics.

WICHITA, Kansas - A former Dallas Cowboys running back has been arrested in his Kansas hometown for failure to appear in court.

HUAMBALO, Ecuador - Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has been putting on a dramatic show, spewing lava from a cauldron-like crater and launching towering clouds of ash and gas.

GERMANTOWN, New York - Dennis Nesel converts barley to malt the way it was done hundreds of years ago, spreading the water-soaked grain on his malt house floor and turning it with a shovel as it germinates to release the sugar needed for fermentation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Second-seeded Elina Svitolina came back to beat Canada's Eugenie Bouchard 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5 in the rain interrupted Malaysian Open final on Sunday.

MILAN - Two Italian construction workers freed after eight months in captivity in Libya arrived back in Italy early Sunday, greeted by family members and Italy's foreign minister before being taken to prosecutors to give testimony on their abduction, liberation and the deaths of two co-workers.