Новости за 22.04.2017

PARIS — Striker Edinson Cavani scored his 44th goal of the season and created the second goal as Paris Saint-Germain beat Montpellier 2-0 to go top of the French league on Saturday. Cavani thumped home a cross from midfielder Blaise Matuidi in the first half, with winger Angel Di Maria involved in the buildup. It

LAS VEGAS — A handful of people paid up to $275 for the “Las Vegas Raiders” trademark when news of the team’s potential move from Oakland surfaced in January 2016. The filings have shed light on a trademark system that gives priority to the first people to submit applications, regardless of the validity of their

ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatian anti-fascists and Serb minority groups on Saturday held a commemoration ceremony at the site of a notorious World War II death camp, boycotting the official event over alleged government inaction in curbing the surge of neo-Nazi sentiment in the Balkan country. The ceremony was held a day before the Croatian government

CLEVELAND — Funeral services have been held for a Cleveland retiree whose shooting death was posted on Facebook. Family members on Saturday recalled Robert Godwin Sr. as a loving, gentle person who taught the importance of forgiveness. The 74-year-old Godwin was shot Easter Sunday along a Cleveland street. Gunman Steve Stephens led police on a

CARACAS, Venezuela — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 2 p.m. For the first time in three weeks of protest, demonstrators in Venezuela have crossed from the wealthier eastern side of the nation’s capital to the west without encountering resistance from state security. Opposition lawmaker Freddy Guevara likened the march

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says a Gaza staffer suspected of being elected to the Islamic militant Hamas group’s leadership no longer works for the agency. Agency spokesman Chris Gunness says Saturday Suhail al-Hindi is no longer employed by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency. He declined to

NEW YORK — Sandy Gallin, an agent and talent manager who guided the careers of such luminaries as Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Cher and Nicole Kidman, as well as being a TV, movie and Broadway producer, has died in Los Angeles. He was 76. Gallin died Friday after a long battle with multiple myeloma, according

BISMARCK, N.D. — Authorities dropped nearly three dozen cases last month that stemmed from arrests of protesters against the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline, court records show. The Bismarck Tribune reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/2ofXsTp ) that prosecutors and judges dropped the 33 misdemeanor cases while another 14 were resolved by guilty pleas. Most of the cases

NEW YORK — The phone call came as Raymond Murray neared the bottom of his luck. His wife had died, his career had been ended by injuries, and struggling to get by on his disability check, he had scraped together just enough to pay a lawyer to avoid imminent foreclosure on his modest Brooklyn home.

MANCHESTER, England — Zlatan Ibrahimovic could have played his last game for Manchester United. The English Premier League club announced on Saturday that Ibrahimovic sustained “significant knee ligament damage” on Thursday in the Europa League quarterfinal victory over Anderlecht. United didn’t put a timeframe on the Swedish striker’s recovery. The 35-year-old Ibrahimovic had been offered

YEREVAN, Armenia — A Russian soldier serving at a base in Armenia has been killed in a knife attack. Regional prosecutor Karen Gabrielian said the soldier was attacked Saturday at a store near the military base in the city of Gyumri. Local news reports said a suspect has been arrested. Russia’s state news agency RIA

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A home once owned by Elvis Presley in the 1950s as he was skyrocketing to fame was damaged by fire Saturday. The Commercial Appeal (http://memne.ws/2ofFwIF ) reports the Memphis home was unoccupied and undergoing renovations. Memphis Fire Lt. Wayne Cooke didn’t have a damage estimate. He says the electrical fire started in

CARACAS, Venezuela — Thousands of Venezuelans dressed in white marched in the capital Saturday to pay homage to the at least 20 people killed in anti-government unrest in recent weeks. Protests have been roiling Venezuela on an almost daily basis since the pro-government Supreme Court stripped congress of its last powers three weeks ago, a

MINNEAPOLIS — The Detroit Tigers have placed first baseman Miguel Cabrera on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right groin. Cabrera was injured while diving for a ground ball in the sixth inning of the Tigers’ game against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. The 34-year-old slugger is hitting .268 with three home runs

BARCELONA, Spain — Cedric Bakambu scored twice, including the stoppage-time winner apparently with his hand, to ensure Villarreal beat Leganes 2-1 in the Spanish league on Saturday. The home victory strengthened Villarreal’s hold on fifth place, which will earn a Europa League berth for next season. The result also left Leganes winless in seven matches

MOSCOW — Vladimir Lysenko’s painted bull stares with flat black eyes like a double-barrel shotgun, one of his horns festooned in a mosaic of bright rectangles, the tip of his tail stretched toward a glowing orange globe that may be the sun. Over the years, the painting has become one of the most renowned images

LONDON — Leyton Orient’s 112-year stay in the English Football League is over. The Italian-owned London club’s relegation from the fourth and lowest professional division was confirmed Saturday by a 3-0 loss to Crewe. Orient is on its fifth manager of the season in Omer Riza and the existence of the club remains in potential

HULL, England — Hull didn’t need a full team to maintain the fight for English Premier League survival with its 10 men beating Watford 2-0 on Saturday. Lazar Markovic and Sam Clucas struck brilliant second-half goals in the space of nine minutes as the Tigers overcame the controversial first-half dismissal of striker Oumar Niasse. Hull

INDIANAPOLIS — A new company name is now atop Indiana’s tallest building. Crews finished on Friday hanging the nine letters spelling out Salesforce on the 48-story downtown Indianapolis building that had been known as Chase Tower since 2004. The name change was announced last May when business software company Salesforce announced plans to add about

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A southwest Florida sheriff’s deputy shot a man during a confrontation on Interstate 75. The News-Press reports (http://newspr.es/2pQo9hu ) that the shooting happened early Saturday. Lee County Undersheriff Carmine Marceno told reporters that the deputy had responded to a 911 call for service on the interstate when the suspect confronted her

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. — Authorities in West Virginia say the driver of a bus that slammed into a tree, injuring 26 students and one adult from Ohio, has been cited for driving too fast. West Virginia State Police Senior Trooper K.M. Parker says speed was a factor in the Thursday evening crash along with the

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor assault charge against a 73-year-old man who police say hit a woman outside of a Donald Trump campaign rally in North Carolina last September. Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams told the Citizen-Times of Asheville (http://avlne.ws/2oTJK7k ) that the case was dismissed after prosecutors spoke to the

BOURNEMOUTH, England — Bournemouth looks safe in its second straight English Premier League campaign after damaging Middlesbrough’s chances in a 4-0 win on Saturday. Bournemouth moved to the relative comfort of 12th place, seven points above relegation with four games to play. Middlesbrough was left in 19th place, nine points from safety. While its situation

ROME — Pope Francis on Saturday comforted the sister of an elderly French priest who was slain by Islamic militants in a church in Normandy as the pontiff paid tribute with a special prayer service to the courage of 20th- and 21st- century Christian martyrs. Francis gripped the hands of Roselyne Hamel, whose brother, Rev.

LONDON — West Ham held Europa League-chasing Everton to a dull 0-0 Premier League draw on Saturday. In a game of half-chances, Manuel Lanzini’s goalbound second-half effort for West Ham was the closest any of the two sides came to finding a goal. The point takes Everton above Arsenal into sixth place but the north