Новости за 04.08.2017

MONACO — Monaco lost key players during the offseason but not its fighting spirit as the French champion started its title defense with a 3-2 win over Toulouse on Friday after twice coming from behind. Kamil Glik scored the winner with 20 minutes left after Jemerson and Radamel Falcao leveled twice for the hosts in

NEW YORK — Gigi Fernandez’s prediction of taking the New York Empire to the World TeamTennis finals in her coaching debut nearly came true. The Empire lost a supertiebreaker in their last match of the season, just missing a spot in the WTT finals. The Orange County Breakers will face the defending champion San Diego

NAPA, Calif. — Marshawn Lynch plowed through the line, dreadlocks swaying on a rare cool summer morning in Napa then juggled the football to the delight of hundreds cheering from nearby bleachers. They raised phone cameras to capture the self-proclaimed MoneyLynch’s every move. A film crew followed, too. It’s Marshawn Mania in wine country. And

KIGALI, Rwanda — The Latest on Rwanda’s presidential election (all times local): 11:55 p.m. With 40 percent of the polls reporting, President Paul Kagame is leading Rwanda’s presidential election with over 99 percent of the vote. Neither of his challengers — Frank Habineza and Philippe Mpayimana — has reached the 1 percent mark so far,

NEW YORK — Blue Apron is closing a facility in New Jersey that puts together and ships out its ready-to-cook meal kits, and said that about 470 workers may lose their jobs if they don’t chose to transfer to another facility in the state. The meal-kit seller, which became a public company about a month

PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin’s strong first decade with the Pittsburgh Steelers has earned the coach the chance to work well into a second decade with the organization. Tomlin and the team have agreed to an extension that will keep the 45-year-old in Pittsburgh through the 2020 season. Tomlin is 103-57 in 10 years with the

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee defensive end Jonathan Kongbo says he’s ready to live up to the hype that accompanied his arrival after a disappointing year that he describes as a “culture shock.” Touted as one of the nation’s top junior-college recruits when he signed with Tennessee last year, Kongbo recorded just one sack last season.

NEW YORK — Banks and other stocks climbed Friday following a strong jobs report for July. That left major indexes slightly higher as the market wrapped up another quiet week. On Friday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index advanced 4.67 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,476.83. The Dow Jones industrial average picked up 66.71 points,

PRAGUE — Czech club Viktoria Plzen says defender Ales Mateju has signed a three-year contract with English Premier League newcomer Brighton. The 21-year-old Mateju joined Plzen in 2015. He played 35 league matches and 10 games in European competitions, scoring one goal. Mateju says: “It’s the top-tier English competition, it’s impossible to reject it.” South

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A hole-by-hole look at Quail Hollow Club, site of the 99th PGA Championship to be played Aug. 10-13: No. 1, 524 yards, par 4: The hole was lengthened so that it essentially combines what had been the opening two holes. A big left-to-right tee shots leaves players atop an elevated landing zone

CHICAGO — The Latest on the search for a Northwestern University professor and a University of Oxford staffer suspected in the fatal stabbing of a Chicago man (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Chicago police say a Northwestern University professor who fled after a man was found fatally stabbed in his apartment has been sending videos

WASHINGTON — John Wall wants to win a championship, but he doesn’t plan to bounce around the NBA chasing a ring. After signing a $170 million, four-year extension with the Washington Wizards that keeps him under contract through 2022-23, Wall said he wants to watch two banners rise to the rafters in Washington: one for

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday: Viacom Inc., down $4.85 to $30.22 The parent company of Paramount Pictures reported trouble with a movie financing deal with a Chinese company. Weight Watchers International Inc., up $8.31 to $41.39 The weight loss company raised its forecasts for the year after it reported

NAIROBI, Kenya — A spokesman for Kenya’s main opposition group said Friday that armed and masked police raided their vote tallying centers, intimidating workers and seizing equipment ahead of next week’s presidential polls. Workers at the centers counted up to 30 men in hoods who took away computers, servers, cellphones, surveillance cameras, notebooks and ID

DEDHAM, Mass. — The mother of a teenager who killed himself has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Massachusetts woman convicted of manslaughter for encouraging him to take his own life. Lynn Roy is seeking $4.2 million in lost future wages for her son Conrad Roy III. The lawsuit was filed against Michelle Carter

ALBANY, N.Y. — Cynthia Nixon’s name is being mentioned as a possible candidate for governor in New York. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report Friday that the “Sex & the City” actress has been approached by liberal groups encouraging her to mount a Democratic primary challenge against Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Nixon is

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Wofford all-time leading rusher Eric Breitenstein was among four named to the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The announcement was made Friday. Also voted in were ex-defensive lineman Ameet Pall, former catcher and outfielder Mac Doyle and ex-point guard Brad Loesing. The group will be inducted in ceremonies on Oct. 7. Breitenstein

CLEMSON, S.C. — Highly regarded high school prospects Trevor Lawrence and Xavier Thomas are among seven players who signed financial-aid agreements with Clemson. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said the group plans to enroll at Clemson next January. Lawrence is a 6-foot-4, 196-pound quarterback from Cartersville, Georgia, who is considered the No. 1 pocket passer in

CLEVELAND — No touchdowns. No sensational plays. No clarity. Cleveland’s quarterback competition doesn’t seem any closer to a conclusion. Calling the play of his QBs “spotty” during a scrimmage at FirstEnergy Stadium, Browns coach Hue Jackson said he isn’t ready to name his starting quarterback for the Sept. 11 season opener. “This thing is still

MADISON, Wis. — A full federal appeals court will review a ruling overturning the conviction of a Wisconsin inmate featured in the “Making a Murderer” documentary. Brendan Dassey was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 after he told detectives he helped his uncle, Steven Avery, rape and kill Teresa Halbach. A federal judge overturned

INDIANAPOLIS — Johnathan Hankins looks like a perfect fit with the Indianapolis Colts. He’s big enough to stuff the run, versatile enough to play multiple positions along the defensive line and quick enough to harass quarterbacks. At 25, he’s young enough to be a cornerstone for the future and is just brash enough to give

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge on Friday ordered the nation’s largest public utility to dig up its coal ash at a Tennessee power plant and move it to a lined waste site where it doesn’t risk further polluting the Cumberland River. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw in Nashville ruled in favor of the Tennessee

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Basketball’s Under-23 camp was a WNBA scout’s dream. Where else could they watch 36 of the top women’s college basketball players in the same gym playing against each other? Yet only three WNBA teams took advantage of that opportunity this week. USA Basketball national team director Carol Callan emailed all

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens addressed their thin offensive line by signing former Raiders tackle Austin Howard to a three-year contract. The loss of Rick Wagner to free agency and the recent retirement of John Urschel left Baltimore scrambling to fill out its line. They hope Howard, a six-year pro, can help fill

SMITH ISLAND, Md. — An island for sale in Chesapeake Bay comes with its residents— a herd of about 30 goats. The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that Bob Bradshaw says the 55-acre enclave is listed at $1.5 million — down from the original asking price of $15 million a decade ago. The Bradshaw family