Новости за 13.08.2017

ROME — Alessandro Murgia scored a last-gasp winner as Lazio beat Juventus 3-2 Sunday to win the Italian Super Cup after a wild end to the match. Two goals from Ciro Immobile, including an opening penalty, had seemingly set Lazio on the way to a comfortable win. But Paulo Dybala netted a stunning free kick

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Gert is getting a little stronger in the Atlantic Ocean, with swells expected to begin affecting portions of the U.S. East Coast later Monday. The National Hurricane Center said Gert was centered about 460 miles (735 kilometers) west-southwest of Bermuda Monday morning and had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95

MIAMI — A tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean has formed into Tropical Storm Gert but it’s not expected to make landfall. The National Hurricane Center said on Sunday afternoon that Gert was centered about 505 miles (812 kilometers) west-southwest of Bermuda and had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (64 kph). It is moving

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Fort Wayne’s zoo is celebrating the birth of baby giraffe that already weighs nearly 200 pounds. The 6-foot-1 female reticulated giraffe was born Aug. 6 at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo and she arrived weighing in at 172 pounds. Zoo officials say the young calf has been named Kita, a Swahili

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars receiver Marqise Lee was carted off the field Sunday with a right leg injury, a potentially significant setback for a team already without rookie running back Leonard Fournette. Lee fell to the ground during 7-on-7 drills and immediately grabbed his leg. Linebacker Telvin Smith called for trainers. Lee’s lower leg was

WASHINGTON — The Nationals’ offense did not muster much in the first game after Bryce Harper’s knee injury. Chris Stratton struck out a career-high 10 in 6 2/3 shutout innings, and the San Francisco Giants beat Washington 4-2 Sunday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Harper has a significant bone bruise in his left

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The battle to replace Johnathan Hankins at defensive right tackle for the New York Giants has come down to Jay Bromley and Dalvin Tomlinson. Both have split the work with the first team in recent weeks in training camp and they both looked good in the preseason opener against the Pittsburgh

NEW YORK — Hackers continue to pester HBO, but didn’t release any material related to the network’s hit show “Game of Thrones” in their latest leak. The hackers, who broke into HBO’s computer network and have been doling out stolen information for the past several weeks, released more unaired episodes, including several of the highly

MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton emerged from the Miami Marlins’ postgame clubhouse Sunday sipping on a pink refreshment. Watermelon-flavored water, he said. So that’s the secret? “It might be,” Stanton said. “I don’t know.” No one can really explain his current home run binge, not even Stanton, but it shows no signs of ending. The All-Star

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Corey Kluber appreciated Austin Jackson’s efforts, both with the bat and glove. Jackson led off the eighth inning with a home run, sending Kluber and the AL Central-leading Cleveland Indians over the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Sunday. “He’s been a huge part of this team so far and it’s both

NEW YORK — “Bonnie and Clyde” might have indelibly captured the spirit of the anti-authoritarian’60s with a pair of devil-may-care bank robbers from the ’30s. But it didn’t exactly roar into theaters when it opened 50 years ago. The film, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the fatalistic outlaws, would become a cultural sensation,

BOSTON — A groundbreaking will be held for a park dedicated to the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon attacks. Eight-year-old Martin Richard was one of three people killed when two bombs planted near the finish line exploded on April 15, 2013. Members of the Richard family will celebrate the beginning of construction of Martin’s

TORONTO — J.A. Happ pitched six innings to win his third straight start, Josh Donaldson hit a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 Sunday. Justin Smoak and Darwin Barney added solo homers for the Blue Jays, who have won nine of 13 at home. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle returned

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University officials expect road construction will prove an extra challenge for about 6,500 students who are arriving to move into campus housing. The (Lafayette) Journal and Courier reports that police are advising drivers to use U.S. 231 to enter the West Lafayette campus because of construction elsewhere but that will

LOS ANGELES — The San Diego Padres committed to their rebuilding program under Andy Green, giving their manager a three-year extension Sunday through 2021. “I can’t hide my happiness,” Green said. “I’m thrilled and excited to be able to staying here to lead this organization. There is no other place I’d rather be.” Green, 40,

HAGATNA, Guam — The U.S. territory of Guam has been the subject of angry threats exchanged by North Korea and the United States during the past week, but that’s not keeping tourists away from the tropical island. Won Hyung-jin of the South Korean travel agency Modetour says several customers called with concerns, but they weren’t

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The lingering pain Rory McIlroy felt when he finished the PGA Championship was not just about ending another year without a major. McIlroy revealed that he has felt spasms in a muscle in his upper back the last few weeks, and he’s not sure when he will play next. It could be

TORONTO — Elina Svitolina defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-0 to win the Rogers Cup women’s tennis tournament on Sunday. It was Svitolina’s fifth WTA Tour title of the season. The 22-year-old Ukrainian used powerful groundstrokes and a big serve to keep the sixth-ranked Wozniacki off balance. A break at love at 4-4 gave the fifth-ranked

MIAMI — Major league RBI leader Nolan Arenado has left the Colorado Rockies’ game at Miami after being hit on the left hand by an 88-mph fastball thrown by Vance Worley. Arenado consulted with a trainer near the dugout before leaving the game in the fifth inning Sunday. He has 100 RBIs, including 16 game-winning

WARSAW — Hundreds of people have gathered in an ancient forest in Poland to protest the widespread logging the government has ordered there. The Bialowieza Forest, one of Europe’s last primeval woodlands and a UNESCO World Heritage site, is the subject of a heated political dispute over the logging ordered by Poland’s conservative ruling Law

DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi has joined team drills for the first time since he was sidelined by a concussion July 31. Ajayi wore pads Sunday for the first time since the injury, but left practice early because of hydration issues in the 90-degree morning sunshine. Coach Adam Gase said the

TORONTO — Trying to maintain his throwing arm in the midst of a 30-month stint with the U.S. Army often proved challenging for Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Chris Rowley. Fortunately, his company medic was willing to cooperate. The first West Point graduate to reach the major leagues, Rowley pitched one-run ball over 5 1/3 innings

GUINGAMP, France — Neymar has been included in Paris Saint-Germain’s starting lineup to face Guingamp in the French league with the world’s most expensive soccer player set to make his long-awaited debut in the small Brittany town later Sunday. Neymar signed from Barcelona last week but the Brazil star missed the start of the season

CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline jumped 8 cents nationally over the past three weeks, to $2.40. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the spike results from higher crude oil prices. The current price is 23 cents above where it was a year ago,

MIAMI — A person familiar with the situation says NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan has a small stake in Derek Jeter’s investment group that reached an agreement to buy the Miami Marlins. The person confirmed Jordan’s role to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday because the parties involved have not commented. Jordan