Новости за 04.01.2018

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — Schalke has signed winger Marko Pjaca on loan from Juventus for the rest of the season. The 22-year-old Croatia international has not featured for Juventus this season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in March. Pjaca has joined up with Schalke at its winter training camp in Spain.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene’ Fasel placed the emphasis on NHL players to persuade the league to compete the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. NHL Players’ Association chief Don Fehr responded by saying it’s a little more complicated than that. Though Fehr believes it’s in the league’s best interest to compete at

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy says he’s making progress with his right ankle injury but his status is uncertain for Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. McCoy spoke to the media on Thursday for the first time since suffering the injury in Sunday’s 22-16 win over the

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — If you skipped most of your workouts to be more “present” during the holiday festivities and aren’t looking forward to getting back on the treadmill, we feel you. We rounded some of the workouts that have fitness fans talking to keep you motivated. Do them at home, in the studio, on

SALT LAKE CITY — Passengers on a Greyhound bus that careened off a Utah highway on New Year’s Eve said in a desperate 911 call that the driver had passed out before the crash, according to a recording made public by authorities Thursday. Police have narrowed the cause to the driver suffering a medical problem

TORONTO — Four actors resigned from a prominent Toronto theater company Thursday in a show of support for colleagues who say they were sexually assaulted and harassed by its founding artistic director. The artists said they will not work at Soulpepper Theatre until Albert Schultz has no role at all with the company, a day

PASADENA, Calif. — The latest from the TV Critics Association winter meeting that began Thursday in Pasadena, California (all times are local): 7 p.m. The final season of Fox TV’s “New Girl” will debut April 10, picking up the characters’ lives a few years after they were last seen. After the sixth season of “New

PASADENA, Calif. — The latest from the TV Critics Association winter meeting that began Thursday in Pasadena, California (all times are local): 1:15 p.m. Producer Ryan Murphy says he expressed concern about how his edgy fare including FX Networks’ “American Horror Story” will fit into the pending Fox-Disney deal. Murphy said Thursday that he told

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Latest on a federal judge deciding whether an anti-trust lawsuit against Duke University should include all medical faculty members whose income may have been suppressed by an alleged secret agreement with the nearby University of North Carolina (all times local): 2:30 p.m. A federal judge is deciding whether an alleged conspiracy

MEXICO CITY — The early front-runner in Mexico’s presidential race is proposing to tackle what he calls the root causes of crime and violence if he wins election in July. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he would make economic development, job creation and educational opportunities focal points of his administration. He also proposes to integrate

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Forced to assess the 2017 season far sooner than anticipated, Ravens coach John Harbaugh acknowledged changes must be made for Baltimore to snap its three-year run missing the playoffs. He will not, however, shuffle the coaching staff. Harbaugh will fill the void left by the retirement of defensive coordinator Dean Pees,

MADRID — Valencia has signed Argentine forward Luciano Vietto on loan from fellow Spanish club Atletico Madrid for the rest of the season. Valencia says the deal includes an option to buy the player. Vietto will be reunited with coach Marcelino Garcia Toral. Vietto had the best season of his career under Garcia Toral at

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State’s Josh Sweat will forego his final year of eligibility and enter the NFL draft. The 6-foot-5, 253-pound defensive lineman led the Seminoles in sacks (5.5) and tackles for loss (12.5). He also had 56 tackles, which led the defensive line and was third on the team. Sweat chose not to

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The standards are high in a place nicknamed “Titletown.” The first season with a losing record and without a playoff appearance since 2008 has led to an extensive shake-up this offseason for the Green Bay Packers. Alex Van Pelt was the latest assistant to exit the staff after coach Mike McCarthy

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Police have arrested a man who they say left a gun at home where a 10-year-old boy found it and shot his 6-year-old sister, thinking the weapon was a toy. Officials say the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force took 24-year-old Tremayne James into custody in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Thursday. James has been charged

Major League Soccer’s upcoming season includes a nine-day break in June for the World Cup in Russia. The league’s hiatus for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was two weeks. But the U.S. national team, which played in 2014, did not qualify for soccer’s premier tournament this year. More than two dozen MLS players from

AUSTIN, Texas — Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant is donating $3 million to the University of Texas, where he won national player of the year honors in his lone season before turning pro. The donation will support the Longhorns basketball program and the school’s Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation. Part of the Texas

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee running back DeMarco Murray will miss his second straight game with the Titans ruling him out against the Kansas City Chiefs in their AFC wild-card game Saturday. Coach Mike Mularkey had refused to rule the veteran running back out until Thursday. Murray hurt his right knee late in a loss Dec.

Technology companies are scrambling to fix serious security flaws affecting computer processors built by Intel and other chipmakers and found in many of the world’s personal computers and smartphones. The two hardware bugs discovered can be exploited to allow the memory content of a computer to be leaked. Such a leak could potentially expose stored

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry spokesman says a suicide bomber has killed six policemen after exploding his devise amid a group of security officials monitoring protests by shopkeepers in eastern Kabul. Najib Danish added that another 14 policemen were wounded in Thursday evening’s bombing. Wahid Mujro, a spokesman for the Health Ministry, said 15

CINCINNATI — A lawsuit against the owner of a Cincinnati nightclub where a shooting left two people dead and 15 injured is in jeopardy following the owner’s bankruptcy filing. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Cameo owner Julian Rodgers filed for bankruptcy Dec. 28, impeding a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of O’Bryan Spikes. Spikes was

NEW YORK — Mark Zuckerberg says his “personal challenge” for 2018 is to fix Facebook. The Facebook CEO has declared a goal each year since 2009. Past challenges have included wearing a tie every day, learning to speak Mandarin and eating meat only from animals he killed himself. Last year, he visited every U.S. state

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Former Croatia and Real Madrid midfielder Robert Prosinecki has been hired to coach the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. The Bosnian soccer federation says Prosinecki was picked ahead of Amar Osim, who was also interviewed. Prosinecki spent the past three years coaching Azerbaijan’s national team. Bosnia is targeting the 2020 European Championship

Pro Picks heads into the postseason with an incredible record straight up, 70 games over .500. A coach would have a lifetime contract for such an impressive showing. The key to picking NFL games, of course, is winning against the point spread. In that area, well, we need a rally, three games under the break-even

NEW YORK — Sometimes, everyone’s a winner. Last year was one of those times for mutual-fund investors. Nearly every fund made money during 2017, which ended up being one of the most enjoyable years in history for investors as improvements in corporate profits and economies around the world lifted markets. Even some of the biggest