Новости за 08.06.2019

BORISOV, Belarus — Germany brushed off the absence of coach Joachim Loew to beat Belarus 2-0 on Saturday in European Championship qualifying, but remains behind fast-starting Northern Ireland in the standings. With Loew sitting the game out after injuring himself in the gym, assistant Marcus Sorg took charge of a routine win with goals from

BOSTON — Ryan Yarbrough held Boston to an unearned run into the eighth inning, Travis d’Arnaud hit a three-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Red Sox 9-2 in the opener of day-night doubleheader Saturday. It was the Rays’ fourth straight victory and made them 4-0 at Fenway Park this season. Jackie Bradley

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Chelsea forward who is replacing injured soccer star Neymar on Brazil’s Copa América squad began practicing with the team on Saturday. The naming of Willian to Brazil’s national team comes after Neymar suffered an ankle injury in a friendly against Qatar Wednesday and as the Brazilian star faces a rape

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Lawmakers allied to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Saturday approved an amnesty bill for crimes related to last year’s anti-government protests, over staunch criticism from the opposition. Critics say it would forgive abuses committed by police and pro-government civilian militias during a deadly crackdown on demonstrators who were demanding Ortega leave office.

DETROIT — A man who Detroit police call a “person of interest” in the deaths of three women remains in custody. A spokeswoman for the Wayne County prosecutor said Saturday that the case remains under investigation and no charges have been filed. Police say the homeless man was taken into custody Friday night, two days

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jeff Skinner tells The Associated Press he is grateful for the faith the Buffalo Sabres showed in making him their second highest-paid player and welcomes the increased expectations that come with his newly signed eight-year, $72 million contract. Skinner says it’s his job to produce and he looks forward to playing a

ST. GABRIEL, La. — Authorities say a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy filmed a mother performing a sex act on her 1-year-old boy. News outlets report St. Gabriel Police arrested Shaderick Jones on Friday on multiple charges including principal to first-degree rape. The boy’s mother was arrested Saturday on a charge of first-degree rape and incest. According

BROOKLYN, Mich. — Tyler Reddick raced to his third NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season Saturday after taking the lead with 10 laps remaining. Reddick trailed Cole Custer and Christopher Bell, but they still needed to make pit stops. That’s when Reddick moved in front. It was smooth sailing for him from there at

FAYETTVILLE, Ark. — Matt Goodheart and Jack Kenley homered and drove in three runs each and Isaiah Campbell was dominant on the mound as Arkansas dominated Mississippi 11-2 on Saturday in the first game of the Fayetteville super regional. Kenley hit a 3-run homer in the first inning and Goodheart had a 2-run blast in

The Champions League final drew its lowest ratings in six years on U.S. television, but TNT’s broadcast was the most-watched final on cable TV. Nielsen ratings show Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Tottenham on June 1 averaged 1.508 million viewers. The total was down from the 2.004 million that watched last year’s game on Fox. This

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bobby Miller carried a no-hitter into the bottom of the ninth inning, Justin Lavey had three RBI and the Cardinals beat East Carolina 12-0 on Saturday to win the NCAA super regional and reach its fourth College World Series since 2013. Miller (7-1) hit Chandler Jenkins with a pitch to start the

NASHVILLE, N.C. — Four Florida residents and two dogs are dead after their private plane dropped off the radar and crashed into a wooded area of central North Carolina. North Carolina’s State Highway Patrol said Saturday the four victims lived in the Naples, Florida, area and were traveling from there to Easton, Maryland. The state

NEW YORK — Jez Butterworth tackles Northern Ireland’s Troubles in “The Ferryman,” which has received nine Tony nominations. The playwright and director admits he was both compelled and reluctant to write his play, which centers on a tragedy involving the family of his romantic partner, actor Laura Donnelly, in the years when the outlawed Irish

VENICE, Italy — Thousands of people have marched in Venice to demand that cruise ships be kept out of the Italian city’s lagoon. The protest Saturday was galvanized by a crash six days earlier involving a cruise ship that struck a much smaller river boat in Venice’s Giudecca Canal. The crash injured five people. Some

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The bishop appointed by the Vatican to investigate the former leader of the Roman Catholic Church in West Virginia now has his own explaining to do. Archbishop William Lori oversaw a probe of alleged sexual and financial misconduct by Bishop Michael Bransfield, who has denied wrongdoing. His team’s confidential findings in February

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A federal judge has found that an Indiana school district violated a transgender student’s civil rights by not allowing him to use male bathrooms at school. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sued the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation last year after the teenager was told to use the female bathroom or

LE HAVRE, France — Spain won a game at the Women’s World Cup for the first time, beating South Africa 3-1 on Saturday behind two penalty kicks by Jennifer Hermoso. Spain, ranked No. 13 in the world, finished last in its group four years ago in Canada, the country’s only other appearance in the tournament.

The United States has been knocked out of the Under-20 World Cup at the quarterfinal stage for the third straight tournament, losing to Ecuador 2-1 Saturday at Gdynia, Poland. Jhon Espinoza scored the tiebreaking goal in the 43rd minute for Ecuador, which next plays South Korea or Senegal on Tuesday. Italy meets Ukraine in the

BROOKLYN, Mich. — Joey Logano won his second NASCAR Cup Series pole of the season Saturday, while Aric Almirola again fell just short of the top qualifying spot. It’s Logano’s 22nd career pole and fourth at Michigan International Speedway. He’ll try for his second victory of the season Sunday. Almirola was second in qualifying. He

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dirk Nowitzki eventually plans on working out again. The recently retired star of the Dallas Mavericks wants to stay in somewhat decent shape. The big German hasn’t put a timeline on it — he’s assuming several more rounds of pizza and ice cream will come first. Nowitzki looks relaxed and happy, with

PARIS — Novak Djokovic’s 26-match Grand Slam winning streak ended in the French Open semifinals because he made some odd strategic choices, because the wild weather bothered him, because the chair umpire got under his skin. Mostly, though, because Dominic Thiem managed to outperform Djokovic at his own brand of defense-to-offense, speed-and-power baseline game. Thiem

MONTREAL — Sebastian Vettel was fastest ahead of Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc in final practice for the Canadian Grand Prix ahead of qualifying later Saturday. Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time with about 10 minutes remaining in third practice, but the Mercedes driver was then beaten by Leclerc before Vettel went even

JERUSALEM — The U.S. ambassador in Jerusalem says Israel has the right to retain parts, but not all, of the West Bank. David Friedman’s remarks in an interview The New York Times published Saturday comes about two months after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to begin annexing parts of the West Bank. It’s unclear

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — North Macedonia police say 223 Polish soccer fans were arrested in the capital of Skopje late Friday for public disturbances ahead of a 2020 European Championship qualifier between Poland and North Macedonia. Police said in a statement that a large group of Polish fans fought among themselves in Skopje’s main park

LONDON — Seeing a young net bowler struck on the head by a flying leather ball and taken away to a hospital has unsettled Australia opener David Warner on the eve of a Cricket World Cup game against India. Warner was practicing in the nets at the Oval in south London on Saturday when he