Новости за 05.07.2016

After tweaking his formation and starting line-up at the European Championship, France coach Didier Deschamps seems to have found a perfect formula at just the right time. Thanks to Didier Deschamps’s shrewd tactics, his team turned on the style to outplay Iceland 5-2 on Sunday and advance to an appetising semi-final with Germany. The fact that France, who had never got past the last eight at the finals since their 2000 triumph, managed to get almost everything right, has a lot to do with Deschamps’s methods. Читать дальше...

US singer-songwriter Carole King makes a comeback, performing her hit album Tapestry in its entirety for first time, 45 years after it was released Carole King has performed her hit album Tapestry in its entirety for the first time – 45 years after it was released. The 74-year-old singer-songwriter, who penned hits including Natural Woman and Will You Love Me Tomorrow, performed the four-Grammy-winning 1971 album, to a crowd of 50,000 adoring fans at Barclaycard British Summer Time in Hyde Park. “So... Читать дальше...

The host nation’s bulging euphoria over France’s Euro 2016 semi-final qualification is added motivation for Germany as they prepare to face them on Thursday, coach Joachim Loew said yesterday. The Germans, who will need to shuffle their line-up due to injuries and suspension, are preparing to face a team brimming with confidence. “Such games are just great,” Loew, who led Germany to the 2014 World Cup title in Brazil, told reporters. His team reached the last four after an agonising penalty shootout win over Italy on Saturday. Читать дальше...

Olivier Giroud (picture), jeered by France fans barely a month ago, won them over on Sunday with what he described as his best performance for his country in a major tournament, scoring twice in a 5-2 win over Iceland at Euro 2016. The 29-year-old did not want to dwell for too long on his own display and said that the team’s achievement in reaching the semi-finals was more important than his official Man of the Match award. “I’m pleased, nothing more than that,” Giroud told reporters. “I don’t know... Читать дальше...

Wales boss Chris Coleman has dismissed suggestions that he could become the next England manager. Coleman’s stock has soared as Wales have marched to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, while England’s embarrassment at losing to Iceland and failing to get beyond the last 16 has left them looking for a managerial successor to Roy Hodgson. The 46-year-old former Fulham boss signed a new two-year deal on the eve of the tournament to take in Wales’s 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign. But his current Wales wage... Читать дальше...

A suicide bombing outside one of Islam's holiest sites killed four Saudi security officers and wounded five others. Similar attacks outside a Shiite mosque and a US Consulate in two other Saudi cities raised fears of a co-ordinated assault aimed at destabilising the Western-allied kingdom. The attack happened outside the sprawling mosque grounds where the Prophet Muhammad is buried in Medina. Millions of Muslims from around the world visit the mosque every year as part of their pilgrimage to Mecca. Читать дальше...

Iceland failed to use their brains in Sunday’s 5-2 defeat to France at Euro 2016, joint coach Lars Lagerback said, though he spoke with pride of the team’s achievements in getting to the quarter-finals in their first tournament appearance. France romped into a 4-0 half-time lead in the last of the quarter-finals and though the Icelanders showed commendable spirit to fight back after the break another shock, after their victory over England, never looked likely. “The first half looked like the play-off... Читать дальше...

Wales will meet Portugal in the semi-final of Euro 2016 tomorrow and that means a meeting between Real Madrid team-mates Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. Here, PA Sport looks at how their respective international careers stack up: Caps • Bale won his 60th cap in the Euro 2016 quarter-final against Belgium, having made his debut in 2006 to become Wales’s youngest ever player at the age of 16 years and 315 days. Ronaldo became Portugal’s most capped player at Euro 2016, breaking the record of Luis Figo... Читать дальше...

Finding Dory dominated the Independence Day box office, overcoming a trio of new releases to provide the weekend’s biggest fireworks. The Pixar release swam to the top of the charts for the third consecutive weekend, picking up $41.9 million to bring its domestic total to $372.2 million. The follow-up to Finding Nemo should end the four-day holiday with another $50.5 million in receipts. It is on pace to surpass Toy Story 3 and its $415 million haul as the highest-grossing Pixar film in history.... Читать дальше...

The Ministry of Justice, Culture and Local Government has somehow concluded that, for The Sunday Times of Malta, “matters relating to the increased accountability of members of the judiciary are unimportant”. In a reply to the newspaper, it said Minister Owen Bonnici took “umbrage at the dangerously misleading perception which the Times of Malta – knowingly or unknowingly – gave to its readers that the judiciary is in the pockets of court experts or that the judiciary somewhat stands to gain financially from the very same experts it nominates”.

People travel for a variety of reasons: to escape, explore, understand and participate. But at the core of the experience lies the destination. Malta remains a sought-after destination, a destination that offers memorable experiences of a diverse nature. It must be said, though, that these memorable experiences don’t just happen: they are to a very large degree shaped by the experience offered through our hotels, our restaurateurs, tour guides and the infrastructure, including roads, transport and beaches, among other things. Читать дальше...

Russia was among 14 countries which signed a convention between the Council of Europe and European soccer body UEFA on Sunday aimed at stopping a repeat of fan violence which has marred Euro 2016. UEFA said the convention would include a better exchange of intelligence between various police forces to warn countries hosting matches of potential troublemakers. The Euro 2016 tournament being played in France has seen a return of football hooliganism which had been largely absent from recent international competitions. Читать дальше...

I remember our referendum. I was too young to vote, so the whole experience was torture. I had to sit there and watch old men tell me that they were not in favour of my future, or that they weren’t going to vote at all. Powerless, my friends and I, at the ripe old age of 16, went to ralliesand waved that EU flag like our lives depended on it. Well, our lives did depend on it. I am Generation Y. We grew up on Sister, Sister, Different Strokes and whatever other show Nickelodeon had to offer. Our world was not only Malta. Читать дальше...