Новости за 18.03.2018

Borussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc has confirmed that the Bundesliga club are unlikely to make a decision regarding Peter Stoger's future until later in the season. Stoger, appointed at Signal Iduna Park until the end of the campaign in the wake of Peter Bosz's sacking, has guided the club to third place but also oversaw their elimination from the Europa League at the hands of RB Salzburg.  And, speaking to Eurosport prior to Dortmund's 1-0 victory over Hannover, Zorc acknowledged... Читать дальше...

Reds Super Rugby head coach Brad Thorn has praised his whole Super Rugby squad for thei efforts against the Jaguares in Buenos Aires. The Reds defended their way to a determined 18-7 win over the Argenntina Super Rugby team to secure their third straight win this season. The Reds remarkable three wins in succession is […]

The capture of Afrin from the Kurds by Turkish-led fighters on Sunday could have major repercussions for Syria's protracted war.

Russians turned up at polling stations Sunday in an election few voters had any doubts about who would emerge the winner. Soon after the polls closed in the enclave of Kaliningrad, preliminary results indicated incumbent President Vladimir Putin had secured victory in an election critics say was stage-managed. According to Russia's election commission, Putin was heading to secure 71.9 percent of the vote, but it was unclear whether voter turnout had reached 70 percent, a Kremlin goal. But Kremlin... Читать дальше...

Finally this hair is out of Haarms’ way.

Nothing is more important than basketball when it comes to the NCAA tournament, but when it comes to Purdue’s Matt Haarms there is something that comes close — his hair.

Here is a supercut of Matt Haarms adjusting his hair within 2 seconds of every play ending pic.twitter.com/p6CHvAS2L9

It’s the liability of a stylish undercut on the court. You want to keep that natural look, because your hair flows like an ocean of luxury ... Читать дальше...

London (AFP) – Chelsea dug deep to reach the FA Cup semi-finals and ease the pressure on Blues boss Antonio Conte, while Manchester United’s progress to the last four did little to improve Jose Mourinho’s mood. Here’s what we learned from the FA Cup quarter-finals this weekend: Chelsea’s show of strength Antonio Conte has often complained this season of the hand given to him by the Chelsea hierarchy in the transfer market. However, the Italian was able to draw on impressive reserves to get over... Читать дальше...

Purdue Boilermakers freshman gets a bigger role and his flowing hair breaks the internet

All the best, most interesting, and unquestionably coolest fights the UFC should book, following their latest event in London, England.

Speaking at his campaign headquarters, Putin discussed preliminary elections results, in which he leads with a huge margin, and disclosed views on key issues and his plans for the future.

Cape Town City have renewed the contracts of Teko Modise, Sage Stephens and Ebrahim Seedat.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks about his victory at election headquarters, discussing future prospects for the country.

DALLAS (AP) — Porter Moser wants his Loyola-Chicago players to savor every moment of the NCAA Tournament. It took the Ramblers a long time, and last-moment shots in consecutive games, to go from what he termed a "grassroots rebuild" to the Sweet 16. "It's amazing when you have a group of people who believe," Moser said. "I mean, just this group is resilient. They believe." Maybe on this Sunday, when they returned home to Chicago from Dallas, they took the chance to catch their breath a bit — and say a prayer or two of thanks. Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Without Isaac Haas, Purdue played fine for the most part. Until the last few minutes, when the Boilermakers' season nearly slipped away. "We lost our poise there, but then we also regained it," coach Matt Painter said. "And Dakota Mathias made a huge shot." Mathias sank a 3-pointer with 14.2 seconds left, and second-seeded Purdue held off 10th-seeded Butler 76-73 on Sunday to reach the Sweet 16 for the second consecutive year. Haas, the 7-foot-2 center who broke his elbow in Friday's win over Cal State Fullerton... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK  — When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighborhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit. But that’s exactly what the company then run by Jared Kushner did, and...

As Russians handed Vladimir Putin a new presidential term, opponents Aleksei Navalny and Ksenia Sobchak held a bitter exchange on live video.

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The role that President Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director had in torturing detainees has become increasingly unclear after a series of influential news organizations backed off stories claiming she’d overseen one suspect’s torture in 2002.

The recent corrections may increase pressure on the CIA to declassify documents that would explain Gina Haspel’s role in the “rendition, detention and interrogation” program that the agency established... Читать дальше...

On Saturday, the USS Colorado, the US Navy’s latest Virginia-class attack submarine, went into service from the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. It comes with an unconventional piece of equipment: an XBox controller, according to USA Today.

The family that dresses like royalty together, stays together.

Beyoncé, JAY-Z and Blue Ivy Carter attended the 2nd Annual Wearable Art Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday before the pop icon was awarded a humanitarian award by her mother, Tina Knowles Lawson — and Blue did some bidding on behalf of her famous parents.

The “Halo” singer, 36, and her 6-year-old daughter wore matching gold dresses when they appeared at the Alexandria Ballroom ahead of the event hosted by the WACO Theater Center. Читать дальше...

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The Trump administration made its boldest move against Russia this week as the diplomatic row between the UK and Moscow deepened following the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, a Russian dissident living in Britain, and his daughter, both of whom fell victim to a chemical weapon attack on March 4.

The US, UK, France, and Germany accused Russia of orchestrating the attack, which the Kremlin denies.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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The Lady Reds faced Chelsea on Sunday for the quarter-finals and suffered a disappointing 3-0 defeat. With a lot of excitement and uncertainty surrounding the match, Liverpool Ladies traveled to meet Chelsea in the next round of the Women’s FA Cup after a morning pitch inspection deemed everything okay for the go ahead. Despite the bitter cold and less than ideal weather conditions, the Ladies started strong before suffering a 3-0 defeat to the Londoners. Liverpol were already without two key players... Читать дальше...

As part of GMF’s Urban and Regional Policy Program’s BUILD 2017 session on Inclusive Economic Development, GMF partnered with the JustJobs Network (JJN) on a detailed, data-driven analysis that explores the nexus of economic diversification, job creation, and job quality in one American city, Detroit, and one European city, Bilbao. This city-level exploration of economic development patterns and labor market trends over the last two decades sheds light on the ways in which cities in the developed world are grappling with... Читать дальше...

PrinterThe wrote:

More than just a "start", he lasted 14 Rounds plus a cup game so half the season. Add in the way they went so badly in 2nd half of 2016 then it was only 10 wins from the last 33 games. Over a year of bottom of the table form. Widnes had a purple patch at the start of 2016 too and were top after several rounds.