Новости за 24.10.2015

ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek parliament on Saturday approved a bill to regulate the awarding of TV licences to broadcasters, as part of the leftist government's efforts to clean up a sector it says is mired in debts and corruption.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Support for the party of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has hit a three-year high in one of the country's main opinion polls months ahead of a general election and following a budget of tax cuts and spending increases.

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Patricia, one of the strongest ever hurricanes, has weakened further into a remnant low pressure area over northeastern Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

(Reuters) - South African businessman and former political prisoner Tokyo Sexwale is to run for the presidency of world football's governing body FIFA, a spokesman said on Saturday as the deadline for nominations neared.

MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid pulled three points clear of second-placed Celta Vigo when they held off the valiant 10-man Galicians to secure a nervy 3-1 victory in Saturday’s top-of-the-table clash in La Liga.

LONDON (Reuters) - Bitter rivals Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho had wildly contrasting afternoons on Saturday as Arsenal went top of the Premier League and champions Chelsea lost again with their manager being sent off.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Honda are willing to supply Red Bull with engines next season but McLaren boss Ron Dennis is blocking any deal, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Saturday.

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Formula One plans to give teams an independent engine supply option from 2017 with a tender for the contract set to go out next week, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Saturday.

Authorities assess the damage after Hurricane Patricia roars through western Mexico, hammering coastal villages but sparing major cities from her fury. Pavithra George reports.

Authorities assess the damage after Hurricane Patricia roars through western Mexico, hammering coastal villages but sparing major cities from her fury. Pavithra George reports.

Authorities assess the damage after Hurricane Patricia roars through western Mexico, hammering coastal villages but sparing major cities from her fury. Pavithra George reports.

Authorities assess the damage after Hurricane Patricia roars through western Mexico, hammering coastal villages but sparing major cities from her fury. Pavithra George reports.

LONDON (Reuters) - New Zealand ground their way into the Rugby World Cup final for a record fourth time when they proved too strong, too dangerous and ultimately too streetwise for South Africa in a predictably tense 20-18 victory on Saturday.

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Honda are willing to supply Red Bull with engines next season but McLaren boss Ron Dennis is blocking any deal, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Saturday.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attends the opening of the first-ever World Indigenous Games where teams from 24 countries are competing. Gavino Garay reports.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attends the opening of the first-ever World Indigenous Games where teams from 24 countries are competing. Gavino Garay reports.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attends the opening of the first-ever World Indigenous Games where teams from 24 countries are competing. Gavino Garay reports.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attends the opening of the first-ever World Indigenous Games where teams from 24 countries are competing. Gavino Garay reports.

LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The leadership of captain Richie McCaw and his All Blacks lieutenants, four of them with more than 100 caps, saw New Zealand through to their fourth Rugby World Cup final on Saturday, coach Steve Hansen said.

LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Out of the running to win the Rugby World Cup, South Africa are left with the prospect of having to play the one match every team hates to be involved in.

(Reuters) - Maureen O'Hara, the flame-haired Irish-American actress known for playing feisty women in classics like "How Green Was My Valley" and "Miracle on 34th Street" as well as her on-screen chemistry with John Wayne, died on Saturday of natural causes at the age of 95, her manager said.

LONDON (Reuters) - When Slaven Bilic took over from Sam Allardyce as West Ham United manager in June, he said one of his ambitions was to lead them into the Champions League for the first time.

LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - New Zealand flyhalf Dan Carter is now one game away from getting the World Cup monkey well and truly off his back and rounding off his superlative career by finally getting his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben sparkled on his comeback from injury after almost two months, scoring the champions' first goal in a 4-0 demolition of Cologne on Saturday for their 1,000th victory in the Bundesliga that put them 10 points clear at the top.

LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The obituaries were already being written for the South African team at the Rugby World Cup when they lost their opening match to Japan.