Новости за 05.08.2016

RIO DE JANEIRO — Suddenly, Portugal’s post-Cristiano Ronaldo era doesn’t seem so daunting. The next generation of players from the country won their opening match at the Olympics on Thursday, beating Argentina 2-0 in Group D. Portugal won the European Championship last month, with the 31-year-old Ronaldo sidelined for much of the final with an

GREENWICH, Conn. — Robert Rosencrans, the first board chairman of C-SPAN who helped steer the public affairs network through its opening years and worked for the organization for almost four decades, has died. He was 89. Rosencrans’ wife, Marjorie, told The Associated Press on Thursday that her husband of 59 years died Wednesday at a

ATLANTA — Second-seeded Nick Kyrgios of Australia advanced to the BB&T Atlanta Open quarterfinals on Thursday night, beating American Jared Donaldson 7-6 (4), 6-3 in a rain-interrupted match. Kyrgios won an indoor event in Marseille, France, in February for his lone tour title. He will face fifth-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain, a 6-1, 6-3 winner

FRESNO, Calif. — Investigators are collecting medical records and lining up interviews with relatives of a bus driver in a crash that killed four passengers in Central California when the vehicle hit a highway sign post that tore through its frame, officials said Thursday. The team wants to know how much rest Mario David Vasquez,

RIO DE JANEIRO — Gabby Douglas tried to block out the criticism when national team coordinator Martha Karolyi named the reigning Olympic champion to the 2016 gymnastics team last month despite a so-so performance at trials. Emphasis on tried. Yes, Douglas wasn’t crisp on beam either night in San Jose. Yes, there were a handful

LOS ANGELES — David Huddleston, the character actor best known for portraying titular roles in “The Big Lebowski” and “Santa Claus: The Movie,” has died. He was 85. Huddleston’s wife, Sarah C. Koeppe, says he died Tuesday of advanced heart and kidney disease in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Huddleston famously portrayed the blustery millionaire whose

DENVER — Martin Truex Jr. has signed a two-year contract extension with Furniture Row Racing, keeping him with his NASCAR team through the 2018 season. The Denver-based operation also announced Thursday that Bass Pro Shops and Tracker Boats will increase their primary sponsorship on the No. 78 Toyota from 12 to 16 races in 2017.

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — On the hottest, most humid day of Chicago Bears training camp, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio wore a sweatshirt. “I don’t sweat that much,” he said. “I’m not a sweater.” In another sense, Fangio did have to sweat through a first year in Chicago with an inconsistent defense that improved, and looks to

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, has launched a new scheduling system in about 650 Neighborhood Market stores that gives hourly workers more certainty about their schedules. The system was launched in late July and could be eventually rolled out to all 4,600 U.S. Wal-Mart stores, said Mark Ibbotson, Wal-Mart’s executive vice

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama opened preseason camp in the wake of several summer arrests and departures and with a quarterback competition still going strong. Despite all that, the challenges remain pretty typical for the defending national champions and have little or nothing to do with talent. There was no shortage of that when the Crimson

RIO DE JANEIRO — Pssssst. Wanna know who’s going to win that big first-round matchup between No. 1 Novak Djokovic and 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics? If you believe the draw sheet posted online by the International Tennis Federation , the victor of that match scheduled

CROMWELL, Conn. — Jerry Kelly played off the emotion of what he considers a home crowd Thursday in the Travelers Championship, shooting a 6-under 64 for a share of the first-round lead with Vaughn Taylor and Andrew Loupe. The 49-year-old Kelly played at the nearby University of Hartford. Headed to the PGA Tour Champions after

SPRINGFIELD, Pa. — South Korea’s Eun Jeong Seong and Italy’s Virginia Elena Carta each won two matches Thursday in the U.S. Women’s Amateur to keep alive their bids for rare season sweeps. The 16-year-old Seong is trying to become the first player to win the event and U.S. Girls’ Junior in the same season, and

NEW ORLEANS — A brief but intense storm pummeled New Orleans on Thursday afternoon, toppling trees and power lines and collapsing at least two abandoned houses. Two minor injuries were reported. “Two individuals were walking down the street in the severe weather. They happened to be right near a building when it collapsed,” said Aaron

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — A 53-year-old Detroit-area man is in a hospital after an argument with a 33-year-old man who was playing “Pokemon Go.” The victim was bleeding from the back of his head on a sidewalk Wednesday night in Mount Clemens. Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham tells The Macomb Daily (http://bit.ly/2aEeUWL ) that the

LANSING, Mich. — Security policies are being reviewed at a courthouse in Michigan’s capital after a man on trial for sexual abuse tried to attack a prosecutor with a long piece of metal. Video of the incident was posted online by the Lansing State Journal. It shows Joshua Harding pulling something from his sleeve Tuesday,

HOUSTON — Entering his sixth season in the NFL, Cecil Shorts has stepped into the role of the savvy veteran among Texans wide receivers. With a group of young talent around him, including Jaelen Strong, Will Fuller and Braxton Miller, Shorts knows his role. “I think it’s my role to lead by example,” Shorts said.

CINCINNATI — Delta Air Lines says it’s investigating an Ohio Muslim couple’s claim that they were removed from a return flight from Europe after an airline employee singled them out because of their appearance. A statement from Delta also says the company will issue a full refund of the couple’s airfare for the July 26

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Assailants struck Kosovo’s Parliament with an explosive device late on Thursday causing damage to the building but no injuries, the police said in a statement. The force said the device that hit the building was fired from a distance. The downtown area was sealed off as officers began their investigation. The blast

DENVER — A year after a mine waste spill turned their river a weird yellow-orange, residents of a Colorado mountain town are taking a break from the aftermath for a party that includes a specially brewed beer the color of the spill. They’re also taking a few jabs at the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which

GLENDALE, Ariz. — David Johnson is a dream for those who play fantasy football — a big, fast, agile running back and an outstanding receiver who scores a lot of touchdowns. They expect big things from the 24-year-old second-year pro. So do the Arizona Cardinals. And those expectations are enormous. “David has all the tools,”

Documents stemming from an investigation into the shooting death of a Native American woman by an Arizona police officer describe a chaotic scene in which witnesses say the officer repeatedly told the woman to drop the scissors in her hand before he opened fire. Officer Austin Shipley was nearly three hours into his shift on

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Quinton Spain has a much different pedigree than the other Titans linemen. Spain is an undrafted second-year pro from West Virginia trying to maintain his status as the Tennessee Titans’ first-team left guard. Spain started the final six games for the Titans last season and has been running with the first-team line

OXNARD, Calif. — The Cowboys are in no rush to get a veteran quarterback behind Tony Romo, even though executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones has said they want to add one after Kellen Moore broke his right ankle in training camp. Dallas was in on the pursuit of free agent Nick Foles a

NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez is back on the Yankees’ bench despite whopping career numbers against Mets starter Bartolo Colon, and it’s not certain when the slumping slugger will play again. The 41-year-old Rodriguez wasn’t in the lineup Thursday night at Yankee Stadium for the wrapup of the Subway Series. A-Rod is in a 2-for-28