Новости за 18.08.2016

RIO DE JANEIRO — Manu Ginobili’s emotions were jumbled as he tried to put his Olympic journey into words. Long after his last game inside the rings ended, the balding forward who once again had done all he could in defeat, returned to the floor and was handed the game ball. Ginobili tucked it under

RIO DE JANEIRO — South Korea claimed the first taekwondo gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Wednesday, restoring some pride to the country that invented the sport. Seventh-ranked Sohui Kim defeated Tijana Bogdanovic of Serbia in a tight final where both fighters struggled to find their form. Kim won 7-6. “I never

NAUCALPAN, Mexico — A golf tournament yanked from a Florida resort owned by Donald Trump unveiled its new home in Mexico on Wednesday. Sponsor Grupo Salinas said the event will be held in March at the Chapultepec Golf Club outside Mexico City. The PGA Tour revealed in June that the World Golf Championship event was

RIO DE JANEIRO — For the third straight Olympics, China will take home every gold medal in table tennis. The Chinese men’s team beat Japan 3-1 on Wednesday, cementing the nation’s status as the world leader in the sport. Chinese women have won every singles gold medal since the sport entered the Olympics in 1988.

RIO DE JANEIRO — South Korea’s chance at an Olympic soccer medal gone, forward Son Heung-min dropped to his knees, put his forehead on the grass and wept. Anguish over the end of a chance at Olympic glory? Without doubt. But with the loss to Honduras, Son and his teammates had also missed out on

RIO DE JANEIRO — Ellen Hoog updated her best memory in field hockey. At the 2012 London Games, Hoog scored the winning shootout goal for the Netherlands against New Zealand in the semifinals, en route to their second straight Olympic gold medal. She was even more dramatic on Wednesday, in the semifinals again in the

PHILADELPHIA — Adrian Gonzalez hit two home runs and had five RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their NL West lead with a 7-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. Justin Turner also homered and Joc Pederson reached base four times for the first-place Dodgers, who moved 1 1/2 games ahead of

MASON, Ohio — Andy Murray followed up his second Olympic singles title with a second-round victory Wednesday night in the Western & Southern Open. The top-seeded Scot beat Argentina’s Juan Monaco 6-3, 6-2 to set up a match against South Africa’s Kevin Anderson, a 6-2, 6-4 winner over 13th-seeded Richard Gasquet of France. Murray had

BEIJING — Efforts by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi this week to bolster ties with her country’s dominant northern neighbor China may hinge on whether she can resolve the fate of a massive, Chinese-funded dam project blocked by overwhelming local opposition. Suu Kyi was to be greeted with a formal welcome ceremony on Thursday

ATLANTA — A 22-year-old Atlanta man has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life plus five years in prison in connection with the 2014 killing of a man over a PlayStation 4 game console. The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office says a jury convicted Nathaniel Vivian on Wednesday of murder, felony murder, armed robbery

LOS ANGELES — No criminal charges will be filed against UCLA punter Adam Searl over allegations that he sexually assaulted two women, prosecutors said. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office rejected the case on Aug. 11 for lack of evidence, according to a document provided by the prosecutor’s office Wednesday. “Adam has maintained his

DETROIT — Tigers right-hander Anibal Sanchez lost his no-hit bid against the Kansas City Royals with two outs in the seventh inning Wednesday night. Eric Hosmer ended it when he drove a curveball off the wall in left-center for a double. Sanchez retired the first 12 batters Wednesday night, then walked Hosmer and Alex Gordon

DENVER — Stephen Strasburg’s strong start to the season is fast becoming a distant memory after the Washington right-hander struggled again Wednesday. D.J. LeMahieu kept tormenting the Nationals with two hits, Gerardo Parra drove in four runs and the Colorado Rockies beat Strasburg and Washington 12-10. Bryce Harper homered and Jayson Werth extended his on-base

LOS ANGELES — NPR’s comments section is going off the air. National Public Radio announced Wednesday that comments on NPR.org will be disabled beginning Aug. 23. The feature has been part of the site since 2008. Scott Montgomery, NPR’s managing editor for digital news, says the news organization made the decision because NPR’s audience is

CHICAGO — A man accused of shooting a Chicago police officer following an alleged carjacking has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery. Police say officers responded to a report of a carjacking late Tuesday and began following a vehicle believed to be the one stolen. The driver, later identified as 24-year-old Charles Lawson,

TOKYO — Japan posted a trade surplus of 513.5 billion yen ($5.1 billion) in July, though exports sank 14 percent from a year earlier as the yen surged against the dollar, the government reported Thursday. The fall in exports by the world’s third-largest economy was outpaced by a nearly 25 percent drop in imports, suggesting

FORT WORTH, Texas — IndyCar drivers will have “Back The Blue” decals on their cars and wear caps representing local police and national law enforcement agencies when they resume the rain-interrupted race at Texas Motor Speedway on Aug. 27. Just weeks after the June 12 postponement, five law enforcement officers were shot and killed July

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars have claimed defensive tackle T.J. Barnes off waivers from Buffalo. To make room for Barnes on the 90-man roster, the team waived/injured running back Jonas Gray (quad). The 6-foot-7, 364-pound Barnes gives the Jaguars some much-needed depth on the defensive line, especially since they are holding joint practices with

STAMFORD, N.Y. — A woman from Hawaii who had been accused of killing her twin sister after their vehicle plunged off a Maui cliff was arrested in upstate New York on drunken driving charges. Alexandria Duval, of Maui, was arrested Monday in the Village of Stamford in Delaware County, according to state police. She has

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Qualifying medalist Alex Smalley rallied to beat Scott Harvey 2 and 1 on Wednesday in the first round of the U.S. Amateur at Oakland Hills. Smalley, the Duke sophomore from Wake Forest, North Carolina, finished off Harvey with a halve for par on the par-3 17th on the Donald Ross-designed South

RIO DE JANEIRO — With just seconds to spare, Kaori Icho reminded everyone why she’s the best women’s wrestler in history. Icho became the first wrestler to win four Olympic gold medals on Wednesday, scoring a takedown with less than five seconds left to beat Valeriia Koblova Zholobova of Russia 3-2 in 58-kilogram women’s freestyle.

LAS VEGAS — From the late entrance to the expletive-laden comments to the bottle-throwing finale, Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz left no doubt that the drama will definitely be there for their highly anticipated rematch at UFC 202. McGregor showed up about 30 minutes late Wednesday to his news conference with Diaz to promote Saturday

WESTBROOK, Maine — Police in Maine are investigating after notes urging violence against Muslims were found at an apartment complex where Iraqi residents live. An Iraqi man went to police Wednesday morning after finding a typewritten note saying “All Muslims are Terrorists should be Killed.” Police canvassed the complex in Westbrook, just outside of Portland,

ATLANTA — Shortstop Dansby Swanson, born and raised in the north Atlanta suburbs, had a big dream come true Wednesday night. “That’s the only way you can really sum it up,” he said. “Playing for your hometown team and basically going out there and doing what you’ve worked your whole life for is pretty special.”

BEIRUT — The young Syrian activist was beaten, prevented from going to the toilet and saw her cellmates taken for rounds of whipping when she was held for more than a month in several government detention facilities. Still, Lama is considered lucky, as more than 17,000 detainees have died in the government’s custody over the