Новости за 26.09.2016

CARTAGENA, Colombia — Colombia will take a big step toward emerging from its long nightmare of bloody violence Monday when the government and the country’s largest rebel movement sign a peace accord that emerged from four hard years of negotiations. The significance of the deal can’t be overstated: Colombia’s five-decade conflict, partly fueled by the

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela is in terrible shape. Two-thirds of voters say in polls they want President Nicolas Maduro gone amid worsening shortages and inflation. It seems like the job of the opposition would be easy. But critics of the country’s 17-year-old socialist government are reeling after elections officials torpedoed their primary political effort for

VICTORIA, British Columbia — Colin Montgomerie won the Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship on Sunday, outlasting Scott McCarron with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff. Montgomerie closed with a 4-under 67 to match McCarron at 15-under 198 at scenic Bear Mountain Resort, the first-year venue in the PGA Tour Champions event that

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their fourth straight NL West title, winning the crown in Vin Scully’s final home game when Charlie Culberson homered with two outs in the 10th inning to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 Sunday. Culberson hit his first homer of the season and just sixth of his career

ARLINGTON, Texas — Maybe the Cowboys will be OK without quarterback Tony Romo this time. The future of the Dallas running game with Ezekiel Elliott looks pretty good, too. Dak Prescott led scoring drives on all four Dallas possessions in the first half before throwing his first career touchdown pass in fellow rookie Elliott’s first

Few people did more to grow the game of golf than Arnold Palmer. Fewer did more to provide places to play it. The charismatic champion who died Sunday night of complications from heart problems was every bit as successful at designing courses as he was conquering them. From Palmer’s first design in 1963, the back

Raise a glass to celebrate the life of golf’s “King” — and make it an Arnold Palmer. “I imagine that Arnold Palmer walks into a restaurant and they ask him what he’s drinking, and he says, ‘What the hell do you think I’m drinking,'” comedian Will Arnett once cracked. Some sports greats have a trophy

CHICAGO — David Ross got fired up when Cubs manager Joe Maddon walked to the mound with two out in the seventh inning, ready to argue for Jon Lester to stay in the game. Maddon and Lester had a different plan. “Joe looked at him and said ‘Have you ever been a part of where

SEATTLE — Just as the Seattle Seahawks’ offense got going, they’re back wondering if another injury to Russell Wilson will return them to the slog of the first two weeks. Wilson sounded confident on Sunday after leading the Seahawks to a 37-18 win over the San Francisco 49ers that he’ll be fine going into Week

SEATTLE — Five people died in the shooting at a Macy’s store in a mall north of Seattle. Authorities do not plan to make their identities public until Tuesday, but details about three of the victims have been reported by Washington state media. Here’s what is known about them: SARAI LARA: The 16-year-old high school

Ryan Moore lost his bid to win the Tour Championship finale in extra holes, but picked up an important consolation prize: the fourth captain’s pick and the last slot on the 12-man U.S. Ryder Cup team. The matches tee off in five days in Minnesota. U.S. captain Davis Love planned to make the announcement during

TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly lower Monday as market attention turned from action from central banks to the U.S. presidential race, with a closely watched debate upcoming. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged down 0.8 percent in morning trading to 16,623.05. South Korea’s Kospi slipped nearly 0.2 percent to 2,050.86. Hong Kong’s Hang

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts may have salvaged their season Sunday. Barely. By avoiding their first 0-3 start in five years, Indy will not have to dig itself out of an historic hole to make the playoffs. Nope, all they have to do now is catch the Houston Texans, who have a one-game lead in

ATLANTA — Rory McIlroy finally won the FedEx Cup when he least expected it. McIlroy was three shots behind with three holes to play Sunday in the Tour Championship. Nearly two hours later, he holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the fourth extra hole to win the tournament and claim the $10 million FedEx Cup

Reaction to golf great Arnold Palmer’s death Sunday at age 87 in Pittsburgh: “At this point I don’t know what happened, and I suppose it is not important what happened. What is important is that we just lost one of the incredible people in the game of golf and in all of sports. My friend_many

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves announced a number of additions to their front office and coaching staffs on Sunday night, including assistant general manager Noah Croom and director of player personnel Brian Pauga. Croom comes to the Timberwolves after spending the last 12 years as an agent and legal counsel with Goodwin Sports Management, one

PHILADELPHIA — All aboard the Wentz Wagon. Carson Wentz aced his first tough test, and the Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-3 on Sunday to remain unbeaten. Wins over the Browns and Bears were no fluke. The Eagles (3-0) proved they can compete with — and whip — the top teams. Now they head

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The dust had barely settled on the Bills’ first win of the season, when coach Rex Ryan turned his attention to Buffalo’s next opponent. Where Ryan’s concerned, it’s never too early to begin needling coach Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. Explaining how difficult it is to defend against a

LOS ANGELES — David Dahl’s go-ahead home run in the ninth gave the Rockies hope. The Dodgers took it away in the bottom of the inning, with a tying homer by Corey Seager. Then former Rockies second baseman Charlie Culberson homered with two outs in the 10th inning, giving Los Angeles a 4-3 victory Sunday

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea coach Uli Stielike has recalled Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min ahead of next month’s 2018 World Cup qualification games against Qatar and Iran. Stielike allowed Son, 24, to miss the 1-1 draw with Syria earlier this month to focus on his career with Tottenham in the English Premier League.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ola Kamara scored his 14th and 15th goals of the season and the Columbus Crew beat the New England Revolution 2-0 on Sunday night to keep their playoff hopes alive. Columbus (7-11-11), which played in the 2015 MLS Cup, is ninth in the Eastern Conference, but only five points behind D.C. United

SEATTLE — Jimmy Graham’s statement about his most productive game since suffering a major knee injury was left to what he did on the field, all of it coming in one impressive half on Sunday. “He’s a phenomenal athlete and it’s going to be cool to see him develop more so in our offense this

INDIANAPOLIS — T.Y. Hilton blamed himself for not doing enough in the Indianapolis Colts’ first two games this season. He made amends for it Sunday. The smallest receiver on the Colts’ roster came up big twice, making an acrobatic 8-yard catch on fourth-and-7 to keep the Colts’ drive alive following the 2-minute warning, then spinning

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Daniel Sorenson was regaling a group of reporters about his first career interception, one of six by the Kansas City Chiefs in their 24-3 victory over the New York Jets, when cornerback Marcus Peters leaned over from the locker stall next to him. “You should have caught the first one,” Peters

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres got a nice look at some of their top young players at the expense of the San Francisco Giants. Rookie Manuel Margot tripled in the seventh inning and scored the go-ahead run on Wil Myers’ single as the San Diego Padres beat San Francisco 4-3 to drop the