Новости за 25.09.2021

Ħamrun Spartans bounced back from the narrow defeat to Balzan as they defeated Floriana 2-1 – A win that puts the Spartans on level points with the Greens, Valletta, and Balzan. The Greens, therefore, suffered their first defeat after maintaining an unbeaten record in their first four matches. Although Floriana held the initiative in the early stages, Ħamrun went two goals ahead. The Greens reduced the gap and tried hard to notch the equaliser but their forwards were kept under control and the Spartans took home the three points. Читать дальше...

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz took out one of the company's Dino 246 GT models for a spin around Ferrari's Fiorano track.  The Spanish driver described the experience as "raw", saying: "I didn't imagine it was going to be so different to the thing that we do nowadays." Introduced in 1969, the two-seater Dino 246 GT was a popular addition to the Ferrari lineup. Until production stopped in 1974, it went through three modifications. While it had a nearly identical design to its 206 GT predecessor... Читать дальше...

A 10-year old boy was grievously injured on Saturday when he was struck by a car while riding his bike in Qormi.  Police said the incident took place in Triq il-Flora at around 4.30pm. The driver was a 27-year old Qormi resident. The child received medical assistance on site before being hospitalised for further treatment.  Police investigations are ongoing.

Wolfsburg crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Hoffenheim on Saturday to miss their chance of going level on points with Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga table. Elsewhere, last season’s runners-up RB Leipzig brushed off recent poor results to climb to 10th with a 6-0 thrashing of Hertha Berlin.   Wolfsburg’s defeat means defending champions Bayern maintain the gap they opened on Friday with a 3-1 win at bottom side Greuther Fuerth.    Continue reading this article on Sports Desk, the new sports... Читать дальше...

Milan went top of Serie A on Saturday with a 2-1 win at Spezia in which Daniel Maldini followed in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps by scoring his first goal for the club on his full Serie A debut. Stefano Pioli’s side are a point ahead of Napoli and three ahead of city rivals Inter Milan, who can take top spot with a win over Atalanta at the San Siro later on Saturday, thanks to the victory over battling Spezia which came thanks to Brahim Diaz’s close-range strike with four minutes remaining. Читать дальше...

Valletta succumbed to their third consecutive defeat of the season after a 2-0 defeat to Gudja United, at the Hibernians Stadium on Saturday. It was a miserable afternoon for the Citizens who played almost the entire second half with nine men after captain and vice-captain Joseph Zerafa and Ryan Camilleri were given their marching orders. The Citizens, who donned a new away shirt for this game, remain with six points after five outings whereas Gudja have now leapfrogged them as they have seven points after five league games. Читать дальше...

The law provides for the possibility of retrial of cases decided by the Courts of Justice in a number of listed circumstances. One such case is when a sworn application is not served on the party cast, and, notwithstanding such omission, such party would not have appeared at the trial. The law provides an exhaustive list which may be used as a basis for a retrial, including obtaining a judgment by fraud, when a judgment contains the wrong application of the law, as well as in circumstances when... Читать дальше...

Afghanistan is at risk of "imminent hunger" with winter approaching and services disrupted by the return to power of the Taliban, a UN official warned in an interview with AFP. Natalia Kanem, director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said via video that the situation in the country was dire. "It would not be an exaggeration to say" that at least a third of Afghanistan's population of around 33 million is affected by "imminent hunger," Kanem warned. Harsh winters, disrupting the ability... Читать дальше...

Crowds were treated to spectacular aerial displays as the latest edition of the Malta International Air Show began on Saturday afternoon, with aeroplanes from various countries taking to the skies above the island.  The air show, first held in 1993, is taking place on Saturday and Sunday with flying displays happening around Qawra from 3pm and static displays happening at the new SR Technics Hangar between 9am and 2pm. Participants include the Belgian Air Force, French Air Force, German Air Force... Читать дальше...

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou returned to China Saturday shortly after two Canadians released from prison in China also arrived in Calgary, ending a bitter diplomatic row that has poisoned ties for three years. Meng and the two Canadians -- former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor -- were detained in a bitter spat critics have called "hostage diplomacy".  Meng, the 49-year-old daughter of Ren Zhengfei, the billionaire founder of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, was granted release... Читать дальше...

Teenage Spanish motorcyclist Dean Berta Vinales, was killed Saturday during a race at the Jerez circuit in Spain, Superbike organisers announced.  The 15-year-old, a cousin of MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales, was involved in an accident during the first race of the WorldSSP300 class and died of chest and head injuries, the championship organisers said in a statement.  This was his first season competing in the class.  He was racing for the Vinales Racing Team, managed by Angel Vinales, Maverick’s father. Читать дальше...

The historic Vaulted Grotto in Buskett will be restored by Ambjent Malta in a project expected to cost €323,000, the environment ministry announced on Saturday. The structure, which dates back to the Order of St John, will be consolidated and preserved while damage sustained over the years will be repaired. Parts of the Grotto will be mapped electronically to retain the structure’s feature elements. Works will include the exposure of the vault right above the grotto and measures to avoid further deterioration... Читать дальше...

Bruno Fernandes missed a stoppage-time penalty as Aston Villa beat Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford on Saturday to prevent the Red Devils moving top of the Premier League. The Portuguese midfielder blasted his 93rd-minute spot-kick over the bar minutes after Kortney Hause’s late headed goal, which earned Villa their first win against United since December 2009. United drew a blank for the first time this season despite boasting the league’s best attacking record and a star-studded line-up featuring Cristiano Ronaldo... Читать дальше...

Manchester City took revenge for their Champions League final loss to Chelsea and secured a big three points in the early running for the Premier League title with a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge. Gabriel Jesus’ deflected effort eight minutes into the second-half separated the sides, but City should have been more convincing winners as they laid down a marker after losing to Chelsea three times towards the end of last season. The most painful of those came in Porto as Chelsea lifted the Champions... Читать дальше...

McLaren’s Lando Norris took his maiden Formula One pole in a shock outcome to Saturday’s qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. Norris is joined on the front row by the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz with Lewis Hamilton starting on the second row in his latest attempt at reaching 100 wins. Hamilton was looking good for pole after topping the timesheets in Q1 and Q2, but he then suffered late drama with three minutes left of Q3 when he hit the pit wall requiring a hastily fitted new front wing to his damaged Mercedes. Читать дальше...

A limited-edition version of The Little Car Company’s Aston Martin DB5 Junior has been created to commemorate the arrival of the new James Bond movie No Time To Die in cinemas.  Built in collaboration with EON Productions, the DB5 Junior incorporates all manner of accurate features, such as Smiths instruments, individually numbered chassis plates and iconic ‘Silver Birch’ paint.  Limited to just 125 cars, the accurate recreation was made thanks to a 3D scan of an original Aston Martin DB5, allowing... Читать дальше...

The launch of the EU Green Deal campaign kicked off on Saturday with members of the Maltese European Commission teaming up with volunteer NGO Wave of Change for a beach clean-up.  The EU Green Deal Campaign focuses on the overall objective for the EU to become the first climate neutral continent by 2050. The Green Deal promotes green investment and sustainable economies by shifting production and consumption towards being more circular and sustainable practices.  The beach clean-up took place at the Buġibba jetty on Saturday... Читать дальше...

A peak in observed migration of birds of prey was met with "rampant" illegal hunting across Malta and Gozo on Friday, BirdLife Malta said. The organisation claimed hunters were taking advantage of a low police presence as several birds were seen being shot illegally, with injured birds being recovered in the evening and members of the public inundating BirdLife with calls reporting shooting. Three protected species were recovered on Friday: with a dead Hobby recovered by a Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) team from Xlendi... Читать дальше...

Grants given for the registration of new petrol or diesel cars should be scrapped and the money instead poured into subsidies to encourage electric vehicles, used car importers have said.  The proposal, presented by the Malta Car Importers Association and Used Vehicles Importers Association, would raise the purchase prices of internal combustion engine vehicles while lowering those of electric equivalents.  The two associations said that additional electric vehicle grants could increase electric vehicle imports by up to 11,000 annually. Читать дальше...

Malta Under 21 coach Gilbert Agius has named a squad of 30 players ahead of the away double-header against Lithuania and Slovakia, next month.   The squad will take part in a training camp here in Malta before travelling as part of the Under 21 national team’s commitments in Group C of the UEFA European U21 Championship 2023 qualifiers.  The list will be trimmed down to 23 later on next week. Coach Agius has introduced a number of new faces to the list.  Pietà trio Samuel Okoh, Jake Ghio and Sheldon... Читать дальше...

A 300-person indoor event for vaccinated people with no masking or social distance rules will be held on October 8, as part of a pilot project to see how to safely ease rules for mass events.  The event – a comedy show featuring Danusan, the Comedy Knights and Bla Kondixin – will be held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta.  Attendees will not be socially distanced and will be allowed in without masks – a first for Malta since rules were tightened to clamp down on the spread of COVID-19 ... Читать дальше...

“The gunman is back,” read the headline in Marca and Atletico Madrid fans will hope the team is too. Luis Suarez scored twice, including a 90th-minute winner, to complete a late turnaround against Getafe on Tuesday and return the reigning champions to the top of the La Liga table. They would quickly surrender first place to Real Madrid, who put six past Mallorca a day later, but the sight of Suarez settling games again rekindled memories of what took Atleti to the title three months ago.   Continue reading this article on Sports Desk... Читать дальше...

The Russian Grand Prix’s final practice session was cancelled on Saturday morning after torrential rain left the Sochi circuit under water. Qualifying for Sunday’s 15th round of the Formula One season was now “the priority,” race director Michael Masi said.  “As we can see already this morning, the weather has gone up and down like a yoyo and the intensity of the rain has started increasing with some thunder already joining us,” he added. The third and final qualifying session had been scheduled... Читать дальше...

A total of 17 COVID-19 patients are currently in hospital, with four of them in intensive care, Health Ministry data publishedż on Saturday showed. That hospitalisation figure is slightly higher than numbers one day ago, when there were 15 patients receiving hospital care. The number of ITU patients remained unchanged. In total, healthcare workers detected 16 new virus cases over the previous 24 hours. A total of 44 patients recovered overnight while there were no virus-related deaths reported. Читать дальше...

After a year of football in empty stadiums the return of supporters this season should have been a cause for celebration, but France is reeling from a series of incidents involving fans in and around Ligue 1 games. The latest came on Wednesday when supporters invaded the pitch and flares were thrown at the game between Angers and Marseille, while stones were thrown at a bus taking Bordeaux fans to their match in Montpellier, with 16 suffering minor injuries. These incidents come after last weekend’s... Читать дальше...