Новости за 21.10.2018

Heartily support the West Indies Team led by Jason Holder ~ but for them, I would not have read about the  Battle of Saraighat,  fought in 1671 between the Mughal empire (led by the Kachwaha king, Raja Ramsingh I), and the Ahom Kingdom (led by Lachit Borphukan) on the Brahmaputra river at Saraighat, now in Guwahati, Assam.   Although much weaker, the Ahom Army defeated the Mughal Army by brilliant uses of the terrain, clever diplomatic negotiations to buy time, guerrilla tactics, psychological warfare... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump's weekend announcement that he would pull the United States out of a key nuclear arms control treaty alarmed members of his own party, who criticized the decision and worried that other international pacts to control proliferation of the world's most dangerous weapons also might be upended.

For 150 years, the British Museum has housed one of the iconic, heavy-browed stone figures that Chile's Easter Island is famous for. Now the islanders are hoping desperately to get it back. They plan to build a copy of the four-ton monolith and, potentially swap it for the real thing. The statue, known as a "moai" and named the Hoa Hakananai'a, is one of hundreds originally found on the island. Carved by Polynesian colonizers somewhere between the 13th and 16th centuries, each of the big-headed... Читать дальше...

Bucs kicker Chandler Catanzaro missed an extra point in the first half and a 40-yard field goal on the final play of regulation. So no one apparently other than Bucs coach Dirk Koetter had faith that Catanzaro could kick a 59-yard game-winner in overtime. But Catanzaro apparently just needed the extra distance: He made the [more]

The Pentagon has confirmed that US Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley was shot in a Taliban attack that killed two Afghan leaders in Kandahar province last week.US military spokesman Cmdr. Grant W. Neeley

A look to the future, when retail tastes shift again.

It's not too early to start adding fresh upside to your roster. Mike Barner offers waiver options.

On Saturday, March 8th, the Women's National Team will face Finland in Unterägeri. It is the first time that a Women's RUgby National Team Match takes place in the German-Speaking part of Switzerland. The Match against Finland is also intended as a PR-Initiative, to help make more women aware of the sport of rugby.

The U17 National Team Selection for the FIRA Cross-Border Tournament will play a warm-up game against Gex in Meyrin on March 22.

The Swiss U18 National Team is off to Poland to play in the FIRA-AER U18 European Championship.

The Teams for the Suisse Rugby Day Matches Switzerland - Malta as well as Suisse A - Pontarlier have been announced.