Новости за 15.03.2024

Newcastle will need to pull off a major shock to maintain their bid for a first major trophy in 55 years when they travel to holders Manchester City. AFP Sport highlights what to look for from this weekend's quarter-final ties. Wolves v Coventry (Saturday 12:15 GMT) A home draw against Championship side Coventry gives Wolves a huge chance to cap a fine season with a trip to Wembley. Gary O'Neil has taken Wanderers from an expected fight for top-flight survival into challenging for Europe via both league and cup. Читать дальше...

Dortmund sit one point ahead of fifth-placed RB Leipzig, having been six points behind the Saxons at Christmas. Dortmund are a club heavily dependent on the income the Champions League brings, and have only missed the top four once in the past 13 years. On Sunday, they face the same opposition against whom their season started to unravel last October. After a chaotic and pulsating 3-3 draw in Frankfurt, Dortmund lost four of their next nine as clouds gathered around the future of coach Edin Terzic. Читать дальше...

The Cote d'Azur side's slump in 2024 has been as remarkable as their results were impressive in the final four months of last year, when they were the main challengers to Paris Saint-Germain in France's top flight. Surely just by coincidence, their results began to crumble at around the same time British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe bought a 25 percent stake in Manchester United. That deal saw Ratcliffe's company Ineos take control of football operations at Old Trafford, leading to inevitable questions about their commitment to Nice... Читать дальше...

Boston's big three of Brown, Jayson Tatum and Al Horford combined for 87 points in a dazzling performance against a Suns team looking to avenge last Saturday's 117-107 home defeat to the Celtics in Arizona. Tatum finished with 26 points while Horford weighed in with 24 to secure a victory that edges Boston closer to securing the NBA Eastern Conference's top seeding in the postseason. The Celtics rained down a barrage of three-pointers on the Suns, converting 25-of-50 attempts from outside the arc. Читать дальше...

The 29-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers star had until now kept his wife's identity firmly under wraps, two weeks after his surprise marriage announcement. He had described her only as a Japanese woman he met three to four years ago and his reticence to give more details sparked intense speculation about her identity. Early Friday Ohtani posted an Instagram story featuring a picture of the smiling pair flanked by four other people in front of a plane bound for South Korea, where the Dodgers open the MLB season next week. Читать дальше...

In Taez, a city that has been besieged for years by Yemen's Huthi rebels, father-of-five Amin Ghaleb leaves a grocery store empty-handed after haggling fruitlessly with the shopkeeper. "I can't afford to buy anything," the 50-year-old tells AFP, frowning as he folds his money into his pocket. It's a familiar tale in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, already brought to its knees by nine years of war between the Iran-backed Huthis and a Saudi-led coalition. Over the past four months, the... Читать дальше...

Double Tour de France winner Pogacar is the biggest name in a crowded field of cycling stars for 'La Classicissima', the year's first Monument race which heralds the arrival of Spring. He is one-for-one this year after an incredible win at the Strade Bianche in his season debut earlier this month. The 25-year-old blew away the competition in Tuscany with a solo attack with 81 kilometres remaining, and all eyes will be on him on his return to action. Pogacar has a great record racing in Italy,... Читать дальше...

The Irish were given a serious jolt, after cruising through their first three matches, by a revitalised England in losing at Twickenham but meet a Scots side equally battered and bruised after they lost to Italy. Not many people will give the Scots a chance against Andy Farrell's side and ending a run of nine successive defeats at the hands of the Irish. Ireland are also bidding for their 19th successive home win, while Gregor Townsend's side have not won in Dublin since 2010 when the Irish were still at their temporary home of Croke Park. Читать дальше...

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his second-in-command, presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were released from prison in Dakar on Thursday evening, 10 days before the election, according to one of their lawyers and an AFP journalist.

The Israeli army said Friday it had not opened fire on a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid in the northern Gaza Strip, after the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said 20 people were killed and 155 wounded. Follow FRANCE 24's liveblog for all the latest developments in the Israel-Gaza war.

Prosecutors preparing to put Donald Trump on trial in New York for allegedly covering up hush money payments said they would accept a delay of up to 30 days Thursday after both sides received a deluge of case documents, court filings showed.

For Farrell it will also be the last Tests where he takes charge of Ireland before he steps away temporarily to assume his role as head coach of the British and Irish Lions, who tour Australia next year. Argentina and Fiji are the other two sides the Irish will pit their wits against. "This November's lineup is a hugely exciting one for the Irish rugby public and we are looking forward to competing against four hugely talented sides," Farrell said in an Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) statement. Читать дальше...