19 May 2011, 02:12 Sports Hulk: we have achieved historic success Porto forward Hulk commented on the victory over Braga ( 1:0 ) in the Europa League final. quotes Hulk as saying “We have achieved historic success,” A Bola . — After winning the championship, where we did not lose a single match, we reached another peak. It's a wonderful season. The arrival of Villas-Boas had a very beneficial effect on the team. We have great players who always give their best.”

19 May 2011, 21:36 Sports Zhemchuzhina-Sochi defender Vieshtitsa will miss six months Serbian defender of Zhemchuzhina-Sochi Milan Vještica, replaced at the beginning of the first half of the 10th round match of the first division with Volgar-Gazprom ( 1:0 ), was out of action for at least six months. According to SE , a medical examination in Moscow revealed that the football player had damage to the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee joint.

Sport Andreev reduced his chances for the final Igor Andreev lost to Philippe Petzschner at the team world championship Dmitry Anzulis Russian Igor Andreev lost to German Philipp Petschner at the World Team Championship, which complicated the Russian team's chances of reaching the finals of the competition. Vera Zvonareva reached the semi-finals of the tournament in Brussels, defeating Romanian Alexandra Dulghera in less than an hour. Nadezhda Petrova left the competition in Strasbourg.

Provincial authorities in Pakistan have ordered an investigation into the deaths of five Chechens who were killed during a security operation against suspected al-Qaeda supporters. It is already known that three of the five killed were women. The investigation was prompted by reports in the Pakistani media that those killed during the operation were not armed. Authorities previously said the bombers were suicide bombers linked to al-Qaeda. They were killed on Tuesday evening in Quetta.

19 May 2011, 22:58 Sports Modin announced his retirement Swedish striker Fredrik Modin announced his retirement from sports. The reason was constant back problems. “It was a very difficult decision,” TampaBay.com reports the Swede as saying . “But it is the only right one for my future.” The most important thing in life is health, and my back has been bothering me for a long time. After all, I will soon be 37, and it doesn’t get easier with age.”

The heads of government of the CIS acknowledged the existence of disagreements over the agreement on a free trade zone, but decided to resolve uncoordinated issues by the next meeting, said Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Sergei Lebedev .

The General Prosecutor's Office of Belarus issued a resolution to restrict user access to a well-known website in the country where currency exchange transactions were concluded during the crisis. The resource became popular amid rumors of an upcoming devaluation during a period of currency shortage in the country, when it was impossible to exchange it in banks and exchange offices.

Tuva, where there is no gasoline Tuvan authorities called the situation with gasoline critical — 19.05.11 16:16 — TEXT: Alexey Topalov PHOTO: ITAR-TASS Gasoline shortages in the regions persist despite prohibitive export duties. The Tuvan authorities called the situation critical - prices jumped to 50 rubles per liter - and are asking for government help. Fuel returns to the domestic market, experts note, but it is received by retail chains of oil concerns.

Seltekhstroy LLC on Thursday acquired at an open auction of the Federal Property Management Agency a 55% stake in Vanino Sea Commercial Port OJSC for 10.8 billion rubles. The price is 11.6 times higher than the initial price (934.125 million rubles). Vanino port is one of the largest in the Far East. It specializes in the handling of coal, as well as metals, ores, timber and lumber. In 2010, more than 6 million tons of cargo were shipped at the port.

In the south-west of Moscow, a citizen of Uzbekistan, detained for robbery, escaped from the building of the Yasenevo police department , a law enforcement source told Interfax on Thursday. “Around one in the morning, when the detainee was being transferred from office to office, he pushed the guard, ran into the yard, jumped over the fence and disappeared,” the source said. According to him, the previous evening a man was detained by a patrolman at the time of attacking a woman.

19 May 2011, 01:41 Sports Villas-Boas: the teams could have played better Porto head coach Andre Villas-Boas summed up the results of the Europa League final match with Braga ( 1:0 ). “I’m a little sad because the teams could have played better,” coach A Bola quotes . “But this is the final, the tension constrained the players. Braga have always been a very aggressive team and very compact. They are always difficult to play with.

19 May 2011, 12:21 Sports Ferrari and Alonso extended the agreement until the end of 2016 The Ferrari Formula 1 team has extended the contract with Spanish driver Fernando Alonso until the end of 2016. quotes Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo “It is a great pleasure to extend the agreement with a driver who has always demonstrated a winning mentality even in the most difficult conditions,” the team’s press service .

Birmingham goalkeepers Ben Foster and Colin Doyle found themselves at the center of an unpleasant story. According to The Telegraph , the other day the “blue” goalkeepers were drinking alcoholic beverages in one of the Birmingham establishments until 4 am. The essence of the problem is not even that the players went to have fun. After all, that evening Birmingham players, coaches and other staff took part in an end-of-season party.

Sport President of Rostov: we liked Belous’s strategic approach to the vision of football The arrival of Yuri Belous to the post of general director of FC Rostov should influence the development of the entire sports cluster of the Rostov region, including the concentration of selection work on its own students, said the deputy governor of the region, team president Viktor Goncharov . “We liked Yuri Viktorovich’s ( Belous ) strategic approach to the vision of football,” Goncharov said.

The Qualification Board of Judges of Moscow accepted the application for the voluntary resignation of the head of the Meshchansky Court of Moscow, Alexander Reket. The position of chairman of the court will be temporarily occupied by acting chairman Albert Trishkin. The head of the Moscow City Court, Olga Egorova , noted that in the future the Meshchansky Court will be headed by one of the chairmen of another district court of the capital, whose name she is not ready to name at the moment.