Sport Grischuk won the first round Alexander Grischuk defeated Alexander Morozevich at the World Chess Cup Zinovy ​​Geltsman Sergey Karjakin lost to Judit Polgar, while Alexander Grischuk defeated compatriot Alexander Morozevich in the first games of the 1/16 finals of the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. Dmitry Yakovenko also won his game, while Vasily Ivanchuk sensationally lost with White. World champion Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand won the Botvinnik Memorial, which took place in Moscow.

The Russian edition of the national TV channel “Kazakhstan” is closed due to the channel’s complete transition to broadcasting in the state Kazakh language. “All television programs in Russian stopped broadcasting on September 1. The Russian editorial office is closed, all journalists have already quit,” said one of the former correspondents of the Russian editorial office of the Kazakhstan TV channel.

— 03.09.2011 21:56 — SKA beat Donbass The next matches of the pre-season hockey tournament for the Donbass Cup are taking place on Saturday. “Donbass” met with St. Petersburg SKA and lost with a score of 1:2 (1:2, 0:0, 0:0). Pucks scored: 0-1. Rybin (Afinogenov), 01:00 0-2. Solodukhin, 05:30 1-2. Shafarenko (Tolkunov, Pobedonostsev), 11:46 p.m. "Gazeta.Ru" SMI2 News Media2

03 September 2011, 22:26 Sports Pandolfo signs tryout contract with Islanders Former New Jersey forward Jay Pandolfo has signed a tryout contract with the Islanders, TSN reports . The player will join the team during pre-season camp. The 36-year-old player played 819 matches in the NHL, in which he scored 223 (99+124) points. In 2000 and 2003, he won the Stanley Cup.

03 September 2011, 02:33 Sports Grigory Surkis: this is either a lack of concentration, or a curse, or an aura President of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) Grigory Surkis commented on the defeat of the Ukrainian national team by Uruguay ( 2:3 ) in a friendly match. “Today we saw that our team can give a fight, show football that pleases the fans, me and you,” “Terricon” reports the words of Surkis .

Russia opposes unilateral sanctions, including those related to the EU embargo on Syrian oil, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov . “We have always said that unilateral sanctions will not lead to any good. This destroys the partnership approach to any crisis,” Interfax quotes the minister . The day before, EU countries decided to expand sanctions , including banning the supply of Syrian oil.

Advisor to the President of Ukraine Anna German called the accusations against Viktor Yanukovych of plagiarism a lie, as evidenced by an investigation conducted by the online publication “ Ukrainian Pravda ”. “Perhaps some politicians have previously used some thoughts from Yanukovych’s books. It’s just ridiculous to accuse the president of using some texts from Stetskiv or Volga,” German quotes UNIAN .

Chile's Defense Ministry said a military plane crashed on Friday evening in the Juan Fernandez Islands off the country's southern coast, Xinhua reported . As local authorities said, the incident killed 21 people, that is, everyone on board. Juan Fernandez Mayor Leopoldo Cornejo Gonzalez told local media that Chile's aviation authority lost contact with the plane at 6 p.m. local time. According to various sources, there were from 18 to 21 people on board, including five television journalists.

About 10 Air Force aircraft will begin clearing clouds over Moscow on Saturday, said Colonel Vladimir Drik, official representative of the press service and information department of the Russian Ministry of Defense . “Good weather in Moscow on City Day, which is celebrated on September 3 and 4, will be ensured by experienced Air Force crews from the State Flight Test Center on An-26 and An-12 aircraft, which will be equipped with special equipment for the use of reagents,” he said Drik.

03 September 2011, 00:03 Sports Norway beat Iceland The qualifying matches for the 2012 European Football Championship take place on Friday. In Group H, the Norwegian team hosted the Icelandic team and won with a score of 1:0. Goal: Abdellauye, 88 pens. Details of this and other matches, as well as the position of the teams in the standings, can be viewed on the page . European Championship 2012

Sport Text size A A A "Samurai" coped without Honda The Japanese team beat the North Korean team Artem Kalinin close 100% The Japanese team started the third round of the 2014 World Cup qualifying tournament in the Asian zone with a hard victory. Without CSKA midfielder Keisuke Honda, who had undergone knee surgery, the “samurai” hit the North Korean team’s goal at home only during the referee’s stoppage time.

Izvestia special correspondent Orkhan Dzhemal , wounded while covering the battle for Tripoli, will be taken for rehabilitation to a Vienna clinic on Saturday, the publication’s press service told Interfax. “After being seriously wounded, Dzhemal was operated on on August 22 at the central hospital in the city of Zintan.

Sport The Russian team won bronze in the women's 4x400 m relay at the World Championships in Daegu In the women's 4x400 m relay at the World Championships in Daegu, the Russian team took third place (3:19.36). Antonina Krivoshapka , Natalya Antyukh , Lyudmila Litvinova and Anastasia Kapachinskaya ran for the Russian team. The gold medal was won by the USA team (3:18.09), the silver medalists were the Jamaican team (3:18.71).

Sport “I was sure that Slava would not flinch” Sergei Fursenko about the match between the national teams of Russia and Macedonia Ilya Andreev close The Russians carried out a sharp counterattack, which ended with a strike from Igor Semshov.

03 September 2011, 20:58 Sports Coach: in the best scenarios, the Russian national team can actually get into the World Cup rugby playoffs The maximum that the Russian national team can count on at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand is reaching the playoffs of the tournament, said Russian head coach Nikolai Nerush. The Russians will play their first match at the World Cup on September 15 against the US team in New Plymouth, and on September 20 there will be a meeting with the Italians in Nelson.