The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has responded to a new film aired yesterday by the German TV channel ARD about doping in athletics. The film claims that the TV channel and the Sunday Times newspaper received a database of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) with analyzes of more than 5 thousand athletes for the period from 2001 to 2012.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Qatar on a working visit, where he will hold a number of meetings. During his stay in Doha, Mr. Lavrov will be received by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and negotiations will take place with the head of the Foreign Ministry of this country, Khaled bin Mohammed al-Attiya. In addition, the Russian minister will have a trilateral meeting with his colleagues from the United States and Saudi Arabia - John Kerry and Adel al-Jubeir.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on the Rossiya 2 TV channel that he intends to solve the financial problems of the Russian Football Union (RFU) within a year. “We will do what we did from 2005 to 2008. Football can attract sponsors. There are companies in Russia that intend to invest in football, but they do not want to associate themselves with scandals. We will offer several companies the development of children's football and investment in schools.

The authors accuse Russian athletes of using prohibited substances The German TV channel Das Erste aired a new documentary, “Doping Top Secret: The Dark World of Athletics.” It, in particular, talks about the leak of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) database, which contains more than 12 thousand analyzes of 5 thousand athletes for the period from 2001 to 2012. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) intends to verify the information presented in the documentary.

Arsenal players beat Chelsea in the match for the English Super Cup. The meeting, which took place at the famous London Wembley Stadium, ended with a score of 1:0. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored the goal in the 24th minute. As Kommersant reported, in 2014, London Arsenal players defeated Manchester City in the English Super Cup match. The game ended in victory for the Gunners with a score of 3:0.

Belarus pays special attention to equipping the border with Ukraine, Acting Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus Stanislav Zas said on the Belarusian ONT TV channel. “We are closely monitoring the events that are taking place on the territory of Ukraine. Unfortunately, the trend there is negative. Over the past two years, a lot of work has been done to improve this border.

The funeral of the daughter of American singer and actress Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was held in Atlanta, reports TMZ . During the funeral ceremony, her mother’s famous composition “Jesus Loves Me” was played. Let us remind you that Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, who was in a coma for a long time, died on July 27 in the hospital at the age of 23. She was hospitalized on January 31, 2015.

Dagestan fans sent an open letter to Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko.

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) players beat Lyon in the French Super Cup match. The meeting, held in Montreal, Canada, ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the Parisian club. The goals were scored by Serge Aurier in the 11th minute and Edinson Cavani in the 17th. Note that Lyon spent about half an hour in the minority - Maxime Gonalon was sent off in the 64th minute. For PSG, this victory in the final of the national Super Cup was the fifth in history. The French Championship will begin on August 8.

Moscow “Lokomotiv” and “Dynamo” played a draw in the match of the third round of the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL). The meeting, held at the Lokomotiv stadium in Moscow, ended with a score of 1:1. Grigory Morozov put Dynamo ahead in the 45th minute. Vedran Corluki scored for the railway workers in the 61st minute.

Vladimir Putin congratulated workers and veterans of railway transport on their professional holiday - Railway Worker's Day. “Today we honor those who dedicated their lives to difficult, but honorable and highly sought-after work in the domestic railway complex - drivers and workers, engineers and builders, dispatchers and repairmen. Competent and competent specialists who know and love their job well,” says a message on the website of the head of state.

The crew commander died, the co-pilot's condition is satisfactory. When the Mi-28 helicopter of the Berkut aerobatic team crashed at the Aviadarts air show in the Ryazan region, the crew commander died, the condition of the second is assessed as satisfactory. The cause of the accident could have been a failure of the hydraulic booster system. The Ministry of Defense has temporarily suspended Mi-28 flights.

A train traveling on the Marseille-Madrid route caught fire near the Lumel station in France, reports the French radio station Europe 1 . According to her data, 40 rescuers arrived at the scene, however, it was not possible to extinguish the locomotive; it was completely burned out. Rescuers evacuated 25 people, some of whom suffered minor injuries to their arms and legs. Due to the incident, traffic in both directions was suspended.

Experts have determined that the wreckage of a passenger plane found on Reunion Island is part of a Malaysian Boeing 777 that disappeared in March 2014, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said.

Some items from the Malaysian Boeing 777, which disappeared in March 2014, could have been found and destroyed by residents of Reunion Island, reports the Telegraph . A local garbage collector told reporters that in May of this year he found a chair and several suitcases with belongings and burned them along with the rest of the garbage, not realizing that they could be related to the missing airliner. Other inhabitants of the island confirm this information.