The Portuguese national team played a 0-0 draw with the Austrian team at the European Football Championship. In the 80th minute of the match, the Portuguese could have taken the lead when the referee awarded a penalty against Austria, but Cristiano Ronaldo failed to convert it, hitting the post. LY KOChristiano Ronaldo penalty miss against Austria! Portugal vs. Austria | EURO 2016 On June 18, two more Euro 2016 matches also took place.

Earlier this week, St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko made the controversial decision to rename one of the city's bridges after the first president of the Chechen Republic, Akhmat Kadyrov, who fought prominently against Russian federal troops in the First Chechen War in the 1990s. In 1999, at the start of the Second Chechen War, Kadyrov abandoned the insurgency and sided with Moscow, later being rewarded with the Chechen presidency.

On the eve of Father's Day, which is celebrated on the third Sunday of June, some fathers have organized a #CheerioChallenge competition . According to the rules of the competition, you need to put a tower of corn rings on the baby's forehead. The higher the tower, the cooler the father. parenting community, was the first to build the tower Patrick Quinn, creator of the Life of Dad . First, he put one ring on the face of his sleeping son Maxton, and then added more and more.

About 20 men armed with sticks attacked the Velvet Indieground music store in Istanbul, where a party was held to celebrate the release of the band's latest album, Radiohead. The incident took place on the evening of Friday, June 17th. According to The New York Times, the attackers were unhappy that Radiohead fans were drinking beer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. One person was injured in the attack.

The Belgian national team defeated Ireland in the group stage match of Euro 2016 with a score of 3:0. All goals were scored in the second half - Romain Lukaku scored twice and Axel Witzel once again. After the second round, all teams in Group E have a chance to qualify for the playoffs. At the same time, Italy has already secured a place in the 1/8 finals. Belgium's defeat of Ireland was only the second in the tournament.

On Saturday, June 18, the qualifying race of the Formula 1 race was held in Baku. And just before the start of the race, a cat ran out onto the track. “Five minutes before the start of the qualifying race for the European Grand Prix. It's time to take a comfortable seat!" The further fate of the animal is unknown, but, most likely, it managed to leave the track before the races. Cats are not the only unexpected guest on Formula 1 tracks.

A group of 20 Russian fans have been deported from France. The Russians flew to Moscow from Nice airport on Saturday afternoon, June 18. Among the deported was the head of the All-Russian Association of Fans Alexander Shprygin. Several dozen Russian fans were detained on their way to Lille on June 14, 2016. The reason for the detention was the fear that the fans might violate public order during the match between Russia and Slovakia on June 15.

Russian athletes have no chance to compete at the Olympics in Brazil this year, said Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko. According to Mutko, such a conclusion can be drawn from the decision of the International Olympic Committee to support the disqualification of the Russians due to the identified doping violations. Mutko stressed that despite this, Russia will continue to fight for the rights of its athletes.

The Spice Girls are planning to find replacements for vocalists Melanie Chisholm and Victoria Beckham, who are not planning to take part in the group's world tour, Life and Style Magazine writes, citing anonymous sources. The remaining members of the original Spice Girls line-up will take part in the tour, which will be timed to coincide with the group's 20th anniversary.

The goalkeeper of Juventus and the Italian national football team Gianluigi Buffon in Russia is usually called "Buffon" - at the suggestion of commentator Georgy Cherdantsev. In 2012, Cherdantsev, commenting on the game between Milan and Juventus, could not restrain his emotions from Buffon's brilliant game. Here's how it was: TheFunnysVideos Buffonish!

The authorities in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro have declared a financial emergency due to a lack of money for public safety, health care, educational institutions and public transport. The state authorities also applied to the government of the country for financial assistance during the Olympic Games, which will begin in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 2016.

The International Olympic Committee has no plans to lift the ban for Russian athletes to compete in international tournaments. This was stated by IOC Vice-President John Coates. According to Kots, he will be "very, very surprised" if the IOC decides to lift the suspension of the All-Russian Athletics Federation.

The best photos of the astronaut who has just returned from the ISS Photo: TIM PEAKE / ESA / NASA On June 18, the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan with the ISS crew-Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and astronauts Timothy Kopro and Timothy Pick. The latter is known for being very fond of photographing the Earth with the ISS, and in six months at the station he managed to take a lot of excellent pictures. "Medusa" offers to look at our planet through the eyes of the British astronaut.

The head of the Kremlin administration, Sergei Ivanov, in an interview with journalist Sergei Brilev, said he hoped for an extension of international sanctions against Russia. Ivanov said he wants the sanctions to last longer because it helps diversify the Russian economy. Ivanov stressed that his words about the benefits of sanctions are the politician's personal opinion. ““There would be no happiness, but misfortune helped.” This is where it worked,” he said.

Fragment from the book "Do not wait for the rain. Reporting »About the leprosorius near Odessa Photo: Alexander Levin The Kazan Publishing House "Smena" publishes a book by the Swiss writer and journalist Dmitry Gavrish "Do not wait for the rain. Reporting. " The text is supported by the Swiss Council for Culture "About Helvetia" on the eve of the summer book festival, which will be held in Kazan on June 18-19.