Russian judoka Beslan Mudranov won the gold medal of the Olympics in judo (weight category up to 60 kilograms). In the final, the 2015 world champion Yeldos Smetov from Kazakhstan was defeated. The main time of the fight ended in a draw, and in the additional ("gold") Mudranov was able to hold a reception, which the judges rated in vazari. For the Russian team, this medal was the first at the Olympics.

At the pre-season Cup of the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, two coaches of the Kontinental Hockey League teams fought - Peteris Skudra (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) and Evgeny Popikhin (Neftekhimik from Nizhnekamsk). Rodion Vlasov Skudra and Popikhin What caused the fight is not reported. The match ended with Neftekhimik's victory 4:3. Teams for two earned more than 110 penalty minutes.

Photo: Toru Hanai / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Judoist Beslan Mudranov won the gold medal in judo (weight category up to 60 kilograms). In the final, he defeated Eldos Smetov from Kazakhstan

The media center of the Olympics, which is located next to the hippodrome, was hit by a bullet, presumably fired from a rifle. As a result of the incident, no one was injured. The bullet pierced the awning and landed in the corner of the room where press conference accreditation usually takes place. Who fired the bullet is unknown.

SkyNews correspondent Paul Kelso on August 5 spoke about the strangest incident at the Rio Games. According to Kelso, one of the kayakers rolled over and fell into the water, colliding with a sofa during the training races of kayakers. “If this is true, then this is the story of the day, and maybe the whole week,” wrote Kelso.

In Belgium, two police officers were injured in an attack by a man armed with a machete. This is reported by the police of the city of Charleroi, where the incident occurred. According to eyewitnesses, the attacker shouted "Allah akbar" ("Allah is great"). One of the police officers shot the man. He was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound. According to De Standaard, the man died there. The identity of the attacker and his motives are not yet clear.

An Air Algerie AH1020 flying from Algiers to Marseille has disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea. This follows from the Flightradar website data. According to the Daily Mail, shortly after takeoff, the AH1020 sent out a distress signal. Later, a source in Algiers Airlines said that the plane had landed at Algiers airport. According to Ennahar Online, citing Air Algeria CEO Mohamed Bouderbal, the AH1020 aircraft has decided to return to Algiers airport due to a technical problem.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) intends to ban the entire Russian Paralympic team from participation in the Games. This is reported by the Guardian, citing its sources. Richard McLaren's report on the use of doping by Russian athletes was published on 18 July. After that, the IPC made a preliminary decision to remove Russia from the Paralympics. The IPC has requested additional information from McLaren and the Russian Paralympic Committee.

The first Olympic gold at the Games in Rio de Janeiro was won by the American Virginia Thresher, who won the competition in air rifle shooting from 10 meters. Silver went to the Chinese woman Du Li, who was considered the favorite in this sport. Bronze was received by the Chinese woman I Sylin. Russian Daria Vdovina managed to climb only to fifth place.

Spartak Moscow coach Yegor Titov left the football club following Dmitry Alenichev, TASS reports citing a source close to the club. Oleg Samatov, who was part of Alenichev's coaching staff, also announced his intention to leave the club. “Oleg Samatov and Yegor Titov left Spartak after Alenichev. On Saturday, the team was trained by Carrera, Noya Salses Javier, Gianluca Riommi and Roman Pilipchuk," the TASS interlocutor said.

What they write about the opening of the Olympics in Rio Photo: Pawel Kopczynski / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On the night of August 6, the opening ceremony of the summer Olympiad was held in Rio de Janeiro. Preparation for the games went to Brazil against the backdrop of corruption scandals, a large -scale political crisis, impeachment of President Dilma Rusef and epidemics of the Zika virus.

Nobel Prize winner in economics Joseph Stiglitz left the commission, which was engaged in studying the transparency of the financial system of Panama after the publication of the Panama Papers. Stiglitz explained his decision by the fact that the work of the commission is not transparent, according to the Guardian. Mark Piet, a Swiss anti-corruption expert, left the commission with him. They reported that the Panamanian authorities refused to guarantee them the publication of the report.

The brightest moments of the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Rio. Photo gallery Photo: Issei Kato / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta In Rio de Janeiro at the Marakana stadium, the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games was held. Olympic fire lit a marathon Vanderlei Cordira-he replaced the legendary Brazilian football player Pele, who could not participate in the ceremony due to health problems.

8 TV shows that we watch this summer Photo: Lewis Jacobs / Sony Pictures Television / AMC "Medusa" irregularly reports on the series that the editorial staff watch (the last time we did this in May ). Once on our list does not guarantee that the series is necessarily good, but this time-by a happy chance-there was not a single really bad series in it.

The Russian embassy in Kabul confirmed reports of a Russian captured by Taliban militants. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press officer of the embassy Alexei Kosarev. On August 4, 2016, a Mi-17 helicopter made an emergency landing in the Afghan province of Logar. The Taliban militants captured the crew. It was reported that among those taken prisoner there was a Russian, navigator S. Sevastyanov, born in 1956.