The first match of the Champions League play-off round between Dutch Ajax and Rostov ended in a 1-1 draw. Rostov midfielder Christian Noboa opened the scoring in the 13th minute. On the 38th, Davy Klassen equalized from the penalty spot. The return game will be held on August 24 in Rostov-on-Don. Based on the results of the two meetings, it will be decided which of the clubs will take part in the group stage of the Champions League.

The Brazilian women's football team lost to rivals from Sweden in the semifinals of the Olympics and flew out of the home competition. In regular time the match ended with the score 0:0. Sweden won 4-3 on penalties. Sweden will play either Canada or Germany in the final. At the time of writing the news in the semifinal meeting of these teams, the score is 1:0 in favor of the Germans. The Brazil men's national football team has yet to play in the semi-final match against Honduras.

Investor Daren Metropoulos bought Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's mansion in Los Angeles. It is reported by the Los Angeles Times. The deal amounted to $100 million. According to the newspaper, this is the largest real estate transaction in the history of Los Angeles County. The terms of the agreement give Hefner the right to use the house for life. Playboy Enterprises will reportedly pay a million dollars a year to rent the building.

Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS / Vida Press Russian duet Natalya Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina won the gold of the Olympiad in Rio in synchronous swimming

In Cannes, three women have been fined for wearing a burkini (Muslim swimwear) on the beach. By order of the mayor of the city, the fine is 38 euros. Another six women received a verbal warning. “Some of them decided to leave the beach, others put on swimsuits,” said the head of the city police, Yves Darot. At the end of July, shortly after the terrorist attack in Nice, Cannes Mayor David Liznar decided to ban the wearing of burkinis on the beaches, as it could "threaten public order".

The International Olympic Committee stripped the Russian team of the Beijing 2008 gold medal, won in the women's 4 x 100 meter relay. This decision was made in connection with the positive doping test of Yulia Chermoshanskaya, who competed in this race. In addition, Chermoshanskaya was deprived of eighth place in the 200-meter race in the individual competition. When her sample was re-analysed, the prohibited drugs stanozolol and turinabol were found in it.

Russian duo Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina won gold medals at the Olympic Games in Rio. For Russia, this is already the twelfth gold of the 2016 Olympics. The second place was taken by the Chinese women Huang Xuechen and Sun Wenyan, and the third place was taken by the Japanese women Risako Mitsui and Yukiko Inui. Ukrainians Anna Voloshina and Lolita Anansova, who expected to get into the prize-winners, remained fourth. Materials for the table are provided by Sports.ru.

Law enforcement agencies detained candidates for State Duma deputies from the Parnassus party Vyacheslav Maltsev and Dmitry Ignatiev. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the nationalist Dmitry Demushkin. Maltsev and Ignatiev were supposed to hold a meeting with voters in Kazan at seven in the evening. However, according to Demushkin, law enforcement officers (he did not specify which ones) blocked the bus, where the candidates and four other people were.

Crimean teacher Yuriy Ilchenko, accused in the case of extremism, escaped from house arrest and is on the territory of Ukraine. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar. On August 17, a press conference with his participation will be held in Kyiv. When and under what circumstances Ilchenko managed to escape, Dzheppar did not specify. Russian law enforcement agencies have not yet commented on the information about the escape.

Ukrainian gymnast Oleg Vernyaev won a gold medal in uneven bars. This is the first gold of Ukraine at the Olympic Games in Rio. Oleg Vernyaev was ahead of Denell Leyva of the United States, who took silver, and Russia's David Belyavsky, who won bronze. Previously, Belyavsky won silver in the team event. In total, the Ukrainian team has six medals. One of them - a silver one - was brought by Oleg Vernyaev. He was second in the all-around. Materials for the table are provided by Sports.ru.

A court in Chechnya sentenced Libyan citizen Suleiman Uheid and resident of Stavropol Alaudin Menlibaev to 14 and 15 years in prison in a strict regime colony. This was reported to the Investigative Committee. Uheida and Menlibaev were charged with participation in a gang and encroachment on the life of servicemen for the attack on servicemen of the 76th Pskov Airborne Division on February 29, 2000.

The first editor-in-chief of the Kommersant-Daily newspaper, Ksenia Ponomareva, has died. Demyan Kudryavtsev, the former general director of the Kommersant publishing house, announced this on Twitter. The first issue of Kommersant-Daily was published in 1992. Before Kommersant began to be published in a daily format, Ksenia Ponomareva was the editor-in-chief of the weekly.

The head of the internal security department of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Lamonov, who was arrested in the case of a bribe, sent a complaint to the military prosecutor's office against the actions of employees of the M department of the FSB. This was stated to RBC by his lawyer Olga Lukmanova.

Employees of the Zoo Simbio Waldlife Park in Australia arranged a party for the Echidna-albinos Leo, which turned six years old. Together with his companion named Rex, he ate a festive treat (made from minced meat and other products) and walked along the grass flooded with the sun. Symbio Wildlife Park this albino echidna has the most epic Birthday Party Park employees note that albinos are very rare among echidns.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has postponed the privatization of a stake in Bashneft for an indefinite period, RBC reports citing press secretary of the head of government Natalia Timakova. Officially, the reason for this decision is not called.