After defeating the Brazilian team √2:1, the Germans secured first place in Group E. In another match, the hosts of the Olympics tied with the Swedes √ 1:1. Teams from groups “A” and “C” played in the men’s competition on Saturday. In Adelaide, the Italians easily beat the Honduras team √ 3:1. In the capital of the Olympics, the Australians lost to the Nigerians √ 2:3. In Brisbane, the Czechs lost to the Kuwait team with the same score, and the US and Cameroon teams lost in Canberra √ 1:1.

In Chechnya, the units of the federal forces detained five militants suspected of undermining the Ural car of the Kaliningrad team in Grozny on Thursday. This was reported by the press center of the united group of troops. From the explosion, the commander of the Kaliningrad collector Major Viloria Buslovsky died. According to the employees of the press center, one of the arrested has already begun to testify.

The Government forces of the Philippines began today at dawn at the bombing of the camps of the Muslim extremist group "Abu Sayaf" on the island of the Bro. Extremists hold 19 hostages there, six of which are foreigners. Terrorists require large amounts of money for the release of captives. In addition, Abu-Sayaf requires the use of Muslim terrorists held in US prisons who committed a terrorist attack in the New York World Trade Center in 1993.

On September 16, at 12 hours 45 minutes Moscow time, Russia opened an account with its medals at the 2000 Olympic Games. The first award, and immediately gold, goes to the shovel Pavel Kolobkov. The impressions of sports fans in our country on an Olympic day were divided into two parts: on the one hand, an abundance of world records that could not but rejoice the true fans of sports.

On Friday evening, the leader of the Basque terrorist organization was arrested in France, this Ignasio Gracio Arregrae, nicknamed "Inaki from the Rentery". This was reported by Reuter. The arrest of a person "number 1" in this one became possible thanks to close cooperation between the police and Spain. The militant was arrested with his friend - Frenchwoman Fabian Tapia.

The wife of the President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samararanch, Maria Teresa Salisachs, is at death. This was announced by the president of the Russian Olympic Committee Vitaly Smirnov. The head of the Olympic movement urgently flew to Spain this morning, as officially announced "to a sick wife." Before leaving, the head of the IOC said that he would try to return to the Olympics later. Maria Teresa Salisachs is sick with cancer.

The National Olympic Committee of Australia based its forecast on the performance of athletes in the pre-Olympic year 1999. And here the championship is given to the Russian team, which can win 87 medals. The Germans are second with 79 medals, and only third are the Americans with 73, who can take comfort in the fact that they will have the most first places with 37. The forecast made by experts from the popular American newspaper USA Today turned out to be completely different.

The twentieth stage was laid in the mountains. The racers finished a climb that was more than 10 kilometers long and had an elevation difference of 1,100 meters. The leader of the stage race, Roberto Heras, covered this section of the route the fastest. Together with the Italian Gilberto Simoni and the Spaniard Roberto Lyseca, he broke away from the main group by 45 seconds. Russian Pavel Tonkov retained third position. Now he loses to the Spaniard 5 minutes 35 seconds.

In Tbilisi, a group of persons who found radioactive substances was detained. Three Georgian citizens and one Armenian citizen intended to sell them for a large amount. Employees of the Ministry of State Security of Georgia from the detainees seized 3 grams of uranium powder-235 and 20 containers with plutonium. The criminals tried to sell Uranus for 100 thousand dollars, and Plutonium √ for 750 thousand. It is still unknown where they acquired these substances.

Residents of the city of Volgodonsk, Rostov region, with a minute of silence, honored the memory of the dead a year ago as a result of the attack. At the house 35 on the Oktyabrsky highway today a memory square was opened. The cemetery took place in a memorial service for 19 dead citizens, including 2 children.

In the first match of the preliminary stage, our pair lost to the Romanians Otilia Badescu and Michaela-Joanna Steff. Kusch and Melnik lost the first game with a crushing score of √ 10:21. In the second game the game went point to point, but the Romanians again prevailed √ 22:20. In doubles, participants are divided into 8 groups of four in each. Only the winners of the group tournaments advance to the quarterfinals.

Like Felicia Ballanger in the women's round, he finished with an Olympic record. The new Olympic achievement is now 1 minute 1.609 seconds. German Stefan Nimke, who came second, lost almost a second to Quilly. Australian Shane Kelly finished third, to the delight of the track owners. Russians were not represented in this type of program.

In the quarterfinals, he beat the Cuban Ivan Treveho. The outcome of the duel decided one accurate injection √ 15:14 in favor of Kolobkov. A Frenchman of the south Obri, Swiss Marcel Fisher and Korean Lee San Ki also made their way into the semifinals. Recall that Pavel Kolobkov is the only Russian spit that received a ticket to Sydney. The current Olympiad is the fourth in the career of Paul, but there is no gold medal in his collection yet.

Olympic champions of Atlanta - the Dutch team - beat the British team 4:2 in the first round. Other results of the men's tournament: Pakistan √ Canada √ 2:2. Germany √ Malaysia √ 1:0. Spain √ Korea √ 1:1. In the women's tournament, the Argentines defeated the Koreans √ 3:2, and the teams of Germany and New Zealand tied √ 1:1. On Sunday, Australian hockey players and one of the main contenders for victory in the men's tournament - the Indians - enter the fight. RELATED LINKS

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