Wales had a chance to go to the European Championship in Portugal. In particular, the representative of the sports arbitration court in Lausanne Ian Blakeshaw does not exclude that the Wales football association can win the case of canceling the result of the second butt match against the Russian national team. However, there are several obstacles for this, and above all, the UEFA himself must first give his permission to appeal to the Swiss court, which may not happen.

The forwards of the "mafis" Stromail Swift and the Pow Gasol scored 17 points, and their team won the leader of the regular championship of Indiana 99:95. Moreover, this is only the second victory of the wards of Hyubby Brown in the last four meetings. In connection with this victory, the Griezzliz reached fifth in the west. Now Hyububi Brown and the company are holding the best season in the history of the team, showing an extremely balanced attack and a magnificent game in defense.

The grandiose parade in honor of the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick, will be held in the Russian capital on Sunday. According to RIA Novosti , the organizers of the holiday, at 13:00 on the New Arbat, a two -hour action will begin with the passage of colorful auto -platforms, on which scenes from the life of the Irish saint will unfold. The holiday will be divided into three parts, according to the course of history.

The Ferrari pilot Michael Schumacher won the Grand Prix of Malaysia, starting a series of victories at the start of the championship. Huang-Pablo Montoya finished the second Colombian, lost five seconds to the leader, and Jenson Batton from the bar won his first podium in the season. This victory became for the "Shummi" 72nd in his career, as well as the third in Malaysia. "I felt pressure from the rivals.

The newcomers of the Russian Premese League from the Perm “Amkar” gave on Sunday the battle of the Moscow “Lokomotiv” as part of the second round of the Russian Championship, playing with the champions of the country 2002 a draw 0-0. Moreover, Amkar demonstrated mature football in a match with the strongest club in Russia for years.

The French consulate in Moscow cannot cope with a huge number of applications for visas. As a result, about a thousand people could not leave for France on Saturday. "On Friday evening, March 19, as a result of a huge number of applications for a visa transferred by travel agencies, the consulate could not consider all the applications submitted," the consulate reported on Sunday at RIA Novosti said.

In the Gulf of Finland, nine fishermen found themselves on a drifting ice floe, RIA Novosti was told in the press center of the North-Western Regional Center for the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation. The signal that the fishermen suffered disaster near the Tolbukhin (Leningrad region), received at about 17:12 Moscow time, said a representative of the press center. A boat on the air pillow came to salvation. Rescuers took off the fishermen from the broken ice.

The current disappearance of biological species reaches prehistoric proportions. Nature dies not only in the distant Brazilian jungle, but also directly before our eyes, writes Die Welt . English biologists have published a review on the problem of extinction of species in Europe. The study first presents a comparative analysis of the disappearance of butterflies, birds and plants.

In Saudi Arabia, doctors successfully divided the Siamese twins. Four -month -old girls feel normally, reports Echo of Moscow . The operation to separate the Siamese twins, which fused in the lower abdomen lasted about 14 hours. Saudi surgeons began the operation the day before. The brigade of doctors was led by a 50-year-old Saudi surgeon Abdullah al-Arabia. At the end of the operation, the doctor said that the girls feel good and their general physical condition is stably.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair transferred the day of regular audiences from the queen, violating the half-century tradition. According to the press service of the Buckingham Palace, introduced five weeks ago in order of experiment, an audience on Wednesday instead of Tuesday will now be held on an ongoing basis on Wednesdays. “This was done by mutual agreement between the prime minister and her majesty,” said the press secretary of the royal court, RIA Novosti reported.

The Italian “Milan” took the biggest step to the next title of the winner of the series A. On the eve of the Red-Blacks won 3: 1 Parma, and for ten points they broke away from Roma in second place. Two goals in this duel were scored by the Dange, Yon Dal Tomson. Meanwhile, the current Italian champion, which is Juventus, continued his recession, playing a without a naked draw with the "Udinese".

The leadership of the Socialist Party of Spain, which won the elections on March 14 and at the end of April, will replace the conservatives in the power of, said that the organization’s proposal will “not comment” on the purpose of solving the problem of the Basque country, RIA Novosti reports. The leadership of the socialists will not “take into account this proposal”, as it comes from a terrorist organization, the press secretary of the social party party Carmen Chakon noted.

In the Yuzhny Vaziristan area in Pakistan, surrounded militants fired at a bus. 13 people, including women and children, died. According to the state television of Pakistan, a rocket released by militants towards the location of the soldiers of the Pakistani army did not hit the target and struck the bus. To the west of the capital of Vaziristan - the cities of Vana - the army units have been surrounded by about 400 armed militants for two days, among which there are foreign mercenaries.

In Pakistan, on Sunday, in the Ziarat region of the Belugistan province, twelve hostages captured by bandits in February 2004 were liberated, RIA Novosti reported with reference to state TV of the country. According to him, to release hostages, among which there were several women, police officers and border guards had to enter into a shootout with a group of criminals.

The goalkeeper of the Montreal Jose Theodore reflected 33 shots of the opponent and Michael Ryder abandoned the puck and made a program, as a result of which the Canadiens won at Devilz 3: 2. Recall that a day ago in the meeting of these teams there was a draw. Thus, the “Canadiens” who took three of the four points in this mini-series from the “devils”, moved to sixth place in the conference standings.