The holder of the Golden Olympic medal, boxer Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov held his last fight in big sport. After the Olympics in Athens, Gaidarbekov decided to leave a large ring, and do coaching. Thus, the Russian left sports on a high note. The decision to withdraw from Ring Gaidarbekov made before the Athenian Olympics, and would not have changed even if the tournament was defeated.

The Chinese jump in the water of Hu Jiya won gold in jumping with a 10-meter platform at the Olympics in Athens. Thus, China won six out of eight titles that were played in water jumping. Chia was a silver medalist of the 2000 Olympics. Chjia on this day was simply magnificent, winning gold after his last jump, not leaving the Sopeniki a single chance. The judges set him five assessments "10", and his rivals still had to jump.

NATO released the names of four MI6 British intelligence agents working in the Balkans, causing the discontent of the official London, the British Daily Telegraph writes today. According to the publication, the names of all four agents were published on the NATO official website in the news section. The agents were identified on this site on July 9, and until August 28, their names were in the public domain until the Daily Telegraph informed NATO about this oversight.

The international organization "Reporters without borders" called on the Council of Muslim Ulems and the leader of the Iraqi Shiites to the Ayatolla al-Sistani "to do everything to liberate two French journalists," ITAR-TASS reports. In the statement that has been widespread in Paris, the organization expresses “serious concern” with the requirements of the kidnappers of French reporters, as they took responsibility for the recent murder of the Italian correspondent Enzo Baldoni.

On the penultimate day of the Olympic Games in Athens on Saturday, the largest number of medals were played - 34 sets. The Russian team won six gold, three silver and seven bronze medals. The Russian team in rhythmic gymnastics in group competitions and Mavlet Batyrov in freestyle wrestling in the weight category up to 55 kilograms received gold. Elena Slesarenko’s height and boxer Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov brought the Russian Olympic team two more gold medals.

The security system at all airports in Russia should be brought to a single standard. This was announced on Sunday in an interview with the Rossiya television channel, Russian Minister Igor Levitin, who heads the State Commission to establish the causes of the disasters of the Tu-154 and Tu-134 on August 24. “I was at all airports, I saw where the baggage. There are different concepts of the security service. Here, in Domodedovo it is such. In“ Sheremetyevo ”it is different.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian athletes justified the hopes of compatriots at the Olympics in Athens. This was reported on Sunday "Interfax" in the press service of the Russian head of state. In the Epistle of the Putin of the Olympic team of Russia on the occasion of the completion of the Olympics in Athens, in particular it says: “A bright and long -awaited sports festival - the games of the XXVIII Olympiad - has become an unforgettable event of a truly world importance.

Russian Alexander Povetkin will be awarded the gold medal of the Olympics in Athens. In the final, he had to fight Egyptian Mohamed Ali. However, the Egyptian athlete did not go through a medical test on the eve of the final battle. Thus, all three Russian boxers who entered the finals of the tournament received gold. Recall that in the semifinals of the boxing tournament of heavyweight, Ali sensationally defeated the main favorite, Cuban Miguel Lopez.

The current head of the White House Republican George Bush and Democrat Senator John Kerry are almost flush in the USA election race. This is evidenced by the results of a public opinion survey conducted by Time magazine widespread on Saturday. According to the study, 46 percent of Americans are ready to vote for Bush, 44 percent for Kerry, for the independent candidate Ralph Neider, another 5 percent of respondents.

The powerful Typhoon "Cup" is approaching the southwestern coast of Japan. According to Reuters, a typhoon, accompanied by heavy rains and winds up to 160 km/h, can reach the Japanese island of Kyusu on August 30. According to weather forecasters, it can become the most powerful typhoon in Japan this year. Meteorologists predict a squall wind, waves on the Pacific coast up to 10 meters high and powerful rains, capable of causing serious floods, landslides and sat down.

In Moscow, on the territory of the plant "Feater" during earthwork, shells of the time of the Great Patriotic War were discovered. This was reported by RIA Novosti by a source in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital. "When carrying out workers in the territory of the plant" spotlight "at the 1st Vladimir 10B factory, shells of the Great Patriotic War, which were recognized as military," the interlocutor of the agency said.

Denmark won her third gold at the Olympics in Athens. This time, the Danish women's handball team won the Olympic tournament. In the final match, the Danish woman prevailed over the national team of South Korea. To identify the winner, I had to resort to a series of seven -meter throws. According to the results of the main time, the score was 25:25, and the team spent two overtime ten minutes, which also did not reveal the winner.

The Moscow Government approved the program of celebration of the City Day on September 4-5, which includes more than 200 events, a source in the city administration told Interfax.

Stefano Baldini from Italy won the gold medal in the male marathon. However, the whole distance was the first to go to the Brazilian Wanderle and Lima, who was attacked by the fans. As a result, Baldini got the gold and Liem, in addition to silver, handed the medal for the shown sports qualities. At the 39th kilometer of the marathon distance, one of the fans attacked the leader of the Run of Brazilian Wanderlei de Limu and pushed him out of the highway, ITAR-TASS reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin in his greeting to the participants in the solemn reception in honor of the employees of special forces, held on Sunday in the Georgievsky hall of the Great Kremlin Palace, emphasizes the role of special forces in counteracting terrorism and crime.