Five types of sports claim to include summer Olympiads in the program. These are golf, roller skates, rugby, karate and squash. Under the threat of exceptions from the Olympic family are such species as baseball, softball, modern pentathlon and thakvondo.

The Union of Russian Journalists initiates the creation of an extra -organizational large jury by complaints about the press by analogy with the British model. The initiative of the Union of Journalists was discussed on Sunday at the Congress "Russia for democracy, against dictatorship." "At present, the large jury of the Journalists Union is initiating the creation of an extra-organizational large jury on the press complaints.

In Moscow, five fur coats with a total value of about 500 thousand rubles were stolen from the wardrobe of the Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army. This was reported on Sunday by RIA Novosti a source in the capital's law enforcement agencies.

The famous Russian hockey player Igor Larionov at a Sunday press conference on his farewell match denied the assumption that he was going to complete his career at the Club of the Russian Hockey Super League - Chemist (Moscow Region). “The farewell game is precisely a farewell game. I will summarize her all my career,” Larionov said. “I want to emphasize once again that I do not plan to play for a“ chemist ” - a club in which my hockey career once began,” he added.

In Grozny there was a fire in the territory where a platoon of one of the units of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation is located, as a result, weapons were injured. This was reported by RIA Novosti by a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic.

Before leaving for Milan, the players and the leadership of Fiorentina were decisive in their statements. The whole team was tuned to win, and the status of Milan as a Granda of Italian football did not bother them. However, in reality, everything turned out differently. Red-blacks achieved a convincing victory with a score of 6: 0. “Milan” from the very beginning of the game rushed to the attack, and forced the defense of the guests to make mistakes.

Japan will withdraw its troops from Iraq in case of deterioration of the situation in the field of security. This was announced today in the NHK television company Head of the Defense Department of Japan Josinori it. According to him, the government, which last Thursday decided to extend the Japanese contingent for 1 year, intends to “respond flexibly” in case of aggravation of the situation up to the suspension of the activities of Japanese military and their withdrawal from the country.

Ukrainian boxer Vitaly Klitschko defended the title of heavyweight champion according to the World Boxing Council (WBC). On Saturday in Las Vegas, Klitschko Sr. won with a technical knockout in the eighth round over British Danny Williams, RIA Novosti reports. In total, Klitschko sent Williams to a knockdown four times. Klitschko gave his fight political significance. He is a supporter of the leader of the Ukrainian opposition Viktor Yushchenko.

Philip Kirkorov brought in the Kremlin an apology to the Rostov journalist Irina Aroyan. This happened late in the evening on Saturday at a prefabricated concert of Russian performers in the Kremlin Palace, reports Echo of Moscow "Dear Ira! Forgive me, I was wrong!" - the audience who visited the concert quote the words of Kirkorov. Whether the journalist herself was present in the hall is unknown. At least, she did not reach the stage.

Group illness of schoolchildren with viral hepatitis "A" is registered in the village of Turii Rog of the Primorsky Territory. According to RIA Novosti in the Primorsky Regional Center of the State -Epidemiological Supervision, 20 cases of disease were registered in the village, including 16 among students of different classes of a rural school. The condition of all sick people is satisfactory.

On the Constitution Day, which is the last time in Russia , President Vladimir Putin signed, changing the system of election of the heads of the constituent entities of the Federation.

In Moscow, more than 100 skinheads spent a New Year's Eve, a source in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital told RIA Novosti . "On the eve of the restaurant of the Khovrino shopping center, located on Petrozavodskaya Street in house 24, a New Year's Eve took place, in which members of an informal youth organization of a radical orientation took part," the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, 120-140 skinheads participated in the event.

George Bush is healthy and can successfully fulfill the duties of the US president. Such a verdict was issued by a group of American doctors who today conducted the annual medical examination of the owner of the White House. In the past years, Bush took place in August, but this time he had to wait until December, because in the summer he conducted an active election campaign, which ended in the November victory in the elections, RIA Novosti reports.

In Moscow, as a result of a fire, three men died in a heating main collector. This was reported by RIA Novosti by a source in the UGPS of the capital. “On the eve of 18:30 Moscow time, a fire in the collector of the heating main on the 2nd Saratov Dirette Street occurred, house 6, after its extinguishing at the scene, three bodies of unknown men were discovered,” the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, the cause of death was poisoning with carbon dioxide.

The official Tehran for the first time admitted that in relation to several citizens of Iran, an investigation was being conducted on suspicion of cooperation with the Al-Qaeda International Terrorist Organization, the Catar satellite television channel Al-Jazeera.