The upcoming football championship will not do without the participation of the legendary pele. Accompanied by Claudia Schiffer, a star of world sports will take the championship Cup to the Munich stadium. "The main trophy of the championship on the field will be taken by Claudia Schiffer and Pele," so, according to Spiegel Online, it is written in one of the internal protocols of the International Football Federation (FIFA). The German top model Claudia Schiffer really deserved such an honor.

Olympic champion Athens Tatyana Lebedeva won the sector for long jumping at the Athletics competitions of the Aragon Government Grand Prix, held in the Spanish Saragos. According to the site rusathletics.com , there was a strong wind in the stadium, which is why most of the results in length and triple are adjusted "with the help of wind." The victorious result, 7.09 m, Tatyana Lebedeva showed in the second attempt in the wind of +4.3 m/s.

The head coach of Manchester United Alex Ferguson plans to purchase Aidura Gudonsen, striker of the London Chelsea. Over the 27-year-old Icelander , the leadership of the richest club in the world is ready to lay out 8 million pounds. With the advent of Michael Ballak , who defended the color of Bavaria and Andrei Shevchenko , who played for Milan, the prospects of Gudonsen to get into the composition of the Aristocrats camp.

The United States is ready to release 120 captives from the Guantanamo base. This was reported by RIA Novosti by the representative of the American military department, Jeffrey Gordon. "We are ready to release 120 captives who are at the American base of Guantanamo in Cuba. However, it is not necessary to expect that they will not have to be released in the very near future," Gordon said.

In England, the World Table football World Cup has started, in which the same 32 teams take part that they will play at the World Cup in Germany. All figures for the game were made by a master from Knighton (Wales) Tom Taylor, who also made a mini-roller of the world. But the "puppet" Wayne Rooney will observe the matches from the edge of the field, since it is made on crutches.

The Council of Representatives (Parliament) of Iraq today postponed the consideration of candidates for the posts of ministers of the internal affairs and defense of the country. This was announced at a meeting of the parliament by Vice Speaker Khalid al-Ali, reports ITAR-TASS.

The individuals of all seven dead as a result of a collision of the bus and a passenger train in the Voronezh region were established.

One law enforcement officer died and two were injured as a result of shelling a car in Nazran. Today at about 15:20 Moscow time in the city of Number, not far from the Republican Hospital, unknown people fired at three law enforcement officers in the car. After the crime committed, the shooters disappeared from the place in the VAZ-21099 car. The searches of the murder are currently being conducted, ITAR-TASS reports.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, by his decree, introduced the decision of the National Security and Defense Council "On preparations for the conduct of multinational military exercises" SI Breeze - 2006 "and" Tight Node - 2006 ".

According to updated data, two British oilmen who were captured in hostage with six colleagues on Friday are released in Nigeria, Reuters reported with reference to the representative of local authorities Johnny Iganavari. According to him, on Sunday, two hostages were released, the rest should be released by the end of the day. Among the remaining captivity - four British, one American and one Canadian.

The president of the former state community of Serbia and Montenegro, Svetozar Marovich, announced today about "the termination of his authority in connection with the decision of Montenegro citizens on state independence." This was reported in the Directorate on Sich's Information. Svetozar Marovich expressed gratitude to the leadership and all citizens of Serbia and Montenegro "for cooperation, support and understanding" in the performance of his duties of the head of the state community.

19 people were killed today in Iraq as a result of an attack by militants. According to Iraq security forces, armed people stopped the minibus early in the morning in the village of Ain-Liel in the province of Diyal 100 km near Baghdad and shot his passengers. All dead are civilians. Two more people were injured, reports ITAR-TASS. According to the representative of the local police, the militants blocked the road on the road from the town and stopped all the passing cars.

The worldwide overweight champion according to the World Boxing Association (WBA) Russian Nikolai Valuev dreams of meeting the ring with the world champion according to the International Boxing Federation (IBF) by Ukrainian Vladimir Klichko. This was announced today in Hanover (Federal Land of Lower Saxony) by the German manager of the Russian Giant Wilfried Zuereland. “ This is our dream ,” Zauerland said.

The mystery that tormented humanity for centuries that appeared the first - an egg or chicken is allowed by British scientist John Brookfield. Based on the latest knowledge in the field of genetic engineering, he came to the conclusion that the egg originally appeared, reports ITAR-TASS. Brookfield claims that genetic material is not subjected to revolutionary changes in the adult organism. That is why for the appearance of the first chicken it is necessary that her embryo forms in the egg.

In the village of Vitim in the Lensky district of Yakutia, about 40 residential buildings are flooded due to the high water level in the Lena River, Interfax was told in the Far Eastern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies on Sunday. According to the interlocutor of the agency, agricultural lands and the runway of the local airport are also flooded.