Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko brilliantly won in the second round by knockout the fight against American Ray Austin, protecting the world champion in the version of the IBF International Boxing Federation in heavyweight. The fight took place tonight in the sports arena of the German city of Mannheim in the presence of 16 thousand spectators, including numerous celebrities from the world of sports and show business. Fans of boxing in more than 100 countries observed direct television broadcasting.

The Russian billionaire, whose name is not disclosed, builds a yacht that even Roman Abramovich envies, writes Sunday Telegraph British newspaper on Sunday. The construction of the most expensive private vessel in the world, so far known under the name Hull 6154, worth 140 million pounds - began on the eve of the Italian Genoa.

In the city of Kotelniki in the Lyubertsy district of the Moscow region, on Thursday night, an elderly watchman of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Vladimir Kudryavtsev was killed, Interfax was told on Saturday in the Union of Orthodox citizens. According to the interlocutor of the agency, criminals burst on the night of Kudryavtsev on Thursday night. The watchman entered the battle with them and managed to activate the police warning system.

Russian skier Sregea Shiryaev, disqualified federations of Russia for two years for using erythropoetin at the World Cup in Sapporo, is going to prove its innocence in court and will resort to the help of professional lawyers. This was announced by Anatoly Chepalov, personal coach of Shiryaev, about this to the Sports Information Agency. “We are not going to put up with the situation when we are accused of what we did not do,” said Anatoly Chepalov.

In the first round of the football championship of the country in football, the capital CSKA in Luzhniki defeated Kazan Rubin with a score of 3: 1. Among the army teams were remembered by Aldonin, Ignashevich and Jo. CSKA spent the first half more actively, but at first the guests scored the ball at the 29th minute: the defender Gabriel jumped out after serving from the corner above all and inflicted an indispensable blow on the goal of Akinfeev.

The first matches of the Russian hockey playoffs did not bring surprises. In all starting meetings, the owners of ice won, who, following the results of the championship, have an advantage of their site over rivals. Easy enough in Omsk, the Vanguard defeated the Vityaz near Moscow, and by the middle of the “hawk” match, three goals were conducted, which predetermined the outcome of the meeting.

The winner of the chess super tournament with the participation of eight grandmasters "Morlyia-Linares-2007" (the first part of which was played in Mexico, and the second in Spain) was Vishwanan Anand from India. In the last 14th round, two parties ended in effectively: Hungarian Peter Leko with white figures outplayed the Norwegian Magnus Karlsen, and in the Russian derby Alexander Morozhevich was stronger than Peter Svidler.

In Voronezh this morning is beaten by a student from Yemen. The victim is in the hospital in serious condition. This was announced by ITAR-TASS by the senior assistant to the regional prosecutor Mikhail Usov. According to him, at about 5 a.m. a group of foreign students out of 7 people rested at the Parnassus night club in the Central District of the city. A conflict occurred between the two foreigners and local visitors, presumably because of the girl.

The Abkhazian authorities of exile have accused the Russian peacekeepers of that they, together with the Abkhazian armed groups, allegedly minimized all transitions from the Galsky district of Abkhazia to the Zugdid district, the Rustavi 2 television company reports on Sunday.

At the polling station 1763, the city of Odintsovo, where today the voting of the Moscow Regional Duma is held, three NBP activists who ran into the building and began to shout the slogans "Elections - Fars" were detained. This was reported by the correspondent of "Gazeta.ru" . According to him, the police, without introducing themselves and without presenting the documents, arrested the Limonovites and took them to the department. Reuters, RIA Novosti, Kommersant were also detained.

In Irkutsk, the reality show "Call of the Ancestors", which was held for the first time as part of the Festival of Winter Games in the Baikal "Zimniada 2007" ended. The winner of the "Call of the Ancestors" was Alexei Lyavsky, a 26-year-old Irkutsk, who works an electrician. He completed the 15-kilometer race on the dog sledges faster. Its control time at the last stage is 46 minutes 50 seconds. Alexei became the owner of the main prize - a golden nugget.

During the election campaign, the fourth convocation was not able to avoid unscrupulous competition in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, said the governor of the northern capital, Valentin Matvienko. According to her, often the pre -election polemic turned into a "contest of empty, meaningless promises." “It was not possible to achieve completely pure elections.

The third one in Russian history has ended. In the Moscow region - one of the four constituent entities of the Russian Federation, where the threshold of voter turnout was preserved, it amounted to more than 26 percent. The indicators in the Stavropol Territory and Dagestan are much higher. So, more than 60 percent of voters came to the polling stations of the republic, in the region this figure was about 40 percent. Observers are also fixed by observers in the six north-west regions (St.

The United States is interested in strengthening control over portable anti -aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) and are ready to cooperate with all countries, including Russia. This position was confirmed by representatives of the American administration at a meeting of the Committee for the Organization of American States (OAG) on security in the Western Hemisphere, which took place these days in Washington.

In Khabarovsk, long-distance and suburban bus flights were canceled due to the cyclone, RIA Novosti was told on Sunday at the Dispatch Bus Station. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the movement of route buses is closed along all federal routes in the region. Meanwhile, Khabarovsk Airport returns to working mode. It was closed until 14:30 local time (7:30 Moscow time). "Airplanes are late, but are departed. The airport is being prepared for the acceptance of one aircraft.