The US Hockey team won a confident victory over the Austria team in the group stage of the World Cup in Slovakia with an account. Exactly the same numbers on the scoreboard were recorded in the match of the national teams of Finland and Denmark - they defeated Suomi. As part of the United States, Chris Cherder (15th minute), Blake Wieler (18), Jan Shtyatni (39), Kevin Shattenkirk (43), Craig Smith (57) were noted in the United States.

On Friday, a meeting of the Board of SKA directors was held, at which the oil and gas tycoon Gennady Timchenko was chosen by the new chairman. And KHL President Alexander Medvedev, who served as the head of the Council earlier, will now become Deputy Timchenko. After SKA lost the seventh match of the Gagarin Cup "Atlanta" 2: 3, Medvedev in his hearts threw: "Our powers are over.

The unsigned picture of the brush of the famous Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens was sold at auction in one of Brussels for only 9.5 thousand euros, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Belgian media. The buyer of the canvas called "Hercules", which was presented as the creation of an unknown artist of the 17th century, then resold it at an art auction in Maastricht for 856 thousand euros, but already as a picture of the early Rubens brush of 1597-1599.

The Olympic Committee of Russia (OKR) intends to conclude an agreement with the Canadian company Allinger Consulting Inc, which helped the Canadian national team at the Games in Vancouver. For $ 5 million, merchants guarantee the receipt of 14 gold medals at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, which should provide the national team first place in the team standings. On the upcoming signing of the Agreement with the Allinger Consulting Inc told the newspaper Vedomosti two functionaries of the OKR.

The political leadership of the Palestinian movement "Hamas" intends to relocate from Syria to Qatar, Israeli radio reports on Saturday. According to him, earlier Egypt and Jordan refused to accept on their territory the head of the Politburo of Hamas Khaleda Mashaal and his closest associates who have been working in Damascus since 1999. In Qatar, they do not mind the arrival of Mashaal, but warned that they would not suffer the military leaders of Hamas on their territory.

The leadership of NATO, before considering the proposal of the Libyan leader of Muamar Gaddafi about a truce, wants his troops to stop attacking civilians, AP agency reports with reference to an unnamed alliance from NATO headquarters in Brussels.

The Muslim Brothers Association announced today the creation of its political party, which will participate in the parliamentary elections in Egypt, ITAR-TASS reports. The statement published on the official website of the Islamists states that the new party will be called the Freedom and Justice Party, and Muhammad Mursi will head it. In addition, in October elections to the parliament, Islamists plan to get from 45 to 50 percent of places in the People’s Assembly.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Studies (NASA) plans to carry out the last launch of the Endeavour shuttle on May 2, the Associated Press reports. It should be noted that the shipment of the ship to the orbit of the Earth was supposed to take place on April 29, but it was urgently canceled due to technical problems. Moreover, the decision was made at the moment when the crew was already heading for the launching pad.

The son of deputy Valery Selezneva, who suffered during the explosion in Morocco, was well undergone surgery, is in stably serious condition, but with positive dynamics, the head of the press service of the FMBA of Russia Svetlana Marchenko told RIA Novosti . "The novel has undergone the operation is good, his condition is now stably difficult, but, as doctors say, with positive dynamics. While he is in a medical coma," Marchenko said.

Vyacheslav Bykov, head coach of the Russian hockey team, considers the defeat from the German team at the start of the World Cup in Slovakia. The Russian team on Friday for the first time in the history of the championships of the planet lost to the German team, losing to Bratislava with a score of 0: 2. The Russians have not suffered defeats at the preliminary group stages of the world forums since 2004 (2: 3 from the Sweden national team). “We will assume that this is a misunderstanding.

President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, in accordance with Article 84 of the Constitution of the country, introduced the draft Federal Law "On Amendments to Article 73 and 81 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation" to the State Duma. This was reported by ITAR-TASSS Service of the Kremlin.

A sports plane crashed in the Krasnodar Territory, ITAR-TASS was told in regional law enforcement agencies. "At 14:52 Moscow time near the village of Afipsky, a plane belonging to one of the sports clubs belonging to one of the sports clubs made a rigid landing. Two pilots that were on board died," the source said. He noted that there are no victims and destruction on Earth.

More than 15 tanks entered on Saturday in the center of the Syrian city of Deraa, where clashes of anti -government manifestos with law enforcement forces take place, Reuters reported. On Saturday in this city in the south of Syria, shooting was heard. “From dawn, we heard frequent shooting, which echoing through the streets of the city, and it is impossible to understand what is happening.

The defenders of the Khimki forest report on the fresh cutting of trees in the forest next to the terminal D of the Sheremetyevo airport. “Today, our activists discovered freshly sawed trees next to the terminal D“ Sheremetyevo ” - about 0.5 hectares. The cut trees still have soft needles, and the birch has birch juice,” the activist of the “Yaroslav Nikitaksu “ Interfax ” on Saturday said in defense of the Khimkinsky forest.

The best team of the eastern conference of the NHL regular championship "Washington Capitals" at its site lost Tampa Bay Lighting in the first quarterfinal match of the Stanley Cup with a score of 2: 4. At the very beginning of the meeting, guests were opened at the very beginning of the meeting, but literally right there the Russian Kapitals striker Alexander Semin took advantage of the opponent’s mistake in his zone and shot Dwain Roloson from the hands, reports Sportbox.ru .