The Australian Athletics Federation (AA) demanded to revise the results of the competition in a triple jump at the 1980 Olympic Games, which were held in Moscow, reports the Air Force . According to AA, she has scientific evidence that the Australian Jan Campbell was illegally deprived of a gold medal in a triple jump, which eventually went to the Soviet athlete Yaaku Uudmyae.

The head of FIFA Joseph Blatter assured Russian President Vladimir Putin that the 2018 World Cup will be held in the Russian Federation, which, in his opinion, is especially important in the current geopolitical situation. At a meeting in the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg, before the preliminary draw of the 2018 World Cup, Blatter noted that representatives of FIFA executives came to the ceremony.

Russian striker Alexander Semin said that he had unsuccessfully spent the last season in the NHL, but with the transition to Montreal hopes to return to his previous level. Montreal announced the signing of a contract for one season with 31-year-old Semin. The Russian spent last season at Carolina, but in 57 matches of the regular championship only 19 (6 goals +13 programs) were noted by glasses. “I like Montreal and local fans. The team has pleasant people and this is a very good club.

The Russian businessman, former general director of Euroset, Evgeny Chichvarkin, said that he had come to Kyiv and was waiting for work proposals. He flew to the Ukrainian capital in order to hold a master class there. “There are no work proposals for today, but who knows what will happen tomorrow. Everything is changing quickly enough, dynamically,” Chichvarkin said on the air of the Russian News Service .

Ukraine has received the approval of the IMF leadership to receive the next tranche of financial assistance with a total size of $ 17.5 billion, Bloomberg reports with reference to the source. Ukraine must receive formal approval on July 31, when the Executive Council of the IMF has planned a meeting on this issue.

US President Barack Obama announced the allocation of $ 1 billion for the development of Africa, which, according to him, is currently "on the march." He stated this, speaking at the global summit of entrepreneurs in the Kenyan capital - Nairobi. "Africa is one of the most rapidly developing regions of the world. People come out of poverty," the American leader stated.

The Russian national football team is included in group H with the national teams of Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece in the qualifying cycle of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. This became known based on the results of the draw, which took place in the Konstantinovsky Palace of St. Petersburg. The composition H is completely as follows: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus. Nine winners of groups fall on the 2018 World Cup directly.

In Russia, they began to prepare a group of specialists who will go to France to dismantle equipment with Mistral helicopter carriers, which France refused to supply because of the situation in Ukraine. A quick signing is expected by the agreement on the return of Russia's money paid under this contract.

In Kazakhstan, a passenger car fell into an accident, the driver of which was transported at once nine people. Nine people died in the Mitsubishi Lancer Sedan salon, one survived, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the internal affairs department of the Alma-Ata region of the country where the incident occurred. The emergency occurred on Saturday at about 4 a.m. at the fourth kilometer on the exit from the city of Talgar near the village of Kendal.

The shark tore off the Australian diver in front of his daughter, AFP reports. The emergency occurred off the coast of the island of Tasmania. According to the representative of the state administration, Peter Lingard, the local newspaper Examiner , the attack occurred on the east coast of the island on Saturday. The deceased was engaged in diving with his daughter. According to AFP, after both divers flared up, the father decided to make an additional immersion behind the scallops.

The American company WWE, which conducts wrestling battles, broke the contract from Terry more, better known as Hulk Hogan, reports The Washington Times . The organization does not tell the reasons for its decision, but notices that it “accepts and welcomes people of any origin”, which can indirectly indicate the racist comments of Hogan as the reason for his dismissal.

The holding of the Befooz music festival (successor "Cazantip") in Crimea in August is unacceptable until the violations are eliminated, the Crimean prosecutor's office said on Friday. In the Crimean prosecutor’s office, chaired by Natalia Poklonskaya on Friday, a meeting was held on the legality of the festival.

In Germany, the case of a possible espionage in favor of Russia is being investigated. This is suspected of Russian physicist Ivan A., who worked in Germany and Holland. He regularly met and received money from an employee of the Russian Consulate General of Russia, who was expelled from Germany in 2014. This was reported by DW with reference to Spiegel . The scientist himself denies guilt, claiming that he received money for renting an apartment.

The Yak-52 aircraft fell to the garden of a private house in the Samara region, there are no dead among local residents, the press service of the regional Ministry of Emergencies reports. The incident occurred in the village of Utevka. “On Ignnikov Street, the Yak -52 aircraft fell into a garden of private household. There are no dead among the population,” the Ministry of Emergencies reported.

The Barack Obama administration began preparations for the liberation procedure for 60-year-old Jonathan Pollard, sentenced to life-long spying in favor of Israel, reports The Wall Street Journal with reference to sources in the US leadership. In the comments on this subject it is noted that, apparently, the decision to free Pollard was made in order to improve relations with Israel, which worsened against the backdrop of a “nuclear transaction” with Iran, Newsru Israel reports.