The Rugby New Zealand team reported that she had discovered eavesdropping devices in the Sydney Hotel Hall, where athletes held a meeting in front of a series of matches with the Australians. New Zealand rugbites from Oll Blax will hold the first match of the Kupa of the Midwill Cup with the Australian team this Saturday.

The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev presented at a meeting of the All-Russian August meeting of teachers the new head of the Ministry of Education and Science Olga Vasilieva and promised to massively build new schools "whatever it costs." Speaking at the meeting, Medvedev said: "I want to present the new Minister of Science and Education Olga Yuryevna Vasilieva.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations and the US Ministry of Justice is studying the possible connections of American firms with alleged corruption schemes of former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, CNN reports. The day before, after accusations of illegal lobbying activities, the head of the election headquarters of Donald Trump Paul Manafort resigned . The activities of his company are also investigated, among other things, the sources of Yahoo News confirmed.

The Mauritian athlete Fabyen San Louis will take part in the Olympic Triatlon competition, despite the oncological disease. - Diary of Olympiad-2016: Schedule and results of competitions “In December, doctors found a salivary cancer in me. From that that day I began to fight the disease,” the Air Force quotes San Louis, whose right side was paralyzed due to illness. “Oncology is not a reason to give up, and in order to overcome the disease, I must try to be strong.

Iran commented on the use by Russian VKS airbase in Hamadan for bombing the territory of Syria. Defense Minister Iran Khosein Dekhgan said that the base is used at the request of the Syria authorities, and Russia can do it as much as it will be required. “This military decision was made as part of interaction on the confrontation between the IG and other terrorists, which is carried out at the request of the Syrian government,” the minister emphasized.

The Polish athlete Peter Malakhovsky showed the second result in the competition of the discit of the disk and won the silver of the 2016 Olympics . Upon returning to Warsaw, the athlete said that he puts the medal for the auction to help a child suffering from a malignant retinal tumor. - Diary of Olympiad-2016: Schedule and results of competitions "The health of this fantastic boy is more important than my struggle for the victory in Rio.

The German football team won the gold medals of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In a decisive match, she beat Sweden with a score of 2: 1. The score in the match was opened by the German Jennifer Marozhan (48 '), after which the advantage of Germany was doubled by the Swede Linda Sembraht (62'), who scored into her own gates. To play one ball managed to Styne Blackstenius (67 ').

The editor -in -chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda Vladimir Sungorkin called the Council of the new Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva to increase the literacy of journalists.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held telephone conversations with his Turkish colleague Recep Erdogan. Leaders, in particular, discussed the attempt of the coup in Turkey and the Crimean issue.

Several dozens of items belonging to the departed American boxer Mohammed Ali , including one of his champion belts, will be auctioned in the United States, representatives of the Heritage Actions auction house said. The belt of the Absolute World WBC world champion, which Ali became the owner of Ali in 1974 following the battle with the American George Forman, will leave the hammer for at least 600 thousand dollars.

The new Minister of Education Olga Vasilieva spoke about the three main problems of teachers who had reported to her at the All -Russian meeting of teachers, where she was present with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The head of government called the situation with the salaries of "decent" , and there is no low wage among Vasilyeva's difficulties listed by Vasilyeva.

The Ivoarian Taekwondist Sallah Sissa won the gold of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the weight category up to 80 kg. In the decisive battle, Sissa with a score of 8: 6 defeated the representative of Great Britain Lutalo Muhammad. The bronze medals won the Usama Weslati from Tunisia and Milag Beigi Harchegani from Azerbaijan. The representative of Russia Albert Haun lost to the 1/8 finals to the American Stevens Lopez.

In the central match of the fourth round of the Russian Football Championship "Zenit" in St. Petersburg at the Petrovsky stadium tied 1: 1 from CSKA. The guests were the first to succeed: Roman Eremenko distinguished himself in the 24th minute of the meeting, the hosts restored his balance before the break, the ball was scored by Yuri Zhirkov (45 '), who turned 33 years old on Saturday.

Former Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Dmitry Livanov was appointed special representative of the President of Russia for the development of trade and economic relations with Ukraine. Decrees on the resignation of the minister and the new appointment are published on the Kremlin website . Livanov was appointed special representative of the President of Russia for the development of trade and economic relations with Ukraine.

The British athlete Nikola Adams won the 2016 Olympic Gold Medal in Boxing competitions in the weight category up to 51 kg. In a decisive duel, she defeated the Frenchwoman Sarah Uramun with a score of 3: 0 (39:37, 39:37, 39:37) and repeated her success four years ago . The bronze went to the Chinese woman, Jen Tsanzan and Ingrit Valencia from Colombia.