The head of the absolute fighting championship (UFC) Dane White said that the next opponent of Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov will be Irishman Conor McGregor. According to R-Sport , the UFC boss emphasized that this battle will not take place as part of the organization tournament in Moscow. "There is no chance that the meeting of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor will be held at the tournament in Moscow.

Spartak defender Andrei Eshchenko criticized the performance of the Russian national team in recent friendly matches. According to the “red-white” footballer, Stanislav Cherchesov’s team looked tired in the meetings against Turkey and Austria. Yeshchenko also noted that in the past matches he did not see the pattern of play among the Russians. “What was the fatigue expressed in? Take the same Roman Zobnin.

The British businessman Arron Banks, who was one of the largest sponsors of the UK with the UK from the European Union, has repeatedly contacted Russian officials in the midst of preparation for a referendum about Brexit. This follows from the electronic correspondence of the entrepreneur and his companion Andy Wigmor, who had at the disposal of The Sunday Times .

Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the proposal of the American leader Donald Trump to return the Big Eight format. The head of state indicated that Russia did not leave the G8, and invited the leaders of the seven negotiations in Moscow. Putin commented on Trump's proposal to revive the “Big Eight” format following the results of his visit to China and participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit (SCO).

At the French tennis championship in the final of the male single mesh, the Spaniard Rafael Nadal won the Austrian Dominic Tim with a score of 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 2. In order to break the opponent’s resistance, the Spanish tennis player needed 2 hours and 42 minutes. For the first racket of the world, this is the 11th victory on Roland Garros. In total, the Spaniard won 17 victories at the Grand Slam tournaments.

Forward of the French national team Olivier Gir received a strong dissection as a result of a clash with the defender of the US national team Matthew Miazga in a friendly match in Lyon (1: 1). The head coach of the French, Didier Desham, said that the striker was imposed several seams, but this would not prevent him from playing at the World Cup in Russia. "The fat has a small dissection. He was imposed on several seams in the locker room, but we have no reason for concern.

Russian President Vladimir Putin explained why the governors were connected to participate in a direct line this year. According to the head of state, the new format allowed the Russians to show those people who should solve their issues. In an interview, NTV Putin explained that "personification should be obvious." “This is also connected with the display of those people who are responsible for the solution of a particular issue to the whole country. The country should know and see them.

The National Intellectual Development Foundation (NIR), which works under the Innopractics brand and headed by the expected younger daughter of the President of the Russian Federation Katerina Tikhonova , received the Rosneft multimillion -dollar contract. For the implementation of research work, the fund will receive more than 354 million rubles from the oil company.

The organizer of the protest in Tbilisi, Zaza Saralidze, demanding a fair investigation into the murder of his son, decided to move the protesters’ tents to the roadway of the central Rustaveli Avenue in the Georgian capital. He stated this during a rally held on Sunday evening near the country's parliament building. “I will continue the protest alone. Let them drive over me with armored personnel carriers.

The defendants of the loud "cocaine case" Ivan Bliznyuk and Alexander Chikalo, detained in Argentina, reported their innocence and turned to Russia for help. The letter written by hand asked to help at the disposal of RBC . As the agency notes, Bliznyuk and Chikalo are currently in the prison of the city of Marcos-Pop. According to their lawyer Liliana Borisyuk, both defendants retained Russian citizenship.

The former world boxing champion in the heavy weight category Tyson Fury returned to a professional ring. In a 10-raised rating match in Manchester, he won the Albanian Sefer Sefer, who usually performs in heavy weight. Despite the serious difference in growth and weight, Ceferi lasted 4 rounds in the ring. Before the next gong, he received a series of powerful blows from Fury and after the break refused to continue the fight.

Determined on suspicion of attacking an 11-year-old schoolgirl at the entrance of a house in the west of Moscow, Vitaly Kosyachkin was previously convicted by the Military Tribunal of Nizhny Novgorod, and also served a punishment for the murder in the colony. In addition, he has an outstanding criminal record. This, as TASS reports, became known in court, which took place on Saturday.

Russian hockey player Ilya Kovalchuk is in negotiations with two clubs in the National Hockey League. As TASS reports, citing Canadian media, the forward met with representatives of Los Angeles on Friday, and on Sunday he will hold negotiations with San Jose. Kovalchuk turned 35 on April 15. According to NHL rules, from July 1 he will be removed from the list of voluntarily retired, becoming an unrestricted free agent, and will be able to sign a contract with any club in the league.

The leaders of the Big Seven countries (G7), which includes the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, the USA, France and Japan, agreed on the final communique of the summit that ended in the Canadian resort in the province of Quebec. Considerable attention in the document was paid to counteracting the foreign policy of the Russian Federation. So, Reuters reports that the text of the final declaration speaks of probable new restrictive measures against Moscow.

The qualifications of the Canada Grand Prix by car racing in the Formula 1 class ended with the victory of the Ferrari pilot Sebastian Fettel. A little less than one tenth second, Valteri Bottas at the Mercedes lost to the German. The third starting place was received by the Red Bull racer Max Verteppen. The young Dutchman managed to only six hundredths of the leader of the championship Lewis Hamilton at the Mercedes.