In the central match of the sixth round of the Zenit and Spartak championship, the Spartak played in St. Petersburg a draw with a score of 0: 0. In the first half, the chief referee of the meeting, Vladimir Moskalev, first could appoint a penalty against the home field, and then punish the guests with an 11-meter blow, but, given the controversial nature of the episodes, decided not to stop the game in both cases.

On September 2, throughout Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Astrakhan and other cities, protests are held against the upcoming pension reform, mostly organized by the Communist Party, "fair Russia" or trade unions. About 7.5 thousand people took part in Moscow in agreed rallies against changes to pension legislation, TASS said with reference to the press service of the GUMVD in Moscow.

British Prime Minister Teresa May said she would not compromise with the EU in issues of leaving the union to the detriment of British interests, Interfax reports. "I will not be forced to compromise by agreement in Checkers, which do not meet our national interests," the article written by the prime minister for The Sunday Teleraph said.

Russian hockey player Sergei Shumakov, who previously left CSKA Moscow, became a Washington player, according to the official website of the capital's NHL club. The 25-year-old forward signed a one-season entry-level contract with Washington with a salary of $925,000. - “Washington” with Alexander Ovechkin won the Stanley Cup for the first time in history “We had options in the NHL, but we immediately stopped when Washington showed interest.

On the Court of New York, Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova with a score of 6: 3, 6: 2 won the representative of Latvia Elena Ostapenko in the third circle of US Open - the Grand Slam, the total prize fund of which is $ 53 million in the season. The meeting lasted 1 hour 22 minutes. During this time, the ex-first racket of the world served a driving 6 times, actively won 11 points and made 18 unmuffy mistakes.

President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach said that e -sports cannot be included in the Olympiad program until he ceases to promote cruelty. "We cannot include in the Olympiad program that it promotes violence and discrimination. I am talking about the so -called shooters. From our point of view, they do not correspond to the Olympic values. Of course, any type of martial arts came from real fights between people. But sport is a civilized understanding of fights.

The law enforcement officers detained at least 300 people during the Saturday demonstrations in the German city of Hemnitsa (Federal Land of Saxony) on September 1. Such data are given on the official website of the local police, reports TASS. "The police detained about 300 people. Apparently, they tried to join the group of supporters of the Alternative for Germany. The police prevented the clash of various groups," the report said.

On Kazan ice, the hockey players of the St. Petersburg SKA ( winners of last year’s regular championship ) were defeated with a score of 6: 1 current winner of the Gagarin Cup "Ak Bars" in the opening goblet match, which started the next KHL season. As part of the winners of the puck, Patrick Hersli (4 '), Nikita Gusev (30'), Viktor Tikhonov (34 '), Ilya Kablukov (45'), Nikolai Prokhorkin (54 ') and Nail Yakupov (58') were abandoned.

In the concert hall named after P.I. Tchaikovsky in Moscow on Sunday, a farewell took place with the People's Artist of the USSR Joseph Kobzon, Interfax reports. The civilian memorial service lasted five hours, people with flowers began to line up at the entrance an hour before the opening of the doors. About 7 thousand people came to say the last "sorry" to the beloved artist. The employees of the hall had to release the scene several times from the flowers brought by fans.

The other day, the largest periodical of Finland Helsingin Sanomat released a monthly magazine, on the cover of which a collage was depicted: a photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin was placed in the center of the logo of the Jokerit hockey club, Iltalehti reports. This caused the indignation of officials of the Finnish hockey team. PHOTO "This is the illegal use of the brand for humiliating purposes, the magazine wants to increase sales. This publication has a specific price.

US President Donald Trump can visit Scotland for the second time this year to play golf on the territory of golf clubs belonging to the owner of the White House himself and now led by his sons of Trump Organization. About this, as TASS reports, sources in the British government of the Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times.

In the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republican (DPR) with military honors, they said goodbye to the head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko. In the afternoon, about 200 thousand people in memory of the head of the DPR took part in a mourning procession in the center of Donetsk. The coffin with the body of Zakharchenko was placed on a carriage of an artillery gun, which towed a truck.

Turkish border guards at the Sarpi checkpoint on the Georgian-Turkish border found a girl in a suitcase of a 24-year-old citizen of Georgia. About this, as Interfax reports, Georgian media reported on Sunday with reference to Turkish sources. Suspicions of the border guards were caused by a large black suitcase with which the Georgian citizen passed passport and customs control. He was demanded to open a suitcase and found in it a 27-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan.

The Krasnodar players defeated Lokomotiv Moscow on their home field in the sixth round match of the Russian Championship, although they were inferior to their opponents during the match. The Railwaymen took the lead thanks to Manuel Fernandes (33'), who converted the penalty. The Krasnodar team soon restored the balance: Vanderson (39') scored before the break - 1:1. And the decisive goal was Magomed Suleymanov's goal, which took place in injury time for the match (94') - 2:1.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that the development of relations with China is in the direction of improvement, Interfax reports. "In May, Japan was visited by Prime Minister Lee Katsyan, and Japanese -Chinese relations fully returned to the normal direction of development," he said in an interview with the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun.