Новости за 14.08.2016

Des inondations spectaculaires et "sans précédent" frappent la Louisiane et le Mississippi, dans le sud des États-Unis. Alors que trois personnes sont mortes, les secours sont à pied d'œuvre.

COMPTE RENDU - L'Olympique de Marseille et Toulouse n'ont pas réussi à se départager et se quittent sur un match nul et vierge (0-0) dimanche 14 août.

Emergency workers in Louisiana have rescued more than 7,000 residents stranded in homes and cars during a historic flood, Governor John Bel Edwards said Sunday.

Carlo Ancelotti claimed his first title as Bayern Munich coach on Sunday as a 2-0 victory at Borussia Dortmund gave last season's double winners the German Super Cup.

British heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill called for a worldwide rethink on doping on Sunday after the Rio Olympics were plagued by drugs scandals including the suspension of Russia's entire athletics team.

A diminutive boxer who as a little boy dreamed of emulating his hero did just that when he won Uzbekistan's first gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.

Le Bayern Munich a remporté dimanche la Supercoupe d'Allemagne, pour le premier match officiel de son nouvel entraîneur Carlo Ancelotti, en s'imposant sur la pelouse du Borussia Dortmund 2 à 0.

Trente-six civils, selon un bilan officiel, ont été tués dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche à Beni, dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo, provoquant la colère de la population contre une succession de massacres qui ont déjà fait plusieurs centaines de morts en moins de deux ans.

Venus Williams, Martina Hingis and Rafael Nadal suffered an Olympic Games tennis last-day letdown Sunday as the tournament prepared for a blockbuster men's final between Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro.

Shi Tingmao claimed China's fourth diving gold from five events in the women's 3m springboard final on Sunday, holding off compatriot He Zi with Italy's Tania Cagnotto taking bronze.

Aliya Mustafina gave Russia their first gymnastics gold in Rio when she successfully defended her uneven bars title at the Olympic Games on Sunday.

Five people died in a deadly weekend for extreme sports in the French Alps that claimed the lives of two climbers, a paraglider, a hanglider and a wingsuit jumper.

Le Premier ministre Canadien Justin Trudeau, plusieurs ministres de son gouvernement et des représentants de tous les partis politiques ont défilé dimanche à l'occasion de la Gay pride de Montréal.

Le président de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes a évoqué sa future mission à la tête des Républicains, après la probable annonce de candidature à la primaire de Nicolas Sarkozy.

Briton Becky James's return from a health scare gathered steam as she broke compatriot Victoria Pendleton's Olympic women's sprint record in Rio on Sunday.

Rio de Janeiro Olympics open water swimming in five points:

+ Visions of gold will trump health concerns when hardy open-water swimmers dive into the dodgy waters off Copacabana on Monday in the women's Olympic 10km swimming marathon, with the men to follow on Tuesday. Rampant pollution at Rio's beach venues -- not to mention pounding surf and wind that washed away the starting platform on Saturday -- are being taken in stride by the world's best in a sport where hazards can range from sharks... Читать дальше...

Kei Nishikori won Japan's first Olympic tennis medal in almost a century on Sunday when he captured bronze against Rafael Nadal, despite the weary Spaniard mounting a stirring mid-match fightback.

Tensions remained high in Corsica on Sunday after five people were injured and three cars burned in clashes between young locals and families of North African origin, according to police.

At first, it looks like smoke billowing from a high-rise.

But look again: that surprising splash of gray against the blue Rio de Janeiro sky is a giant image of Sudanese high jumper Mohamed Younes Idriss making a larger-than-life leap over a 20-story building.

This Olympic-sized trompe l'oeil is the work of French art photographer JR, who is famous for plastering huge black-and-white photographs onto street scenes around the world.

He is in Brazil at the invitation of the International Olympic Committee... Читать дальше...

Le Japonais Kei Nishikori a décroché une première médaille olympique, en bronze, en dominant l'Espagnol Rafael Nadal (6-2, 6-7 (1/7), 6-3), dimanche lors de la "petite finale" du simple messieurs des Jeux de Rio.

Dorian van Rijsselberghe won the men's RS:X wind surfing gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Sunday as France's Charline Picon won the women's crown.

Appuyés par des frappes aériennes de la coalition menée par les Américains, les peshmergas kurdes ont lancé dimanche une nouvelle attaque contre les djihadistes de l'organisation État islamique dans le nord de l'Irak, a annoncé un responsable kurde.

Max Whitlock claimed his second gymnastics gold for Britain in Rio on Sunday winning pommel horse gold, to add to the floor crown he won earlier.

Venus Williams missed out on her chance to become the first tennis player to win five Olympic gold medals when she and partner Rajeev Ram were defeated in the mixed doubles final on Sunday.

Sharp-shooting Klay Thompson had 30 points as America's NBA stars once again laboured to shut down an Olympic opponent but ultimately proved too much for France in a 100-97 win.