Gennady Golovkin vs. Nobuhiro Ishida
The fight of 30-y.o. Kazakhstan professional boxer Gennady Golovkin against 37-y.o. Nobuhiro Ishida from Japan ended in a knockout at the Salle des etoiles in Monte-Carlo (Monaco). The unbeaten Karaganda boxer (26-0, 23 KO’s) knocked out the opponent (24-9-2, 9 KO’s) with a right hook in the third round. Golovkin defended his WBA world middleweight champion title.
02 April 2013
Meeting of world speedskating champion-2013 Denis Kuzin
Member of Kazakhstan team and 2013 world speedskating champion Denis Kuzin arrived in Astana. The speedskater won won the 1,000m race gold medal at the Speedskating World Cup. This was the first time an athlete from Kazakhstan won a speedskating worlds gold.
26 March 2013
Meeting of bronze winner Aleksey Poltoranin in Astana airport
Leader of Kazakhstan team and bronze winner of the World Skiing Championship-2013 Aleksey Poltoraning arrived in Astana. His results in 2012/2013 season were the best in his career. According to the sportsman, he dedicated his victories to his family and the country.
Formula-1. Malaysian Grand Prix 2013
German racer Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull Racing team won the second stage of Formula-1, Malaysian Grand Prix. Vettel passed 56 rounds (310.408 km) of the race in 1 hour 38 minutes and 56 seconds. He was followed by his team partner, Australian Mark Webber. Third and fourth places were won by representative of Mercedes, British Lewis Hamilton and German Nico Rosberg. Brazilian Felipe Massa from Scuderia Ferrari was the fifth.
26 March 2013
Awarding of Denis Kuzin at World Speedskating Championship in Sochi
Denis Kuzin of Kazakhstan won the gold medal at the Speedskating World Cup. This was the first time an athlete from Kazakhstan won a speedskating worlds gold. Kuzin won the 1,000m race in Sochi. He covered the distance in 1 minute and 9.14 seconds. South Korean Mo Tae-bum won the second place being only one-tenth of a second behind the Kazakhstan leader. American Shani Davis won the bronze medal being six-hundredths of a second behind Mo.
26 March 2013
Denis Ten's success at World Cup in Canada
Kazakhstan figure skater Denis Ten won the silver medal of the man's World Figure Skating Championship held in Canada. 19-y.o. Ten was second after the short program and won the free skating finals with 174.92 points. His total points were 266.48 and put him in the second place overall, only a little over 1 point away from the gold. He yielded the first place to three-time world champion Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan, who scored 267.78 points. Spanish figure skater Javier Fernandez scored 249.06 points and became third.
26 March 2013
Vietnam. Country of yellow and green colors
Most unusual fruits grow in Vietnam: dragon fruit, pomelo, rambutan, garcinia and bread fruit. Vietnamese do not eat bread; they replace it with rice flatbread or rice chips. Bikers do not yield the right-of-way to pedestrians in big cities. A motorbike can be rented in any part of the city for $10 per day. One can take a trip from Phan Thiet to the temple with a monument to phallus as well as to the Sand Dunes with bright-yellow sand. Tourism in this country has been developing since 1995. The country is visited by tourists from Russia, Kazakhstan, the U.S. and other countries. Most of the signs are in Russian in seaside resorts. Vietnamese women are fond of embroidery, men paint wood and make beautiful dishware, while children sell souvenirs near temples. Air Astana opened Almaty-Ho Chi Minh flight via Bangkok in 2013. The plan is to launch a direct flight in the nearest future.
11 March 2013
Comandante Hugo Chavez
Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias was born on July 28, 1954 in a working-class family in Sabaneta, Barinas in south-east Venezuela. In 1874 he graduated from Venezuelan Academy of Military Services in Caracas. He served in the airborne forces. The red beret has then become an inseparable part of his image.
Welcome Day in 36th air assault teamDuring the press-tour the journalists checked on the soldiers service in the military unit No.68665. The journalists visited the air-borne complex, tactics and military trainings and military vehicles driving training.
04 March 2013
Oz: The Great and Powerful in MoscowLead actors of the movie Mila Kunis (Black Swan, James Franco (Spiderman) and winner of the Golden Globe for the role in My Week with Marilyn Michelle Williams came to Moscow to present a long-awaited movie. Prior to the official first night the movie stars were shining in their fascinating outfits on the red carpet and giving autographs to their fans.
01 March 2013
85th ceremony of Academy Awards 85th Academy Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles. Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" won the coveted best film Oscar. Taiwan-born Ang Lee won best director for spectacular 3D fantasy "Life of Pi," while Daniel Day-Lewis won a record third best actor trophy for "Lincoln" and Jennifer Lawrence was crowned best actress for "Silver Linings Playbook."
25 February 2013
Kazakhstan berkutchi in Chengel-Su gorgeThe annual Kazakhstan berkutchi festival was held on February 22-23 in Chengel-Su gorge in Almaty oblast. Berkutchi is a catcher of berkuts (steppe eagles) who also trains them.
25 February 2013
UN: 70 years in pictures49 shots made by UN photographers have been presented at Photokina show in Cologne, Germany. Starting from February these pictures are on display in NEDELKA PROJECT exhibition space in Almaty.
Lunar New Year celebrations in China A billion-plus Asians ushered in the Year of the Snake with a cacophony of fireworks, after a Chinese televised gala featuring megastars including Celine Dion kicked off a week of festivities.
From Australia to South Korea, millions of people travelled huge distances to reunite with their families for Lunar New Year -- the most important holiday of the year for many in Asia -- indulging in feasts and celebrations.
As the clock struck midnight, Beijing's skyline lit up with colour as residents braved freezing temperatures to set off fireworks, traditionally believed to ward off evil spirits -- a scene repeated across China.
In China the snake has traditionally been seen as a symbol of wisdom, wealth and longevity, but it is considered less auspicious than other animals in the 12-year Chinese Zodiac such as the Dragon.
The New Year typically marks the largest annual movement of people as millions of people across China and other Asian countries squeeze into packed trains and buses to journey home to spend the season with their families.