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The CSKA women's basketball club will take part in the Super League championship. This became known after a meeting between RFB President Sergei Chernov and the potential new owner of the club. Young people will go to the first game of the championship, which will be held on October 15 in Novosibirsk. The army team includes five basketball players born in 1992, representatives of the capital's Trinta, the rest of the players are students of the Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy. Russian national team athletes Elena Danilochkina, Anna Petrakova and Ekaterina Lisina have not yet reached an agreement with the new team owner and will most likely miss the opening game. It is possible that several veterans may appear on the team.
Two goals by Ovechkin did not save Washington
Hockey. NHL. Regular season . "Philadelphia" -- "Washington" -- 6:5 OT -- Ovechkin "B" (2+1), Semin "B" (2+0), "Toronto" -- "Ottawa" -- 1:2, "Carolina" -- "Tampa Bay" -- 2:1 B., "Minnesota" -- "Anaheim" -- 4:3 OT -- Artyukhin "A" (1+0), "Calgary" -- " Montreal" -- 4:3, "Edmonton" -- "Dallas" -- 5:4 B -- Grebeshkov "E" (1+1), "Los Angeles" -- "San Jose" -- 6: 4 -- Frolov “L-A” (0+1).
Two goals and an assist from Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin did not save Washington from defeat. The capital's hockey players lost away to Philadelphia in the next match of the NHL regular season. This failure was the first for Washington in the beginning of the season. Let us remember that in each of the two previous matches Ovechkin scored three points. Another Russian legionnaire of the Capitals, Alexander Semin, did not lag behind his compatriot and this time scored a double. However, Philadelphia's leader, Canadian Mike Richards, scored a hat-trick. Pilots' defender Matt Karl also achieved an amazing result, assisting his teammates four times in the second period. The last time the famous Rob Blake managed to do this was in 1998.
In other matches of the day, Russian hockey players also did not remain in the shadows. Forward Sergei Samsonov converted the winning shootout for Carolina, and Edmonton defender Denis Grebeshkov sent the meeting with Dallas into overtime. Nikolai Khabibullin defended the entire match for the Oilers, stopping 30 shots and not allowing any of the opponents to beat him in the shootout.
Three Russians reached the quarterfinals in Beijing
The Russians are performing quite successfully at the tennis tournament in Beijing. The eighth racket of the world Nikolay Davydenko reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, beating the German Philipp Kohlschreiber - 6:1, 6:0. In the next round, the Russian will meet with Igor Andreev’s offender, Croatian Marin Cilic.
At the quarterfinal stage of the women's competition, the Russian derby will take place with the participation of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In order to get into the 1/4, Kuznetsova needed to defeat the Ukrainian Alena Bondarenko - 6:3, 4:6, 6:0. Pavlyuchenkova limited herself to two sets in the meeting with Canadian Alexandra Vozniak - 6:4, 6:4.
Maria Sharapova was unable to join her compatriots, losing in the third round to Chinese Peng Shuai - 2:6, 4:6. A day earlier, Nadezhda Petrova broke the resistance of Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova - 6:1, 2:6, 7:5 and in the next round she must meet with American Serena Williams.
At the men's tournament in Tokyo, Mikhail Youzhny reached the second round, beating Brazilian Thomas Bellucci - 6:2, 6:3.
Screening of the match "Rubin" - "Inter" set a viewership record
The game between Rubin Kazan and Inter Milan, regardless of the places and channels of viewing the broadcast, attracted 11.4 million people in the country on television. According to estimates from the analytical agency SK, this is the best figure for the group stage of the tournament since 2004, when the CSKA-Chelsea match was watched by 11.1 million Russians.
In addition, the first home game of the Kazan team in the main club tournament of Europe exceeded the record value for the Russian championships of this period - 11.2 million spectators. Before this, the best result was the match between Spartak and CSKA in 2006. This activity of TV fans may generally affect the broadcast format of the Champions League. Already in the next round, both games of Russian clubs (Barcelona - Rubin and CSKA - Manchester United) will be shown on the public broadcast of the NTV channel.
Australian Open to increase prize pool
The organizers of the Australian Open announced that the tournament's prize fund in 2010 will be a record and exceed $21 million. “The Australian Open remains a significant international brand in both sports and business in the current difficult economic situation,” said the director tournament Craig Tiley. -- Research shows that the tournament annually brings in over $200 million to the country's economy. In 2009, we achieved records in attendance, geography and number of television viewers, as well as hits on the Internet site.”
It was announced that the total prize fund of the Australian Open 2010 will be $21.15 million, which is 4.12% more than this year. The winners of the individual men's and women's competitions will each receive $1.86 million.