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Russian Championship. Premier League. Matches of the 27th round. November 3. “Wings of the Soviets” - “Shinnik”, “Lokomotiv” - “Dynamo”. 28th round. November 7. "Khimki" - "Tom". November 8. "Shinnik" - "Saturn", "Wings of the Soviets" - "Spartak-Nalchik". 9 November I. "Spartak" M - "Lokomotiv", "Amkar" - "Zenith", "Dynamo" - "Luch-Energia", "Rubin" - "Terek".
The second round begins in the tournament of the continent's strongest teams. Alas, St. Petersburg Zenit takes last place in its group, having lost to the Italian Juventus (0:1), the Spanish Real Madrid (1:2) and ended in a draw with the Belarusian BATE (1:1). Juve leads in this quartet with seven points, the Royal club has one point less, the Tractor Drivers have two points and only one for the St. Petersburg team. On Wednesday, the team of Dutch specialist Dick Advocaat will meet with BATE on the field in Minsk, since the stadium in the city of Borisov is not allowed to host matches of such a high level. Real Madrid hosts Juventus on this day.
Schedule of the remaining matches of the 4th round. November 4. Group "A". CFR (Romania) - Bordeaux (France), Roma (Italy) - Chelsea (England). Group "B". "Anorthosis" (Cyprus) - "Inter" (Italy), "Werder" (Germany) - "Panathinaikos" (Greece). Group "C". "Sporting" (Portugal) - "Shakhtar" (Donetsk, Ukraine), "Barcelona" (Spain) - "Basel" (Switzerland). Group "D". Liverpool (England) - Atlético Madrid (Spain), Marseille (France) - PSV Eindhoven (Holland). November 5th. Group "E". "Aalborg" (Denmark) - "Villarreal" (Spain), "Celtic" (Scotland) - "Manchester United" (England). Group "F". Fiorentina (Italy) - Bayern (Germany), Lyon (France) - Steaua (Romania). Group "G". Arsenal (England) - Fenerbahce (Turkey), Dynamo (Kyiv, Ukraine) - Porto (Portugal).
Two Russian teams continue to compete in the UEFA Cup. If CSKA, which goes to Holland to meet Feyenoord, will play the second match of the group stage, then the capital's Spartak, which missed the first round according to the calendar, is just starting in its quintet. The Red and Whites will compete against the Italian Udinese in Luzhniki.
HOCKEY. November 6-9. The first stage of the Euro Hockey Tour is Karjala Cup. Helsinki (Finland).
By tradition, one of the matches of the Euro Hockey Tour stage is taken to another country. The Russian national team will host Sweden on November 6 in Moscow at the CSKA Ice Sports Palace. Schedule of other meetings. November 6. Finland - Czech Republic. November 8. Sweden - Czech Republic, Finland - Russia. November 9. Czech Republic - Russia, Finland - Sweden.
TENNIS. November 4-9. Final WTA Championship. Doha (Qatar).
The eight strongest tennis players of the 2008 season and the four best pairs will take part in the final tournament of the year. The selection took place throughout the year according to the rating, where the points earned in all competitions were added up.
In singles, the octet of contenders for the title included Russians Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva, Americans Serena and Venus Williams, Serbs Ana Ivanovic and Elena Jankovic. At the preliminary stage they will be divided into two quartets, then semi-finals and a final. There will only be three playoff matches in doubles. The duets Cara Black (Zimbabwe) - Liesel Huber (USA), Anabel Medina Garrigues - Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain), Kveta Peschke (Czech Republic) - Rene Stubbs (Australia), Ai Sugiyama (Japan) - Katarina will come to Doha Srebotnik (Slovenia). The total prize fund of the final WTA championship is $4.45 million.
VOLLEYBALL. November 4-6. Champions League. 1st round . November 8-9. Super League. Men. 7th round. Women. 4th round.
For the first time, three of our clubs are participating in the men's Champions League. In addition to the gold medalist of the national championship of the capital Dynamo and the winner of the Russian Cup of Kazan Zenit, this is also the silver medalist Iskra, which received a wild card from the European Volleyball Confederation.
Games of the opening round with the participation of our clubs. Men. Group "B". November 4. Dynamo M - Vitoria (Guimaraes, Portugal). Group "D". November 6. "Piet Zoomers - Dynamo" (Apeldoorn, Holland) - "Zenith". Group "F". November 4. "Iskra" - "Panathinaikos" (Athens, Greece). Women. Group "A". November 6. "Rijeka" Croatia) - "Dinamo" M. Group "D". November 5th. "Zarechye-Odintsovo" - "Martinus" (Holland).
Also this week the CEV Cup starts. The first stage is the 1/16 finals. In the men's tournament, two-time Champions League winner Lokomotiv-Belogorye will play at home with Polish Olsztyn on Tuesday, and the next day Lokomotiv Novosibirsk will meet with Arona in the Spanish Canary Islands. For women, both Russian teams are playing away matches on November 5th. The rival of the Yekaterinburg "Uralochka" - "Rocheville" (Le Cannet, France), the Omsk "Spartak" visited the Spanish "Albacete".
The central match of the 7th round of the Super League will be Saturday's game between two teams that became the best in Europe: Lokomotiv-Belogorye versus Zenit.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL. November 4-9. World Tour stage. Phuket (Thailand).
BASKETBALL. November 4--5. European Cup. 2nd qualifying round. First matches. November 5-6. Euroleague ULEB. First group stage. 3rd round .
The only representative of Russia in the Euroleague, CSKA, will face Real Madrid in the Spanish capital on Thursday. The European Cup is the second most important continental club tournament, taking the place of the ULEB Cup. The capital's Dynamo and Khimki were admitted to the group stage without qualifying. In qualifying on November 4, Ural Great will play away against the Serbian Zeleznik, UNICS in Kazan will fight against the Israeli Hapoel (Jerusalem).
RUGBY. November 8. European Nations Cup. Russia - Spain. Moscow.
The European Nations Cup is a qualifying tournament for the 2011 World Cup. Guaranteed trips to New Zealand will be given to the two best teams of six participants. In addition to Russia and Spain, the first division of the Nations Cup includes Georgia, Germany, Portugal and Romania. Our team is playing its first match at the Moscow Slava Stadium.
MOUNTAIN SKIING. November 4-7. European Cup. Amneville (France), Landgraf (Holland), Neuss (Germany).
For Russian alpine skiers, the European Cup is an important competition that allows young athletes to prepare for performance at a higher level - in the World Cup.