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Volleyball. Champions League. Women. "Final Four". Semi-final. Fenerbahce (Istanbul, Turkey) -- Cannes (France) --3:2 (18:25, 25:19, 25:18, 17:25, 23:21), Foppapedretti (Bergamo, Italy) ) -- Azistel (Novara, Italy) -- 3:1 (25:20, 21:25, 25:19, 25:15). For 3rd place. "Cannes" - "Azistel" - 3:0 (26:24, 25:19, 25:18). Final. Fenerbahce - Foppapedretti - 2:3 (22:25, 21:25, 25:22, 25:20, 9:15).
Italian club Foppapedretti from Bergamo won the European Champions League for the second year in a row and for the fourth time in the last six seasons. Winner of the gold medal at the 2002 World Championship, Francesca Piccinini, one of the winners, was recognized as the most valuable volleyball player at the Final Four held in Cannes, France. In the decisive match, Foppapedretti interrupted the unique streak of 38 consecutive victories of the Turkish Fenerbahce in official matches this season. Diagonal striker of the Russian national team and the Istanbul team Ekaterina Gamova became the top scorer of the decisive stage - 30 points in the semi-finals with the hosts of the competition and 18 in the game directly for the title.
Gamova is forced to experience disappointment in her fourth Champions League final in a row. In the spring of 2003, her Uralochka lost to Cannes, and three years ago and last season, Dynamo Moscow could not cope with the same Foppapedretti.
Nelson equals NBA coaching record
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. “Boston” – “Cleveland” – 117:113, “Toronto” – “Golden State” – 112:113, “Washington” – “New Jersey” – 109:99, “Oklahoma” – Minnesota -- 116:108, Lakers -- San Antonio -- 81:100, Orlando -- Memphis -- 102:97, Indiana -- Houston -- 133 :102, “Clippers” – “New York” – 107:113.
The victory in Toronto was 69-year-old Golden State coach Don Nelson's 1,332nd in the NBA regular season, tying Lenny Wilkens' record. Nelson has been working as the head coach of league clubs since the 1976/77 season. In addition to his current team, the venerable specialist also managed the basketball players of Milwaukee, New York and Dallas. As for the current record holder Wilkens, whose achievement will be broken in the coming days, he was the helmsman of Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Atlanta, Toronto and "New York".
The top scorers of the game day were LeBron James (Cleveland), Chris Bosh (Toronto) - 42 points each, Kevin Durant (Oklahoma) - 40.
CSKA fought in Samara
Basketball. Super League. Men. First stage. "Dynamo" M -- "Triumph" -- 88:66, "Red Wings" -- CSKA -- 74:76 OT, UNICS -- "Khimki" -- 59:73, "Yenisey" -- Lokomotiv-Kuban " -- 78:75.
The most dramatic of the four matches that concluded the first stage of the regular season was the one in which the teams continued to fight for the continental cups. CSKA reached the Final Four of the ULEB Euroleague, the Red Wings will perform at the decisive stage of the FIBA EuroChallenge. The capital's army team arrived on the banks of the Volga without three key players - Ramunas Siskauskas, Trajan Langdon and Alexander Kaun. But even with such a weakening of the champion’s lineup, the draw in regulation time (67:67) became a sensation. Moreover, 20 seconds before the siren the guests were in the lead with a difference of three points. The fate of overtime was decided by two long-range hits from John Holden, who ultimately brought his team 26 points.
Position of the teams based on the results of the first stage: CSKA - 15 wins - 1 defeat, Khimki - 13--3, UNICS - 9--7, Dynamo M - 8--8, Lokomotiv-Kuban " -- 8--8, "Triumph" -- 7--9, "Red Wings" -- 5--11, "Yenisei" -- 4--12, "Spartak" St. Petersburg -- 3--13. The participants are now divided into the strongest four and the remaining quintet; they will play the second stage matches in one round, as a result of which the only loser and the playoff bracket will be determined.
Bilyaletdinov scored against West Ham
Football. English Championship. 33rd round. Manchester United - Chelsea - 1:2, Portsmouth - Blackburn - 0:0, Sunderland - Tottenham - 3:1, Bolton - Aston Villa " -- 0:1, Arsenal -- Wolverhampton -- 1:0, Stoke City -- Hull -- 2:0, Burnley -- Manchester City -- 1:6 , Fulham - Wigan - 2:1, Birmingham - Liverpool - 1:1, Everton - West Ham - 2:2. Leading : Chelsea - 74 points, Manchester United - 72, Arsenal - 71.
Everton's Diniyar Bilyaletdinov opened the scoring in the home match against West Ham. This is already the fifth goal of the former player of the capital's Lokomotiv in the English Premier League championship. For the guests, the outcome of the match should be considered successful - a series of six defeats in a row was interrupted. Yuri Zhirkov played all 90 minutes for Chelsea, Andrei Arshavin was unable to help Arsenal due to injury, Roman Pavlyuchenko was little noticeable in the Tottenham ranks, and the Russian was replaced in the 71st minute.
Italian Championship. 32nd round. Parma - Fiorentina - 1:1, Lazio - Napoli - 1:1, Inter - Bologna - 3:0, Genoa - Livorno -- 1:1, "Chievo" -- "Sampdoria" -- 1:2, "Atalanta" -- "Siena" -- 2:0, "Bari" -- "Roma" -- 0:1, "Cagliari" "- "Milan" - 2:3, "Catania" - "Palermo" - 2:0, "Udinese" - "Juventus" - 3:0. Leading : Inter - 66, Roma - 65, Milan - 63.
Spanish Championship. 30th round. “Zaragoza” – “Malaga” – 2:0, “Barcelona” – “Athletic” – 4:1, “Sevilla” – “Tenerife” – 3:0, “Valladolid” – “Villarreal” -- 0:2, Almeria -- Mallorca -- 1:1, Sporting -- Jerez -- 2:2, Getafe -- Espanyol -- 1:1, Valencia "- "Osasuna" - 3:0, "Racing" - "Real" - 0:2, "Atlético" - "Deportivo" - 3:0. Leading : Real Madrid, Barcelona - 77, Valencia - 56.
The next round will feature the Superclassico between Real Madrid and Barcelona, and the teams approached it in leading positions with an equal number of points.
French Championship. 31st round. "Valenciennes" - "Lille" - 1:0, "Saint-Etienne" - "Le Mans" - 2:0, "Rennes" - "Lyon" - 1:2, "Nice" - - Sochaux - 0:0, Grenoble - Lorient - 1:2, Bordeaux - Nancy - 1:2, Montpellier - Monaco - 0: 0, Marseille - Lens - 1:0, Boulogne - Toulouse - 1:1, Auxerre - PSG - 1:1. Leading : Lyon, Montpellier, Auxerre - 57.