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Подготовили Ольга ЕРМОЛИНА и Андрей ВДОВИН
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Real Madrid have announced a number of important appointments within the club's structure. First of all, it has been officially confirmed that Florentino Perez will take over as president of the club. Perez was the only candidate for this elected post: the other contenders were unable to provide bank guarantees in the amount of 57.4 million euros, which are required to take part in the elections. Real Madrid must quickly regain their lost ground. Our goal is to make Madrid the best club in the 21st century,” said Perez, who already managed the club from 2000 to 2006.
The first appointments that Florentino Perez made upon taking office were soon announced. Former Real Madrid footballer Zinedine Zidane has been appointed advisor to the president. Jorge Valdano will take over as the team's CEO. Miguel Pardesa, who also once played for Real Madrid, has been appointed as the new sporting director.
But most importantly, Real officially announced the appointment of Manuel Pellegrini as head coach of the team, who should be presented to fans at the Santiago Bernabeo stadium today. The Chilean specialist established himself while working with Villarreal, which he led to the leaders of the Spanish championship and twice brought to the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Real Madrid and Florentino Perez are expected to announce some high-profile transfers in the coming days. While there are reports in the Spanish press about the alleged impending transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United to the “royal” club.
Ancelotti promised bonus for success in Champions League
The British edition of The Guardian reveals the financial side of the contract of Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, who headed Chelsea. The ex-Milan coach's agreement with the London club is for three years, and Ancelotti will receive 6.5 million English pounds for each season. In addition, the contract contains numerous bonuses. The largest of them is for winning the Champions League. If Chelsea wins a trophy that has not yet been won, Ancelotti will receive £1 million. The Italian himself has plenty of experience in winning this tournament - he won the Champions Cup twice as a football player and two more times as a coach.
In turn, Milan, having lost Ancelotti, did not think long about the candidacy of a new head coach. The team was immediately led by the Brazilian Leonardo, who had previously played for the club and in recent years served as its technical director.
Chagaev's team called Valuev "the biggest coward"
Representatives of the Uzbek heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev gave a press conference, during which they explained why they consider the cancellation of the fight with Nikolai Valuev illegal. The expert opinion of Heiner Wedemeyer was used as evidence. “There is no risk of infection from Chagaev. Mr. Chagaev has absolutely normal liver parameters, he is not sick, but is just a carrier of the hepatitis B antigen,” Wedemeyer said.
“Valuev is the biggest and heaviest boxer in the world, but he is also the biggest coward,” his promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl outlined the conclusions of Chagaev’s team.
Our athletes won three medals in Hengelo
At the Grand Prix track and field competitions in Hengelo, Holland, Russian athletes stood on the podium three times.
Anna Alminova finished second at a distance of 1500 meters - 4 minutes. 01.51 sec. This is the best result of the summer season in Europe. Ethiopian Gilete Burka developed great speed in this race and won (3:58.79). Pole vaulter Svetlana Feofanova, who took the start for the first time this season, became second (4 m 45 cm), losing to the German Silke Spiegelburg (4.55). Tatyana Polnova with the same result as Feofanova is third, Alexandra Kiryashova (4.35) is fourth.
Among other results, we note the results of the men's long jump competition, where five athletes flew beyond the eight-meter mark. The victory was won by Beijing Olympic champion Irving Saladino from Panama - 8.54. Athens Olympic champion American Dwight Phillips lost just two centimeters to him. The third was the Frenchman Salim Sdiri - 8.23, having recovered from an accident. Let us remember that two years ago at the Golden League stage in Rome, Finn Tero Pitkämäki’s spear hit a jumper in the back. Churandi Martina from the Antilles covered 100 meters in 9.97 and became the world season leader.
Tyson Guy switched to the 100m
American sprinter Tyson Guy, who showed the third fastest time in history in the 200 meters at a recent competition in New York (19.58 seconds), said that he now intends to concentrate on another distance - 100 meters. "The goal was to show a fast time in New York," Guy said. - I paid more attention to the starting acceleration and running technique. The result shown was my goal for this season, and the fact that I managed to achieve it already in my first start is very pleasant. This proves that I am completely fine and no longer suffer from injuries. To be honest, I haven't done a lot of speed work yet. Now I want to concentrate on the 100m to understand at what distance I am stronger.”
Mike Tyson will come to Moscow
On November 14, a boxing match will take place at Luzhniki, in which the winner of the Kostya Tszyu Cup will take part. Boxer Mike Tyson, as well as Australian actors Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman, will come to the fight as guests. Currently, applications are being selected from applicants who want to fight with the winner of the Kostya Tszyu Cup. Among those announced are the younger brothers of Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao - Matthew and Bobby, respectively. The name of the winner of the Tszyu Cup will be known in September after the final in Yugorsk.