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Подготовили Андрей ВДОВИН и Илья ТРИСВЯТСКИЙ
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Italian Championship. 29th round. Catania - Lazio - 1:0, Roma - Juventus - 1:4, Bologna - Cagliari - 0:1, Chievo - Palermo -- 1:0, Fiorentina -- Siena -- 1:0, Genoa -- Udinese -- 2:0, Inter -- Regina -- 3:0, Lecce "- "Atalanta" - 2:2, "Torino" - "Sampdoria" - 1:3, "Napoli" - "Milan" - 0:0. Leading : Inter - 69 points, Juventus - 62, Milan - 55.
After leaving the Champions League, Roma finally discredited itself in the eyes of the fans, losing heavily at home to Juventus. Now the Romans, who are in sixth place, will have to make every effort to get ahead of Genoa and Fiorentina, who are also vying for the championship spot.
Spanish Championship. 28th round. "Villarreal" - "Athletic" - 2:0, "Sevilla" - "Valladolid" - 4:1, "Deportivo" - "Betis" - 1:1, "Osasuna" - "Espanyol" -- 1:0, Getafe -- Recreativo -- 2:1, Racing -- Valencia -- 0:1, Real -- Almeria -- 3:0, Numancia » -- "Sporting" - 2:1, "Barcelona" - "Malaga" - 6:0, "Mallorca" - "Atlético" - 2:0. Leading : Barcelona - 69 points, Real Madrid - 63, Sevilla - 54.
German Championship. 25th round. "Borussia" M -- "Bochum" -- 0:1, "Borussia" D -- "Werder" -- 1:0, "Bayern" -- "Karlsruhe" -- 1:0, "Energi" -- " Cologne - 0:2, Stuttgart - Hertha - 2:0, Bayer - Eintracht - 1:1, Hoffenheim - Hannover - 2:2, "Arminia" - "Wolfsburg" - 0:3, "Schalke" - "Hamburg" - 1:2. Leading : Hertha - 49 points, Bayern, Wolfsburg, Hamburg - 48 each.
Hertha's misfire intensified the fight for leadership in the Bundesliga to the limit. Meanwhile, Bayern are unhappy that the club's leading position in Germany is under threat. According to Kicker, big changes are coming to the club's management. The club's general manager Uli Hoeneß will retire at the end of the year. Famous goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who recently retired from playing, is vying for his place.
Zvonareva achieved the title in Indian Wells
Muscovite Vera Zvonareva became the winner of a major tennis tournament in the Premier Mandatory category with a prize fund of $4.5 million in Indian Wells (USA). In the semi-finals, the Russian woman defeated Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) - 6:3, 6:3, and in the decisive match she defeated the former first racket of the world, Serbian Ana Ivanovic - 7:6 (7:5), 6:2.
Moreover, Vera celebrated double success, having also won the title in doubles, where she performed in tandem with Azarenka. In the final, the Slavic pair put the finishing touches on the international tandem Shahar Pe'er (Israel) - Gisela Dulko (Argentina) in a tiebreaker - 6:4, 3:6, 10:5. Thus, during a week and a half of performances in Indian Wells, Zvonareva immediately earned 818.5 thousand dollars, of which 700 thousand dollars for winning the singles. In the 2009 season, the Russian woman came in second place in prize money - about $1.16 million, which is half a million less than the Australian Open winner, American Serena Williams, who traditionally skipped the competition in Indian Wells.
In the individual BTA ranking, our tennis player rose from sixth position to fifth, and this is a repeat of her highest achievement in her career. In 2009, Zvonareva played 20 singles matches and only left the court defeated in two. The won BTA title became the ninth in her sports biography. As for doubles statistics, Vera has not won a tournament in this discipline since 2006.
At the parallel men's Masters, the world's best player Rafael Nadal won, defeating Briton Andy Murray in the final - 6:1, 6:2.
“Cleveland” repeated the club record
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. “Detroit” – “Miami” – 96:101, “Toronto” – “Clippers” – 100:76, “New Jersey” – “Cleveland” – 88:96, “Sacramento” – “ Philadelphia - 100:112, Minnesota - Oklahoma - 90:97, San Antonio - Houston - 85:87, New Orleans - Golden State - - 99:89.
The leader of the Western Conference, Cleveland, won their ninth victory in a row and won a total of 57 matches during the championship, which is a repetition of the club record set in the 1988/89 and 1991/92 seasons. The team has been playing in the National Basketball Association since 1970. There is no doubt that this record will be broken, because before the end of the regular season, LeBron James (he scored 30 points in the meeting with New Jersey) and his Cavaliers teammates still have a dozen matches left to play.
Boston is the Northeast Division champion.
Hockey. NBA. Regular season. “Pittsburgh” – “Philadelphia” – 1:3 – Malkin “P” (0+1), “Chicago” – “Los Angeles” – 4:1, “Rangers” – “Ottawa” - - 1:2, "Anaheim" - "Phoenix" - 6:2, "Boston" - "New Jersey" - 4:1, "Minnesota" - "Edmonton" - 3:0, " San Jose - Colorado - 3:1 - Semenov S (0+2).
“Boston” became the winner of the Northeast Division ahead of schedule. The Bruins won 46 victories in 73 matches, the closest pursuer, Montreal, played a game less and celebrated success 36 times. Since each team plays 82 meetings in the regular season, the Canadian club can theoretically catch up with the Bostonians, but will still be behind them in additional indicators.
CSKA's second fiasco in a row
Football. Russian Championship. Premier League. Rescheduled 2nd round match. CSKA - Tom - 0:1 (Maznov 2) . The leaders are: Dynamo, Krylya Sovetov - 6 points each, Rubin, Zenit, Terek - 4 points each.
After the defeat in the UEFA Cup from Shakhtar Donetsk, CSKA lost in the home match of the Russian championship. The only goal in this meeting, taking advantage of a cross from a corner at the very beginning of the match, was scored by Goran Maznov with his head. The “red-blues” attacked the entire remaining time, including four added minutes, had good chances to score the opponent’s goal, but were unable to achieve at least a draw.