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Подготовили Ольга ЕРМОЛИНА; Илья ТРИСВЯТСКИЙ
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The capital's Dynamo basketball players started the European Cup with a victory. In Riga, head coach David Blatt's team dealt with the local club Barons - 80:61. Former NBA player Slovenian Bastian Nachbar brought the “blue and white” 24 points, converting seven of nine shots from medium and close range. Twice more, the Muscovites' top scorer scored long-range hits. The guests' advantage in the fight on the backboard looked solid - 43 rebounds versus 31 for the Riga team. Next Tuesday, Dynamo will host the Bulgarian Akademik at its arena in Krylatskoye. Let us remind you that Kazan UNICS also plays in the same quartet “B”.
Of the 16 matches in the opening round of the first group stage, the most extraordinary result was recorded in the game between the German Bamberg and the Polish Turov. 6.5 thousand German fans were forced to watch the absolute helplessness of their team in attack - 39:69. Moreover, in the second quarter the hosts scored only five points. In the Eurochallenge tournament, Perm Ural-Great suffered a setback. The team from the banks of the Kama suffered an away defeat from the French Toulon - 83:94. The most productive players in our club were Serbian Vanya Plisnic (21 points) and American with a Belgian passport Ralph Biggs (19).
Today, within the Euroleague ULEB, the current trophy winner CSKA will play against Partizan Belgrade. Slovenian forward Matjaz Smodis, who has not played since mid-October due to an injury received during an exhibition match against NBA club Toronto, went to Serbia. Smodis has already fully recovered and is back in action.
Nabokov returns to the ice
Hockey. NHL. Regular season. “Nashville” – “St. Louis” – 0:1 B, “Toronto” – “Atlanta” – 3:6 - - Kovalchuk “A” (1+0) , Kozlov “A” (0+2 ), “Calgary” - “Los Angeles” - Frolov (1+0).
In the confrontation between Toronto and Atlanta, the opponents’ goal was sealed by Ilya Kovalchuk, who plays for the Thrashers. This goal was the Russian's sixth of the season.
San Jose goalkeeper Evgeniy Nabokov returns to the ice after a groin injury. Due to health problems, he missed three weeks of the regular season. Recently it became known about personnel changes in the management of NHL clubs. Thus, former Anaheim general manager Brian Bourque will take a similar position in Toronto, and Michael Sullivan has been appointed assistant head coach of Tampa. Let us remember that last season Sullivan headed this club, but now he will help the new team coach Rick Tocchet.
Bogut is injured
Basketball. NBA. Regular season . Lakers - New Jersey - 120:93, Dallas - Indiana - 109:106, Oklahoma City - Phoenix - 98:99, New York "-"Cleveland" - 101:119, "Washington" - "Golden State" - 124:100.
Milwaukee center Andrew Bogut suffered a knee injury in the 101-108 loss to Orlando and was out for several games. It is unclear how serious the damage is. According to the preliminary diagnosis, Bogut may miss about two weeks, the club’s official website reports. The Australian became the third injured player in Milwaukee's main squad. Previously, defenders Luke Ridnour and Michael Redd dropped out due to health problems. Let us remind you that this season Bogut played 15 games in the NBA regular season, averaging 11.1 points and 11.4 rebounds.
Pavlova may end her career
Russian gymnast Anna Pavlova, who received a serious injury at a tournament in Germany, recently underwent surgery in one of the Russian clinics. The doctors' diagnosis is a rupture of the cruciate ligaments of the knee. Let us remind you that at the competition Pavlova was injured on the balance beam. Doctors provided first aid to the athlete directly in the gym. Anna is still in the hospital, undergoing a rehabilitation period. There is no talk of discharge home yet. According to her, she will have to forget about training in the near future. “Without any doubt, I won’t perform for six months. I hope, of course, that I can still return to gymnastics, but I don’t have complete confidence in this,” said the gymnast.
The Russian Basketball Federation faces a fine
The Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) may be fined up to 30 thousand euros in connection with the refusal of the CSKA women's team to play in the Euroleague, the All Sport agency reports, citing a statement by the public relations manager of the International Federation of Basketball Associations (FIBA) in Europe by Sakis Kontos. According to Kontos, FIBA Europe has already informed all interested parties that the capital's women's army club has withdrawn from the EuroLeague Women's competition due to financial problems. At the time of withdrawal from the tournament, CSKA had won 10 points - four wins and two defeats - in Group B. The results of all games involving CSKA have been cancelled, and accordingly the position of the teams in the group will also be reviewed. Regarding sanctions against the club or national federation, no decisions have been made yet. However, according to the rules of FIBA European club tournaments, in case of refusal to participate in the competition after the draw, the entry fee will not be returned to the club; a fine of up to 30 thousand euros is imposed on the national federation; and another team may take the club’s place in the tournament.
Uspensky faces a second operation
Russian figure skater Alexander Uspensky will undergo a second operation on his leg. This can partly explain his unsuccessful performance at the recent Moscow Grand Prix, where he took 10th place. According to the athlete’s coach Marina Kudryavtseva, her student began the season after surgery on one leg, and will soon have surgery on the other leg. “The fact that at many competitions we do not have a massage therapist or a doctor, because there is no financial opportunity for this, is a well-known fact. But the main reason, in my opinion, is that the rules of figure skating have become more complicated, and if earlier a skater had the opportunity to rest on rotations, during step sequences, now he is forced to give his best all the time while his program lasts, and this tension leads to injury. In addition, many problems arise due to low-quality equipment. For example, Sasha Uspensky’s injury was caused by skates. Companies supply us with such bad skate boots that our feet become deformed as a result. This season, Sasha switched to different skates, but since the process has already started, now he will have a second operation,” said Marina Kudryavtseva.