| Russian tennis player Igor Andreev achieved the best achievement in his career, having very successfully performed at the ATP International Series tournament with a prize fund of 550 thousand euros in Gstaad (Switzerland). Playing on clay, Andreev defeated the Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in the quarterfinals - 6:3, 6:4, then defeated the third racket of the competition, the German Rainer Schuttler - 6:2, 3:6, 7:6 (8:6 ), and only in the decisive match was stopped by the number one in the world classification, the owner of the court, Roger Federer. According to the regulations, the final was held up to three games won and remained with the Swiss - 6:2, 6:3, 5:7, 6:3 . Vladimir ILYIN
"Spartak" and "Shinnik" - in the third round of the Intertoto Cup
The capital's Spartak and Yaroslavl's Shinnik won further victories in the Intertoto Cup and reached the third round of the tournament. In the return match of the second round, Spartak beat the Croatian Kamen Ingrad away - 1:0 (the only goal was scored by Pogrebnyak), and the Yaroslavl team won at home over the Czech Teplice - 2:0. Now Shinnik will meet with the Portuguese Leiria. Spartak has a more eminent rival - Villarreal. The Spaniards won the Intertoto tournament last season and reached the UEFA Cup, where they reached the semi-finals, knocking out the capital's Torpedo along the way. The next international matches “Spartak” and “Shinnik” will be held on July 17-18 and 24. Andrey VDOVIN
Our volleyball players defeated the Germans
On the first game day of the “Final Four” of the men's volleyball Euroleague at the sports palace in the Czech city of Opava, the Russian team confidently defeated Germany - 3:0 (25:22, 25:13, 25:14). The most productive member of our team was Sergei Tetyukhin from Lokomotiv-Belogorye (Belgorod) - 11 points. Head coach Gennady Shipulin's team looked stronger than their opponents in all elements of the game, and especially on the block - 12 points versus two for the Germans. In the other semi-final, the Czech Republic beat Holland 3:0 (25:23, 25:21, 25:19). The country's women's team completed the first stage of the traditional commercial Grand Prix tournament. In Kawasaki (Japan), our girls defeated Poland (3:0), the hosts (3:1) and lost to the Italians (2:3). Ilya TRISVIATSKY
Sadova and Korzhanenko distinguished themselves in Kazan
The Znamensky Brothers Memorial, which has the status of a second category Grand Prix in the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) calendar, ended in Kazan. The composition of the competition participants was not very representative; in most disciplines, Russian athletes competed exclusively with each other. Among the highest results, one should note the victory of Danila Burkeni in the triple jump - 17 m 43 cm. Olga Kotlyarova, a well-known specialist in the 400 m run, made her debut at a distance twice as long and took second place, losing only to Tatyana Andrianova. And on the first day of the tournament, which had a purely Russian status, the two best results of the season in the world were shown. Natalya Sadova threw the discus 68 m 63 cm, Irina Korzhanenko put the shot 20 m 65 cm. Vladimir ILYIN
Tomjanovich will lead the Lakers
One of the most titled NBA clubs, the Los Angeles Lakers, named the coach who will work with the team in the new season. The team was left without a coach for less than a month: after the lost playoff final, Phil Jackson resigned. The new head coach is Rudy Tomjanovich, who previously worked with one of the Lakers' main competitors, the Houston Rockets. Tomjanovich, 55, was forced to interrupt his coaching career two years ago after he was diagnosed with cancer. However, now the specialist feels the strength to once again take the lead role. One of Tomjanovich's most significant coaching achievements is winning the Olympic Games in Sydney. Konstantin IVANOV
The draw for the ULEB Euroleague took place
The draw for the first stage of the ULEB Euroleague took place in Moscow. The rivals of the capital's army team in Group “C” were “Tau Ceramica” (Spain), “Benetton” (Italy), “Pau-Orthez” (France), “Panathinaikos” (Greece), “Ulker” (Turkey), “Unicaja” (Spain) and Skyliners (Germany). CSKA will play the opening match of the tournament at home against Benetton on November 3 or 4. The 24 Euroleague participants are divided into three groups of eight teams. Based on the results of matches in two rounds, the five best teams from each group and one of the teams that took sixth place with the best results advance to the “Top 16” stage. Also in Moscow, the ULEB Euroleague Assembly took place, which made a number of decisions regarding changes to the rules of the game. In particular, at a distance of 1 m 22 cm from the center of the basketball hoop, a special zone will be designated in which a violation of the rules by an attacking player will not be considered an offensive foul. Ilya TRISVIATSKY
Swimmers break world records
At the end of last week, three world records in swimming were broken at once. At the Olympic qualifying competition in Long Beach (USA), Brendan Hansen swam the 100-meter breaststroke in 59.30 seconds, improving by 0.48 seconds. a world achievement a year ago, established by the Japanese Kosuke Kitajima in Barcelona. Another American, Michael Phelps, covered the 400 m medley distance in 4 minutes 08.41 seconds, updating his own record by 0.68 seconds. In Brisbane at the Grand Prix stage, Australian Leisel Jones dropped three hundredths of a second from the achievement of Chinese Hu O three years ago in the 200 m breaststroke - 2 minutes. 22.96 sec. Ilya TRISVIATSKY
Lazio want to be sent to Serie C
Today, the Italian Lazio may be declared bankrupt. No later than July 12, the Roman club must submit financial documentation to the Italian league and confirm its creditworthiness. If the league considers Lazio's condition unstable, then one of the most popular teams in Italy will be sent to Serie C.
Lazio could well have avoided the unpleasant procedure. Until the last moment, negotiations were underway on the sale of a controlling stake in the club by businessman Claudio Lotito. The transaction amount was estimated at 45 million euros. However, the Capitalia banking group, which controls Lazio, refused the deal and ended negotiations. Lazio is not the only Italian football club facing bankruptcy. Last year, Parma could have been sent to Serie C; many questions were raised about the financial state of Roma and other Serie A teams. Andrey VDOVIN
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