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Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Islanders" -- "Pittsburgh" -- 3:4 (B) - - Malkin "P" (0+1), "Boston" -- "Buffalo" -- 3:1, "Washington" -- "Rangers" -- 3:1 - - Semin "V" (1+1), "Detroit" -- "New Jersey" -- 3:1 -- Datsyuk "D" (0+1) , "Toronto" -- " Montreal" - 6:3 - Kulemin "T" (0+1), Kovalev "M" (0+1), Markov "M" (0+1) , "Colorado" - "Nashville" - 1 :0, “Vancouver” – “Minnesota” – 2:0, “Los Angeles” – “St. Louis” – 5:3 – Frolov “LA” (1+1) .
The New York Rangers announced that they intend to receive a compensatory pick in the 2009 draft. Due to the death of Avangard forward Alexei Cherepanov, who was selected by the Rangers earlier, the club intends to take advantage of the clause in the regulations, according to which the team receives a compensatory choice if for some reason it fails to sign a contract with one of the selected in the first round of the hockey player draft. But due to the non-standard situation, in this case a separate decision of the meeting of general managers will be required.
Jordan will fight for Charlotte
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. "Indiana" - "New Jersey" - 98:80, "Orlando" - "Washington" - 106:81, "New Orleans" - "Miami" - 100:89, "Chicago" - - Cleveland - 97:106, Milwaukee - Phoenix - 96:104, Portland - Minnesota - 97:93.
Michael Jordan wants to become the sole owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. Jordan announced his desire to take control of the team in an interview with The Charlotte Observer, in which he stated that if majority owner Bob Johnson decided to sell the team, he would be the first to try to buy it back. Meanwhile, LeBron James became the most productive basketball player of the game day. His 41 points and 13 rebounds determined Cleveland's victory over Chicago.
Davydenko started with a victory
Russian tennis player Nikolai Davydenko began the final ATP tournament in Shanghai with a prize fund of $4.55 million with a victory. “Seeded” at the competition as the fourth number, the Russian beat the sixth racket of the tournament, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in three sets – 6:7, 6: 4, 7:6. And he headed the “golden” group, where Davydenko plays, Novak Djokovic. The Serb needed two sets to defeat Argentinean Juan Martin del Potro - 7:5, 6:3.
Calzaghe went undefeated
Former absolute world middleweight champion 36-year-old Joe Calzaghe triumphantly left the professional ring. In his farewell match, the Welshman won a decisive victory over the former absolute world champion in four weight categories, 39-year-old Roy Jones Jr. All three referees gave the advantage to Calzaghe with the same score of 118:109.
There were no titles up for grabs in this fight. However, his prestige was still high. And Roy Jones started the fight very actively. Already in the first minutes, Calzaghe found himself on the floor of the ring, but managed to continue the fight, the turning point in which came in the seventh round. That's when Jones received a deep cut. The referee did not stop the fight, but Jones was already extremely reluctant to attack, and Calzaghe, easily gaining points, brought the matter to victory. It was the 46th in his career (without defeats) and, apparently, the last - the Welshman announced his retirement.