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Hockey. NHL. Regular season . "Washington" -- "Anaheim" -- 5:1 - - Ovechkin "B" (1+2), Semin "B" (2+0), "Buffalo" -- "New Jersey" -- 2:1 (B), "Rangers" -- "Carolina" -- 1:5 -- Samsonov "K" (2+0), "Tampa" -- "Montreal" -- 3:0, "Minnesota" -- "Detroit" " -- 5:2 -- Datsyuk "D" (2+0), "Dallas" -- "Calgary" -- 4:3 (B), "Vancouver" -- "St. Louis" -- 3:2 .
“Atlanta” is negotiating the exchange of its forward Ilya Kovalchuk. According to The Hockey News, Los Angeles has already been sent a list of players that the Woodpeckers would like to receive in exchange for their scorer. Los Angeles is not the only contender for Kovalchuk, whose contract with Atlanta is expiring. Boston, Islanders and Calgary also want to see the Russian player in their ranks.
Lampard gives Blues lead
Football. English Championship. 23rd round. Chelsea - Birmingham - 3:0, Aston Villa - Arsenal - 0:0, Blackburn - Wigan - 2:1, Everton - Sunderland " -- 2:0, "Tottenham" -- "Fulham" -- 2:0, "Portsmouth" -- "West Ham" -- 1:1, "Wolverhampton" -- "Liverpool" -- 0:0, Bolton - Burnley - 1:0, Manchester United - Hull City - 4:0. Leading : Chelsea - 51 points (22 matches), Manchester United - 50 (23), Arsenal - 49 (23).
Two goals from Frank Lampard helped Chelsea win big against Birmingham, putting the Blues top of the table. Together with them, Arsenal could have been on the first line if Aston Villa had not taken two points from them. “We knew what awaited us,” said Gunners coach Arsene Wenger. -- Aston Villa did not allow us to play our football by playing with crosses and constant pressure. "Villa always has a lot of crosses and top casts, a lot of movement and fight." The opposing head coach Martin O'Neill was very offended by these words, in which Wenger practically accused his team of primitive football. “If he really said that, then it’s just ridiculous. Wenger has made some ridiculous statements in his time and this is no better than the rest,” he said.
In fourth place is Tottenham, who won without the help of Roman Pavlyuchenko, who again complained of injury. At the same time, Spurs have repeatedly rejected offers to sell the Russian forward. The latest unsuccessful attempt was made by Birmingham, who are in dire need of a striker. This club offered 8 million pounds for Pavlyuchenko, Tottenham wants one and a half times more. So, Lokomotiv Moscow is considered the main contender for the forward.
Meanwhile, it became known that the British TV channel Sky Sports will broadcast a live football match between Arsenal and Manchester United in 3D format for the first time on Sunday. The channel has been developing its own 3D broadcast system for the past two years and is now ready to present the fruits of its labors in nine pubs in London, Manchester, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Dublin. There, football fans will be given 3D glasses, but the organizers do not say where exactly the premiere of the 3D football broadcast will take place, so as not to create unnecessary excitement. The channel is confident in the success of such broadcasts and plans over time to equip hundreds of bars with the equipment required for 3D football.
English League Cup . 1/2 finals. "Manchester United" - "Manchester City" - 3:1 (first match - 1:2).
Wayne Rooney brought Manchester United victory in the Mancunian derby with the required score in the 90th minute. Before the meeting, fans of both teams behaved quite unrestrainedly, and during the game United fans threw bottles and coins at Craig Bellamy. For one accurate shot to the head, Manchester United can be punished with a substantial fine. In the final of the English League Cup, Manchester United will meet with Aston Villa, which a week ago beat Blackburn with a hockey score of 6:4.
Italian Cup . 1/4 finals. “Milan” – “Udinese” – 0:1, “Roma” – “Catania” – 1:0.
Spanish Cup. 1/4 finals. Return matches. “Osasuna” – “Racing” – 0:3 (first match – 1:2), “Sevilla” – “Deportivo” – 0:1 (3:0).
Arenas and Crittenton suspended
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. Cleveland - Minnesota - 109:95, Indiana - Lakers - 96:118, Toronto - Miami - 111:103, Detroit - Memphis -- 93:99, "New Jersey" -- "Clippers" -- 103:87, "Milwaukee" -- "Philadelphia" -- 91:88, "Oklahoma" -- "Chicago" -- 86:96, "Houston" - "Denver" - 92:97, "San Antonio" - "Atlanta" - 105:90, "Portland" - "Utah" - 95:106 - Kirilenko "U" (12 points) , “Golden State” – “New Orleans” – 110:123.
The NBA leadership has decided on the punishment that Washington players Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton will bear for the incident a month ago. While discussing a gambling debt in the Verizon Center locker room, Arenas pointed a gun at his friend. After a thorough investigation, Crittenton was suspended for the rest of the season without pay, and Arenas was suspended indefinitely without pay. “The players violated the rules set forth in the collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the Players Association prohibiting the possession of weapons on league facilities. This is not about gun ownership and ownership in general, but in the workplace, which we will not tolerate,” said NBA Commissioner David Stern.
Earlier, Washington guard Arenas admitted that he did keep a gun in his locker in the Verizon Center locker room, which is strictly prohibited by the rules that the NBA has established for its players. “I brought the weapon around December 10, right after my daughter was born. I decided that guns should no longer be in the home around children, and I brought them to the Verizon Center,” Arenas said.