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The procedure for the first junior draft in the history of Russian hockey took place in Moscow. KHL teams selected Russian hockey players aged 17 to 20 from among those who were students of a sports school, but were not protected by their club. The pre-draft lists also included foreigners free from contractual obligations. Khimik initially had the right of first choice, but for a number of violations the club was not allowed to enter the draft, its option went to Dynamo Minsk, and as a result of the exchange it ended up with CSKA. The Red-Blues chose Mechel Chelyabinsk defender Mikhail Pashnin. Using the second number, the Minsk residents registered their rights to striker Mikhail Stefanovich from the junior league of the Canadian province of Quebec. The third number in the draft is the goalkeeper of Elektrostal Kristall Dmitry Shikin, who is now assigned to Khabarovsk Amur. The son of the head coach of the Russian national team, Vyacheslav Bykov, Andrei (Friborg, Switzerland) was chosen by the capital's Dynamo with the 16th pick.
Blatt calls up 17 basketball players
The Russian Basketball Federation announced the list of players who will be called up to the first training camp of the men's national team on June 15-25 in Novogorsk in preparation for the 2009 European Championship in Poland. Team head coach David Blatt chose 17 players.
Forwards: Fedor Dmitriev, Valery Likhodey (both Triumph, Lyubertsy), Andrey Vorontsevich (CSKA), Yuri Vasiliev (Dynamo, Moscow), Nikita Kurbanov (Spartak, St. Petersburg), Petr Gubanov (" University-Ugra, Surgut). Centers: Alexander Kaun (CSKA), Timofey Mozgov (Khimki), Dmitry Sokolov (UNICS, Kazan). Attacking defenders and point guards: Anton Ponkrashov, Vitaly Fridzon (both Khimki), Pavel Sergeev, Egor Vyaltsev, Vadim Panin (all Triumph), Victor Keyru, Alexey Shved (both CSKA), Andrey Matejunas (Avtodor, Saratov).
Malkin scored the puck and got into a fight
Hockey. NHL. Playoffs. Stanley Cup Final. “Detroit” – “Pittsburgh” – 3:1. The series score is 2--0 .
Having opened the scoring in the 17th minute of the second match of the final series, Pittsburgh's Russian forward Evgeni Malkin, who converted the numerical majority, scored his 13th goal in this playoffs. In terms of the number of goals in a knockout tournament, the Magnitogorsk hockey graduate is second only to Canadian teammate Sidney Crosby (14). In the second period, Swede Jonathan Eriksson and Finn Valteri Fillpula put Detroit ahead; in the final 20 minutes, attacking left wing Justin Abdelkader scored for the Red Wings.
19 seconds before the final siren, Malkin got into a fight with Henrik Zetterberg and received 17 (10 + 5 + 2) minutes of penalty time. Detroit's Swedish center got off with a five-minute penalty. The third match of the series will take place on June 2 in Pittsburgh.
Known rivals of the Russian national volleyball team
Based on the results of the European tournaments of the second stage of the qualifying round for the 2010 Volleyball World Championship among men's teams, the opponents of the Russian national team in the decisive third round of qualification became known. The team of Italian specialist Daniele Bagnoli will play against Finland, Germany and Belgium on August 14-16.
At the second stage of selection in Europe, four groups were formed. According to the regulations, the opponents of the Russians in group “I” of the main round were the first and third teams of quintet “H” plus the second team based on the results of the competition in quartet “E”. Members of the group “N” performed in Liberec, Czech Republic. Finland took first place with equal victories (three each) with the hosts, ahead of them in terms of the best goal ratio. The volleyball players from Suomi suffered their only defeat from the Czech Republic (1:3) on the last day of play, and their opponents, in turn, had previously lost to Ukraine (2:3). The Belgians will continue to fight for a place at the World Cup thanks to victories over Montenegro and Ukraine, for which the qualifying campaign has already been completed.
The Group E tournament was hosted in Poprad by Slovakia, which turned out to be stronger than Belarus (3:2), Croatia (3:1) and Germany (3:2). The Germans are in second place with two victories. It is still unknown where the games of the “I” quartet of the decisive round will take place. The two best teams of the one-round tournament with the participation of Russia, Finland, Germany and Belgium will receive tickets to the 2010 World Cup in Italy.
Juventus finished second
Football. Italian Championship. 38th round. "Regina" - "Siena" - 1:1, "Palermo" - "Sampdoria" - 2:2, "Fiorentina" - "Milan" - 0:2, "Genoa" - "Lecce" -- 4:1, Juventus -- Lazio -- 2:0, Napoli -- Chievo -- 3:0, Bologna -- Catania -- 3:1, Udinese "- "Cagliari" - 6:2, "Inter" - "Atalanta" - 4:3, "Roma" - "Torino" - 3:2. The final position of the leaders: Inter - 84 points, Juventus - 74, Milan - 74, Fiorentina - 68, Genoa - 68, Roma - 63.
The main intrigue of the final round of the Italian Championship was the fight for silver. Juventus and Milan, which claimed second place, won their matches with the same score 2:0. With equal points, Juve was ahead of its rival in head-to-head matches (4:2, 1:1). The first three teams will start in the Champions League directly from the group stage. The fourth place in the tournament of the best clubs of the Old World went to Fiorentina, which had a positive balance of matches with Genoa - 1:0 and 3:3. In addition to the Genoese, Roma and Lazio (as winners of the Italian Cup) will compete in the Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup). Torino, Regina and Lecce leave Serie A
Spanish Championship. 38th round. Atletico - Almeria - 3:0, Valencia - Athletic - 2:0, Deportivo - Barcelona - 1:1, Mallorca - Villarreal -- 2:3, Numancia -- Sevilla -- 0:2, Espanyol -- Malaga -- 3:0, Osasuna -- Real Madrid -- 2:1, Gijon "-"Recreativo" - 2:1, "Betis" - "Valladolid" - 1:1, "Racing" - "Getafe" - 1:1. The final position of the leaders: Barcelona - 87, Real Madrid - 78, Sevilla - 70, Atlético - 67, Villarreal - 65, Valencia - 62.
According to Spanish media reports, Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini has accepted Real Madrid's offer and is ready to sign a two-year contract.
German Cup. Final. "Werder" - "Bayer" - 1:0.