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Подготовила Ольга ЕРМОЛИНА и Илья ТРИСВЯТСКИЙ
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The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has decided on the venue for the 2014 Men's World Cup. At a meeting of the FIBA executive committee, Spain won the majority vote, ahead of the other two contenders, Italy and China. The tournament is scheduled to take place from August 30 to September 14, 2014.
Championship matches can take place in several cities at once. For example, in Madrid in the existing sports palace, designed for 15 thousand seats, or in the Valdebebas Arena (18 thousand). Construction of the latter will be completed in 2013. In Bilbao at the Bizkay Arena (17 thousand), in Granada (12 thousand), will be commissioned in 2012, in Las Palmas at the Gran Canaria Sports Center (10 thousand). Or in Seville at the New Palace Municipal (15 thousand), which will be commissioned in 2012.
Shirov won the tournament in Sofia
The XXI category M-Tel Masters chess tournament in Sofia has ended in the capital of Bulgaria. Spanish grandmaster Alexander Shirov defeated Norwegian Magnus Carlsen in the 11th round and won this tournament. Results of the 11th round: Shirov (Spain) - Carlsen (Norway) - 1:0, Wang Yue (China) - Topalov (Bulgaria) - 0.5:0.5, Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Dominguez (Cuba) -- 1:0. Final position: 1. Shirov - 6.5 points. 2--3. Carlsen, Topalov - 6 each. 4. Wang Yue - 4.5. 5. Dominguez - 4. 6. Ivanchuk - 3.
The Serbian national team won in Dusseldorf
The Serbian national team won the World Team Tennis Championship, which was held in Dusseldorf. In the final, Serbian tennis players beat the host team of Germany. First, Viktor Troicki beat Rainer Schuttler - 6:4, 7:6 (7:5), and then Janko Tipsarevic - Philipp Kohlschreiber - 6:2, 6:4. The final pair meeting turned into a formality.
The Russian team took the last, fourth place in the blue group, losing in turn to the teams of Italy, Serbia and Argentina. Let us remind you that the World Team Championship has been held since 1978. The Germans won it four times - in 1989, 1994, 1998, 2005. Serbia has never won this competition, but in 1990 the Yugoslav team won the trophy.
Kostetskaya ahead of the Olympic champion
Competitions for the prizes of King Mohammed VI were held in Morocco, in which Russian athletes also took part. The main sensation occurred in the women's 800 m race. 2008 Olympic champion Pamela Gelimo finished only sixth with a score of 2:02.46. Russian Ekaterina Kostetskaya was second - 2:01.86, losing to Briton Jenny Meadows - 2:01.78.
In the pole vault, Tatyana Polnova showed the second result - 4.40. The silver medalist of this year's European Winter Championship, Silke Spiegelburg from Germany, celebrated her victory here - 4.50. Ekaterina Kolesova remained in fifth place with a modest result of 4.10, and European indoor champion Yulia Golubchikova was unable to overcome the initial height.
Svetlana Shkolina took third in the high jump - 1.90. The winner of this event was Spaniard Ruth Beitia (1.96), and the silver medalist was Shanti Howard from the USA (1.90), who was ahead of Shkolina in attempts.
In the men's discus throw, Bogdan Pishchalnikov scored 62.80 and took fourth place. The victory was won by Beijing Olympic champion and season leader Estonian Gerd Kanter - 65.84. Two Beijing champions met in the 200-meter race: Christine Ohuruogu (400 m) and Russian Alexandra Fedoriva (4x100 m). As a result, Ohuruogu finished second (23.27), Fedoriva third (23.56). Debbie Ferguson from the Bahamas finished first in 23.08.
James saved Cleveland from second loss
Basketball. NBA. Playoffs. Conference finals. " West". “Denver” – “Lakers” – 97:103. The series score is 1--2. " East". "Cleveland" - "Orlando" - 96:95. The series score is 1--1 .
The winner of the regular season, Cleveland, almost lost the second home match in the series with Orlando. During the meeting, the hosts were in the lead by 23 points, but managed to lose this advantage. 48 seconds before the siren, Hidayet Turkoglu from the visiting team equalized the score with a long-range hit. Then Cleveland's leader LeBron James made a difficult basket, but it was not counted as the officials called a run. In Orlando's response attack, the same Turkoglu brought his team ahead - 95:93. There was only one second left before the end of regular time of the match. Cavaliers coach Mike Brown called a timeout and explained to the players a plan of action that ultimately worked. The ball from behind the sideline was addressed to James, who received the pass a meter from the three-point arc and immediately threw it, hitting the target. In total, LeBron scored 35 points in this match, and his average performance in the current playoffs looks fantastic - 32.4 per game.
The Lakers achieved success in the meeting with Denver due to a breakthrough in the final quarter. The “residents of the lake district” won this 12-minute period with a score of 32:18. Kobe Bryant scored 41 points for the Californians, making 15 of 17 free throws.
Pittsburgh is one step away from the finals
Hockey. NBA. Playoffs. Conference finals. "West". "Chicago" - "Detroit" - 4:3 (OT). The series score is 1--2. “Carolina” – “Pittsburgh” – 2:6. The series score is 0--3 .
Pittsburgh is close to repeating last year's achievement. The Penguins are one victory away from reaching the Stanley Cup finals. In the third game of the series, Evgeni Malkin scored a double in the first period, and in the final 20 minutes the Russian managed to score an assist. Malkin’s teammate, defenseman Sergei Gonchar, added two points to his scoring list, assisting his teammates a couple of times when scoring the opponent’s goal. For Carolina, one of the goals was scored by Sergei Samsonov.
Events in the match “Chicago” - “Detroit” developed unconventionally. At the very beginning of the second period, the hosts led 3:0. The Red Wings managed to get even before the break, scoring three goals between the 35th and 40th minutes of the match. After this, the hosts' goalkeeper Nikolai Khabibullin was replaced by Cristobal Hue. There were no more goals in regulation time. Overtime lasted only 112 seconds. Chicago center Patrick Sharp scored the winning goal.