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Heatley maintains leadership position

Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Los Angeles" -- "Calgary" -- 2:5 - - Frolov "LA" (1+0) , "Rangers" -- "Florida" -- 2:3, "Carolina" -- "Tampa" - - 3:1 -- Samsonov "K" (0+1), "Ottawa" -- "Buffalo" -- 5:3, "Atlanta" -- "Pittsburgh" -- 2:3 - - Afinogenov "A" ( 1+0), Malkin "P" (1+0), "Toronto" -- "Washington" -- 2:1 (B) - - Ovechkin "W" (1+0), "Montreal" -- "Detroit" " -- 2:3 (B) -- Datsyuk "D" (1+0), " St. Louis" -- "Islanders" -- 4:1, "Nashville" -- "Columbus" - 4:3 ( B) -- Tyutin "K" (0+2 ), "Dallas" -- "New Jersey" -- 5:3, "Phoenix" -- "Philadelphia" -- 3:1, "Edmonton" -- " Chicago - 2:5, Anaheim - San Jose - 2:3.

Dany Heatley from San Jose scored his 18th goal in the current championship and remains the leader among snipers. However, Heatley's lead is small. For example, Alexander Ovechkin from Washington, who also added to his scorer tally, has 16 goals. Marian Gaborik of the Rangers has the same number. According to the “goal+pass” system, the leader is Anze Kopitar from Los Angeles - 33 points (14+19).

One of the leaders of Atlanta’s attacks, Ilya Kovalchuk, minded his own business and took part in a fight with Matt Cook. For this, the Russian earned himself a removal for the rest of the match. Afinogenov took over the bombardment functions of the Woodpeckers. He hasn't left the ice without a goal in his last five games. However, Atlanta failed to take points from the Penguins.

Kirilenko is productive

Basketball. NBA. Regular season. "Utah" --- "Detroit" -- 100:97 (OT) -- Kirilenko (22 points + 10 rebounds + 2 assists + 1 block + 1 steal), "New Jersey" -- "New York" "- 91:98, Cleveland - Philadelphia - 97:91, Memphis - Milwaukee - 98:103, New Orleans - Atlanta - 96:88 , “Houston” — “Sacramento” — 113:106, “San Antonio” — “Washington” — 106:84, “Denver” — “Chicago” — 112:93, “Portland” — “Minnesota” – 106:78.

The Russian leader of “Utah” Andrei Kirilenko brought the “jazzmen” victory in the match with “Detroit”. Kirilenko became the most productive player on his team, but at the same time he started the match on the bench. The Russian showed himself most clearly in overtime - Andrey scored 6 of the 10 points that Utah scored in extra time.

The Diamond League is replacing the Gold League

Organizers of the Diamond League, a series of athletics tournaments that will replace the Gold League in 2010, have announced the size of the prize fund. It will amount to $6.4 million, which athletes from 32 disciplines will compete for in 14 stages. Moreover, the Grand Prix will be held not only in Europe, but also in Asia, the USA and the Middle East.

Many of the world's leading athletes have already signed contracts with the Diamond League, including multiple world record holder in the pole vault Elena Isinbayeva and the famous sprinter Usain Bolt. The exact schedule of the series starts and the lists of leading athletes who will take part in one stage or another will be published later.

Hiddink is invited to the World Cup

The head coach of the Russian national team, Guus Hiddink, continues to collect proposals from teams that, unlike the Russians, will take part in the World Cup in South Africa. Previously, the Dutchman was offered a post at the head of the national team - the hostess of the tournament. In recent days, Hiddink has been recruited to join the Argentina national team as a consultant to Diego Maradona and the Nigerian national team.

Hiddink also has a number of offers from clubs: Bayern wants the Dutch coach to replace Louis van Gaal at the helm of the team, and in addition, Hiddink has been offered a place in the Chelsea structure. The Russian national team coach himself has not yet commented on a possible job change. His contract with the RFU is valid until the end of the World Cup, and Hiddink plans to make a decision when there is clarity on who will lead the Russian Football Union.

The winners of the season in the beach volley have been named

The FIVB Beach Volleyball Council, through a survey of players, judges, mentors, specialists and functionaries involved in the life of the World Tour, determined the winners of the 2009 season for men and women.

There are 12 nominations in total, of which only three winners were named not based on voting results, but on objective indicators. This applies to the best servers Igor Kolodinsky (Russia) and Maria Clara Salgado (Brazil), the most valuable players Harley Marques and Juliana (both Brazil), the Dutchman Richard Schile (for the maximum number of similar titles at the stages of the “World Tour” 2009), as well as the best teams of the year. The overall standings of the World Series were won by Julius Brink - Jonas Reckermann (Germany) and the Brazilians Juliana - Larissa.

Here is a list of winners in the categories for which voting took place. The most improved players are Alison Cerutti (Brazil) and Marlene van Iersel (Holland). The most inspired players are Harley Marques (Brazil) and the Brazilian Schelda Bede for the fifth year in a row. Rookies of the year are Ruslan Sorokin (Latvia) and Angie Akers (USA), and Russian Anastasia Vasina took third place in terms of the number of votes. “Sportsman of the Year” (a prize for fair sports competition and nobility on sand courts) - Rivo Vesik (Estonia) and Schelda. The best defensive actions are Reinder Nummerdor (Holland) and Larissa. Phil Dalhausser (USA) and his compatriot April Ross were named the best attackers and will receive a prize for the most effective attack. The best blockers are Reckermann and Juliana, the best passers are Dalhausser and Larissa.

Prepared by Andrey VDOVIN and Ilya TRISVIATSKY