| Yesterday in Omsk, the Swedish-Finnish company Skanska, which is building a new Ice Palace, drove the first pile. The ice palace, where the Omsk HC Avangard will hold its matches, is designed to accommodate 10 thousand spectators. It is expected that it will go into operation at the end of 2005. The total cost of the new sports facility is $100 million. Olesya KOMAROVA
Tyson will meet with the Russian boxer
The famous American boxer Mike Tyson may enter the ring again this October. This was announced by the head of the Beijing Administrative Sports Center, Can Heng. The official confirmed that Chinese representatives are currently negotiating with Tyson's agent, but final agreement on organizing the fight has not yet been received. According to Chinese media reports, Tyson's opponent will be a Russian boxer, whose name has not been named. If he wins, Iron Mike will receive $3 million. It is possible that the situation will become clearer during Tyson's 10-day tour of China, which is planned for the summer. The purpose of the tour will be to exchange experience with Chinese boxers. Olga ERMOLINA
Kirilenko helped Utah win again
NBA. Regular season. Boston - Los Angeles Lakers - 109:117, Orlando - Washington - 108:99, Toronto - Cleveland - 92:106, New Jersey -- "Denver" -- 98:97, "Detroit" -- "Chicago" -- 98:65, "New Orleans" -- "Miami" --- 95:84, "Milwaukee" -- "Atlanta" -- 94:80, "San Antonio" -- "Clippers" -- 108:90.
Russian Andrei Kirilenko became the most productive player in the Utah-Golden State match, which ended with a score of 91:77. The Russian, who spent a total of 40 minutes on the court, has 20 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists. But the main hero of the next game day was Tracy McGrady from Orlando, who scored 62 points. Olesya KOMAROVA
Winning goals by Frolov and Kalinin
"Washington" -- "Buffalo" -- 0:6 -- Kalinin "B" (1+0) , "Carolina" -- "Tampa" -- 2:4 -- Afanasenkov "T" (0+2), “Edmonton” – “Colorado” – 2:3 (OT), “Phoenix” – “Los Angeles” – 1:3 – Frolov “L” (1+0) , “Vancouver” – “ Minnesota - 1:1. A dark day for the hosts of the site, who failed to win a single victory. Two Russians at once - Denis Kalinin and Alexander Frolov - scored winning goals in their matches. Olesya KOMAROVA
Pyleva shot without misses
At the Biathlon World Cup stage in Holmenkollen, Norway, Russian Olga Pyleva won the sprint race (7.5 km), running the distance in 21 minutes. 18.9 sec. At the same time, the Russian woman, who has already won her fifth victory at the World Cup stages, did not make a single mistake. After the finish, Pyleva admitted that it was one of the best races of her life: “Everything went like clockwork.” Another Russian, Svetlana Ishmuratova, was among the top three winners of the race and won bronze. Having made a single mistake, Ishmuratova lost 41 seconds to the winner. Olga ERMOLINA
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