| FOOTBALL. September 7. Qualifying matches for the 2006 World Cup. Europe. Group 3. Russia - Portugal, Latvia - Slovakia, Liechtenstein - Luxembourg . Premier League. 22nd round. September 10. CSKA - Shinnik, Krylia Sovetov - Torpedo, Rostov - Amkar, Alania - Moscow. September 11th. "Dynamo" - "Rubin", "Terek" - "Spartak", "Tom" - "Saturn".
The match between the Russian and Portuguese national teams will begin at 19:00 on the field of the Lokomotiv stadium in Cherkizovo. On the same day, September 7, another 23 qualifying matches will be held on the continent. Here are the most interesting of them: Spain - Serbia and Montenegro, Hungary - Sweden, Poland - Wales, Ireland - France, Northern Ireland - England, Norway - Scotland.
Football players recruited to our and foreign national teams will have only two days to join their clubs before the 22nd round of the Premier League.
HOCKEY. September 7-9. Russian Championship. Super League. 1st--2nd rounds.
The opening championship promises to be much less interesting than in the previous season. Firstly, most of the strongest hockey players went to the NHL, where the lockout ended. Secondly, in the regular season, the intrigue is minimal, because almost all participants in the tournament qualify for the playoffs - 16 out of 18 clubs. The current champion, the capital's Dynamo, meets with newcomers of high society in the first rounds - on September 7, the "blue and white" They will examine the Tver HC of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a day later - Chekhov's "Vityaz".
TENNIS. September 5-11. US Open. New York.
The winner in the mixed doubles will be determined first - September 8th. The men's doubles final will take place on Friday, the women's champion will be announced on Saturday, and the main prizes in the women's doubles and men's singles will find their owners on the last day of the competition.
BASKETBALL. September 5-11. European Championship. Women. Izmir, Bursa (Türkiye). September 8. Return match of the Federation Super Cup. Russia - Lithuania. Men. Moscow .
Today is a rest day at the women's continental championship, and tomorrow the Russian team, the current champion of the Old World, will meet Lithuania in the fourth round of the preliminary stage. Head coach Igor Grudin’s team will complete the group tournament on September 7 with a match against Serbia and Montenegro. To get into the quarterfinals at this stage, it is enough to enter the quartet of the strongest teams in our group “B” in Izmir. The Russians started the championship with a defeat of Romania - 92:60, but the next meeting with the hosts took place according to a dramatic scenario. In the opening, Russia led 12:0, but gradually the Turkish team caught up with the championship favorites and at some point took the lead in the second half of the game. And yet, thanks to the individual skill of Maria Stepanova and Svetlana Abrosimova, who played in the WNBA in the summer, a sensational defeat was avoided - 91:87. The playoffs will take place on September 9-11. At the last championship, the girls complained that it was very difficult to play important matches for three days in a row and at least before the final they needed an additional day off. However, the leadership of the continental branch of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA-Europe) ignored this request.
The first match of the men's Super Cup of Federations Lithuania - Russia in Vilnius ended in victory for the Baltic states - 73:58. The new trophy will go to the camp of our geographical neighbors only if the Lithuanians prevail in the return match. If Russia wins, according to the tournament regulations, the Super Cup will remain unplayed. With the arrival of naturalized American John Holden in the national team, the Russian team's play has changed - last week they took third place at the Efes Pilsen Cup in Istanbul. Sergei Babkov's team defeated Turkey (83:74) and France (73:69), lost to Italy in the semifinals (70:73), and then celebrated success again, beating Slovenia (89:82).
VOLLEYBALL. September 5-11. European Championship. Men. Rome (Italy), Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro).
Teams playing at the preliminary stage in Rome, including Russia, will have one day less rest before the semi-finals than the teams playing in the Belgrade group. Today our volleyball players are meeting with Croatia, on Wednesday with Portugal, on Thursday with the Italians. The semi-final matches will take place on Saturday, the final and the match for third place will take place on the last day of the week.
CYCLE HIGHWAY. September 5-11. Multi-day Grand Tour category race “Vuelta a España”.
The second week of the super multi-day race on the roads of Spain will show how justified are the claims of the Russian Denis Menshov from the Dutch team Rabobank for the final leadership in the general classification. Today is the hardest stage with a length of 206 km with a mountain finish in Andorra at 2220 m above sea level. Tomorrow the peloton will have to storm five peaks, one of which is at the very end of the distance. A day off is planned for Wednesday, after which the bike caravan will head out on the relatively flat stage between Logroño and Burgos. On Saturday and Sunday, Menshov, his teammates and rivals will again face two mountain finishes.
ATHLETICS. September 9--10. World Athletics Final. Monaco .
These competitions, which crown the summer season, have become traditional and are being held for the third time. They involve athletes who occupy the highest places in the world rankings in their disciplines. A total of 35 sets of awards are up for grabs - 16 on Friday and 18 the next day. The Hammers, in order not to spoil the green lawn of the stadium, were sent to sort things out among themselves in the Hungarian city of Szombathely, where they gathered last Saturday. Among the women, Cuban Yipsey Moreno won (74 m 75 cm), Athens Olympic champion Russian Olga Kuzenkova (72.46) completed the top three, and her compatriot, world record holder Tatyana Lysenko, came fourth (72.34). Among the men, the victory went to Belarusian Ivan Tikhon (81.70), the last, eighth place was taken by our Ilya Konovalov (72.66).
In Monaco, pole vaulter Elena Isinbaeva will probably make another attempt to break the world record. Competitions in this type of program will take place on Saturday. Prepared by Ilya TRISVIATSKY
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