"Rubin" can become a mini-team of Georgia

Kazan “Rubin”, if it gets into the UEFA Cup following the results of the Russian Championship, is going to be strengthened by three Georgian stars playing in Europe. The Tbilisi newspaper “Alia” reported this. We are talking about Levan Kobiashvili from Schalke 04 (Germany) and Shota Arveladze (Alkmaar) and Georgiy Gakhokidze (Twente) playing in Holland. The newspaper notes that at first glance this information seems like a utopia. But the management of the Kazan club told the publication that if they qualify for the UEFA Cup, Rubin are promised an additional $100 million for new acquisitions from sponsors. Then negotiations with Georgian football players can be successful. Two football players from Georgia are already playing for Rubin - Lasha Salukvadze and Georgiy Kinkladze. They promise to extend contracts with them. Mikhail VIGNANSKY

Heatley scattered the Maple Leaves

Hockey. NHL. Regular season. “Boston” – “New Jersey” – 4:5 (BT ) – Samsonov “B” (0+1), Vic. Kozlov "ND" (2+1), Mogilny "ND" (1+2), "Toronto" -- "Ottawa" -- 0:8 -- Volchenkov "O" (0+1), "Montreal" -- "Rangers" -- 2:5 -- Kovalev "M" (1+0), Tyutin "R" (0+1), "Islanders" -- "Buffalo" -- 4:6 -- Yashin "A" ( 1+2), Zhitnik "A" (1+0) -- Afinogenov "B" (0+1), Kalinin "B" (0+1), "Atlanta" -- "Tampa" -- 2:3 - - Vyach. Kozlov "A" (0+1), Kovalchuk "A" (0+1) -- Fedotenko "T" (0+1), "Pittsburgh" -- "Carolina" -- 3: 5 -- Gonchar "P" (1+0), Koltsov "P" (0+1), "Nashville" -- "Edmonton" -- 1:5, "Minnesota" -- "Columbus" -- 3:1 -- Zherdev "K" ( 0+1), "Chicago" -- "Detroit" -- 2: 4 -- Vorobyov "Ch" (0+1), Datsyuk "D" (0+1), "Colorado" -- "Vancouver" -- 4:3 (OT), "Phoenix" -- "Dallas" -- 3:5 -- Zubov "D" (1+1), "Los Angeles" -- "St. Louis" -- 5:2 - - Frolov “LA” (2+1), “San Jose” - “Calgary” - 3:2 (BT).

Sunday night turned out to be a fruitful night for the Russian legionnaires of the National Hockey League. Two of them - Alexander Frolov and Viktor Kozlov, who scored two goals each, were recognized as the best players of their teams. For the seventh game in a row, the Kings forward did not leave the court without earning at least a point for his performance. However, the main hero of the game day was Dany Heatley. For the first time in his career, he scored four goals in one match, thanks to which his “Ottawa” defeated their principal rival “Toronto” with an indecent score of 8:0. Andrey VDOVIN

Petrova and Tikhonov won silver at the Canadian Grand Prix

The Russian couple Maria Petrova and Alexey Tikhonov became the silver medalist at the second stage of the Skate Canada Figure Skating Grand Prix taking place in St. John's. The Russians lost less than two points to the German duo from Chemnitz, Alena Savchenko and Robin Zhelkov, who won the first gold medal in their careers. “Bronze” for the Canadians Valeria Marko - Greg Bantan.

Of the four types of figure skating in Canada, Russians were represented in three, with the exception of women's singles. However, we could really count on medals only in pairs competitions. But both in the short, set to Handel’s music, and in the free, set to the tunes of Fellini’s films, Lyudmila Velikova’s students made mistakes, which resulted in them losing first place. In particular, in the free program, the partner performed a double Salchow instead of a triple Salchow. “But we will move forward,” Alexey Tikhonov commented on the results of the speech. In a week, the world champions and two-time European champions will compete at the third stage of the Grand Prix in Beijing.

Another pair of Velikova, Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov, finished their performances in Canada - seventh, and Tamara Moskvina's students Victoria Borzenkova - Andrey Chuvilyaev - fifth. They lost to the winners by almost 35 points.

In women's singles skating, Alisa Chisny from the USA won the gold medal. Canadian Emanuel Sandhu won the men's competition. Having unsuccessfully skated the short program, Sandhu was only sixth. However, in the free program, having performed a four-revolution jump, he overtook his compatriot Jeffrey Battle, who eventually became second. Student of Tatyana Tarasova and Elena Vodorezova-Buyanova Andrey Gryazev “finished” with ninth result. Olga ERMOLINA

Milan inflicted their first defeat on Juventus

Football. Italian Championship. 10th round. “Milan” – “Juventus” – 3:1, “Sampdoria” – “Inter” – 2:2. The leaders are: Juventus - 27 points, Milan - 25, Inter - 19.

In the main match of the first round of the Serie A championship, Milan took the first points in the championship from Juventus. Moreover, the home team played without the injured Andrei Shevchenko. Seedorf opened the scoring in the 18th minute with a long-range strike, however, at this moment the Milanese were helped by a ricochet, after which the ball fell along an intricate trajectory into the visitors' goal. But then, even before the break, Kaka and Pirlo increased Milan's lead to a large one. Only in the middle of the second half did Juventus striker Trezeguet manage to score a prestige goal. “All three goals were scored by our opponents through luck,” Juventus coach Fabio Capello noted after the match. “Luck became the only difference between the clubs.” Andrey VDOVIN

CSKA left hockey ruins in Voskresensk

HOCKEY. Super League. 22nd round. "Dynamo" -- "Metallurg" (Nk) -- 3:4 OT, "Avangard" -- "Molot" -- 2:0, "Metallurg" (MG) -- "Siberia" -- 4:2, " Severstal - Spartak - 0:4, SKA - Lokomotiv - 1:4, SKA - Lokomotiv - 1:4, Khimik - CSKA - 0:8, " Vityaz - Salavat Yulaev - 2:2, HC MVD - Lada - 2:3 OT. Leading: Metallurg (MG) - 48 (20), Avangard - 43 (21), Dynamo - 39 (20), CSKA - 38 (21), Lokomotiv - 37 ( 21).

CSKA set a season record by defeating Khimik by eight goals. It seems that the defeat in the previous round from Avangard (2:3) greatly angered the army team and their coach Vyacheslav Bykov. The head coach of the Moscow region team, Milos Rzhiga, replaced his fellow Czech goalkeeper Dusan Salficki after the second missed goal in the tenth minute. But Alexey Egorov, who took to the ice, could do nothing to help his team. Before moving to Mytishchi, Khimik played its last match in Voskresensk and said goodbye to its native fans in such an unsightly, sad way. The tour turned out to be extremely unsuccessful for the hosts - they won only two matches out of eight. The reigning champions Dynamo, after defeating Siberia (4:1), lost to Kuznya in overtime. This is already the fifth home defeat of the “blue and white” with a difference of one goal.