| Belarusian boxer Sergei Lyakhovich defeated Lamon Brewster and became the new World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight champion. Despite the fact that Lyakhovich was knocked down in the seventh round, all three referees in their notes gave him preference - 117:110, 115:112 and 115:113.
“Laimon hits like a horse’s hoof,” Lyakhovich complimented his opponent. - He showed himself to be a real champion. I knew that he had a very strong blow and an unbending will, but I answered every blow. He felt my strength. I think I did the right thing by taking a knee in the seventh round. But I also practically knocked him down twice.” In turn, Brewster admitted his defeat, noting, however, that he would seek revenge. “Lyakhovich deserved the victory,” said the former world champion. - I take my hat off to him. He won, and now we have a rematch. I can't wait to get in the ring again. He is a good boxer and had a great fight. We both deserve to be at the top."
Ovechkin became great
Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Philadelphia" -- "New Jersey" -- 1:4, Toronto -- "Buffalo" -- 7:0 - - Antropov "T" (1+1), "Atlanta" -- "Carolina" -- 5 :2 -- Kovalchuk “A” (2+0), Vyach. Kozlov "A" (1+0), "Montreal" -- "Boston" -- 2:0 -- Perezhogin "M" (0+1), "Columbus" -- "Chicago" -- 5:2 - - Zherdev “K” (1+0), Fedorov “K” (0+1), “Ottawa” -- “Washington” -- 0:1 - - Ovechkin “V” (0+1), “Florida” -- “Tampa” – 4:2, “Nashville” – “St. Louis” – 2:1, “Los Angeles” – “Dallas” – 1:0, “San Jose” – “Phoenix” " -- 3:4 (OT), "Edmonton" -- "Calgary" -- 1:4.
Washington forward Alexander Ovechkin finally received an official nickname in the NHL. Now the Russian striker overseas is usually called Alexander the GR8, which translated means Alexander the Great No. 8. Having scored another point for performance, Ovechkin equalized his performance in terms of goals scored and assists - 48+48. Andrey VDOVIN
Kirilenko is the most productive
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. "Cleveland" - "Miami" - 106:99, "Chicago" - "Boston" - 106:99, "Portland" - "Utah" - 89:102 - Khryapa "P" (6 points + 1 assist), Kirilenko “Yu” (23 points + 12 rebounds + 4 assists + 4 blocked shots + 1 steal).
Utah continues to chase Sacramento for eighth place in the Western Conference. After the Kings' victory in Golden State the day before and the Jazz's loss to the Clippers, Andrei Kirilenko's team had no room for error. As a result, Utah easily dealt with the conference outsider, and Kirilenko became the most productive player of his team in this match. The Jazz now trail Scaramento by two wins after both teams have played 73 games. Konstantin IVANOV
Putin received Paralympic athletes
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the country's Paralympic team, which at the recent Winter Games in Turin for the first time in history won first place in the team medal standings. At a meeting held in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin announced an additional reward for Russian Paralympic winners in the amount of $65,000. Earlier, the head of Rossport, Vyacheslav Fetisov, stated that prize money for medals at the Paralympic Games will be equal to rewards for awards that Russian athletes won at the big Olympics, and will amount to 50, 20 and 10 thousand dollars, respectively, for “gold”, “silver” and “bronze”. In Turin, our Paralympians won 13 gold, the same number of silver and seven bronze medals. Andrey VDOVIN
Morozevich plays well blindly
Russian grandmaster Alexander Morozevich became the winner of the 15th traditional international tournament “Amber” in Monaco. The main feature of these competitions is that the participants play among themselves not only rapid chess, but also blindfold.
Morozevich and Viswanathan Anand each scored 14.5 points out of 22 possible, with the Russian ahead of the Indian both in the results of blind games (9.0 points versus 6.5) and in personal meetings (1.5:0.5). Anand is the best player in rapid chess (8.0 points), third place in the overall standings was taken by the Spaniard Francisco Vallejo. Russian Alexander Grischuk (11.5) is in fourth place in the tournament table; the top five is closed by FIDE world champion Bulgarian Veselin Topalov (11.0). Vladimir ILYIN
Ancelotti admitted defeat in the championship
Football. Italian Championship. Matches of the 32nd round. Lecce - Milan - 1:0, Treviso - Juventus - 0:0, Inter - Messina - 3:0. The leaders are: Juventus - 79 points, Milan - 70, Inter - 68.
“The time has come when we need to forget about first place in the championship and turn to our competitors for second. “Milan will focus on a successful performance in the Champions League,” said Milan head coach Carlo Ancelotti after his team lost to one of the outsiders of Serie A, Lecce, 0:1. In this match, the Milan coach sent a semi-reserve squad onto the field, and he was unable to cope with a modest opponent fighting for survival. Meanwhile, if Ancelotti's team had won, the gap over Juvenuts would have been reduced to six points - the Old Lady failed to win against Treviso, which occupies last place with no hope of saving itself from relegation.
German Championship. 18th round Nuremberg - Mainz - 3:0, Bayern - Cologne - 2:2, Hertha - Stuttgart - 2:0, Bayer - - Kaiserslautern - 5:1, Borussia M - Borussia D - 2:1, Wolfsburg - Duisburg - 1:1, Eintracht - Werder Bremen - 0:1. The leaders are: Bayern - 66 points (28 games), Werder - 56 (28), Hamburg - 56 (27).
Russian Nuremberg striker Ivan Saenko scored his team's first goal in the match with Mainz already in the third minute of the game. After a major victory, Nuremberg, which had recently been in the relegation zone, rose to 11th place in the standings. Andrey VDOVIN Andrey VDOVIN
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