Caprara's team finished second at the Grand Prix

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The Russian women's volleyball team lost to the Brazilians in the final of the world commercial Grand Prix tournament at the Sports Palace in the Italian city of Reggio Calabria - 1:3 (20:25, 20:25, 25:23, 17:25). South American women became the winners of these competitions for the third year in a row.

Brazil received $200 thousand in prize money, the Russian team earned half that amount. In the match for third place, the reigning world champions Italians prevailed over Cuba - 3:2. The main surprise of the tournament was the failure of the gold medal winners of the Athens Olympics, the Chinese women. On the final day of the group stage, they were defeated by Italy (0:3) and, with the three teams having equal points in terms of goal ratio, they were left out of the playoffs. The Russians, led by Italian specialist Giovanni Caprara, took on their coach's compatriots in the semi-finals and defeated them in five games, with our girls losing 0:2 during the meeting. Ekaterina Gamova, who brought the team 33 points in this game, eventually won the prize for the best scorer of the tournament (79 points) and received a check for 5 thousand dollars.

Spartak terminated the contract with Alenichev

Moscow Spartak and footballer Dmitry Alenichev terminated the agreement, which expired in 2007. According to the official website of the football club, during the negotiations the parties found mutually acceptable conditions for terminating the current contract. In addition, the club thanked Dmitry for the years he devoted to Spartak.

However, the message about the termination of the agreement appeared after the transfer window closed. That is, Dmitry Alenichev, being currently a free agent, cannot play for another club until the end of the year.

Alenichev was removed from the main team for a scandalous interview in which he critically assessed the professional level of the team’s then head coach Alexander Starkov, and for a long time the club and the player were in confrontation. But at the same time, Starkov also lost his position as Spartak’s mentor. Andrey VDOVIN

Maskaev will fight in Moscow

World heavyweight champion according to the World Boxing Council (WBC) Oleg Maskaev will make the first defense of his title in Moscow. The WBC allowed Maskaev to fight his first fight as a world champion not with the official contender for the title, Samuel Peter, but to choose his own opponent. However, the Russian boxer said that he was not interested in a fight with Peter either sportingly or financially, and chose Peter Ohello, who currently occupies 12th position in the WBC rankings, as his opponent. This fight, which, according to the Russian Professional Boxing Federation, is organized by the manager of another Russian heavyweight, Alexander Povetkin, Vladimir Khryunov, will take place in Moscow on December 23.

At the same time, Maskaev did not experience a shortage of proposals. After he became the champion, both WBO world champion Belarusian Sergei Lyakhovich and IBF title holder Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko wanted to fight with Oleg. However, Maskaev was not satisfied with the dates of the fights proposed by his rivals. Andrey VDOVIN

Van Nistelrooy conquers Spain

Football. Spanish Championship. 2nd round . "Getafe" - "Racing" - 1:0, "Gimnastic" - "Celta" - 1:2, "Levante" - "Real" - 1:4, "Mallorca" - "Deportivo" -- 0:0, Betis -- Athletic -- 3:0, Real Sociedad -- Sevilla -- 1:3, Villarreal -- Recreativo -- 0:1, " Zaragoza - Espanyol - 3:0, Barcelona - Osasuna - 3:0, Atlético - Valencia - 0:1. The leaders are: Sevilla, Barcelona, ​​Getafe, Valencia - 6 points each.

Real Madrid's Dutch forward Ruud van Nistelrooy became the hero of the match against Levante, scoring three goals. “These balls give me confidence,” the Royal club newcomer said after the game. - It’s very important for a striker to score goals, including me, and besides, I want to catch up with Eto’o. But I can’t say how many I’ll score. I just hope that there will be a lot of goals and that they will help us win titles. The Spanish Championship is not a tournament for Van Nistelrooy. This is a tournament for Real Madrid.

Football. French Championship. 5th round. “Toulouse” – “Nancy” – 2:2, “Paris Saint-Germain” – “Marseille” – 1:3, “Bordeaux” – “Nice” – 3:2, “Auxerre” – “Monaco” – 2:1, “Le Mann” – “Lorient” – 1:1, “Lance” – “Valenciennes” – 3:0, “Nantes” – “Lille” – 1: 1, Rennes - Sochaux - 2:1, Sedan - Saint-Etienne - 2:2. The leaders are: Lyon, Marseille - 13 points each, Lille, Saint-Etienne, Nancy - 10 points each.

A Nigerian with a Russian passport, Odemwingie scored the fifth goal in this championship for Lille and became the sole leader among scorers.

Football. English Championship. 4th round. West Ham - Aston Villa - 1:1. Leading: Manchester United - 13 points, Portsmouth, Everton - 10 each. Andrey VDOVIN

Volchkova will miss Skate America

Russian figure skater Victoria Volchkova will miss the first stage of the Skate America Grand Prix series. As the athlete told a Vremya Novostei correspondent, she has not yet fully recovered from two operations on her arm and knee at the end of March, and so far she does not have triple jumps in her arsenal. This is explained by the fact that the rehabilitation period took several months, and only on July 2 did Volchkova begin to seriously prepare for the season. “My trip to the USA is still in doubt,” Volchkova said. - Everything will depend on how ready I am for this tournament. I performed at Skate America five times and almost always won prizes, and I don’t think it’s advisable to just go there. “At the end of the day, Skate America is not the Olympic Games worth taking risks for; this tournament could well be sacrificed for the sake of your health.” For this season, Marina Kudryavtseva’s student prepared a new free program, which team consultant Tatyana Tarasova helped them do, to music from the movie “Frida.” Volchkova’s short program remains from last year – “Tosca”. Olga ERMOLINA

Ilya TRISVIATSKY