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Gajic's team lost to the Czechs
The Czechs will also take part in the World Championship, but are unlikely to meet the Russians, as they are in the other half of the tournament bracket. The rematch took place late yesterday evening Moscow time at the Sazka Arena in Prague.
The draw for women's Euro 2007 basketball took place
At the first group stage of the final tournament of the 2007 European Women's Basketball Championship, which will take place on September 24 - October 7 in Italy, the Russian team in group "C" in the city of Chieti will play with the hosts of the competition - the best team of the continent in 2001, France and Greece. According to experts, this is the most difficult group. Quartet “A” (the games will take place in Vasto) consisted of the current European champion Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia and the winner of the qualifying tournament. Quartet “B” (Lanziano) included Lithuania, Romania, Germany, Belgium, and group “D” (Ortona) included Spain, Croatia, Serbia and Belarus. The three best teams from each quartet advance to the second stage, where they form two sixes, and then the quarter-finalists are identified.
All playoff matches will take place in Chieti. The former head coach of the Russian national team Vadim Kapranov worked with the team of this city several years ago, and at the same time the 1992 Olympic champion Elena Baranova played for Villa Pini. Ilya TRISVIATSKY
Inter win the Milan derby
Serie A leader Inter managed to defeat Milan in the most important derby of the Italian Championship - 4:3. Now Roberto Mancini, who had many reasons to fear for his place as head coach, can breathe easy - such victories are not forgotten. Despite the equal nature of the match, by the 47th minute Inter was already leading with a score of 3:0. It was Crespo, Stankovic and Ibrahimovic who managed to outplay the Milan defense. The Red-Blacks, to their credit, did not give up and soon, thanks to Seedorf and a rebound, they got even one goal. But everything was decided by Inter’s fourth goal, which was scored by Materazzi. True, he also gave Milan a small chance of salvation - the defender celebrated his goal so violently that he received a second yellow card and was sent off from the field. In his absence, the Rossonieri almost saved the game. First, Gilardino scored for the first time in this championship, and Kaka scored in the 90th minute. Milan had opportunities to equalize in stoppage time, but it would have been too much for Inter, who extended their lead over their neighbors to 14 points.
The Italian Arbitration Court also did not help Milan, upholding the penalty of minus eight points. Other clubs have achieved significant amnesty. Juventus, promoted to Serie B, managed to reduce the penalty from 17 to 9 points, Lazio from 11 to a symbolic 3, Fiorentina from 19 to 15 points.
Italian Championship. 9th round. " Udinese" - "Roma" - 0:1, "Milan" - "Inter" - 3:4. Leading: Inter - 21 points, Palermo - 18, Roma - 17. Andrey VDOVIN
Malkin continues his scoring streak
Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Carolina" -- "Tampa" -- 6:4, "Philadelphia" -- "Pittsburgh" -- 2:8 -- Gonchar "P" (0+2), Malkin "P" (1+2), " Boston" -- "Ottawa" -- 2:1, "Montreal" -- "Toronto" -- 4:5 (B) -- Samsonov "M" (2+0), Kovalev "M" (0+3) , Perezhogin “M” (1+1), A. Markov “M” (0+1) , “Islanders” - “Florida” - 4:3 (B) - Yashin “A” (1+0), "Buffalo" -- "Atlanta" -- 4:5 (B) - - Afinogenov "B" (0+1), Kovalchuk "A" (1+0), "New Jersey" -- "Columbus" -- 1:0, "St. Louis" -- "Detroit" -- 2:3 - - Datsyuk (0+2), D. Markov (0+1), "Dallas" -- "Los Angeles" -- 3 :2 - - Tverdovsky "LA" (0+1), "Chicago" - "Anaheim" - 0:3, "Edmonton" - "Washington" - 4:0, "Phoenix" - "Rangers" -- 3: 7 -- Kasparaitis "R" (0+1), "Calgary" -- "Nashville" -- 2:3.
Malkin scored for the fifth game in a row, and his Pittsburgh, a hopeless underdog last season, defeated Philadelphia. But another impressive starting streak was interrupted. Buffalo failed to win its 11th straight win since the championship began, and the NHL record stood. The Blades were stopped by Atlanta: the Woodpeckers won in the shootout thanks to an accurate shot from Vyacheslav Kozlov. But Buffalo forward Afinogenov scored the 17th point using the goal+pass system. Only Jagr has more - 18 (3+15). Andrey VDOVIN
Auerbach died of a heart attack
At the age of 89, Arnold “Red” Auerbach, one of the most iconic figures in the history of world professional sports, passed away as a result of a heart attack. Under the leadership of Auerbach as head coach, the Boston Celtics NBA club in the 50s and 60s of the last century became the champion of the overseas league eight times in a row, and in total, in the middle of the last century, the Celts won 11 titles in 13 seasons. From 1970 to 1997, Auerbach was the permanent president of Boston and returned to this post in 2001.
"Red" Auerbach is known as the man who started the tradition of smoking the victory cigar. At all Boston matches he could be seen with his usual cigar and a rolled-up program in his hand. Vladimir ILYIN