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Khimki and UNICS lost in the ULEB Cup
Chronicle of sporting events
The first round of the group stage of the second most important European club tournament for the ULEB Cup ended with defeats for both Russian clubs. Khimki near Moscow lost to Bulgarian Akademik in Sofia - 82:91. In the final quarter the hosts won by 11 points. Kazan UNICS in Thessaloniki failed to cope with local PAOK - 81:84. The best among the winners was Serbian Vlado Scepanovic - 23 points.Khimki is in fourth place in Group C, having two wins each with the German Alba and the Belgian Oostende. But the German team has a better points difference, but the Belgian club has worse results than Sergei Elevich’s team. UNICS in the six “D” with three wins is ahead of PAOK by point difference and is in second position. Let us remind you that the four best teams from each sextet advance to the next round of the tournament.
In the fourth round of the FIBA European Cup, all three Russian participants won victories on their sites. The Moscow Region Dynamo team prevailed over the Latvian Barons - 80:61, the railway workers from Rostov-on-Don defeated the Hungarian Atomeroma - 102:58, the Perm Ural Great upset the Sofia CSKA - 93:79.
Guskov set his sights on Makarov's record
Hockey. Russian Championship. Super League. 30th round. Dynamo - SKA - 1:2, HC MVD - Severstal - 3:2, Amur - Salavat Yulaev - 1:3, Avangard - Vityaz - 5:1, “Wings of the Soviets” – “Lada” – 1:6, “Lokomotiv” – “Traktor” – 1:1, “Khimik” – CSKA – 4:2, “Ak Bars” – "Metallurg" (Nk) - 3:0, "Neftekhimik" - "Sibir" - 4:6. Leading: Ak Bars - 62 points (28 games), Salavat Yulaev - 55 (27), Avangard - 55 (28), Khimik - 54 (28), Sibir - - 53 (27).
Two goals were scored against CSKA by former army players - ex-captain of the Red-Blues Nikolai Pronin and defender Vadim Khomitsky. The match was put to an end by Sergei Sevostyanov, who calmly rolled a rubber disc into the goal when the visiting Latvian goalkeeper Peteris Skudra was on the bench - Muscovites coach Vyacheslav Bykov released an extra field player in his place. Ak Bars forward Alexey Morozov strengthened his leading position in the list of the best snipers of the championship, scoring his 22nd goal of the season against the Novokuznetsk Metallurgists. In the tenth match in a row, Tolyatti Lada defender Alexander Guskov scores points using the “goal plus pass” system. He already has 15 goals to his name. The record for scoring defense players in the national championships so far belongs to Nikolai Makarov - 21 goals (Chelyabinsk Traktor, 1980/81 season). Surely the tireless Guskov will be able to surpass this achievement. Ilya TRISVIATSKY
Yao Ming helped the team to another victory
Basketball. NBA. Regular season . "Washington" - "Atlanta" - 96:95, "New Jersey" - "Charlotte" - 92:96, "New Orleans" - "Toronto" - 77:94, "Houston" - - Minnesota - 82:75, Chicago - New York - 102:85, Denver - Memphis - 96:108, Sacramento - Clippers - 93:80, Lakers - Milwaukee - 105:109.
Of the eight matches of the NBA regular season, the most exciting was the meeting between Houston and Minnesota. As in previous games, the role of the soloist was taken by the Chinese athlete Yao Ming. He had 25 points and ten rebounds, so it is clear that it was thanks to his performance that Houston won its tenth victory in a row.
Viktor Khryapa’s team is still far from achieving this figure. “Chicago” has the upper hand over its opponents for only the second time in a row. This time, New Yorkers became the victims of the bulls. Russian Viktor Khryapa spent minimal playing time on the court - only one minute and distinguished himself with a rebound. The most productive players of the match were Eddie Kuri from New York - 24 points and Ben Gordon from Chicago - 23 points. Olesya KOMAROVA
Spartak offered £10 million for Muntari
According to Italian media reports, Spartak Moscow proposed to Udinese leaders to sell the club's midfielder Sally Muntari. Spartak intends to pay 10 million pounds for the player from Ghana. According to the Tuttosport newspaper, the management of the Moscow club was impressed by Muntari's performance during the first months of this season. So far, Udinese has not given a specific answer, taking time to think about this proposal. Olesya KOMAROVA
Ovechkin scored his 16th goal of the season
Hockey. NHL. Regular season . "Carolina" -- "Ottawa" -- 1:4 -- Babchuk "K" (0+1), "Pittsburgh" -- "Islanders" -- 3:2 -- Viktor Kozlov "A" (1+0) , Zhitnik "A" (0+1), "Rangers" -- "Atlanta" -- 4:5 OT -- Vyacheslav Kozlov "A" (0+1), Kovalchuk "A" (0+1), "Montreal" » --- "Florida" -- 0:0, "Tampa Bay" -- "Washington" -- 2:5 -- Semin "B" (1+1), Ovechkin "B" (1+1), “Toronto” – “Boston” – 1:4, “St. Louis” – “San Jose” – 0:2, “Edmonton” – “Anaheim” – 2:3 OT, “Calgary” -- "Colorado" -- 5:2, "Vancouver" -- "Columbus" -- 1:0, "Montreal" -- "Florida" -- 0:1.
Last day, 11 matches were played in the NHL regular season. Tampa hosted guests from Washington. Russians Alexander Semin and his namesake Ovechkin (pictured) distinguished themselves in this meeting. Semin, who came on the ice after an injury, already in the first period made an assist to Chris Beach, who directed it into the goal. In the second period, Semin himself turned on the red light behind the opponents' goal. In the same period of the game, Alexander Ovechkin scored an effective pass, and at the end of the third period, Ovechkin scored the fifth goal into the empty goal of Tampa. This was the 16th goal of the season for Alexander the Great. Olesya KOMAROVA
Ivanov will miss the match with Olympiacos
On Tuesday, in the last minute of training, Dynamo basketball club forward Andrei Ivanov suffered an ankle injury. According to the team’s press service, it will not allow the player to take part in the Euroleague match with the Greek Olympiacos. Olesya KOMAROVA