Valuev will fight McCline

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The exact date of the next fight and the opponent of the world heavyweight champion according to the World Boxing Association (WBA) Nikolai Valuev have become known. He will make the next defense of his championship title on January 20, 2007 in Basel (Switzerland) and will fight with Jamil McCline. The American once fought for the WBO title with Vladimir Klitschko and for the IBF championship belt with Chris Byrd, but was defeated both times. McCline, 36, was born in New York's legendary black neighborhood of Harlem and now lives in Florida. This title defense by Valuev is voluntary, but the mandatory challenger is Ruslan Chagaev from Uzbekistan.

Kozlov distinguished himself at poker

Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Rangers" -- "Islanders" -- 4:7 -- Kozlov "A" (4+0) , "Anaheim" -- "Los Angeles" -- 2:3 -- Frolov "L" (2+0 ) .

Islanders forward Viktor Kozlov, who has been playing in the North American League since 1994, scored four goals in one game for the first time in his NHL career. At the end of the opening 20 minutes of the meeting between the two New York clubs, the guests were leading 4:0, but already in the second period the hosts reduced the gap to a minimum. And then Kozlov took the lead for the Islanders, adding three more to his goal in the 17th minute of the match. Brandan Shanahan of the Rangers scored his 18th career hat trick. An accurate pass from his teammate Jaromir Jagr brought the Czech to the sole leader of the scoring list according to the “goal plus pass” system - 40 points (13+27). Atlanta's Marianne Hossa is one point behind. Alexander Frolov from the “kings” scored his fourth double of the season. Ilya TRISVIATSKY

The Russian women's volleyball championship has begun

In the opening match of the national volleyball championship among women's super league teams, the 2005 Russian Cup finalist Khabarovsk "Nugget" beat the Kaliningrad club "Dynamo-Yantar" in three games - 3:0 (25:13, 25:22, 28:26). The Baltic team is actually the bronze medalist of the previous national championship “Dynamo” (Moscow region), who has changed his registration. The rivals included three world champions, and all of them are players of different roles. These are passer Marina Akulova, finishing player Natalya Kulikova from “Nugget” and central blocker Olga Zhitova. The match began with their honor. Zhitova and the most productive of the winners, Anna Makarova (Tsokur), who brought the team 19 points, were recognized as the best players of the meeting.

“This year, for political reasons, we were transferred to Kaliningrad, but we haven’t received a penny from there yet,” said Dynamo coach Mikhail Omelchenko. “That’s why they couldn’t strengthen themselves again with anyone.” In addition, Chukanova went on maternity leave, and we were left without the main connection. Cuban volleyball players should come to the team: Calderon, the best striker of the world championship, and Barros.”

A dozen Women's Super League teams play in two rounds. The quartet of the strongest will determine the winner and prize-winners on May 5-6 in the Final Four format. Ilya TRISVIATSKY

They want to buy Liverpool for half a billion

Football. English Championship. 16th round. Everton - West Ham - 2:0, Arsenal - Tottenham - 3:0, Wigan - Liverpool - 0:4, Sheffield United - " Charlton - 2:1, Reading - Bolton - 1:0, Portsmouth - Aston Villa - 2:2, Blackburn - Fulham - 2:0 , Middlesbrough - Manchester United - 1:2. The leaders are: Manchester United - 41 points, Chelsea - 35 (15 games), Arsenal - 25 (15), Portsmouth, Liverpool, Reading - 25 each.

In England, the topic of selling Liverpool to one of the foreign companies has been discussed for a long time. One of the most titled clubs can be bought by Dubai International Capital. The controlling stake is estimated at 170 million pounds (about $340 million). However, if the company buys Liverpool, it will have to pay off the club's debts of 80 million pounds ($160 million) and allocate about 250 million pounds for the construction of a new stadium.

German Championship. 15th round. "Alemannia" - "Eintracht" - 2:3, "Nuremberg" - "Schalke" - 0:0, "Energie" - "Hannover" - 0:1, "Werder" - "Hertha" -- 3:1, "Bayern" -- "Borussia" M -- 1:1, "Bochum" -- "Hamburg" -- 2:1, "Arminia" -- "Bayer" -- 0:0, " Borussia D - Wolfsburg - 1:0, Mainz - Stuttgart - 0:0. Leading: Werder, Schalke - 30 points, Stuttgart - 28, Bayern - 27.

“Hamburg”, in the Champions League match with which CSKA will only be satisfied with a victory tomorrow, has already suffered its sixth defeat in the German championship and dropped to penultimate place in the standings.

Italian Championship. 14th round. Torino - Empoli - 1:0, Parma - Palermo - 0:0, Livorno - Chievo - 0:2, Cagliari - Milan -- 2:2, Fiorentina -- Lazio -- 1:0, Messina -- Sampdoria -- 0:2, Udinese -- Regina -- 1:1, Ascoli " - Catania - 2:2, Inter - Siena - 2:0, Roma - Atalanta - 2:1. The leaders are: Inter - 36 points, Roma - 32, Palermo - 28.

Inter repeated its own record of almost a century ago for the number of consecutive victories in all current tournaments. Having beaten Siena, the “black and blue” extended their winning streak to 11 matches. Of these, Inter won seven matches in Serie A, two in the Italian Cup, and two more in the Champions League. Inter had the same winning streak in the 1909/10 season. Andrey VDOVIN

Gadzhiev left “Wings”

Gadzhi Gadzhiev left the post of head coach of Krylia Sovetov. Gadzhiev’s contract expired only in a year, but the management of the Samara club decided to part ways with the famous specialist ahead of schedule. As the president of Krylia Sovetov, Alexander Baranovsky, explained to a Vremya Novostey correspondent, the management was not satisfied with the team’s low final place in the championship standings. Meanwhile, in Samara, the main reason for Gadzhiev’s dismissal is considered to be his conflict with the team’s sports director Avalu Shamkhanov. However, Shamkhanov was fired along with the head coach.

So far, the club's management has not announced who will lead Wings. The main contender for the post of head coach is Sergei Oborin, who recently left Amkar. Andrey VDOVIN

Vladimir ILYIN