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Yao Ming has a broken leg
Chronicle of sporting events
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. "Indiana" - "Minnesota" - 71:78, "Cleveland" - "Orlando" - 86:83, "Philadelphia" - "New York" - 98:77, "Memphis" - " Utah - 97:100, Houston - Clippers - 93:98, Seattle - Toronto - 110:97, Detroit - Atlanta - 108:81, Miami - Golden State - 105:92, New Orleans - San Antonio - 77:112, Milwaukee - New Jersey - 115:104, Chicago -- “Charlotte” - 115:76.The home match against the Clippers turned out to be extremely unsuccessful for Houston. It's not just a matter of defeat - at the beginning of the match, after being on the court for only five minutes, in a collision with Tim Thomas, the Chinese center of the "Rockets" Yao Ming suffered a fracture of the tibia. According to doctors, he is forced to miss at least a month and a half.
Guskov is approaching Makarov's record
Hockey. Super League. 36th round. "Vityaz" - "Lada" - 3:4, "Dynamo" - "Khimik" - 1:1, CSKA - "Salavat Yulaev" - 3:1, HC MVD - "Avangard" - 3:4, “Siberia” – “Krylya Sovetov” – 3:1, “Metallurg” (NK) – “Amur” – 1:0, SKA – “Lokomotiv” – 5:2. 37th round. "Metallurg" (MG) - CSKA - 4:2. The leaders are: Ak Bars - 73 points (33 games), Avangard - 73 (34), Khimik - 67 (34).
Tolyatti Lada defense player Alexander Guskov has already scored his 16th goal this season, and he is only five goals away from the “eternal” record of scorer-defender Nikolai Makarov, who hit the opponents’ goal 21 times in the 1981/82 season. The capital's Dynamo team broke an unpleasant streak of four defeats in a row. AK Bars forward Alexey Morozov strengthened his leadership in the list of the best snipers in the Super League, scoring his 27th goal in the regular season. Vladimir ILYIN
Abramovich will spend less
Football. English Championship. 19th round. Fulham - West Ham - 0:0, Arsenal - Blackburn - 6:2, Aston Villa - Manchester United - 0:3, Liverpool - Watford - 2:0, Manchester City - Bolton - 0:2, Middlesbrough - Charlton - 2:0, Newcastle - Tottenham - 3: 1, Portsmouth - Sheffield United - 3:1, Reading - Everton - 0:2, Wigan - Chelsea - 2:3. Leading: Manchester United - 47 points, Chelsea - 45, Liverpool - 34.
Chelsea managed to score the winning goal, after which the head coach of the “aristocrats”, Jose Mourinho, concluded that Santa Claus was rooting for him. "I'm not happy with my players, but Santa Claus must be wearing all blue because we didn't deserve this win at all," the Portuguese said after the match. However, what is more important for Mourinho is how Roman Abramovich supports Chelsea. The Russian billionaire gave a rare interview to The Observer, in which he spoke about his attitude towards Mourinho. “We have a respectful relationship with each other. I can say that I respect Mourinho not only for his football achievements,” said Abramovich, while talking about Chelsea’s selection policy. - My influence is insignificant - it cannot be compared with the work of a manager who negotiates with this or that football player. In general, in Chelsea it is impossible to imagine a situation in which the head coach does not want to see this or that player in the team, but I will insist.” At the same time, Abramovich promised to pay more attention to the club’s students. “Our tactics have changed, and now we will rely more on graduates of our academy, in whom we have invested a lot. We hope that this project will bear fruit. From now on we will spend much less money on the transfer market,” said the Chelsea owner. Andrey VDOVIN
The NHL is awaiting reform
Hockey. NHL. Regular season. Islanders - Columbus - 4:0 - - Vic. Kozlov "A" (1+0), Yashin "A" (0+2), "Atlanta" -- "New Jersey" -- 5:2 - - Kovalchuk "A" (1+1), Vyach. Kozlov "A" (1+0), "Boston" -- "Montreal" -- 4:2 - - Chistov "B" (1+0), "Florida" -- "Carolina" -- 2:3 (OT ), "Tampa" -- "Rangers" -- 4:3 - - Alekseev "T" (0+1), "Toronto" --- "Washington" -- 2:3 -- Ovechkin "V" (1+ 1), Semin “B” (1+1), “Dallas” – “Edmonton” – 3:2, “St. Louis” – “Buffalo” – 3:2 (OT), “Nashville” - - "Los Angeles" -- 7:0 - - Radulov "N" (0+3), "Minnesota" -- "Detroit" -- 3:2 OT, "Phoenix" -- "Anaheim" -- 2: 0, "Colorado" -- "Chicago" -- 3:2 - - Arkhipov "Ch" (0+1), "San Jose" -- "Calgary" -- 4:1, "Philadelphia" -- "Ottawa" " -- 3:6.
NHL club bosses are currently considering the idea of changing the structure of the league. Instead of the existing six divisions, it is proposed to create four in such a way that teams that are close geographically and in the same time zones will be together. In this case, the two best teams from each division will receive a ticket to the playoffs, the remaining four tickets will be awarded to the clubs with the most points. So far, the preliminary composition of the divisions is as follows: Eastern Division 1 - Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Buffalo, Boston, Pittsburgh, Columbus; Eastern Division 2 -- Rangers, Islanders, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington, Tampa, Florida, Carolina; Western Division 1 -- Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville, Dallas, Minnesota, Atlanta; Western Division 2 -- Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Phoenix, Colorado. If the idea finds many supporters, then the issue of changing the structure of the NHL will be put to a vote of the NHL Board of Directors, which will be held in January in Dallas.
Meanwhile, Alexander Ovechkin, having scored once again, took the lead in the regular season scorer dispute. Now the Washington forward has 24 goals. Atlanta forward Hossa has the same number. St. Louis of Tampa and Shanahan of the Rangers have one goal less. Konstantin IVANOV