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Datsyuk puts Detroit ahead
Chronicle of sporting events
Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup . Quarterfinals. “Detroit” – “San Jose” – 4:1 (series score 3-2) – Datsyuk “D” (1+2), “New Jersey” – “Ottawa” – 2:3 (series score 1-4), "Buffalo" -- "Rangers" -- 2:1 (OT) (series score 3-2) - - Afinogenov "B" (1+0), Kalinin "R" ( 0+1), “Anaheim” – “Vancouver” – 2:1 (2OT) (series score 4-1).The National Hockey League has determined its second Stanley Cup semi-finalist. The day before, Anaheim reached the Western Conference finals. And yesterday, Ottawa won the series over New Jersey and will now compete for the title of the best team in the East with the winner of the Buffalo-Rangers pair.
Detroit got closer to the Stanley Cup semifinals. One of the best for the Red Wings in the last match was Pavel Datsyuk, who scored 3 points (1+2) using the goal+pass system. The puck scored by the Russian forward turned out to be victorious. At the same time, Datsyuk took advantage of the mistake of the “sharks” goalkeeper Evgeniy Nabokov - the goalkeeper rolled out to throw the puck out of his zone, and involuntarily made a pass directly to the stick of the opposing forward. Datsyuk did not forgive his compatriot for his mistakes.
The joy of Detroit's victory was overshadowed by the news of a serious injury to Detroit's main defender, Matthew Schneider. He broke his wrist in a collision with San Jose captain Patrick Marleau and was out for the remainder of the Stanley Cup.
Utah made it to the quarterfinals
Basketball. NBA. Playoffs . 1/8 finals. “Houston” – “Utah” – 99:103 (series score 3-4) – Kirilenko (8 points + 2 rebounds + 1 assist + 1 blocked shot), “New Jersey” – “Toronto” -- 98:97 (series score 4-2). 1/4 finals. “Detroit” – “Chicago” – 95:69 (series score 1-0).
The Utah Jazz, having won the seventh decisive game over Houston, were the last to secure their participation in the quarterfinals of the NBA playoffs. Russian Jazz leader Andrei Kirilenko played a key role in the decisive moments of this match. It was his three-point shot that allowed Utah to level the score in the fourth quarter – 88:88. And two seconds before the final siren, when the score was 101:99, the Houston players fouled Kirilenko, the Russian legionary converted both free throws, setting the final score.
Thus, Utah was able to overcome the first round of the playoffs for the first time in the last seven years. In the quarterfinals, the Jazzmen will meet with Golden State, the authors of the main sensation of the opening round. The “Wars” managed to knock out the winner of the regular season, “Dallas,” from the draw. For the first time since the first round was played out to four victories, the eighth team in the conference was able to defeat the leader in the series.
The other quarterfinals are: Detroit vs. Chicago, Cleveland vs. New Jersey and Phoenix vs. San Antonio. Andrey VDOVIN
Papaloukas named Euroleague MVP
The Greek legionnaire of the Russian CSKA Theodoros Papaloukas was recognized as the most valuable player of the Euroleague of the 2006/07 season. During the Final Four in Athens, the award ceremony took place, during which Papaloukas said: “Even though I’m not playing at home, this award belongs not only to me, but to all of Greece.”
Also at the gala dinner dedicated to this event, the composition of the symbolic fives of the Euroleague was announced. The first of them included CSKA defender Trajan Langdon, Nikola Vujicic (Maccabi), Luis Scola (Tau Ceramica), Juan Carlos Navarro (Barcelona) and Dimitrios Diamantidis (Panathinaikos).
The second symbolic five of the Euroleague consisted of Dynamo player Lazaros Papadopoulos, army player Matjaz Smodis, Ramunas Siskauskas (Panathinaikos), Igor Rakocevic and Pablo Prigioni (both Tau Ceramics). Konstantin IVANOV
Mayweather Jr. defeated De La Hoya
Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Oscar De La Hoya by decision to win “the last fight of boxing’s golden era” in Las Vegas. This is exactly how American journalists dubbed this fight, and the World Boxing Council (WBC) specially made a special championship belt for it, on which Oscar and Floyd are depicted next to Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali.
The fight for the WBC super middleweight world title was an even fight, with neither boxer coming close to a knockout blow. As a result, one of the referees gave the victory to De La Hoya with a score of 115-113, the other two to Mayweather - 115-113 and 116-112. As a result, Mayweather won the WBC champion title, thus becoming the holder of championship titles in five different weight categories.
“It was easy. He tried to act rough and tough, but could not defeat the best fighter in the world. He tried to strike as many blows as possible, but they did not reach the target. I beat him, I outplayed him,” Mayweather said after the fight, declaring that with this victory he puts an end to his career and will no longer enter the professional ring. Andrey VDOVIN
Girls from Kursk are champions of the Junior Youth League
The final round of the Children's and Youth Basketball League (JBL) championship among girls has ended in Kursk. This season, a record number of teams started in the tournament - 20. Six of them made it to the decisive stage based on the results of the preliminary rounds. The championship title was won for the second year in a row by the young basketball players of Dynamo Kursk, winning all five matches. “Silver” went to their teammates from the Moscow region, and “bronze” went to Ekaterinburg UMMC, which beat CSKA Samara thanks to a victory in the personal match. The girls from Dynamo Moscow and St. Petersburg's Baltic Star completed the final standings.
It is worth noting that the current season of the Junior Youth League is the sixth in a row (the championship among girls has been played for the last five years). Over the years of its existence, this competition has gained enormous popularity and social significance, largely thanks to the general sponsor of the league, JSC Lebedyansky, whose investment in children’s and youth sports is already bringing results. Suffice it to say that at one time such well-known players as Anton Ponkrashov, Nikita Kurbanov, Nikita Shabalkin, Vitaly Fridzon, Marina Kuzina, Elena Danilochkina came out of the DYBL. In addition, it is on the basis of the Junior Youth League that Russian junior national teams are formed, which in recent years have successfully performed on the international stage. Thus, in 2005 and 2006, our men's and women's youth teams alternately became European champions. Vladimir ILYIN