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Today in Moscow the second meeting of the finals of CSKA - Khimki, and on May 31 and, if necessary, June 1, the teams will continue to sort things out in the Kazan Basket Hall. In case of equality, the decisive match is scheduled for June 3 and will take place in the capital's USC CSKA.
FOOTBALL. June 2. Euro 2008 qualifying match. The Russian team is the Andorran team.
The qualifying match for the 2008 European Championship between the national teams of Russia and Andorra will be played in St. Petersburg. The decision to hold a meeting with the participation of the national team not in Moscow was dictated by the desire of the leaders of the Russian Football Union to expand the geography of cities capable of hosting and hosting matches of this level.
Head coach of the Andorran national team David Rodrigo said that on Saturday his players began preparing for the upcoming match. According to him, there are 23 names on the list of players. However, not all candidates will arrive in the Russian northern capital. It is planned that the Andorran team will fly to St. Petersburg two days before the game.
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING. 31.05 -- 3.06. European Cup.
Russian prima synchronized swimming will perform at the European Cup, which will be held in the capital of Italy, Rome, as a strong team. Olympic champions Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova, as well as multiple world champion Natalya Ishchenko, will also present their programs. According to the leaders of the Russian Synchronized Swimming Federation, this tournament is by no means a pass for our athletes, since it is one of the stages of selection for the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.
Currently, the Russian team is at a preparatory training camp in Spain. The Russians will arrive in the Italian capital three days before the start.
TENNIS. 28.05 -- 10.06. French Open - Roland Garros.
In fact, the French Open, otherwise known as Roland Garros, kicked off in Paris last week with a qualifying tournament. The Russian participants were represented by the 171st racket of the world, Yuri Shchukin, who lost in the first round to the Englishman Alex Bogdanovich, and seven young Russian tennis players. Among the latter, according to the national team coach Alexander Volkov, there are no particularly strong athletes.
The main contenders for honorary trophies, both domestic and foreign, will join the fight for the championship title this week. Experts name two names among the main contenders for victory in the men's tournament - the first racket of the world, Swiss Roger Federer, and Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who was the winner of the last two Roland Garros in 2005 and 2006.
By the way, this Grand Slam tournament, like the complex where it is held, is named after a member of the Parisian tennis club, French hero, pioneer aviator and military pilot Roland Garros, who died five weeks before the end of the First World War. By the way, Garros was the first to make a non-stop flight across the Mediterranean Sea over a distance of 730 kilometers.
The first French tennis championship was held in 1891, but only men participated. Six years later, the men's company was diluted by tennis players. In 1925, these competitions were given international status. Three years after this, in 1928, the grand opening of the center court of the new stadium took place, which was named Roland Garros. The construction of the tennis arena was a direct consequence of the victory in the Davis Cup in 1927 by the French quartet - Jacques Brunnon, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet and Rene Lacoste over the US team. The return match was supposed to take place in Paris, where there was no tennis center capable of hosting a tournament of this level. In 1968, Roland Garros received the status of a Grand Slam tournament.
DIVING. May 31 - June 3. Grand Prix “Spring Swallows”.
The Spring Swallows Grand Prix changed its place of registration this year. The tournament will not be held in Elektrostal near Moscow, where it has been held for the last few years, but in the capital's Olympic swimming pool. 18 countries submitted applications to participate in the Grand Prix. It is already known that the first numbers of the Chinese national team - the main competitors of domestic jumpers - will come to the Russian capital.
According to the head coach of the Russian diving team, Alexey Evangulov, with the exception of world champion Gleb Galperin and Alexander Dobroskok, almost all other Russian diving will take part in these competitions. The leaders of the federation decided to spare the two team leaders, taking into account that at the recent world championship in Australia they complained of health problems. The issue with the participation of Irina Lashko, who again began playing for the Russian national team this season, is also unclear. According to the head coach, he does not know the whereabouts of the athlete. Most likely, she is in Australia, where Irina’s husband and daughter live.
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS. May 31 - June 4. Grand Prix
This week the sixth stage of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix starts in the Czech city of Brno, where, without a doubt, the main intrigue will be the appearance of Russian Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva on the platform. Let us remind you that the Muscovite missed the previous stage of the Grand Prix in Minsk because, according to the head coach of the Russian team Irina Viner, she was specially preparing for the Czech start.
But even in the absence of Alina Kabaeva, the Russians Vera Sesina and five-time world champion Olga Kapranova took with them the largest number of awards from Belarus. Sesina has two first places, one second and one third. Kapranova has two golds and two silvers.