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Stukalov decided on youth
Chronicle of sporting events
The head coach of the Russian youth football team, Boris Stukalov, announced the names of the players who will be called up for the 2009 European Championship qualifying match with the Kazakhstan team. The list includes goalkeepers Soslan Dzhanaev (KamAZ), Mikhail Kerzhakov (Zenit); defenders Vladimir Granat (Dynamo), Sergei Efimov (Lokomotiv), Fedor Kudryashov (Spartak M), Yuri Lebedev (Zenit), Andrey Lukanchenkov (SKA), Kirill Nababkin (Moscow); midfielders Oleg Ivanov (Kuban), Dmitry Kombarov, Kirill Kombarov (both Dynamo), Andrey Nagumanov (Textilshchik-Telecom), Alexander Ryazantsev (Rubin), Ivan Taranov (CSKA), Viktor Faizulin ( "Spartak" N); forwards Artem Dzyuba (Spartak M), Oleg Kozhanov (Ural), Evgeniy Lutsenko (Torpedo).The Russian national team will begin preparations for the game on August 20 at the Bor sanatorium. The next morning the team flies to Karaganda, where the match will begin on August 22 at 17.00 Moscow time.
The Russian national team in the group of the fourth qualifying round of the European Youth Championship, in addition to Kazakhstan, was accompanied by teams from Spain, Georgia and Poland, with each of which Stukalov’s team will play two matches. The final part of the continental championship will be attended by the winners of nine qualifying groups and the four best teams from among the runners-up.
The volleyball team is preparing for Euro 2007 at home
Yesterday, at the training base in Novogorsk near Moscow, the decisive stage of preparation of the Russian men's team for the European Championships, which starts on September 6 in Moscow and St. Petersburg, began. Medals at continental championships have been played out since 1948, and never before have competitions of the best teams of the Old World been held on the territory of our country. So the upcoming tournament will be historic for domestic flying ball fans.
Before arriving in Novogorsk, head coach Vladimir Alekno’s wards were preparing for the European Championship in Italy and at the end of last week they played two test matches with Germany in the town of Courmayeur. In the first game, the Russians won a strong-willed victory, even winning back a match point in the third game - 3:2 (25:27, 21:25, 26:24, 25:15, 15:13). The repeat match went to the Germans - 3:1 (25:23, 25:17, 19:25, 25:16).
Alekno still has 16 volleyball players at his disposal, vying for a dozen places in the official application for Euro 2007. These are setters Vadim Khamuttskikh (Fakel, Novy Urengoy) and Sergey Grankin (Dynamo, Moscow); libero Alexey Verbov (Iskra, Odintsovo) and Alexander Yanutov (ZSK-Gazprom, Surgut region); finishers Sergei Tetyukhin and Alexander Kosarev (both Dynamo-Tattransgaz, Kazan), Pavel Abramov (Iskra), Yuri Berezhko and Alexander Korneev; blockers Alexey Ostapenko, Alexander Volkov (all - Dynamo M), Alexey Kazakov (Ural, Ufa - former Neftyanik Bashkortostan) and Alexey Kuleshov (Iskra); diagonal forwards Evgeny Matkovsky (Ural), Semyon Poltavsky and Pavel Kruglov (both Dynamo M). Ilya TRISVIATSKY
Yuzhny plays confidently in his new role
In Toronto (Canada), following the men's Masters last week, the first category BTA tournament with a prize fund of $1.34 million started. In the first round, Dinara Safina defeated the French qualifier Camille Pin - 7:6 (11:9 ), 3:6, 7:5. Olga Puchkova failed to cope with the Italian Flavia Penetta - 3:6, 5:7. Elena Dementyeva, Nadezhda Petrova, Anna Chakvetadze and Svetlana Kuznetsova will enter the fight from the second round.
At the men's Masters in Cincinnati, world top 10 debutant Mikhail Youzhny defeated Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty in the 1/32 finals - 6:3, 6:1, Marat Safin lost to German Nicholas Kiefer - 3:6, 6: 7 (1:7). Ilya TRISVIATSKY