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England national team players booed
Chronicle of sporting events
Football. Spanish Championship. 13th round. Barcelona - Recreativo - 3:0, Sevilla - Mallorca - 1:2, Murcia - Real Madrid - 1:1, Villarreal - Almeria -- 1:1, Atlético -- Valladolid -- 4:3, Levante -- Betis -- 4:3, Osasuna -- Espanyol -- 1:2, Athletic " - Deportivo - 2:1, Racing - Valencia - 1:0, Zaragoza - Getafe - 1:1. Leading: Real Madrid - 29, Villarreal - 28, Barcelona - 27.In the 13th round, Villarreal played a draw for the first time in this championship. The surprise team, which challenged Real Madrid itself, was stopped by Primera debutant Almeria. The “royal” club, however, missed the chance to break away from their pursuers.
English Championship . 14th round . Newcastle - Liverpool - 0:3, Birmingham - Portsmouth - 0:2, Bolton - Manchester United - 1:0, Arsenal - Wigan " -- 2:0, Everton -- Sunderland -- 7:1, Middlesbrough -- Aston Villa -- 0:3, Manchester City -- Reading -- 2:1 , Derby County - Chelsea - 0:2, West Ham - Tottenham - 1:1, Fulham - Blackburn - 2:2. Leading : Arsenal - 33 points (13 matches), Manchester United - 30 (14), MS - 29 (14).
Football England is in depression after missing out on the European Championship. The leaders of the national team, who played for their clubs, were unanimously booed by the fans. This threw Manchester United off balance, and the Mancunians lost to Bolton. But the main anti-hero of the match with the Croats, goalkeeper Carson, played a clean sheet for Aston Villa against Middlesbrough.
Italian Championship. 13th round. "Genoa" - "Roma" - 0:1, "Inter" - "Atalanta" - 2:1, "Cagliari" - "Milan" - 1:2, "Empoli" - "Torino" -- 0:0, Lazio -- Parma -- 1:0, Livorno -- Sampdoria -- 3:1, Napoli -- Catania -- 2:0, Regina "- "Fiorentina" - 0:0, "Udinese" - "Siena" - 2:0, "Juventus" - "Palermo" - 5:0. The leaders are: Inter - 28 (12), Roma - 25 (12), Juventus, Udinese - 25 (13) each.
French Championship. 15th round. "Rennes" - "Lyon" - 0:2, "Toulouse" - "Monaco" - 0:0, "Saint-Etienne" - "Sochaux" - 1:0, "Lens" - " Lorient - 1:1, Nancy - Lille - 2:0, Marseille - Metz - 3:1, Caen - Bordeaux - 5:0, Strasbourg "- "Valenciennes" - 0:0, "Auxerre" - "Le Mann" - 3:0, "Nice" - "PSG" - 2:1. The leaders are: Lyon - 34 points (15 matches), Nancy - 31 (14), Bordeaux - 25 (15).
Boozer ensured Utah's victory over Detroit
BASKETBALL. NBA. Regular season . Lakers - New Jersey - 100:102, Seattle - San Antonio - 101:116, Detroit - Utah - 93:103, Indiana - - Cleveland - 106:111, Toronto - Chicago - 93:78.
Two Utah players became the real heroes of Sunday's confrontation with Detroit. Carlos Buzera contributed 36 points and 11 rebounds to his team. Teammate Deron Williams was second in scoring with 21 points and 14 assists. It was Williams' first match after a break due to a finger injury. According to Boozer, the result demonstrated in this game is not the limit for him. Russian Andrei Kirilenko, who also took the court for Utah, scored 11 points, 10 rebounds and 4 steals during the match. Let's add that Rasheed Wallace was not listed on Detroit's roster. And this circumstance, according to the opponents, affected the outcome of the match. Olesya KOMAROVA
Kovalchuk is second in the list of top scorers
HOCKEY. NHL. Regular season. “Vancouver” – “Chicago” – 2:0, “Anaheim” – “Los Angeles” – 3:2, “St. Louis” – “Calgary” – 3:0, “Rangers” - - “Dallas” – Zubov “D” (0+1).
Tampa Bay hockey player Vincent Lecavalier leads the list of top NHL scorers with 38 points. Five points behind him are Russian Ilya Kovalchuk from Atlanta and Sidney Crosby from Pittsburgh, who occupy second and third positions. Olesya KOMAROVA
Argentinean Coria will become Safin's sparring partner
As the Russian tennis team prepares for the Davis Cup final against the Americans in Portland, America, both teams will hold their pre-match press conferences today. Russian Marat Safin, for whom this season was unsuccessful, held a so-called general physical training camp in the mountains of Valencia. After this, Safin will begin his preparations for the next season along with a new sparring partner, the younger brother of Argentine tennis player Guillermo Coria. The schedule of tournaments in which Safin will participate next year is still unknown. Olesya KOMAROVA
Bol and Alshammar won the World Swimming Cup
American Randal Bol and Swede Teresa Alshammar won the World Cup in short course (25-meter pool). After seven stages, held in Durban, Singapore, Sydney, Moscow, Stockholm, Berlin and Belo Horizonte, Alshammar scored a total of 150 points and earned $100 thousand. In second place is American Natalie Coglin with 120 points and $50 thousand. .prize. In third position is Marlene Veldhuis from the Netherlands with 65 points and $30 thousand in bonuses.
Among the men, the top three included American Randal Bol, who scored 186 points. He is followed by Swede Stefan Nystrand - 101 points and Brazilian Thiago Pereira - 96 points. Three swimmers earned the same prize money as the women's half. The best of the Russians, Nikolai Skvortsov, is in fifth place on this list. Olesya KOMAROVA
No evidence found of Haas poisoning
The International Tennis Federation has officially denied information about the alleged poisoning of German tennis player Tommy Haas during the Davis Cup semi-final match in Moscow. Let us remember that then Haas was unable to play against Russian Mikhail Youzhny due to severe stomach pain. This circumstance gave rise to various speculations. Adding fuel to the fire was an interview with German quartet member Alexander Vaske in the German media, in which he said that some Russian told him that Haas was poisoned deliberately. Later, German journalists denied this information. Now the ITF leadership has come to the same conclusion. Olesya KOMAROVA