“Salavat” coped with “Dynamo”

Chronicle of sporting events

Hockey. Russian Championship. Super League. "Amur" - "Lokomotiv" - 2:0, "Metallurg" NK - "Severstal" - 5:3, "Sibir" - "Neftekhimik" - 0:5, "Traktor" - "Lada" " -- 3:2, "Metallurg" Mg -- CSKA -- 3:2, SKA -- "Ak Bars" -- 1:0, "Torpedo" -- HC MVD -- 0:4, "Spartak" - - "Avangard" - 3:2, "Vityaz" - "Khimik" - 5:9, "Salavat Yulaev" - "Dynamo" - 3:2. The leaders are: Salavat Yulaev - 113 points (52 matches), Metallurg MG - 108, SKA, Lokomotiv, CSKA - 95 each.

In the key match of the game day, the championship leader Salavat Yulaev managed to win an important victory over Dynamo. The Ufa team took a 3-0 lead by the middle of the second period, but the guests managed to pull themselves together and played a strong finish to the match. So the hosts were largely lucky that the match ended in their favor - 3:2.

The second-place Magnitogorsk team was also lucky, as it was only in the last minutes that they were able to break the resistance of the capital’s army team.

The most productive match was produced by teams from the Moscow region - Vityaz conceded nine goals against Khimik. The latter, by the way, are thinking about changing their name in the coming off-season. There are currently several options, one of which is HC Mytishchi.

Detroit won, but lost Lidstrom

Hockey. NHL. Regular season . “New Jersey” – “Carolina” – 5:1, “Islanders” – “San Jose” – 3:2, “Colorado” – “Detroit” – 0:4 – Datsyuk “D” "(0+3), "Los Angeles" - "Phoenix" - 0:4.

The Red Wings finally broke their five-game losing streak. Colorado was defeated away, and Pavel Datsyuk made three assists in this match. But along with the good news, Detroit also has some bad news. At the very beginning of the match, the team's key defender Nicklas Lidstrom was injured. Ian Laperriere crashed into the Swede at full speed. A few minutes later, the offender was challenged to a fist fight by Wings forward Aaron Downey and received what he deserved. But Lidstrom will still miss at least two weeks, and for Detroit, which already has a shortage of defenders due to injuries to Brian Rafalski and Niklas Kronwall, another loss promises big trouble. However, the leading position of the “red wings”, which even after a series of failures maintained a 10-point lead, is so strong that no one really doubts their victory in the regular season.

It was generally a day full of injuries. For example, after a shot by Islanders defenseman Radek Martinek, the puck went through the mask of Russian goalie Evgeni Nabokov, who was forced to ask for a replacement. However, before the end of the period, the San Jose goalkeeper returned to the court.

A new exchange option has been found for Kidd

New Jersey defenseman Jason Kidd will still move to Dallas. According to AP, forward Malik Allen will join Kidd in Dallas, followed by defenseman Devin Harris, center De Sagana Diop and all-rounder Maurice Ager. In addition, forward Keith Van Horn and another all-rounder Trenton Hassell became New Jersey players. In addition, New Jersey will receive $3 million and the right to select in the first two rounds of the upcoming draft.

Thus, Kidd’s dream of playing in Dallas, which was in jeopardy due to the refusal of one of the participants in the exchange to move to New Jersey, will nevertheless come true, and he should already arrive at the location of the new team for the next match with New Orleans "

Increased prize money in the Middle East

The capital of Qatar, Doha, is hosting a first-category BTA tournament with a prize fund of $2.5 million. Among competitions at this level, the Qatar Total Open in terms of total fees is second only to the March Sony Ericsson Open in Miami ($3.77 million), but on the coast of Florida 96 tennis players will compete in the main draw, and 56 players entered the fight for the main trophy in Doha.

In the opening round, due to stomach problems, Nadezhda Petrova was unable to complete the match against Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues. The Russian lost the first game (2:6), was in the lead in the second - 2:1 and decided to leave the court. In the Russian derby, Maria Kirilenko dealt with the lucky loser Ekaterina Makarova only in the third set - 6:3, 5:7, 6:0, Vera Zvonareva left no chance for Anastasia Rodionova - 6:0, 6:3. Galina Voskoboeva prevailed over the Greek Elena Danilidou - 6:1, 7:6 (8:6).

At the ATP tournament with a prize fund of 824 thousand euros in Rotterdam, where fights are held on a hard surface, our “qualifier” Teimuraz Gabashvili passed the first round barrier, defeating the seventh-seeded Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero - 7: 5, 6: 1. Mikhail Youzhny lost to Serbian Janko Tipsarevic - 6:7 (3:7), 4:6. The first racket of the competition, Nikolai Davydenko, entered the fight late last night in a duel with the Czech Jan Hernykh.

Two more men's tournaments are held overseas - in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires and San Jose (USA), but there are no Russian representatives in the main singles draws. As part of the competition, an exhibition match took place in San Jose, in which the legendary American Pete Sampras, who had retired from his official career, defeated the German Tommy Haas - 6:4, 6:2.

Topalov leads in Mexican Morelia

After three rounds of the Mexican half of the prestigious chess tournament "Morelia - Linares" Veselin Topalov is in the lead with 2.5 points. In the opening match, the Bulgarian grandmaster forced Levon Aronian to surrender with white pieces, then made peace with Teimuraz Radjabov with black pieces and, again gaining color advantage, defeated Vasily Ivanchuk. World champion Indian Viswanathan Anand is in second place - 2 points. In total, eight grandmasters are participating in the tournament, among whom for the first time there is not a single Russian. Until February 23, the first round will be played in Mexico, then the participants will have a five-day break in order to move to Linares, Spain.

Prepared by Andrey VDOVIN and Ilya TRISVIATSKY