Translated material
Lyon is ahead again
Chronicle of sporting events
Football. French Championship. 1st round. "Auxerre" - "Nantes" - 2:1, "Bordeaux" - "Caen" - 2:1, "Le Havre" - "Nice" - 1:0, "Le Mans" - " Lorien - 0:1, Monaco - PSG - 1:0, Nancy - Lille - 0:0, Rennes - Marseille - 4:4, Sochaux "- "Grenoble" - 1:2, "Valenciennes" - "Saint-Etienne" - 1:0, "Lyon" - "Toulouse" - 3:0.Lyon, which won the French championship seven times in a row, topped the standings from the very first round, despite all its losses. In the summer, Gregory Coupe, Sebastian Schilacci, Adersen Kleber, Loic Remy, and most importantly, Ben Arfa left the club. It is Marseille, which bought the midfielder for 12 million euros, that is predicted to be Lyon’s main competitors. The bronze medalist of the last championship immediately made it clear that it would not be boring with him. In the first round, Marseille had a super productive match, drawing 4:4 with Rennes. At the same time, in the 90th minute the guests were leading with a score of 3:2.
Another contender for gold, Bordeaux, was content with a modest victory, and the decisive goal was scored by ex-Spartak player Fernando Cavenaghi.
Russian Championship. Match of the 17th round. "Spartak-Nalchik" - "Terek" - 0:2 ( Siradze 18, Samsonov 89 ).
Terek suffered its first defeat since Vyacheslav the Terrible took charge.
German Cup. 1/32 finals. Ansbach (D5) -- Karlsruhe -- 0:5, Heidenheim (D4) -- Wolfsburg -- 0:3, Durlach (D4) -- Arminia -- 1:2 , "Luneburger" (D5) - "Stuttgart" - 0:5, "Oberhausen" (D2) - "Bayer" - 2:3, "Erfurt" (D3) - "Bayern" - 3: 4, Eintracht H (D3) -- Werder Bremen -- 3:9, Bielefeld (D7) -- Borussia M -- 1:8, Ingolstadt (D2) -- Hamburg - - 1:3, Essen (D2) - Borussia D - 1:3, Hallescher - Hannover - 0:5.
Manchester United took their first trophy
Football. English Super Cup. “Manchester United” – “Portsmouth” – 0:0 (on penalties – 3:1).
Zenit's UEFA Super Cup rival Manchester United took their first trophy of the season. However, the Champions League winner managed to get the better of Portsmouth only in the penalty shootout. At the same time, however, the first shot on target at Manchester United was struck only at the end of the second half and did not pose any danger.
Before playing with Zenit in the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco on August 29, the Mancunians will still have time to play a couple of matches in the English Championship, which starts this coming weekend.
Yankovic became the first
In the new ATP ranking, Russian Nikolay Davydenko dropped one more place. Now the Russian tennis player occupies fifth position, behind Spaniard David Ferrer. And Roger Federer tops the ranking, whose advantage over Rafael Nadal is only 25 points.
There are more global changes in the WTA women's rankings. Serbian Jelena Jankovic topped the list of the strongest tennis players on the planet, ahead of her compatriot Anna Ivanovic. Elena Kuznetsova closes the top three in the ranking.