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Russian Championship. Premier League. 25th round. October 18. "Shinnik" - "Rubin", "Saturn" - "Spartak" M, "Spartak-Nalchik" - "Zenith", "Luch-Energia" - "Tom". October 19. "Wings of the Soviets" - "Moscow", "Terek" - "Dynamo", CSKA - "Amkar", "Lokomotiv" - "Khimki".
In their third match of the 2010 World Cup qualifying round, the Russian national team, playing in Group 4, hosts Finland on the field of the capital's Lokomotiv stadium in Cherkizovo (starts at 19.00). The opponent is far from the strongest, so fans of our team expect Dutch specialist Guus Hiddink's team to add three full points to their treasury in this meeting. On the same day, in our group, Germany will play against Wales on the field in Mönchengladbach.
The remaining matches on Wednesday: Group 1. Malta - Hungary, Portugal - Albania. Group 2. Latvia - Israel, Luxembourg - Moldova, Greece - Switzerland. Group 3. Czech Republic - Slovenia, Slovakia - Poland, Northern Ireland - San Marino. Group 5. Bosnia - Armenia, Estonia - Turkey. Group 6. Croatia - Andorra, Belarus - England. Group 7. Lithuania - Faroe Islands, Austria - Serbia. Group 8. Georgia - Bulgaria, Ireland - Cyprus, Italy - Montenegro. Group 9. Norway - Holland, Iceland - Macedonia.
In the next round of the Russian Premier League, we can highlight the match “Wings of the Soviets” - “Moscow”. The current coach of the Samara club, Leonid Slutsky, achieved a high fourth place with the “citizens” last season, but was dismissed from his post at the end of the championship. “Moscow” invited Ukrainian specialist Oleg Blokhin to the position of head coach, but the team does little with him, and “Wings” are fighting to get into the European Cup zone. In the first round at the capital's Eduard Streltsov Stadium, these rivals tied 1:1.
VOLLEYBALL. October 15. Russian Championship. Super League. Men. 3rd round. "Iskra" - "Metalloinvest", "Zenit" - "Dynamo" M, "Lokomotiv" NS - NOVA, "Lokomotiv-Belogorye" - "Ugra-Samotlor", "Ural" - "Yaroslavich", " Fakel - Gazprom-Yugra.
The central match of the week is the confrontation between the winner of the Champions League, Kazan “Zenith” (the title of the strongest team in Europe was won under the name “Dynamo-TTG”) and the winner of the gold medals of the national championship, the capital’s “Dynamo”. The former coach of the Moscow club, Vladimir Alekno, after working for a season and a half as the released “helmsman” of the national team, took over Zenit. And the first official match of the Kazan team under the new coach was the game for the national Super Cup against the “blue and white”. Dynamo won this September meeting on the site of the Luzhnikov USZ “Druzhba” with a score of 3:0.
HOCKEY. October 13--19. Continental Hockey League - Russian Open Championship. Regular season .
Schedule of games for the next week of the KHL championship, in which clubs from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Latvia participate. October 13. "Dynamo" R - "Lokomotiv", "Dynamo" Mn - "Severstal", "Dynamo" M - SKA, "Vityaz" - "Avangard". October 14. "Traktor" - HC MVD, "Neftekhimik" - "Barys", "Sibir" - "Salavat Yulaev". October 15. "Khimik" - SKA. October 16. "Metallurg" Mg - HC MVD, "Neftekhimik" - "Spartak". October 17. "Amur" - "Sibir", "Metallurg" NK - "Atlant", "Metallurg" Mg - "Torpedo", "Ak Bars" - CSKA, "Lada" - "Vityaz", "Lokomotiv" - - Severstal. October 18. "Amur" - "Sibir", "Salavat Yulaev" - HC MVD, "Ak Bars" - "Spartak", "Avangard" - "Dynamo" M, "Barys" - "Dynamo" Mn, "Khimik" " -- "Dynamo" R. October 19. "Metallurg" MG - "Atlant", "Salavat Yulaev" - "Torpedo", "Neftekhimik" - "Vityaz", "Lada" - CSKA.
BASKETBALL. Russian Championship. Super League. Men. Regular season . October 15. "Yenisey" - "Dynamo" M. October 17. "Spartak-Primorye" - "Khimki". October 18. CSKA - Ural Great. October 19. "Yenisei" - "Khimki".
October 15--16. FIBA Euroleague. Women. Group stage. 1st round .
In the Women's Euroleague, Russia is represented by four clubs that compete in different groups. Orenburg Nadezhda will make its debut in the continental club championship. In the off-season, the team was strengthened by the 2003 European champion Yulia Tokareva (Oskopa), who moved from Dynamo Novosibirsk. On Wednesday Nadezhda will host the Polish Wisla (Krakow), CSKA in Moscow will meet with the French Lille, UMMC (Ekaterinburg) will play away against the Croatian Sibenik. On Thursday, Spartak near Moscow will compete on its site with the Italian Famila (Schio).
TENNIS. October 13--19. WTA tournament. Zurich (Switzerland). Masters category tournament. Madrid (Spain).
The competition in Zurich has the status of a second category WTA tournament. The size of the prize fund is 600 thousand dollars. Serbian Jelena Jankovic is seeded as the first number. She, along with our Vera Zvonareva, American Venus Williams and her compatriot Ana Ivanovich, are exempt from participation in the starting round fights. Here are the pairs of the 1/16 finals with the participation of Russians: Nadezhda Petrova - Flavia Pennetta (Italy), Anna Chakvetadze - qualifier.
Men compete at the Masters with a total bonus amount of 2.27 million euros. According to the tradition of recent years, Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Swiss Roger Federer will move towards each other from different poles of the tournament grid. The winner of Madrid will replenish their bank account with 360 thousand euros. First round pairs with the participation of Russians: Dmitry Tursunov - qualifier, Igor Andreev - Gilles Simon (France), Marat Safin - Michel Llodra (France), Mikhail Youzhny - Jarko Nieminen (Finland). Nikolai Davydenko, seeded fifth, will enter the fight from the second round and will meet the winner of the Safin-Llodra pair.
"FORMULA-1". October 19. Chinese Grand Prix. Shanghai.
This is the penultimate stage of the Formula 1 World Auto Racing Championship. From the Middle Kingdom, the world's strongest racers will proceed to Brazil, where the season will end on November 2. The Chinese Grand Prix has been held since 2004, with stage winners including Rubens Barrichello, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen.
CHESS. October 13--16. Superfinal of the Russian Championship . Men. Moscow. October 14--19. World title match. Viswanathan Anand (Germany) - Vladimir Kramnik (Russia). Bonn (Germany).