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Week calendar
The central match of the tour is the game in St. Petersburg between Zenit and the capital's army team. Both teams are vying for the prize, and in these clubs there were coaching resignations during the season. If on the banks of the Neva the famous Dutchman Dick Advocaat was replaced by native Zenit player Anatoly Davydov, then CSKA instead of the Brazilian Zico brought in the titled Spanish specialist Juande Ramos.
HOCKEY. September 21-27. Continental Hockey League. Regular season.
Here is the full schedule of KHL - Russian Open matches this week. September 21. "Severstal" - "Metallurg" NK, "Atlant" - "Amur", "Spartak" - "Sibir". September 22. Avtomobilist - Metallurg Mg, CSKA - Dynamo M, Torpedo - Dynamo Mn, Vityaz - Dynamo R, Salavat Yulaev - Neftekhimik, Barys " - "Lada", "Avangard" - "Ak Bars", HC MVD - "Lokomotiv". September 23. SKA - Metallurg NK, Severstal - Amur, Atlant - Sibir. September 24. "Metallurg" Mg - "Traktor", CSKA - "Dynamo" Mn, "Torpedo" - "Dynamo" R, "Vityaz" - "Dynamo" M, "Salavat Yulaev" - "Lada", "Barys" " - "Ak Bars", "Avangard" - "Neftekhimik", "Spartak" - "Lokomotiv". September 25. SKA - "Amur", "Severstal" - "Sibir", "Atlant" - "Metallurg" Nk. September 26. Avtomobilist - Traktor, CSKA - Dynamo R, Torpedo - Dynamo M, Vityaz - Dynamo Mn, Salavat Yulaev - Ak Bars, Barys " - "Neftekhimik", "Avangard" - "Lada", HC MVD - "Spartak", September 27. SKA - "Sibir".
TENNIS. September 21-27. WTA tournaments (women). Seoul (Korea), Tashkent (Uzbekistan). ATP tournaments (men). Bucharest (Romania), Metz (France).
This week's women's competition takes place on hard court. The prize fund is $220 thousand each. Matches with the participation of Russians in the first round of Seoul: Kleybanova - Srebotnik (Slovenia), Kirilenko - qualified, Dushevina - U. Radwanska (Poland), Pavlyuchenkova - Haynes (USA), Makarova - Bammer (Austria). The first number here is Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia), who can meet Kleybanova in the quarterfinals.
The men's tournament matches in Bucharest will take place on clay. In the 1/16 finals, Igor Andreev will compete with one of the winners of the decisive qualifying round. The first seeded number is the owner of the court, Victor Hanescu. The total amount of bonuses is 450 thousand euros. In France, the fee fund is similar; they play on a synthetic greenset surface. In the opening round, Evgeniy Korolev will fight with German Benjamin Becker. The first racket of the tournament is considered to be local tennis player Gal Monfils.
CYCLE HIGHWAY. September 23--27. World Championship. Mendrisio (Switzerland).
On Wednesday there will be time trial races for women and cyclists under 23 years of age. The next day the men's time trial will take place. Friday is a free training day and a meeting of participants in the congress of the international federation of this sport (USI). On Saturday there will be group races for women and youth, and on September 27, medalists will be determined in the most prestigious discipline - the men's race from the general start. The length of the route is 262.2 km (19 laps of 4655 meters).
"FORMULA-1". September 27. Singapore Grand Prix.
The Singapore Grand Prix has been held since 2004. Only the Spaniard Fernando Alonso (2005, 2008) managed to become the winner of this stage of the Formula 1 world championship twice. The length of the distance is 309.1 km (61 laps of 5067 m). We remind you of the position of the leaders in the drivers' championship: Button (Brown) - 80 points (6 race victories), Barrichello (Brown) - 66 (2), Vettel (Red Bull) - 54 (2) , Webber (Red Bull) - 51.5 (1), Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 40 (1). In the Constructors' Championship, the top three look like this: Brown - 146 points, Red Bull - 105.5, Ferrari - 62.
VOLLEYBALL. September 25-27. European Championship. Women. Poland. First group stage.
The Russian women's team, led by Vladimir Kuzyutkin for the first season, despite the change of generations and the abundance of debutants, was able to win silver in this year's World Grand Prix, although many predicted failure for the team. So, at the continental championship, the Russians are quite capable of competing for awards. Yesterday the national team flew out for two friendly matches in Germany, and after sparring with the Bundesteam, our volleyball players will go to Poland. There will be 14 volleyball players in the official application for participation in the tournament, of which only 12 will be able to take part in each specific match. Setters Maria Zhadan, Marina Sheshenina, blockers Maria Borisenko, Elena Murtazaeva, Yulia Sedova, Yulia Merkulova, forwards Anna Makarova, Natalia Safronova, Ksenia Naumova, Tatyana Kosheleva, Olga Fateeva, Ekaterina Gamova, libero Ekaterina Kabeshova and Ekaterina Starodubova. If some force majeure circumstances (illness or injury) occur before the start of the European Championship, then substitutions are possible. You can make changes to your application until the last day before the start of the tournament.
At the first stage, 16 participants are divided into four quartets. The top three teams from each group advance to the next stage. The Russians will begin Euro 2009 in the city of Bydgoszcz (Group C), where our men's basketball team played at the Old World Championship a few days ago. The rivals of Kuzyutkin's team are Bulgaria (September 25), Belarus (26th) and Belgium (27th). The national team of Belarus was recently hosted by the legendary Nikolai Karpol.
The composition of the remaining groups: “A” (Lodz) - Poland, Holland, Croatia, Spain; “B” (Wroclaw) - Türkiye, France, Italy, Germany; “D” (Katowice) - Azerbaijan, Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic. Two years ago Italy won the championship title, the Russians received bronze.
PROFESSIONAL BOXING. September 26. Fight for the world title in the super heavyweight category according to the WBC. Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine) -- Chris Arreola (USA). Los Angeles (USA).