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The new president of the Russian Football Union, Sergei Fursenko, appointed the sports director of the capital's Dynamo, Konstantin Sarsania, as his advisor. At the same time, Sarsania will combine work at the RFU and at the club. Fursenko and Sarsania collaborated at Zenit St. Petersburg, where the former was the president of the club, and the latter its sports director. Afterwards, Konstantin Sarsania preferred to gain coaching experience at Khimki, but after a few months he returned to administrative work.
The Russian Football Union informs about other personnel changes. Maxim Pogorelov was appointed Director of Legal Affairs. He will also be the head of the RFU President’s Office. The position of Advisor to the President of the RFU on commercial issues will be held by Nikolai Vasiliev, Advisor to the President of the RFU on Marketing - Mikhail Myshalov.
Ovechkin scores a hat-trick
Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Washington" -- "Pittsburgh" -- 5:4 (OT) -- Ovechkin "W" (3+1), Malkin "P" (0+2), "Montreal" -- "Boston" -- 0: 3.
“Washington” managed to turn the tide of an unsuccessful match for it, in which it lost to “Pittsburgh” with a difference of three goals. The hero of the meeting was Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin - he had three goals and an assist. This is the ninth hat-trick for the Russian in the NHL, and it allowed Ovechkin to be the first in the season to overcome the bar of 40 goals scored and become the leader among scorers in the “goal + pass” system - 86 points (42 + 44). At the same time, Washington won the 14th match in a row, breaking its record. To repeat the best result in NHL history, three more victories are needed. So the leader of the regular season can go down in history even before the start of the break associated with the Olympics. Washington will have to play three more matches in February - against Montreal, Ottawa and St. Louis.
Saints' Day
The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League won the Super Bowl for the first time in its history. In the final match, the Saints beat Indianapolis 31:17. For the losers, this was the fourth final in the club's history, and they won two of them - in 1970 and 2006.
Indianapolis was prevented from becoming a three-time winner by the mistake of its leader and the best point guard of our time, Peyton Manning. With the score 24:17 in favor of the Saints, he unsuccessfully passed to one of his team players, the ball was intercepted by Tracy Porter and scored a touchdown, deciding the outcome of the match. The best player of the meeting was recognized as New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who recorded 32 accurate passes and repeated the previous record of the final matches.
The Super Bowl is a landmark and highest-rated event in the United States, which, among other things, gives an idea of the economic situation of the country. For example, this year experts spoke with concern about the fact that the price for a commercial during broadcast had decreased: if last season it was $3 million, then this season it is $2.8 million.
Arsenal is neutralized
Football. English Championship. 25th round. Chelsea - Arsenal - 2:0, Birmingham - Wolverhampton - 2:1, Tottenham - Aston Villa - 0:0, Liverpool - Everton "- 1:0, Manchester United - Portsmouth - 5:0, Hull City - Manchester City - 2:1, Sunderland - Wigan - 1: 1, Burnley - West Ham - 2:1, Stoke City - Blackburn - 3:0, Bolton - Fulham - 0:0. The leaders are: Chelsea - 58 points, Manchester United - 56, Arsenal - 49, Liverpool - 44.
The second defeat in a row in matches with direct competitors puts an end to Arsenal's championship ambitions. Just like a week ago in the match with Manchester United, the Gunners deservedly lost to Chelsea. Having conceded two goals from Drogba, one of which was scored after a corner, and the second during a counter-attack, Arsenal found themselves hopelessly losing by the 23rd minute and were never close to winning in a half-time. save the match. On Wednesday, Arsene Wenger's team has a meeting with Liverpool. Another defeat in the Big Four competition would put Arsenal on the brink of relegation from the Champions League zone.
Spanish Championship. 21st round. Barcelona - Getafe - 2:1, Real Madrid - Espanyol - 3:0, Valencia - Valladolid - 2:0, Mallorca - Villarreal -- 1:0, Osasuna -- Tenerife -- 1:0, Malaga -- Deportivo -- 0:0, Athletic -- Jerez -- 3:2, Almeria "- "Sporting" - 3:1, "Zaragoza" - "Sevilla" - 2:1, "Racing" - "Atlético" - 1:1. The leaders are: Barcelona - 55 points, Real Madrid - 50, Valencia - 42.
The creator of another Barcelona victory was once again Lionel Messi. The Argentine has a goal and an assist. Sevilla, with whom Russian CSKA will soon play in the Champions League playoffs, lost to an outsider and dropped to fourth place.
Italian Championship. 23rd round. Fiorentina - Roma - 0:1, Bologna - Milan - 0:0, Atalanta - Bari - 1:0, Genoa - Chievo -- 1:0, Inter -- Cagliari -- 3:0, Lazio -- Catania -- 0:1, Siena -- Sampdoria -- 1:2, Udinese "-"Napoli" - 3:1, "Palermo" - "Parma" - 2:1, "Livorno" - "Juventus" - 1:1. Leading : Inter - 52 points, Roma - 44, Milan - 42.
Roma, having defeated Fiorentina, climbed to second place in the standings. However, Milan, which remains behind the Romans, has a match in hand. Juventus, in turn, dropped to seventh place with 35 points.
German Championship. 21st round. "Borussia" D -- "Eintracht" -- 2:3, "Mainz" -- "Borussia" M -- 1:0, "Nuremberg" -- "Stuttgart" -- 1:2, "Werder" -- " Hertha - 2:1, Bochum - Bayer - 1:1, Wolfsburg - Bayern - 1:3, Cologne - Hamburg - 3:3, Freiburg - Schalke - 0:0, Hoffenheim - Hannover - 2:1. Leading : Bayer, Bayern - 45 points each, Schalke - 42.
Bayern, having beaten the still reigning champion, finally climbed to the very top of the standings.
French Championship. 23rd round. “Marseille” – “Valenciennes” – 5:1, “Toulouse” – “Lyon” – 0:0, “Saint-Etienne” – “Monaco” – 3:0, “Paris Saint-Germain” -- Lorien -- 0:3, Nice -- Lille -- 1:1, Lens -- Le Mans -- 2:1, Grenoble -- Auxerre -- - 5:0, Sochaux - Nancy - 1:1, Boulogne - Montpellier - 0:2, Rennes - Bordeaux - 4:2. Leading : Bordeaux - 48 points, Montpellier - 45, Lille - 41.