Dynamo Moscow is the best team in the first round of the Women's Super League The volleyball players of the capital's Dynamo became the winners of the first round of the regular championship of the Women's Super League, although they did not play half of the matches of the tournament.

Alexander Kerzhakov returns to Zenit St. Petersburg Zenit and the capital's Dynamo have agreed on the transfer of Russian national team striker Alexander Kerzhakov. The forward returns to St. Petersburg after spending one year in Spain and two seasons in the capital club. And most likely this will not be the only high-profile return this offseason. The transaction amount, according to various sources, is about 4 million euros.

Another problematic team has appeared in the KHL Another problematic club has appeared in the Kontinental Hockey League. Ekaterinburg Avtomobilist, which had a chance to make it to the playoffs right in its debut season, seems to be throwing out the white flag. The team has not been paid for two months; moreover, the financial condition of the team is deteriorating every day. The club will play until the end of the championship, but it is not yet known with what composition.

The Russians won the men's relay with a big advantage The Russians completed the Biathlon World Cup stage in Ruhpolding on a positive note. The men's four - Ivan Tcherezov, Anton Shipulin, Maxim Chudov and Evgeniy Ustyugov - won the men's relay for the first time this season. Thanks to the accurate shooting of Ivan Tcherezov, who had problems with his rifle before the previous mass start race, the Russians gained a 55-second advantage.

One of the reasons why our Continental Hockey League cannot yet count on a positive comparison with the best American-Canadian National Hockey League in the world is called Vityaz from Podolsk. There are a lot of tough guys overseas, and fights between players during matches there also happen quite regularly, sometimes even massively. But there is only one tough guy team in world hockey, and this is not the case when we should be proud of our uniqueness.

Australian Open kicks off in Melbourne In Melbourne, Australia, late at night Moscow time, the opening matches of the first Grand Slam tournament of the season were played - the Australian Open, the prize fund of which is over 11 million Australian dollars. Among the participants in these competitions are 21 tennis players from Russia - 16 women and five men. Moreover, the Russian female representation is the largest in comparison with any other country.

FOOTBALL. January 18--24. African Cup. Angola. Commonwealth Cup. Moscow. The Africa Cup of Nations will play the last round of the group stage matches from Monday to Thursday, then all teams that qualify for the playoffs will have two days of rest, and two quarter-final matches will take place on Sunday. The champions of Moldova (Sheriff, Tiraspol), Georgia (VIT Georgia, Tbilisi) and Belarus (BATE, Borisov) refused to participate in the Commonwealth Cup.

Ovechkin entered the team of the decade Hockey. NHL. Regular season. “Dallas” – “Detroit” – 3:2 (B), “Columbus” – “Chicago” – 5:6, “Colorado” – “New Jersey” – 3:1, “Los Angeles" -- "Boston" -- 4:3 -- Frolov "LA" (0+1), "San Jose" -- "Edmonton" -- 4:2 -- Grebeshkov "E" (1+0) , “Islanders” — “Buffalo” — 3:2, “Montreal” — “Ottawa” — 2:4 - - Kovalev “O” (0+1), “Florida” — “Tampa” — 5:2, “Phoenix” – “Minnesota” – 6:4, “St.