Japanese woman became European champion for the first time Holder of Russian citizenship, Japanese Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov won the European Championship, held in the Estonian capital Tallinn, for the first time in their careers. Having scored 213.15 points in the short and free programs, Tamara Moskvina’s students were almost two points ahead of two-time world champions, Ukrainian Alena Savchenko and half-Tanzanian Robin Szolkowy, representing Germany.

Davydenko and Yuzhny defeated their opponents in the second round On the fourth gaming day of the Australian Open, Nikolay Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny inflicted painful defeats on their opponents without losing a game. In the second round, Davydenko defeated the debutant of Grand Slam tournaments, 22-year-old Ukrainian Ilya Marchenko - 6:3, 6:3, 6:0.

We will have to split Zenit and Dynamo in the Champions League playoffs The draw for the Champions League playoffs, which will begin with the Round of Twelve, took place yesterday at the headquarters of the European Volleyball Confederation in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The rivals for the Russian men's clubs, the capital's Dynamo and Kazan's Zenit, were rivaled by Greek teams, whose fans are famous for their particularly violent temperament.

Fursenko promised to make Russia world champion The main candidate for president of the Russian Football Union, Sergei Fursenko, spoke on one of the most pressing issues in Russian football - the contract of the head coach of the national team, Guus Hiddink.