Chelsea misfire, Russia may apply to host Euro 2032, Putin’s meeting with the Russian team and a prayer service before the 2022 Olympics and other morning news – Football
1. Chelsea met with a draw with “Brighton” (1:1) in the postponed match of the 24th round of the championship of England. Londoners don’t win in the Premier League 4 matches in a row, in the last 7 games in total 1 win.
2. NHL. Ovechkin scored 757th goal in the league and helped Washington beat Winnipeg (4:3 OT), Andrey Svechnikov scored 2 points in a match with “Boston” (7:1). Other results – here.
3. Russia can apply holding the European Football Championship in 2032.
4. Medvedev, Rublev, Tsitsipas, Murray advanced to 2nd round Australian Open, Safiullin dropped out. Girls made their way further Samsonov, Pavlyuchenkov, Kasatkin, Radukan, Sobolenko, Halep, Shventek, Muguruza, Kontaveit.
5. In the 1/8 finals of the Italian Cup “Juventus” defeated Sampdoria (4:1), Lazio passed Udinese (1:0), scoring in the 106th minute.
6. Dyukov, Miller, Karpin, Fedun, Zarema entered the top 30 the most influential people in Russian football according to Sport-Express. Fedun lobbies limit with 13 legionnaires, tax on foreigners and payments for the use of young Russians. Oreshkin – against the limit, the head of CSKA and Putin’s assistant supports Dyukov in this matter. Beer at the stadium may return in the near future, Ilyukhina from Zenit is lobbying for this idea.
7. NBA. Golden State plays Detroit, New York conceded Minnesota.
8. Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the Russian national team and prayer before the trip to the 2022 Olympics previously held on January 25 in an online format.
9. Transfer news. There is growing confidence at PSG that Mbappe short contract signed, pass successfully. Azar can leave from Real Madrid in the winter, Ancelotti is not singled out for him. Vlahovich and Isak – alternative options Barça in case of failure with Holland. Goalkeeper “Rubin” Konovalov passed over in Scottish Livingston.
10. KHL regular season probably will not be played, the playoffs will begin the current eight – for this publicly CSKA. There is an option with play-in – a tournament between the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th teams of the conferences for two trips to the playoffs.
11. Borussia eliminated from the German Cup at the stage of the 1/8 finals, lost to St. Pauli from the 2nd Bundesliga (1: 2). “Koln” conceded “Hamburg” (1:1, on penalties – 3:4).
12. Iranian boxer Mohammad Javad sentenced to death for participating in anti-government protests in November 2019.
13. In the 3rd round of the group stage of the Senegal Fruit Cup met with a draw with Malawi (0:0), Morocco – with Gabon (2:2), and Ghana lost to the Comoros (2:3) and did not reach the playoffs.
14. TFR instigator of the case tax fraud for 2.6 billion rubles during the construction of stadiums for the 2018 World Cup in Saransk and Samara. Coach arrested in Kostroma on suspicion of harassment to underage players.
15. Kuklina became the most tested RUSADA athlete in 2021, she was tested for doping 9 times. Kolyada, Stepanova and Bukin – most tested skaters, they were checked 5 times.
16. Manchester United most wins on penalties in the top 5 leagues of the 2018/19 season, PSG – 2nd, Juve – 6th, Barca – 25th, Bayern – 34th, Real Madrid – 42nd th. And in Russia “Zenith” most wins on penalties, Krasnodar – 2nd, Dynamo – 3rd, Spartak – 4th, CSKA – 8th. But Spartak has the best implementation.
17. Died Legendary Real Madrid player Francisco Gento. He is the only 6-time winner of the European Champions Cup.
Quotes of the day:
Sergey Naryshkin: “We have information on the American campaign for aggressive interference in the preparations for the Beijing Olympics”
Deputy Zhurova: “Women are better at sports than men in many stores. They are in leadership positions, perhaps in football as well.”
Fedun on rising oil prices: “The impact on the Russian economy is very strong, budget revenue has grown. Can’t say about football
“Pinyaev is the second George Best. Nobody can catch him even in the RPL “. Ex-breeder “Chertanovo” about the midfielder
Lewandowski on Messi not speaking for him: “Ask Leo. I shouldn’t be angry, it’s his decision.”
Maxim Sushinsky: “50% of fans are waiting for the failure of Russia at the Olympics. Strange attitude towards the team “
“Another jerk. Who knows what kind of nonsense to take “. Tarasova about Maddison’s words about figure skating
Tukavin about Spartak: “I never liked red. I still don’t have clothes with color”