Sports Roundup: Zenit Wins 5th Straight Russian Championship, NHL Playoffs, Premier League, and More

1. “Zenith” 5th time in a row became the champion of Russia! Petersburgers have issued a title in a fire match with Spartak (3:2), which included importation of Selykhovi controversial referee decisions at the time of the “Zenit” goal, and removal Duarte, and record goal Promesa.

Blue-white-blue earned a second star on the emblem (by the way, the stars will now be subscribers have the tag “Zenith” in front of the nickname), Semak won 9th trophy at the head of “Zenit” and approached the record of Romantsev by titles in the championship of Russia. And Malcolm in every possible way hinted at increased bonuses after the game. “Spartacus” can’t beat Zenit in RPL since 2017 and will complain in ESC. The game before which spoke group tATu, visited 48 893 viewers – Gazprom Arena record with Fan ID.

2. In other matches of the RPL CSKA tour extended unbeaten streak up to 12 matches, beating Orenburg (2:1), Krasnodar beat “Wings of the Soviets” (2:1), “Ural” away tied with “Pari NN” (0:0). According to the results of the tour “Spartak” dropped to 4th place“Rostov” – on the 3rd, CSKA climbed to the 2nd.

3. Stanley Cup. “New Jersey” scored 8 goals “Carolina” (1-2 in the series), missed four of them Kochetkov, who first appeared on the ice in this playoff. “Florida” lead 3-0 in a series with Toronto, Bobrovsky won 6th victory in a row, Samsonov got injured. Seattle defeated Dallas, a club without outstanding scorers leads the NHL season by the number of games with 7+ goals. In the assets of Dadonov – assist after intercepting the puck.

4. In the Premier League “Manchester United” lost West Ham, conceding due to De Gea’s mistakes – 0:1. Because of this, Manchester United repeated club anti-record, losing 8 away matches in the Premier League season. “Arsenal” won Newcastle 2-0 thanks to Sher’s own goal and Odegaard’s goal.

5. “Russia 25” took 2nd place at the Qazaqstan Hockey Open 2023. Belarus defeated Kazakhstan (6:0) and won the tournament. This first lost tournament “Russia 25” under the leadership of Roman Rotenberg.

6. NBA. 42 Harden points helped Philadelphia tie the series with Boston, Phoenix beat Denver again.

7. Formula 1 Grand Prix in Miami. Verstappen won the racePerez – 2nd, Alonso – 3rd.

8. Alexander Golovin scored against Angers crazy goal in the top nine from outside the box and helped Monaco win (2:1). Russian shares 1st place among the players in the top 5 leagues for long-range goals – he has 4 of them, as well as Messi. PSG won away Troyes (3:1) and ahead of Lens by 6 points for 4 rounds before the end of Ligue 1. All the results of the day in the French championship are Here.

9. Carlos Alcaraz beat Jan-Lennard Struff in the final in Madrid and defended the title at the Masters.

10. In the second match of the series for the 3rd place of the VTB United League, CSKA Moscow beat St. Petersburg “Zenith” (85:61, 1-1).

11. Messi will move to the club from Saudi Arabia along with Busquets and Alba. Leo no longer wants to play under pressure, claims Diario Sport.

12. More than 3.2 billion rubles will be directed to the development of sports in new regions of the Russian Federation.

13. Kazan “Zenith” won the championship of Russia in volleyball, defeating Dynamo Moscow in a tie-break in the third match of the final series (2-3).

14. “Borussia” scattered Wolfsburg (6:0) and did not let Bayern break away in the standings. Dortmund are 1 point behind Munich with 3 rounds left in the Bundesliga season.

15. Italian Championship. Napoli defeated Fiorentina, Juventus defeated Atalanta, Miranchuk’s Torino and Monza drew. All results of the day Here.

16. Tony Ferguson arrested for drunk driving. The fighter’s pickup truck crashed into two cars and rolled over on its side.

17. FIS plans equalize male and female distances in skiing at the World Championships and the Olympic Games.

18. Vasily Utkin dressed as obelix came to the match “Egrisi” in the Medialiga.

Quotes of the Day.

Rotenberg congratulated Zenit on the championship: “With the help of Gazprom and Miller, we managed to build a real team-dynasty”

Guillermo Abascal: “Spartak” did not deserve the defeat from “Zenith” – there was a scandal in the second goal, perhaps. They landed a couple of shots and scored three goals.”

Zarema Salikhova: “Spartak” would have easily defeated “Zenith” with normal refereeing. I hope Kukuyan and Ivanov will receive medals and titles of honorary citizens of St. Petersburg.”

Wayne Rooney: Man City will crush Real Madrid. It’s another level”

Head of the IOC: “We are making every effort to return athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports to international competitions”

Medvedev on the titles of “Zenita”: “The answer to all ill-wishers is that there is football in Russia. Try to fight us!”

Rotenberg about the defeat 4:7 from Belarus: “We are just under pressure. There was no time to recover”