Ovechkin asked for vodka at the match
Former Washington Capitals mentor Greg Smith spoke about the incident with team captain Alexander Ovechkin many years ago.
As it turned out, at the beginning of his debut season, the Russian turned to Smith on the bench and asked if there was vodka.
"I told him:" What is there? " He: “Well, you know, vodka”, - and shows as if drinking. I say: “Ah, vodka. I don’t have vodka, ”the expert said, adding that it was the middle of the game.
After a few seconds, Ovechkin turned back to the coach, showed a cut on his finger and explained that vodka kills germs. To this, Smith said that for such cases there is peroxide, but you can not drink it. Then Ovechkin put a drop of peroxide on the wound and asked for plaster (translated from English - "plaster").
“I don’t understand what kind of plaster ... He rummages through my bag and takes out a patch. Shows: “See? Plaster, ”Smith said in an interview with The Athletic.
Emelianenko promised to stop drinking and go to study
Meanwhile, the main brawler in the world of Russian mixed martial arts Alexander Emelianenko continues to prepare for the fight with Magomed Ismailov. His training process is very specific. First, the athlete spent a week in jail due to participating in a drunken debauch in Anapa. After his release, Emelianenko even joked that he lives according to the precepts of the hero Yevgeny Leonov from the movie "Gentlemen of Fortune": he stole, drank it - to prison.
One gets the impression that the athlete has learned the necessary lessons from history. First, he argued with the head of the Akhmat fight club, Abuzayd Vismuradov, that he would not drink alcohol for a year. If it still fails to survive without alcohol, Emelianenko pledged to return one of the cars presented to him by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. Then the fighter expressed a desire to study and trained with the rector of the Grozny Petroleum University Magomed Mintsaev.
“Since I am a fighter of the Akhmat club and I’m almost always here, I decided to combine business with pleasure - to speak and get an education,” the 38-year-old athlete said in a video message to his fans.
True, fans still criticized Emelianenko. They did not like the fact that he presented Kadyrov with the champion belt obtained for the victory over Mikhail Koklyaev, although he promised him to his daughter.
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Sparring with the rector of the Grozny Petroleum University Magomed Mintsaev @ m.mintsaev
Publication by Alexander Emelyanenko (@alexemelyanenko) Feb 16, 2020 @ 7:23 am PST
Replenishment in the families of Salah, Henderson and Kournikova
Meanwhile, in the families of two Liverpool players at once, replenishment appeared in the families. Mohammed Salah had a daughter, and Jordan Henderson had a son. This happened nine months later and one day after the victory of the Merseysides over Barcelona in the sensational Champions League semi-final.
Salah did not enter the field in that match due to an injury that he received in a previous game with Newcastle. Henderson played all 90 minutes and gave an assist to Divoka Origi. On social networks, they joked that it was Origi who could become the godfather for the children of both players.
Replenishment occurred not only in football families. The third child from the singer Enrique Iglesias was born by the former tennis star of the world, Russian Anna Kournikova. The musician’s brother was the first to report the event. However, he did not name either the gender or the name of the baby.
Last week, Kournikova first posted a photo with her child on Instagram, signing her with the words “My happiness”. A little later, another picture appeared in the athlete's account - with a newborn and Iglesias.
The couple already has two children - son Nicholas and daughter Lucy. The fact that Kournikova was pregnant with the third became known only at the end of January, as the family hid this fact.
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My Sunshine 01.30.2020
Posted by Anna Kournikova Iglesias (@annakournikova) Feb 13, 2020 @ 10:27 am PST
Serena Williams tackles inequality
Meanwhile, Serena Williams has become the face of a company that produces a deodorant and, together with it, will address the issue of gender inequality in sports. They plan to study how prejudice affects athletes, from high school students to professionals.
In a conversation with Women's Wear Daily (WWD), Williams said the company had supported women in their fight against discrimination before. “This is what I do. I fight for equality and speak out about gender bias, ”the athlete said.
Big news: We're joining forces with @SerenaWilliams, an icon of strength and leader in the fight for female equality. Together, we're setting out to advocate for equal opportunity for all women. More to come. # AllStrengthNoSweatpic.twitter.com / JeyWAKZV1e
- Secret Deodorant (@SecretDeodorant) February 11, 2020Upon completion of the study, the brand will donate a million dollars to organizations involved in this topic.
Williams has regularly spoken about gender inequality throughout his career. So, in December 2019, she announced that she should earn no less than men.
“I don’t deserve to get less just because I have breasts, but they don’t have,” the tennis player explained, noting that she has been working as hard since early childhood as men.
Earlier, in July of that year, she announced that the day she quit fighting for equality and for people like her would be the last day of her life.
Dziuba and Slutsky “fought” with pictures
Last week, Artyom Dziuba again decided to play a joke on Leonid Slutsky. Forward Petersburg “Zenith” and the head coach of Kazan “Rubin” staged a real battle on Instagram.
First, Dziuba published a frame from the cartoon “The Secret of the Third Planet” in his account, signing it with the words “The Rubin President persuades Slutsky to become his club’s coach.”
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😝😂👏
Publication by Artem Dzyuba (@ artem.dzyuba) Feb 12, 2020 @ 5:18 am PST
The specialist left a comment: “I did not start this war,” and posted on his page a frame from the cartoon “Log” adding: “Mourinho is processing Dziuba for the transition to Tottenham.”
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Mourinho “handles” Juba to move to Tottenham
Posted by Leonid Slutsky 🇷🇺 (@ leonid.slutsky) Feb 12, 2020 @ 5:25 am PST
“It's a bit weak,” the footballer commented on the post and retorted that very day by posting a photograph of the participants in the Fort Boyard show. In the picture, Passepartout, Pastam and Pasmuray are trying to push another hero of the program, who is much higher and stronger than them. “Vitesse players,” Dziuba wrote under the photo.
Slutsky also could not resist and posted a picture in which a red kitten looks in the mirror and sees a lion instead. “Dziuba at the mirror,” the coach signed the post.
After that, the football player compared the mentor with the witcher from the eponymous series and a computer game. However, in the picture posted by Juba on Instagram, the character has a big belly and eats a donut.
Further, the dispute between the coach and the player moved to a new level: the opponents published a video. The first to do this was Slutsky. The video shows a young surfer who confidently stands on the board and conquers the wave. However, the layman confronts him - a man in dirty clothes with a board in his hands runs to the sea, but stumbles and falls.
“Artyom Dziuba and his career abroad. Dreams and reality, ”wrote the Rubin coach.
The forward responded with a recording on which Slutsky is engaged in boxing.
“Conqueror of Europe! Puncher Leonid Slutsky. Tremble and RPL, ”wrote the athlete. A little later, the trainer showed his subscribers a video from the training session on which Dziuba gets the balls. Forward was able to do this only four times.
“Artyom Dziuba, without a chance. No options, ”wrote Slutsky under the video.
On this battle ended. According to the majority of subscribers of Slutsky and Dziuba, the coach became the winner of the battle.
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@ artem.dzyuba without a chance. No options. This is the final. Vote
Posted by Leonid Slutsky 🇷🇺 (@ leonid.slutsky) Feb 12, 2020 @ 12:14 pm PST