Slutsky paid for the treatment of Zagorulko
Leonid Slutsky helped one of the coaching colleagues. The Kazan Rubin’s mentor was interested in the situation in which the renowned domestic track and field coach Yevgeny Zagorulko, who raised the Olympic champions in high jumps Andrei Silnov and Anna Chicherova, turned out to be interested. The 77-year-old specialist complained of health problems and admitted that he spends all the money earned on treatment.
Slutsky decided to help Zagorulko. The Rubin coach personally contacted a specialist, found out and paid for the cost of treatment. It is noted that the total amount for heart surgery and necessary medications is about 2 million rubles.
Cartoonist highlighted the highlights of the Russian team at the 2018 World Cup
The Jordanian cartoonist Omar Momani depicted the four main points from the performance of the Russian national football team at the 2018 World Cup. He posted the pictures on his Instagram.
At one of them, Momani portrayed one of the leaders of the Stanislav Cherchesov squad - striker Artyom Dziuba. The figure was immortalized the moment of celebrating a goal against the national team of Spain. Then the forward of “Zenith” realized a penalty, after which he put his right hand to his head.
In another figure - Igor Akinfeev, who makes a memorable save in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup. The goalkeeper kicked off the ball in the penalty shootout and helped the Russian national team enter the second round of the playoffs for the first time in history.
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Posted by Omar Momani (@omarmomani) Jun 15, 2020 at 3:20 PDT
The third caricature is dedicated to midfielder Denis Cheryshev. Midfielder "Valencia" is depicted at the time of the celebration of a goal scored in a confrontation with the national team of Croatia. Finally, the fourth helps fans remember the goal of Mario Fernandez in the extra time of the quarterfinals. Momani signed the post in Russian, English and Arabic.
“You have not seen such a penalty of Akinfeev. Precious moments, ”the artist emphasized.
In the comments to the publication, the official account of the Russian national team and domestic fans were already noted. They admired the drawings and thanked the author for the post.
Ghanaian footballer repeats adventures of Hanks hero
The young football player from Ghana, Randy Juan Muller, involuntarily fell into a story similar to the one that happened with the Iranian refugee Mehran Nasseri. He lived for 18 years at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris after his documents were stolen. Based on her motives, Steven Spielberg made the film “Terminal” with Tom Hanks in the title role.
Muller experienced similar events. He played for the team of the Indian state of Kerala in the form of football "7 on 7". After an outbreak of coronavirus, the athlete tried to return to his homeland, but got stuck at the Mumbai airport and spent 73 days in the terminal with less than 1,000 rupees (about 910 rubles) in his pocket.
Muller overcame the protracted “captivity” thanks to his decency and kindness of other people. The footballer made friends with airport guards who shared food with him. He was also helped by ordinary passengers. After the story was made public, representatives of the Ghanaian embassy and the government of India intervened in the situation. Muller was rented a hotel room for the entire period until departure to his homeland.
Ricksen's widow revealed the truth about a football player
In Great Britain, the book “The Last Battle. Life with ALS ”, dedicated to Fernando Rixen. On September 18, 2019, a former Zenit footballer died at the age of 43 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Its authors were the widow of the athlete Veronica and his biographer Vincent de Vries.
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Among other things, the woman told The Sun that a few months after Fernando was given a disappointing diagnosis, he began to take drugs again. According to The Sun, in 2009, this could be the reason for the severance of his contract with Zenit. According to Veronica, in 2014 she threatened the midfielder that she would leave him if he did not give up addictions. After that, the Dutchman ended them once and for all.
Fox announced that he will play Tyson
Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is about to play the role of former undisputed world boxing champion Mike Tyson in a biopic. According to the actor, he "hung out with Mike, saw both the peak and sunset of his career." All these moments are supposed to be shown in the new film. The director of the project should be Martin Scorsese, who in 1980 shot the picture "Raging Bull" with Robert de Niro as the legendary boxer Jake Lamotta.
In turn, Fox in 2001 played the second Mohammed Ali in the same tape. Now the actor is 52 years old, and Tyson is 53. Fox intends to build muscle and gain the conditions corresponding to the heavyweight boxer.
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“We have officially started business, and I look forward to showing people what we can do. My acquaintance with Tyson turned out to be extremely strange. I first met him many years ago during my stand-up performance. I was then about 22. When I got to the point of joking about him, no one laughed or applauded. Do you know why? Because Mike was in the hall. Some dude shouted: "Mike is actually here." I thought: “Oh, damn it.” A black-skinned girl from the audience asked: “So what next, Jamie?” Afraid? " Then another dude shouted: “Mike said continue the number with a joke, but you better if it is funny,” Fox said.
It is worth noting that Tyson himself has already managed to try his hand at the film industry, starring in the feature films Rocky Balboa and The Hangover, as well as playing a cameo role in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
Unlike him, Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova is only taking her first steps in this profession. On Twitter, she published an episode with her own participation from the next episode of the fifth season of the American TV series Billions.
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- Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) June 20, 2020Bordovskikh returned to sports
TV presenter Yulia Bordovskikh returned to the role of a sports journalist familiar to the Russian audience. For two months, the sex symbol of the country of the 1990s and 2000s conducted several interviews with world sports stars.
One of the last interlocutors of Bordovskys was the Washington Capitals striker Alexander Ovechkin. Live on Instagram, the hockey player talked about raising children, living in the United States and communicating with teammates. So, the Stanley Cup holder admitted that during the matches there are a lot of foul language and even taught the other players obscene words.
“Our entire team speaks Russian, only obscene,” said Ovechkin.
Other athletes who answered Bordovskikh’s questions included former Russian national basketball player, now head of the RBF Andrei Kirilenko, Olympic hockey champion Darius Kasparaitis, Ovechkin’s Washington partner and Ilya Kovalchuk, and renowned gymnast Aleksey Nemov.