Klishina released her debut single
Russian high jumper Daria Klishina decided to try herself in a new role and released her debut song together with the music project World Dance Project 365. Also, a video was shot for the dance track called "Dubai", in the creation of which the athlete herself took part.
“My first unexpected and spontaneous adventure in the world of music.
And I want to share with you all the warm notes and positive emotions in these incomprehensible times ", - announced the release of Klishina's song.
In the first few days, about 37 thousand people watched the video.
At the same time, opinions about him were divided.
Some social media users praised the athlete, while others expressed doubts about her singing talent.
According to the authors' idea, the second version will be recorded in the near future - in Japanese.
The Game and Lil Wayne sang Iverson
Another musical premiere of the past week is related to the world of basketball.
American rapper Jason Taylor, better known under the pseudonym The Game, has released a video for the song AI With The Braids, dedicated to the famous American basketball player of the early 2000s Allen Iverson.
One of the most popular hip-hop artists of our time, Lil Wayne, took part in her recording.
The composition describes some moments of the career of the most valuable player of the 2000/01 season, his signature technique - a crossover, as well as his signature hairstyle - braided pigtails.
In addition, other famous basketball players of the present and past are mentioned - Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Ben Simmons and others.
It is worth noting that Iverson, when he was a player, was fond of music himself and even planned to release a rap album under the pseudonym Jewelz.
However, the release never took place because the leadership of the National Basketball League (NBA) deemed its content inappropriate.
Nurmagomedov recognized as # 1 star in 2020
Russian athletes do not often become laureates of prestigious foreign awards, but the UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov succeeded.
He won the BBC Sports Star of the Year Award for Best Non-British Athlete.
The winner of the award was chosen by voting on the website.
The MMA fighter has been ahead of such famous athletes as basketball player LeBron James, golfer Dustin Johnson, soccer player Wendy Renard, pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and boxer Katie Taylor.
“This award means a lot to me.
Recognition is one of the greatest motivations both in life and in sports, ”commented Nurmagomedov on receiving the award.
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At various times, Pele, Cristiano Ronaldo, Usain Bolt, Mike Tyson and others became the laureates of the award.
At the same time, Nurmagomedov became the first MMA representative to be awarded it and the only Russian.
In addition to him, only four Soviet athletes received this award: high jumper Valery Brumel (1961), figure skaters Oleg Protopopov and Lyudmila Belousova (1968), and gymnast Olga Korbut (1972).
One racist scandal after another
The announcement of the results of another prestigious award turned into a scandal.
France Football has compiled a list of the 33 best footballers in history based on a vote in which 140 journalists took part.
Of the first, there were three symbolic teams.
The only domestic player in the ranking was the legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin.
However, soon after the list was announced, it turned out that there were no African players on it.
Several journalists and the former striker of Barcelona and the Cameroon national team Samuel Eto'o drew attention to this.
“And we Africans don't exist,” Eto'o wrote on Twitter.
Another high-profile racist football scandal that had thundered two weeks earlier ended in reconciliation.
Midfielder Osman Ndoye said that the conflict between the striker of the Turkish "Basaksehir" Demba Ba and the Romanian judge Sebastian Koltsescu is over.
The player and the referee discussed the situation over the phone and concluded a settlement.
“They talked and got along very well.
Both called me back and said they were very happy.
Demba said that Sebastian is a very good person, Kolzescu said the same about Ba, ”Ndoye said.
As a reminder, the Champions League match Basaksehir - PSG was interrupted due to the fact that the assistant referee Koltsescu called the coach of the Turkish team Pierre Vebo "black".
This phrase was heard by Ba, after which both teams went into the room under the stands and decided not to continue the meeting.
The match, which was served by the new referee team, took place the next day.
Blogger challenged McGregor to fight
Exhibition fights of professional fighters and boxers with public figures cease to be something unusual these days.
In the near future, another such meeting may take place, risking overshadowing all previous ones in popularity.
Popular YouTube blogger Jake Paul challenged former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor to a fight.
As a fee, he offered the Irishman $ 50 million. According to his idea, the fight will be held according to the rules of boxing in the weight category up to 84 kg and will last eight rounds of three minutes.
In his highly controversial address, the American mentioned the scandal with the Irishman attacking an elderly man in a bar, and also insulted his wife.
Paul also suggested that the opponent would be afraid to go into the octagon with him, and the head of the UFC, Dana White, would organize such a meeting.
But he did not stop there and a few days later attacked McGregor's sparring partner Dillon Denis in the street, throwing toilet paper and water balls out of the car.
Caught the biggest shit talker slacking @dillondanis you gotta check in when you come to La.
# GenerousDriveBypic.twitter.com / 460MjnO3F6
- Jake Paul (@jakepaul) December 15, 2020
Despite the provocations, Conor has not yet responded to the challenge.
At the same time, his colleague Nate Diaz warned the blogger that he could pay for his words, and White offered to meet with him for the bantamweight and lightweight champion Amanda Nunez, to which the latter agreed.
Paul had previously knocked out former basketball player Nate Robinson in two rounds.
For February 2021, a duel is scheduled between undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather and Jake's brother, also blogger Logan Paul.
Fury dreams of flying to the moon
Meanwhile, WBC World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury spoke about his plans for next year, not related to a possible rematch with Deonatei Wilder or a meeting with Anthony Joshua.
He could be Virgin Galactic's first space tourist.
According to the boxer, he has long wanted to fly into space - and in mid-2021 his dream may come true.
“I looked at the moon and thought that one day I want to go there.
This year I got this opportunity thanks to Virgin's space flight program ... I hope I will fly.
If something, God forbid, goes wrong, what a story it will be, what a legendary end! "
- quoted by Fury Daily Star.
Fernandez married a compatriot
In the life of CSKA defender and the Russian national team, Mario Fernandez, a joyful event happened: the footballer married Mariana Chott de Freitas.
Not much is known about the couple's relationship history, as both prefer to keep their personal lives a secret.
It is reported that the athlete's chosen one is a graduate of the law faculty, and they met a little over a year ago.
The girl went to Russia for her lover and now accompanies him to matches.
The newlyweds were congratulated by the press service of the Russian national team, CSKA and the Russian part of Euro 2020, as well as numerous fans.
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Genich remembered Galitsky's beautiful refusal
The well-known commentator Konstantin Genich spoke about the reaction of the owner of Krasnodar, Sergei Galitsky, to the invitation to the popular YouTube-program “Comment.Show”, where sports stars discuss various football topics.
According to the journalist, the next guest was to be one of the Krasnodar players, but this idea was never implemented.
“Then Nobel and I took turns calling Galitsky to come.
Nothing came of it, and Sergei Nikolaevich turned us off very nicely.
He told me: “Konstantin, here is the Moscow Art Theater and the school theater.
I would not like to participate in the school theater at all, ”Genich recalled in an interview with Sports.ru.