Sharapova in a dress made of bottles, a snapshot of Tsitsipas in the spirit of Caravaggio and Ibrahimovic's childhood: sports events of the week

Happy tweet

A couple of Tottenham fans flew in from the United States for the match of the 13th round of the English Premier League with the participation of their favorites, but it was canceled an hour before the start due to heavy snow.

This story of Americans who got to Burnley for more than 30 hours without sleep could have ended there if they hadn't shared their misadventures on Twitter.

The post instantly went viral and a day later reached the main star of the club, Harry Kane.

The striker did not stand aside and invited the pair to the Hotspur game in London.

Fans, according to further tweets, stayed in England and took advantage of the invitation.

Just been sent this tweet and absolutely gutted for you!

For your commitment and to make up for the match being called off I'd like to invite you to a home game as my guest when you're next in London 👍 https://t.co/wB3c8c40HN

- Harry Kane (@HKane) November 28, 2021

Royal welcome

The third racket of the world Garbinier Mugurusa, who recently won the WTA Final Tournament, met with the Spanish monarchs - King Philip VI and Queen Leticia.

“They were very nice to me.

They asked a lot about the feelings accumulated over the year, about what it is like to play during a pandemic, "- quotes the words of tennis player Marca.

Mugurusa became the first Spanish woman to win the WTA Final.

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Publication from GAYAVIÑE MUGUЯUΖΑ (@garbimuguruza)

And the ex-first racket of the world Maria Sharapova, meanwhile, attended The Fashion Awards in the UK, where she demonstrated a dress made from recycled bottles, which was hand-made for a whole year.

One year in the making, 800+ hours of hand work by #IrisVanHerpen & team, hundreds of recycled @evianwater bottles (75% of the material) & organic couture silk.

# BritishFashionAwardspic.twitter.com / dbksf1TNjF

- Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) November 30, 2021

She also talked about her approach to choosing clothes for everyday life.

“I come from a Russian family and we have a culture of elegance,” said the five-time Grand Slam winner.

"I love the minimalist pieces that best highlight my body and style and that I can wear for a very long time."

Another tennis player - Polish Iga Sviontek - starred for the cover of the national version of the glossy magazine Elle.

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“She is 20 years old and is one of the leading tennis players in the world.

She is the only Polish woman to have won a Grand Slam and is in the top ten of the WTA rankings.

But Iga Sviontek is more than an athlete, and she proves it in a photo shoot for the January issue of our magazine.

For the first time, we can admire a tennis player in such an elegant, but at the same time crazy outfit, ”- says the description for the room.

Expensive swimwear

Svetlana Gerasimova, creator of swimsuits of multiple world champions in rhythmic gymnastics Dina and Arina Averinykh, told how much the products of her workshop cost.

According to the specialist, prices range from 70 to 200 thousand rubles.

“People come to us for the best products.

It is expensive with us, the cost starts from 70 thousand rubles.

We make a beautiful thing and calculate how much it costs after making it.

When I started sewing for my daughter's friends, I said: "The cost of a swimsuit is this, in excess - how much you will give for work."

And they immediately began to pay me a little more than the market average.

Then I realized that I would work in an expensive segment, ”Sport24 quotes Gerasimova.

The cost of the costumes, according to her, includes the price of materials (the main item of expenditure is crystals), the wages of the craftsmen (usually the master works on one piece for about three weeks), the rent of the premises, and so on.

“There is no goal to make the most expensive costume,” emphasizes the owner of the workshop.

“We didn’t have any products more expensive than 200 thousand rubles”.

Sami Dina and Arina Averina in their Instagram previously told how important a leotard is in rhythmic gymnastics.

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“In our sport, apart from elements, artistry, plasticity are separately assessed, there are other subjective assessments.

And the costume also plays an important role here.

If a swimsuit does not fit the exercise, music, image, then they can deduct points for it, ”the athletes wrote, highlighting three important components of a good swimsuit: rhinestones, the highest quality fabric and a tailor you trust.

Unsuccessful speedcubing

On December 4, the final stage of the Red Bull Rubik's Cube World Cup took place.

Four Russians took part in it: Andrey Che, Ekaterina Kaneva, Daria Belonogova and Mikhail Tokarev.

In total, the 27 fastest speedcubers on the planet fought for the victory: they reached the final following the results of the qualifying rounds among 6 thousand athletes from more than 50 countries.

In the main discipline "speedcubing mix" of the four Russians, only Che overcame the barrier of the first round, but was eliminated in the 1/8 finals.

In individual competitions among girls, Daria Belonogova fought for the bronze medal, but lost to her rival from Poland Magdalena Pabisch.

The winner was reigning champion and star of the hit Netflix documentary "Speedcubers" Max Park.

In the final of the mix, the American defeated Pole Timon Kolaszynski 3: 2 in a bitter struggle, collecting the cube in one of the attempts in just 4.83 seconds.

Digital detox

New York Rangers forward Artemy Panarin said that he gave up the Internet and began to use a push-button telephone.

According to the hockey player, he is tired of a lot of information.

“For the last five years I have been absorbing everything.

Now I felt that I had messed up my head, - RIA Novosti quotes the athlete.

- To be honest, I don't follow the news and comments right now.

I got myself a Nokia clamshell with buttons without internet.

I don’t know at all where, what and who is saying now.

Igor Shesterkin is sometimes shocking with news. "

The athlete admitted that he literally re-opens the world around him, which he had not noticed behind the smartphone screen before.

“Now I get on the bus, I look around, at least I see the cities where I come to play.

I just watch the world around me.

I now have a major breakdown: books, live communication.

Everything is the old fashioned way ... I've been living this way for a month now.

Kaif, nothing worries, ”concluded Artemy.

Apparently, the athlete went to digital detox after his 30th birthday: his last post on Instagram is dated November 3, and in it the hockey player thanks everyone for the congratulations. 

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Publication from Artemiy Panarin (@artemiypanarin)

Personal gym

Johannes Klebo, a three-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion from Norway, took a tour of his training hall.

He posted the video on his own YouTube channel.

According to the athlete, it is in the gym that he spends a significant part of his time at home.

“I train two to four times a week in summer and winter,” the skier emphasized.

Artistic shot

The photo from Roland Garros was included in the top 100 best shots of 2021 according to the American Time magazine. 

The photo shows Stefanos Tsitsipas fighting in the final of the tournament with Novak Djokovic.

The author of the picture - sports photographer Julian Finney - said that the unique shot was obtained only due to the fact that the match dragged on until late.

“The good light that we photographers love very much has already left the court because the sun has started to set.

Without the fifth set, this photo would not have been, - he noted.

“I understood that because of the new design of the center court, pockets of light were formed, but I did not even plan such a picture ... One friend noted that it looked like a painting by Caravaggio.”

Zlatan's childhood

Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic spoke about the difficulties he faced as a child.

According to the athlete, who grew up in Malmö, Sweden, in a family of Balkan immigrants, he was teased, disliked and even tried to be kicked out of the team because he was not like everyone else.

“I was a child who always suffered.

When I was just born, a nurse dropped me from a meter height.

I have suffered all my life.

At school, I was not like the others: everyone was blond with light eyes and a thin nose, and I was dark, swarthy, with a large nose.

I didn’t speak the way they did, I didn’t move the way they did, ”the footballer said.

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“The parents of my classmates asked me to be kicked out of the team.

I've always been hated.

And at first I reacted badly to it, ”Zlatan admitted.

Also, the footballer spoke frankly about the first sexual experience.

“At the age of 17, I left the Malmö ghetto for the first time and went to the city center.

Only then did I get to know the Swedes as you imagine them - blondes, free.

There were only short-haired girls in burqas in the ghetto, ”Ibrahimovich said.