Spider-Man Ten and SKA Sweater for Mayweather
Vice-President of hockey SKA Roman Rotenberg met with former world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The legendary boxer, who has not suffered a single defeat in his career, visited St. Petersburg at the opening of his branded club Mayweather Boxing + Fitness.
Rotenberg presented Mayweather with a personalized SKA sweater with number 50.
“From the very beginning of my career, Russia was a country that supported me very much.
My fans from Russia have never judged me.
I have very loyal fans here, "Fontanka quotes Mayweather as saying.
Another interesting meeting took place the other day in Paris.
During the promotional campaign for Spider-Man: No Way Home, starring Tom Holland visited the Parc des Princes stadium and met with PSG stars Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé.
The famous artist was presented with an almost personalized t-shirt of the club at number 10. It is interesting that the "ten" PSG belongs to the famous Brazilian Neymar, who is recovering from an injury.
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The club seems to have been imbued with collaboration with Spider-Man and on the eve of the meeting of the 18th round of the French championship with Monaco, a photo of the superhero appeared on Instagram against the background of the stadium with the caption: "Have a good game today, Spider-Man is watching over you."
By the way, PSG won thanks to Mbappé's double.
Holland's colleague in the acting department, Cal Penn, also joined sports last week, not to football, but to basketball.
He attended the NBA game between Toronto and New York as a guest of honor.
And he was invited by one of the most famous fans of the basketball world, a superfan of the Canadian club Nav Bhatia, who could not come to the match due to a positive test for coronavirus.
This was almost the first home meeting for Toronto without its permanent symbol, which has attended games since the club was founded in 1995.
The idea of inviting Penn instead of himself visited Bhatia for a reason.
Not so long ago it became known that a biopic will be shot about the Toronto superfan, and the star of the series of comedy films about Harold and Kumar will play the main role in it.
“I can play the role of a superfan, but no one will ever become a superfan but you, and this A12 seat will always be yours,” Penn wrote to Bhatia, sending a photo from a match where he sits next to an empty seat.
Rodman's TikTok and the Lakers series
Outrageous ex-basketball player Dennis Rodman signed up for the TikTok social network.
In the profile, he signed simply and succinctly: "Legend".
In his first video, the five-time NBA champion fights off the words "alcohol", "politics", "hatred", "LeBron", "Shaq" and several others flying at him, putting only the word "love" in his pocket in the final of the video.
The 60-year-old Rodman liked the new social network: in a short time he posted 15 videos and collected almost 640 thousand subscribers.
And the maximum views - 8.6 million - gathered a video with a selection of his old memorable photos: from a picture with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to a photo in a wedding dress and veil, in which the basketball player appeared at the presentation of his first book in 1996.
@dennisrodman
👊🏾 ## albumcover
♬ Hiiipower x DIAND - Michael
While Rodman is gaining popularity on TikTok, American television channel HBO has announced a new series dedicated to the Los Angeles Lakers - Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
The film touches on the so-called "Showtime" era, which began in 1979.
John C. Riley played the legendary club owner Jerry Bass, who is associated with the first successes of the team, and the role of the five-time NBA champion in the Lakers Magic Johnson was played by Quincy Isaiah.
The series will be released in March 2022.
Meanwhile, the NBA is gearing up for Christmas.
On the league's official YouTube account, the video "NBA Lane Family Dinner" appeared, in which Dominic Wilkins, Pau Gasol, Sean Marion, Baron Davis and Sue Bird took part, as well as the famous Milwaukee Bucks mascot Bingo.
This video is a kind of continuation of the short film "NBA Lane", dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the league.
Soda for Ovechkin
ESPN journalist Emily Kaplan revealed a little secret of the captain of the Washington Capitals, Alexander Ovechkin, after finding out exactly he drinks during matches.
“Alex Ovechkin is famous for having a hearty lunch at the Mama Lucia restaurant before the match.
Even I heard a rumor that he drinks Coca-Cola while playing.
I figured out everything - this bottle.
It's not Coca-Cola, he actually drinks Pepsi during matches.
I saw him sipping it from the bottle.
During the break, he likes to drink "Dr. Pepper" - she said on the air.
Alex Ovechkin's drink of choice during games may surprise you🥤
📺: Penguins-Captials, ESPN + pic.twitter.com/ZU5qSh0OfU
- SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 11, 2021
Pretzels, snowman and sock holes
The second racket of the world, Daniil Medvedev, who is resting after a busy season at home in Monaco, posted a photo with a pretzel in his Instagram story and marked the Polish tennis player Iga Swiontek on it.
Thus, he reminded her of a recent joint broadcast on YouTube, during which the 2020 Roland Garros champion called Daniel a "pretzel" due to the fact that he takes very bizarre poses during matches.
Seeing a real pretzel in Medvedev's hands, the Polish woman answered with a laugh: “You made my day.
Today on the court I was a pretzel. "
In the offseason, tennis players often delight fans with hilarious antics and funny photos.
So, the ex-third racket of the world Grigor Dimitrov posted a photo in swimming trunks next to a huge snowman.
“The trainings are going well, I even found a new friend,” the Bulgarian signed the photo.
In turn, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova several times showed in stories photos of socks worn to holes - such intense training is arranged for her by her brother and coach Alexander.
May you live happily ever after
But the former Russian tennis player Daria Gavrilova, who has been playing for Australia in recent years, is apparently not waiting for training, but for a honeymoon: the athlete in early December married tennis player Luke Saville.
The wedding ceremony took place in Melbourne, and in addition to the newlyweds and numerous guests, the pet of tennis players, a dachshund named Tofu, took part in it.
Dressed in a doggy tuxedo, the doggie brought wedding rings to the newlyweds.
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Publication from Dasha almost Saville 👰♀️🤵♂️ (@daria_sav)
The athlete took her husband's surname and has already corrected the signatures in all her social networks.
Meanwhile, the Czech tennis player Christina Pliskova announced that she was expecting a child.
This summer, she got engaged to Slovak national football player David Gancko, and now the couple are already celebrating their upcoming replenishment.
“The last Christmas together,” the athlete wrote on Instagram, posting a photo where a slightly rounded tummy is visible.
While these young athletes are just beginning family life and common everyday life, the ex-goalkeeper of the Russian national football team Ruslan Nigmatullin and his wife Elena celebrated the 23rd anniversary of their marriage and 25 years since they met.
On this occasion, the footballer, who never skimps on compliments and declarations of love to his wife, posted a touching wedding video on the social network, which collected several hundred comments.
Against the background of congratulations, the remark of the head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin stands out in his ironic and sarcastic manner.
"Congratulations, but they don't live that long," he wrote.
"Thanks a lot!
Himself in shock! ”- answered Nigmatullin.
Chicherova performed the "Victory Anthem"
Olympic champion in high jump Anna Chicherova followed in the footsteps of her colleague in the national team Daria Klishina and decided to try herself in the singing field.
On December 11, her debut track "Win!" Was released, performed together with Anastasia Salova.
The words to the song were written by Tatiana Karakaya, and Taras Vashchishin helped her put them to music.
Chicherova on Instagram thanked both of them "for the birth of this anthem."
“May he inspire and give all of us new victories!
I am grateful to every person involved in this wonderful moment! ”- she wrote.
"Sportswoman of the Century" Biles
American gymnast Simone Biles continues to collect awards and titles after an unsuccessful season in sports.
Recall that at the Tokyo Olympics, the athlete, according to her, experienced serious psychological problems and withdrew from performances in all types, except for the team all-around and the log, where she took silver and bronze, respectively.
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Last week, Time magazine named Biles the Athlete of the Year, and two months earlier, he also included the gymnast in the list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
The article about the 19-time world champion was then written by Serena Williams.
Subsequently, Biles has appeared on the cover of People and Essence magazines, and at the In Style Awards she was awarded the Mental Health Award.
Of course, such an attitude towards a gymnast who has experienced severe psychological trauma associated with violence in childhood is understandable.
However, the fact that, despite a frankly unsuccessful performance at the Tokyo Games, she is called the best athlete of the year, many are puzzled.
So, Olympic champion Angelina Melnikova reacted to the news with a touch of irony.
“It seems to me that Simona is always the athlete of the year, she is the athlete of the century.
She reacted normally to this.
They have their own criteria there.
After all, mental health is very important in the United States, "RIA Novosti quotes Melnikova.