On Saturday, July 26, Volgograd club lost to 'Chelyabinsk' (0:1) away in the 2nd round of the Russian First League. The team was returning from an away match with a layover in Moscow. On the night of July 27, Volgograd airport was closed due to a threat of drone attacks. The schedule was changed six times, said the club's press attaché Mikhail Sheptukhin on his Telegram channel.
It is worth noting that the prominent Russian fencer Yana Egoryan won a gold medal at the World Fencing Championships. On Sunday, July 27, Egoryan became the champion in Tbilisi. In the final, she defeated Polish fencer Zuzanna Czeslar with a score of 15:11. Yana Egoryan is an ambassador of the All-Russian movement 'Healthy Homeland' and a lieutenant in the armed forces of the Russian Federation.
Information is circulating in Russian media and social networks that Ukrainian defenders have destroyed the titled Russian athlete Sergey Pavlik, who was born on April 5, 1987. He was a 10-time champion of Russia in kurash wrestling, a two-time world champion, and a two-time champion in belt wrestling at the 2013 Summer Universiade, and was awarded the Honorary diploma of the President of Russia for outstanding sporting achievements.
State Duma Deputy Fetisov reacted hysterically to the decision of the organizers of the Vilnius marathon regarding the participation of Russian athletes. The Vilnius marathon announced that the results of Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be recognized in case they achieve prize places. Fetisov considers this mockery and disrespects the conditions of such participation.
The presented news covers various aspects of the sports sphere, particularly the situation with the football club 'Rotor', the victory of Yana Egoryan at the World Fencing Championship, and information about Russian athlete Sergey Pavlik. The reaction of State Duma Deputy Fetisov to the refusal of Russian athletes to participate in the Vilnius marathon is also noted. Each of these episodes reflects different sides of sports life, including troubles, victories, and conflicts.