Word: alexei
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...financed by energy giant Gazprom, the team's owner. Moscow clubs Spartak and Dynamo are sponsored by their corporate patrons - also from the oil and gas sector - Yukos and Lukoil, respectively. The war chests that such firms bring to the game have led to galloping salary inflation, says midfielder Alexei Smertin - who is leaving London's Fulham for a fatter contract with Lokomotiv in Moscow. Enormous sums are also being spent to build or renovate stadiums and training centers - cheered on by Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who heads the country's top football league and its football federation...
...NCAA tournament. After downing a Michigan State pair, the duo bowed out in the second round to a team from North Carolina. No. 112 Clayton also made the NCAA tournament in singles, but fell in first round. Thankfully for Harvard, it will be able to rely on rising sophomores Alexei Chijoff-Evans and Aba Omodele-Lucien, whose trials-by-fire against top early-season competition gave each the confidence needed to run the table at season’s end. The duo crushed its opponents with increasingly resounding victories en route to seven-match win streaks for each in singles...
...time in four years and capture an Ivy League title with an undefeated league and a 15-7 overall record, the Harvard men’s tennis team relied on the depth of its lineup, particularly at the No. 5 and No. 6 singles spots. Thanks to two rookies, Alexei Chijoff-Evans and Aba Omodele-Lucien, the Crimson held down these last two spots on the ladder. Known to his teammates and coach as a “California dude” for his laid back attitude, Chijoff-Evans consistenly frustrated opponents on the court...
...easy for them.”The match, which was cut short after the Red Raiders clinched with their fourth win, featured hard-fought battles up and down Harvard’s lineup. The Crimson’s only two wins came at No. 5 and 6, from freshmen Alexei Chijoff-Evans and Aba Omodele-Lucien, both of whom are now riding seven-match win streaks. Each freshman has lost only one set during that streak, which stretches back to their second Ivy League match against Columbia.Harvard lost the doubles point, with the No. 2 duo of sophomore Michael Hayes...
...Clayton posted a 6-4, 6-3 victory over his Big Green opponent. Like the team overall, he finished undefeated in league play at the No. 2 singles position. His only in-conference loss was against Columbia, when he played at the top singles slot. Freshmen Alexei Chijoff-Evans and Aba Omodele-Lucien, playing at the fourth and fifth singles spots respectively, continued their strong play as they finish their freshman campaigns. Chijoff-Evans won 6-2, 7-6, while Omodele-Lucien also rolled in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. Rounding out singles play at the top spot...