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Kushchenko: “We are very glad that the United League match attracted the attention of such a socially significant competition as “You’re in the Game”

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January 22, 2026

Kushchenko: “We are very glad that the United League match attracted the attention of such a socially significant competition as “You’re in the Game”

Sergey Kushchenko / Photo: © VTB United League

President of the VTB United Basketball League Sergei Kushchenko noted the importance of the All-Russian competition of sports projects “You’re in the Game” for the country.

On Wednesday, the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee, Mikhail Degtyarev, opened a new season of the “You’re in the Game” competition as part of the United League match between CSKA and Uralmash in Moscow.

— We are very glad that the United League match attracted the attention of such a socially significant competition as “You’re in the Game”! I hope that after this more and more basketball activities and projects from other sports will submit their applications. It is very important for us that this systemic project encourages a large number of Russians to play sports. After all, professional sports and the United League are focused on increasing the sports audience.

The President of the Russian Federation has set a very serious and ambitious task – by 2030, 70% of Russians should play sports. It’s not easy, but the “You’re in the Game” project sets the dynamics that will help achieve the successful completion of the task,” the league’s press service quotes Kushchenko.

“You’re in the Game” is a large-scale project that helps sports initiatives develop. We are glad that this competition came to basketball. We have many points of contact and a common goal – to attract as many Russians as possible to sports and promote a healthy lifestyle. I am very familiar with the “You’re in the Game” project, because I have been an expert in the competition for several years. I wish the large-scale project good luck and development,” added the league’s general director Ilona Korstin.

“You’re in the Game” is a competition implemented with the aim of developing mass sports and popularizing an active lifestyle. The autonomous non-profit organization “National Priorities”, with the support of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation under the state program “Sport of Russia”, has been holding it in the country for the sixth year. The competition involves projects from all 89 regions of Russia; applications start on January 21 and end on March 31.

The sixth season features five main nominations: “Starting Point”, “Scale”, “Children in Sports”, “Transformation in Sports”, “Unlimited Possibilities”, as well as three nominations from the competition partners: “Corporate Sports”, “Sports Tourism”, “Media”. Semi-finalists and finalists undergo training in an accelerator from the Russian International Olympic University, work with experts and receive feedback.

Citizens of the Russian Federation over 18 years of age, legal entities, individual entrepreneurs implementing sports projects, including family ones, can participate in the competition. The winners will be awarded in June. The winners in the nominations will receive 500 thousand rubles, the Grand Prix winner will receive a million.

Source: Sportbox

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Shved, Zhbanov, Trimble and five other basketball players won the vote to participate in the VTB United League All-Star Game

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January 22, 2026

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Shved, Zhbanov, Trimble and five other basketball players won the vote to participate in the VTB United League All-Star Game

Alexey Shved / Photo: © BC UNICS

The winners of the second stage of voting for the 2026 VTB United League All-Star Game have become known, the league’s press service reports.

Media representatives and VTB League legends selected two more Russian and foreign players each for the front and back lines.

“Stars of Russia”: Alexey Shved (UNICS), Georgy Zhbanov (Zenit), Andrey Martyuk (Zenit), Andrey Zubkov (MBA-MAI).

“Stars of the World”: Melo Trimble (CSKA), Brandan Adams (Parma), Marcus Bingham (UNICS), Jalen Reynolds (UNICS).

Previously, fans chose Timofey Gerasimov (Uralmash), Vsevolod Ishchenko (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Anton Kvitkovskikh (Lokomotiv-Kuban) and Gleb Firsov (BETSITI-PARMA) to the Russian Stars team, as well as Patrick Miller (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Jaylen Adams (“BETCITY-PARMA”), Alen Hadzhibegovich (“Avtodor”) and Terrell Carter (“BETCITY-PARMA”) to the World Stars team.

In the final third stage of voting, the league will select eight more basketball players who will receive a wild card.

The anniversary, 10th VTB United League All-Star Game will take place on February 15 in Moscow.

Watch live broadcasts of United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

Source: Sportbox

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Second time this season. One of Milwaukee’s leaders is injured again

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5 hours ago

January 22, 2026

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Second time this season. One of Milwaukee’s leaders is injured again

Milwaukee Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr. He missed the game (102:122) against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to an oblique muscle strain.

According to head coach Doc Rivers, Kevin will not be able to play for the foreseeable future.

Rivers noted that Porter played the last few games with an injury and underwent an MRI on Tuesday. At this time the coach cannot say how long Kevin will be out of action.

Porter is averaging 16.8 points per game on 44% shooting this season, but has struggled in his last four games, averaging just 8.0 points on 26% shooting.

This isn’t Porter’s first injury this season. He received the previous one in the first game of the season and missed 19 games. The Bucks were 7-12 in his absence.

Center Myles Turner also missed the game against the Thunder with a left ankle sprain that was evaluated day-to-day.

“That’s what’s been happening to us all season. We’re not complaining. We’ve got to keep winning games. It’s been hard to find a rhythm. It’s really hard. But it is what it is. We can deal with it,” Rivers said.

Source: Sport UA

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NBA. New York’s record victory, defeats of Boston and Oklahoma

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6 hours ago

January 22, 2026

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NBA. New York’s record victory, defeats of Boston and Oklahoma

7 games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of January 22-23.

New York defeated Brooklyn to achieve a record victory in history.

The Knicks won all quarters and did not allow the Nets to score more than 20 points in any of them. In the end, everything ended in defeat with a score of 120:66. The 54-point margin was a record win for the Knicks. Before that, their biggest advantage was +48 points in games against Philadelphia (1994 – 130:82, 1972 – 139:91) and Detroit (1968 – 135:87).

The most productive player of the match was Brunson, who scored 20 points, and the Knicks have 6 players with 11+ points in total.

Boston played against Indiana at home.

Celtics decided the fate of the match in the first half and won the match by 20 points, 66:46. Then Boston calmly won the match with a score of 119:104.

Brown had a double-double with 30 points and 10 rebounds.

Oklahoma defeated Milwaukee in an away game.

The key point of the game was the first quarter, which the Thunder won with a score of 38:18. The game then leveled off, but there was not even the slightest sign of a comeback from the Bucks; the guests calmly controlled the course of events on the field. As a result, Oklahoma won 122:102.

Gilgeous-Alexander came close to a triple-double in this game with 40 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists.

NBA. Regular season, January 22

Charlotte – Cleveland – 87:94 (20:33, 12:23, 32:20, 23:18)

Charlotte: Miller (24), Knuppel (21 + 11 rebounds), Bridges (11), Diabati (4), James (0) – start; Sexton (11), Green (7 + 9 rebounds), Kolkbrenner (7), Ball (2 + 7 assists), G. Williams (0).

cleveland: Mitchell (24 + 6 assists + 8 losses), Tyson (14 + 7 rebounds), E. Mobley (14 + 14 rebounds), Allen (13 + 9 rebounds), Wade (4 + 9 rebounds) – start; Porter (7), Tomlin (6 + 9 rebounds), Nance (5), Hunter (4), Proctor (3).

Boston – Indiana – 119:104 (30:20, 36:26, 25:32, 28:26)

Boston: Brown (30 + 10 rebounds + 5 turnovers), Houser (17), Queta (17 + 9 rebounds + 5 blocks), White (13), Pritchard (10 + 8 assists) – start; Simons (9), Garza (8), Scheierman (5), Gonzalez (5), Walsh (3), Harper (2), Williams (0).

indiana: Siakam (32 + 10 rebounds), Furphy (10 + 8 rebounds), Nembhard (9 + 9 assists), Nesmith (6), Huff (2) – start; Walker (19), Potter (9), Sheppard (8), McConnell (4), Jackson (3), Bradley (2), Jackson (0), Jones (0).

New York – Brooklyn – 120:66 (38:20, 22:18, 28:18, 32:10)

new York: Brunson (20), Towns (14 + 8 rebounds), Bridges (11), Hart (11 + 9 rebounds), Anunoby (5) – start; Shemet (18), McBride (14), Robinson (7+7 rebounds), Diawara (7), Kolek (6), Clarkson (3), Hookporti (2), Yabusele (2), Dadier (0).

Brooklyn: Porter (12), Clowney (8), Powell (6), Diomin (6), Claxton (4) – start; Z. Williams (11), Sharpe (6), Thomas (5), Wolf (3), Martin (3), Menn (2), Wilson (0), Traore (0).

Memphis – Atlanta – 122:124 (32:31, 27:35, 36:28, 27:30)

memphis: Morant (23 + 12 assists + 5 losses), Wells (18), Coward (17 + 7 rebounds), Jaren Jackson (17 + 5 losses), Konchar (2) – starts; Landale (13 + 11 rebounds), Spencer (11), Jackson (9), Caldwell-Pope (9), V. Williams (3).

of Atlanta: Johnson (32 + 15 rebounds + 8 assists), Okongwu (18 + 9 rebounds + 7 turnovers), Alexander-Walker (11), Kispert (8), Daniels (3 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists) – start; Kennard (18), McCollum (15 + 6 assists), Krejci (7), Gueye (7), Koloko (5).

New Orleans-Detroit-104:112 (30:34, 32:34, 22:21, 20:23)

New Orleans: Bey (20), Murphy (17 + 5 turnovers), Fiers (12), Queen (5 + 8 assists), Williamson (4) – starts; Peavey (17 + 7 rebounds), Poole (11), McGowens (5), Matkovic (5), Missy (4), Looney (4 + 7 rebounds).

Detroit: Düren (20 + 15 rebounds), Jenkins (17 + 5 losses), D. Robinson (15), Thompson (12 + 9 rebounds), Harris (10) – start; Sasser (9), Stewart (8), Green (8), Ivey (7), Holland (6).

Milwaukee-Oklahoma-102:122 (18:38, 33:31, 26:30, 25:23)

Milwaukee: Y. Antetokounmpo (19 + 14 rebounds + 7 assists), Green (15), Rollins (10 + 7 assists), Kuzma (9), G. Harris (3) – start; Anthony (17 + 5 turnovers), Portis (15 + 9 assists), Nance (11), Jackson (3), Coffey (0), Trent (0), Sims (0), T. Antetokounmpo (0).

Oklahoma: Gilgeous-Alexander (40 + 7 rebounds + 11 assists), Mitchell (18), Dort (13), Holmgren (10 + 7 rebounds), Wallace (9) – starter; K. Williams (18 + 8 rebounds), Carlson (9), Joe (5), Barnhizer (0), Youngblood (0), Jeng (0).

Sacramento – Toronto – 109:122 (30:26, 31:26, 21:43, 27:27)

sacramento: Westbrook (23), LaVine (19), Achiuwa (11 + 8 rebounds), DeRozan (9), Reynaud (8 + 7 rebounds) – start; Monk (17), Schroeder (16), Clifford (4 + 7 rebounds), Cardwell (2 + 13 rebounds + 4 blocked shots).

toronto: Barnes (23 + 8 rebounds + 7 assists), Ingram (23), Mamukelashvili (22 + 9 rebounds), Quickley (18 + 8 assists), Shead (15 + 6 assists) – start; Dick (11), Agbaji (4), Bettle (3), Mobo (3 + 9 rebounds), Lawson (0).