Football

Baltika CEO Volzhenkin announced his desire to become champions in the First League

Published

3 years ago

May 20, 2023

Thomas

Baltika CEO Volzhenkin announced his desire to become champions in the First League

Kirill Volzhenkin / Photo: © FC Baltika

Baltika CEO Kirill Volzhenkin told Metaratings.ru that he is happy with the team’s early promotion to the RPL, but now there is a desire to win in MELBET First League.

Baltika won the right to play in the MIR RPL in the 2023/24 season. The Kaliningrad team last played in the top division of the Russian championship 25 years ago.

“Emotions are amazing right now. It took 25 years for the city to return to the Premier League. I am very glad that we were able to do this. A huge joy for the entire region and for the entire Baltika.

I watched the match between Akron and Alania, the whole office also watched. The team was just at the stadium and after training, the whole team sat in the locker room to watch the game until the very end. We all watched and were very glad that everything ended like that.

– Sergei Ignashevich has repeatedly noted that there is no task to win the First League. There is only one goal – to get into the RPL. Now what are the plans?

– That’s right, the global task was to get out, but the appetite comes with eating. I personally want us to take first place and win the championship, so the task is to beat Rubin,” Volzhenkin said.

On Saturday, Baltika (64 points) will host Rubin Kazan (62), which is second in the standings. It is enough for a club from Tatarstan to score one point to return to the Premier League.

Watch the live broadcast of the match from 21:25 (Moscow time) on Match TV and MATCH PREMIER channels, as well as matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.

Source: Sportbox

Thomas

Thomas Astudillo is a sports journalist and author who writes for Sportish. He has a deep love and knowledge of sports, and is known for his engaging and informative writing on the latest sports news and events.

Football

Ronaldo is confident he can score 1000 goals

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29 minutes ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

Ronaldo is confident he can score 1000 goals

40-year-old striker for Al-Nasr Cristiano Ronaldo he expressed confidence that he will reach the 1,000 goal mark in his career. He now has 956 goals.

Ronaldo said:

It’s difficult to keep playing, but I’m motivated. My passion is great and I want to continue. It doesn’t matter where I play, whether in the Middle East or Europe. I have always liked playing football and I want to continue with the same spirit. You know what my goal is. I want to win trophies and I want to reach that figure (1000 goals) that you all know. I will definitely reach this figure if there are no injuries.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

Football

Zakharyan missed Real Sociedad training due to flu

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2 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

Zakharyan missed Real Sociedad training due to flu

Russian midfielder of the Spanish football club Real Sociedad Arsen Zakharyan he missed the team’s first practice after the Christmas break due to the flu. The newspaper Mundo Deportivo reports it.

According to the source, Zakharyan did not train with the main group, but only did exercises in the gym. He notes that the team expects the Russian to return to the full lineup on Tuesday.

Monday’s training session was the first for Real Sociedad players under their new coach. On December 14, the Spaniard was fired from this position Sergio Francescoafter 6 days the team was led by an American Pellegrino Matarazzo.

Zakharyan is 22 years old, he joined Real Sociedad in August 2023 from Dinamo Moscow. This season, the midfielder played 14 matches for the Spanish club in various tournaments, scoring one goal.

Real Sociedad is in 16th place in the Spanish league table. The team has 17 points after 17 rounds. The team will play its first match under Matarazzo’s leadership on January 4 at home against Atlético.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

World Cup

INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”

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5 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino He commented on World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflected “absolutely insane” demand for next summer’s tournament:

“We have six to seven million tickets and in 15 days we received 150 million ticket requests. So every day we have 10 million requests. This shows how strong the World Cup is.”

FIFA has sold just 44 million tickets in almost 100 years of the World Cup. So we were able to sell tickets for the 300th anniversary of the World Cup in two weeks. Just imagine. “This is absolutely crazy.”

Infantino also noted that funds from ticket sales would be reinvested into world football, but did not specify a specific amount:

“The important thing is that the revenue from this goes back into football around the world. If it weren’t for FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world. Football exists thanks to the revenues we get from the World Cup, and we reinvest that into football around the world.”

Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on FIFA to further reduce 2026 World Cup ticket prices.

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.