AUSTRIA One of the stages of the Women's Alpine Skiing World Cup will take place in Ennstal - from January 31 to February 1. On February 14 and 15, one of the stages of the Men's Alpine Skiing World Cup will be held in Sankt Anton.
ENGLAND The 23rd round (January 31 - February 1) of the Premier League football championship is interesting for many. First of all, it's the Merseyside derby: Liverpool vs Everton. Chelsea will play away at Blackburn, and Manchester United will host Southampton.
The 24th round (February 7-8) of the Premier League. Wolverhampton, where Ukrainian Oleg Luzhny plays, will face the former team of our compatriot - London's Arsenal. The game between Chelsea and Charlton is of interest.
The games of the 25th round, contrary to tradition, will take place not on the weekend but in midweek. On Tuesday, February 10, six matches of the round will be played, and on Wednesday, the 11th, four more.
The 26th round will begin only after 10 days - February 21-22. Its central match will take place in London. Roman Abramovich's Chelsea will face Arsenal. Let us remind that both teams are among the three main contenders for the championship title.
On February 28, the 27th round of the national football championship will begin. In it, London's Arsenal will play Charlton, Manchester United will be away at Fulham, and Chelsea will also be away at Manchester City.
HUNGARY The strongest figure skaters of Europe will come to Budapest, where starting from February 2 they will compete for the continental titles in singles and pairs. The championship will end on February 8.
GERMANY Garmisch-Partenkirchen will be the gathering place for elite male alpine skiers. One of the World Cup stages will take place on January 31 and February 1. At the same time, the luge competitions in Königssee will also be held, which also count toward the World Cup.
On January 31, the teams of the German football Bundesliga come out of the winter break. And in the first round of the second half of the season, the calendar makers have reserved a very sharp Ruhr derby for fans - in Dortmund, Borussia will meet Schalke. Our Andriy Voronin's Köln will play at home against his former team - Borussia Mönchengladbach. And Viktor Skripnik's Werder in Bremen will face Berlin's Hertha. The round will end on February 1.
From February 6 to 14, the Biathlon World Championships will take place in Oberhof.
The women alpine skiers, continuing their fight for the World Cup, will visit the German region of Arber on February 7. Briefly - until February 8.
Among the matches of the 19th round of the national football championship, which will take place on February 7 and 8, it is difficult to single out the most interesting - except perhaps the meeting of Berlin's Hertha with Stuttgart. Viktor Skripnik's Werder will play in Mönchengladbach, and Andriy Voronin's Köln in Kaiserslautern.
On February 13, the next stage of the Cross-Country Ski World Cup will begin in Oberstdorf, which will end on February 15.
On February 14 and 15, in the 20th round of the German championship, Bremen's Werder will play at home against Kaiserslautern, and Köln will also play at home against Schalke. The game between Bochum and Bayern should be interesting.
On February 20-22, speed skating competitions will be held in Inzell, which will be one of the stages of the World Cup.
On February 21, the 21st round of the national football championship will begin. Interesting matches will take place in several cities at once. In Gelsenkirchen, Schalke will face Werder. In Dortmund, Borussia will play against Köln. In Munich, Bayern will host Hamburg, and in Leverkusen, Bayer will take on Bochum.
The central match of the 22nd round of the German football championship (February 28-29) will take place in Bremen: Werder will host Dortmund's Borussia. Also of interest are the matches Bayern - Wolfsburg, Hamburg - Bayer, and Stuttgart - Schalke.
HOLLAND On February 27-29, speed skating competitions will be held in Heerenveen, the results of which count toward the World Cup.
SPAIN In the 22nd round of the Spanish football championship, it is difficult to single out any one bright match. Therefore, on January 31 and February 1, football fans will have a difficult choice. We can only advise giving preference to watching the country's elite teams: Barcelona, which will play at home against Albacete; Real, which has an away game with Valladolid; and Deportivo, which will host Sevilla in La Coruña.
On February 7 and 8, the games of the 23rd round will take place. The central match will be in Valencia, where the local club will meet Madrid's Atlético.
The game between Real Madrid and Valencia - the two leaders of the Spanish football championship at the intermediate finish - will adorn the 24th matchday, scheduled for February 14 and 15. And Barcelona will host another Madrid club - Atlético at home.
A week later, Barcelona faces an equally important and responsible match - away to Valencia. In this round, Real will play in Barcelona against local Espanyol; another interesting match should take place in Madrid (Atlético - Deportivo).
And another week later, Barcelona will go to La Coruña to face formidable Deportivo. At the same time, Real will play in Madrid against Celta, and Valencia will play in Barcelona against Espanyol.
ITALY On February 1, the 19th round of the Italian football championship will conclude.
In the next, 20th round, which will take place on February 7 and 8, the central match will undoubtedly be the game between Roma and Juventus - two of the three main contenders for the title. The meeting between Parma and Lazio should also be interesting.
On February 14, a speed skating World Cup stage will be held in the town of Collalbo. On the same day, in another Italian town - Santa Caterina Valfurva - female alpine skiers will take to the start, who will hold another World Cup stage until February 15.
On February 14 and 15, the next round of the Italian football championship will take place. There is no clear favorite among the matches, so football fans should pay attention to games involving the leaders. Milan will travel to Lecce, Juventus will play Reggina in Turin, and Roma will be away at Ancona.
The Milan derby will be the main event of the 22nd round of the Italian championship, which will take place on February 21 and 22. Juventus will be awaited in Bologna, Roma will play Siena in Rome, and Lazio in Verona against local Chievo.
The following weekend, Milan will have to play another very serious match - in Rome against Lazio. Roma plays in Parma, Juventus - in Turin against Ancona.
NORWAY One of the most sporting cities in this country - Hamar - was honored to become the capital of the World Speed Skating Championship, which will begin on February 7 and end the next day. Also in the calendar there is another date for this tournament - February 15.
On February 26, the city of Drammen will host one of the stages of the Cross-Country Skiing World Cup, and on February 28 another stage will take place in Oslo.
SLOVENIA In this country, on February 1, the European Men's Handball Championship among national teams will conclude. The Ukrainian team, led by Sergey Kushniruk, also started in the 2004 continental championship. But whether it managed to reach the final match, we will find out a little later.
On February 28-29, one of the stages of the Alpine Skiing World Cup will take place in Kranjska Gora.
USA Minnesota will host the NHL All-Star Game - the famous All-star Game. The grand event will last three days (from February 6 to 8) and will include several interesting events: the All-Star Game among rookies of the best hockey league in the world, a number of competitions among hockey players, and, finally, the most important thing - the All-Star Game.
After several years of innovation, the NHL leadership decided to return to the old, time-tested match scheme - East vs. West (by conferences), rejecting the option that did not catch on - North America vs. the rest of the world (in this case, Europe).
The team rosters, as tradition dictates, were determined by fans with their votes. But the final decision was made, of course, by the coaches. And it so happened that of the number of natives of the former USSR, for whom fans' votes were cast, only a few made it into the rosters. Thus, in the "Eastern" team, only Russian Ilya Kovalchuk from the Atlanta Thrashers is listed, for whom the All-Star Game will be the first in his career. And from the West, we will be represented by Pavel Datsyuk from the Detroit Red Wings. For him, the match in Minnesota will also be his debut at such a level.
From February 13 to 15, another gala show will be held in Los Angeles - the basketball All-Star Game. Unfortunately, the participation of natives of the former Soviet republics in this match is in question. Although Russian Andrei Kirilenko, Lithuanian Žydrūnas Ilgauskas and Ukrainian Stanislav Medvedenko are key players of their teams, it is difficult to classify them as stars.
On February 27, a Biathlon World Cup stage will begin in Lake Placid, which will end on the 29th.
FINLAND In the town of Levi, on February 28 and 29, a women's Alpine Skiing World Cup stage will take place.
FRANCE On February 6 and 7, a Cross-Country Skiing World Cup stage will be held in La Clusaz.
On February 6 and 7, matches of the 23rd round of the French football championship will take place. The opponent of Dnipropetrovsk's Dnipro in the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Cup - Marseille - will play at home against Ajaccio. An interesting story is expected in the match Bordeaux - Nantes.
The 24th round of the French championship will take place in a week. Marseille will travel to Le Mans. And the central match of the round can be called Auxerre - Lyon.
In the 25th round (February 20-21), Marseille will face a difficult test with a home match against Nantes. The leaders of the championship will play at home in this round. Monaco will meet Montpellier, Paris Saint-Germain will meet Guingamp, and Lyon will meet Le Mans.
On February 27-28 in France - the next football round. Marseille has a trip to Nice scheduled, and Monaco to Toulouse. Central matches: Auxerre - Paris Saint-Germain and Lens - Lyon.
SWITZERLAND One of the men's Alpine Skiing World Cup stages will take place on February 7 and 8 in Adelboden.
SWEDEN One of the stages of the Euro Hockey Tour, as usual, will take place in this Scandinavian country. Swedish Games will begin on February 5 and end on the 8th.
On February 18, Stockholm will become the center of world skiing for one day. It is here that the World Cup stage will take place. And on February 21 in another Swedish city - Umeå - another stage of the Cross-Country Skiing World Cup will take place. It will last two days.
On the same February 21, in another Swedish city - Åre - female skiers will gather, who will also hold a World Cup stage in two days.