The International Skating Union has restored the amateur status of Olympic champion Evgeny Pluschenko, which means the Russian can now participate in all international competitions, including 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The 2012 Olympic Games has seen another milestone in its countdown, with the unveiling of the Olympic torch in London.
World No.1 Rafael Nadal has successfully defended his French Open crown after beating arch-rival Roger Federer in the final.
The last Russian remaining at the Roland Garros, Maria Sharapova, has returned to the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in more than three years, beating Andrea Petkovic 6-0, 6-3.
Russia`s national basketball teams could be in for a much needed boost in the near future. The College League, which was set up in 2008, is starting to bear fruit, with rising stars on show in the women`s national final.
Russia`s football coach Dick Advocaat has called up two new players to take part in the Euro 2012 qualifier against Armenia and a friendly against Cameroon.
Russian biathlon fans will get to enjoy three more years of watching Olga Zaytseva. The 2006 and 2010 Olympic gold medalist has backtracked on her announced retirement, saying she will keep competing until 2014.
Russian tennis star, Maria Sharapova, has proven she is still in good form at the start of the French Open, collecting an easy win against Mirjana Lucic in the first round.
The 2011 Gymnastics World Championship will take place in Tokyo as scheduled, the council of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) decided.
Following a disappointing time at the Beijing Olympics three years ago, Russian weightlifting seems to be on the up again following an impressive performance at the recent European Championships in Kazan.
A lawyer for Eric Lux says the Renault executive plans to file a criminal complaint against Force India driver Adrian Sutil for assault following an incident in Shanghai.
Three-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova seems to be returning to her winning game, as the Russian won her first WTA title of the season in Rome.
Seven new disciplines are to make their debut at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, with hosts Russia having especially high expectations for one of them - team figure skating.
German specialist Wolfgang Pichler has been named the new coach of the Russian female biathlon team.
The World Figure Skating Championships will open in Moscow on Monday April 25. Despite the fact only one month was available for preparations, Moscow has managed to get ready for the top level competition.
Moscow has recently become an attractive arena for martial arts stars. Following K-1 champion Albert Kraus, another top gun of the sport, Mike Zambidis, took a shot in the capital.
Maria Sharapova has lost the final of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami going down in straight sets to Victoria Azerenka from Belarus.
Russia`s Maria Sharapova has reached the women`s final at the Miami Masters, where she will play Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
Nikolay Andrianov, the most decorated male gymnast of all time, died on Monday aged 58.
The International Skating Union has received an email from the Figure Skating Federation of Japan, saying that despite the destruction caused by the earthquake, the country is still eager to host the 2011 figure skating World Championship.
The leader of the Russian women`s biathlon team, Olga Zaitseva, says she may still reconsider her decision to leave sports at the end of the season.
The new Russian Premier League season had just begun when a scandal emerged. A former Kuban Montenegrin striker says he was beaten into terminating his contract.
The only team to ever lift the Gagarin Cup has gone down in Ufa, 2-1. It could all be over for them on Tuesday if Salavat Yulaev can win again on the home ice.
The hockey tournament at the Sochi 2014 Olympics will be played on international-sized rinks measuring 60 meters by 30 meters.
One of Spain`s leading sporting newspapers Marca has dedicated their front page to the unexpected news, claiming the Kazan team is ready to pay any salary he wants to world`s best player of 2007.