MOSCOW, February 18 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit St. Petersburg face Germany`s Stuttgart and CSKA Moscow take on England`s Aston Villa in the UEFA Cup Round of 32 in the first games of the season for the Russian clubs.
MOSCOW, February 16 (RIA Novosti) - Former CSKA Moscow trainer Valery Gazzayev has declined to comment on rumors in the Russian media linking him with the South African national team.
DONETSK, February 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia`s Yelena Isinbayeva broke the world indoors record twice in a single day at a Pole Vault Stars meeting in Ukraine`s Donetsk on Sunday, first clearing 4.97 meters and then 5.0 meters.
Guus Hiddink will become a temporary coach with the Chelsea Football Club until the end of the season. Still, coaching the Russian national team will remain Hiddink’s main priority.
Wednesday was scheduled for friendlies in the European football calendar. While Russia was not in on the action, Guus Hiddink team’s main rivals in World Cup 2010 qualifying round all put their skills to the test.
MOSCOW, February 12 (RIA Novosti) - Arsenal forward Andrei Arshavin has expressed his concern for the future of the Russian national side if Guus Hiddink were to leave the team he took to the semi-finals of Euro 2008.
Chelsea could soon sign Guus Hiddink as its coach for the rest of the Premier League season. Russia`s national team boss is set to travel to London on Thursday for talks with the club of billionaire Roman Abramovich.
MOSCOW, February 10 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian research vessel departs Russia`s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad on Tuesday for the Black Sea to probe into the long-term consequences of the 2007 oil spill in the Kerch Strait.
MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - Defending Federation Cup champion Russia will face Italy on April 25-26 in the semifinals of the tournament following their flawless 5-0 victory over China in Moscow over the weekend.
The injury that saw Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko stretchered off during Sunday`s match against Portsmouth is not as serious as was initially feared, the Sport Express paper said on Monday.
Zenit St. Petersburg have beaten Manchester United 2-1 to lift the Super Cup, the annual fixture between the holders of the Champions League and the UEFA Cup.
Spartak Moscow striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has confirmed that he will not be moving to London soccer club Tottenham Hotspur, Sport-Express reported on Tuesday.
Olympic champions Rafael Nadal and Elena Dementieva showed their mettle at the U.S. Open, overcoming early challenges to win Monday in the start of what`s expected to be a wide-open tournament.
The end of Roger Federer`s long reign as world number one moved closer when he suffered a shock second-round defeat by Frenchman Gilles Simon at the Toronto Masters on Wednesday.
Although the spotlight at the pool will be fixed on swimmer Michael Phelps`s quest for eight Olympic golds, Russia are shaping up for an impressive feat of their own in the often ridiculed synchronised swimming.
Russia`s Yelena Isinbayeva is confident she can raise the bar even higher after setting a pole vault world record of 5.03 metres at the Golden Gala on Friday.
Flying Finn Juho Hanninen says that he never expected to be leading at the end of the first four stages of Rally Russia.
Russia forward Andrei Arshavin has dealt a blow to any Premier League suitors after it was revealed he only wants to play for Barcelona.
Russia`s Dutch coach Guus Hiddink says he wants to be the traitor of the year in the Netherlands and see Russia knock his countrymen out of Euro 2008 in Saturday`s quarter-final.
The pretty spot where Russia will host the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics is on the Black Sea, framed by the Caucasus mountains. It is also just a 15-minute drive from a potential war zone.
Russia completed their programme of Euro 2008 warm-up matches with a 4-1 win over Lithuania here on Wednesday.
Russia and Serbia ensured they will contest the French Open women`s title match as Wednesday`s quarter-finals ended in another rollercoaster win for Moscow comeback queen Dinara Safina.
Following in the footsteps of Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman, new captain Nicklas Lidstrom led the Red Wings to the title. Detroit`s 11th NHL championship team is the first in league history to be captained by a European.
Russia coach Guus Hiddink on Tuesday unveiled his final selection of 23 players to play in the Euro 2008 finals.
Alexander Semin started it off and Ilya Kovalchuk clinched it in overtime as Russia scored on the first and last shots to capture the gold medal at the World Ice Hockey Championships.