Basketball: Eremin dismisses rumors
Dinamo Moscow region coach Stanislav Eremin dismisses transfer rumors.
Dinamo Moscow region coach Stanislav Eremin dismisses transfer rumors.

Spain`s Fernando Alonso proved he is not suffering any hangover from finishing fifth in Canada last weekend by dominating both Friday practice sessions ahead of Sunday`s U.S Grand Prix.

All tickets for the United States-Russia semifinal encounter of the 2007 Federation Cup, the unofficial world women`s tennis team championship, have been sold out within nine days.

The U.S. Open starts Thursday at Oakmont Country Club, with several apparent favorites - you`ve got your Tiger Woods, your Phil Mickelson, your Jim Furyk - but, really, it might be the most difficult major to handicap in years.

Hold off on those thoughts of winning Cleveland`s first title since 1964. For now the Cavaliers have a much smaller goal. "More than anything we just want to win one game," center Zydrunas Ilgauskas said Wednesday. "Obviously the chances are against us in a big way but we worked so hard for nine months to get to this point so we have to fight."

NBA Finals have arrived in Cleveland for the first time in franchise history. Game Three will be played there tonight.

"Ski-Track of Russia" event was held in Krasnoyarsk Sunday. More than 10,000 Krasnoyarsk residents participated in the ski race at the Dinamo Stadium.

On the second day of IX Paralympic Games in Torino the Russian team won four medals.

The closing ceremony of the World Champion on athletics in enclosed space passed in the sporting complex "Olympiyskiy".

Female Russian team has won last medal of world championship for indoor track and field athletics, which ended in Moscow tonight. Tatyana Levina, Natalia Nazarova, Olesya Krasnomovez and Natalia Antukh became world champions in 4x400 meter relay race. USA team became silver medallist and Belarus team won bronze.

Russian sportswoman Tatyana Kotova became champion in broad jump in world championship for indoor track and field athletics, which is held in Moscow these days.

Bronze medalist of Olympic Games in Turin, Russian figure-skater Irina Slutskaya refused from participation in world championship, which will be held in Calgary on March 20-26.

Russian biathletes has won 4x6 km medley relay race within the frames of world championship in Slovenian Pokluk.

Russian pole-vaulter Elena Isinbaeva has easily won gold medal in world championship for indoor track and field athletics, which is held in Moscow.

Russian team won first gold medal of world championship for indoor track and field athletics, which is held these days in Moscow. Olympic champion in broad jump Tatyana Lebedeva celebrated victory in triple jump competitions. She flew to the distance of 14 m and 95 cm during first attempt. No one was able to beat this result.

Struggle for first Russian football trophy of 2005/2006 season took place in Moscow on Saturday. Moscow CSKA defeated "Spartak" in beautiful and dramatic match for national Super Cup with score 3:2.

Opening ceremony of world championship for track and field athletics took place in Moscow sport complex "Olympic" on Saturday.

Unusual hockey match with participation of Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko will be held on March 11 in Minsk. The team under leadership of Belarus head will play with "Russian press" - so-called hockey team of sport journalists. This is the second game in history.

5 people were injured in mass fight of aggressive football fans in Moscow.

Maria Sharapova and Anastasia Myskina will skip Russia`s forthcoming Fed Cup tie against Belgium.

Winning a 2-kilometer car race hardly seems worth getting excited about, but for Vyacheslav Filipenkov and his team in their battered Toyota Surf, it meant a prize of 10 kilograms of gold.

The ground leader of Russian football team Aleksei Smertin became the player of Moscow "Dynamo". Former halfback of "Chelsea" signed the four-year contract with the capital club. The official site of the football player reported about that.

Russian stars of figure-skating open tour over Russia with show in Moscow sport complex "Krylatskoe" on March 10.

World record-holder pole-vaulter Elena Isinbaeva hopes to win world championship for inside track and field athletics, which starts in Moscow sport complex "Olympic" on March 10.

Turin mayor Serge Kyamparino solemnly carried Olympic torch around municipal square on the threshold of 10-day Paralympic Games for sportsmen-invalids.