Italians win ski relay race, Russia finishes on 6-th position
Sportsmen of Italian team became Olympic champions in men`s 4x10 km relay race. Demonstrating brilliant result the home team of Olympiad-2006 won Olympic gold.
Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva wanted by Italian police
Italian police visited Olympic village in Bardonekkia on late Friday evening in search for Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva, who was exposed of illicit substances use.
Olympians to compete for 4 sets of medals in Torino
On Sunday, February 19, 4 sets of Olympic medals will be awarded in Torino.
Dementeva not qualified for final of tennis tournament in Antwerp
Russian tennis player Elena Dementeva couldn`t come through to the WTA final of second category in Belgian Antwerp town with prize fund of $600 thousands.
Russian figure-skater Volchkova pulled out of Olympiad
Russian Victoria Volchkova pulled out of the Olympic figure-skating competitions.
Russian hockey team defeated Kazakhs
Olympic hockey team of Russia played third match in Torino on Saturday.
Russian biathlete Akhatova wins bronze in women`s 10 km pursuit
Women`s 10 km biathlon pursuit with 4 firing lines has ended in Torino.
Russian skiers win Olympic gold in ladies` 4x5 km relay
Russian skiers have won Olympic gold in ladies` 4x5 km relay in Torino.
Retired Italians upstaged Navka and Kostomarov
Most boring and subjective kind of figure-skating - compulsory dance in competitions of dance duets - ended with a loud sensation. World champions Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov were unexpectedly upstaged by Italians Barbara Fusar Poli and Maurizio Margaglio, who returned from retirement to lead the ice dancing event at the Winter Olympics.
Perm speed skater Svetlana Vysokova wins bronze medal on Torino Olympic Games
Perm speed skater Svetlana Vysokova has won bronze medal on Torino Olympic Game.
Another Russian skiers suspended from competition
The tests showed that two Russian skiers Nikolai Pankratov and Natalia Matveyeva had an abnormally high red blood cell count, informed the Russian ski team manager Yury Charkovsky. Thus Pankratov can not participate in 15km classical today, for which he had been declared.
Eugeny Plushenko not hurt in road incident in Italy
The car, in which Olympic Champion Eugeny Plushenko was going to the airport of Torino, got into a road incident.
Russian hockey team smashed Swedes
Russian hockey team scored first victory at Olympiad in Torino. In match of second tour charges of Vladimir Krikunov defeated Swiss combined team with smashing score of 5:0.
Russian figure-skater Evgeni Plushenko wins "Olympic" gold
Russian figure-skater Evgeni Plushenko became the Olympic champion in Torino.
Trainer of Plushenko call Russian women suitable for construction of railways
Russia has promising figure skaters in the man single rolling which will bring to the country the gold medals of future Olympiads and as for Russian women are good only in the construction of railroads, assumes Aleksey Mishin the trainer of Olympic champion in the man single rolling Yevgeny Plushenko.
Conclusion of further Pyleva`s destiny to be made on Tuesday night
Question of further biathlete Olga Pyleva`s destiny, whose doping test showed positive, will be solved on Tuesday night, informed the head of Russian sports delegation in Torino Vladimir Vasin.
Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva tested positive for doping
Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva, who won silver medal in the women`s 15km biathlon individual, has been tested positive for doping, media reports say.
Legendary hockey player Gennady Tsigankov died in St. Petersburg
The legendary hockey player honoured master of sports Gennady Tsigankov died in St. Petersburg, reported the press attachÊ of the city administration sport committee Oleg Vdovin.
Fifth day of Olympiad makes no changes into leaders order
The fifth day of the Olympic Games didn`t make changes into the leaders order on medals reckoning.
Over 10 million of Russians visited Olympics Web Site
Almost 42 million visits on official Olympics Games web site have been registered. These figures are considered record, comparing to total of 37 million visits of extremely popular the Athens Summer Games in 2004.
Putin keeps eye on Olympiad and wishes Russian Olympians victory
Russian president Vladimir Putin keeps eye on Olympiad. This was informed by the head of Russian sport Vyacheslav Fetisov.
Russian female hockey player hospitalized after match with Italy
Russian hockey player Olga Permyakova was hospitalized after collision with the rival during Russia-Italy game at Olympiad in Torino.
Russian figure-skater Yevgeny Plushenko leads after short program
Single figure-skaters have performed their short programs in Torino on Tuesday night. Russian Yevgeny Plushenko leads with sufficient advantage over rivals. He set a new record of 90.66 points with a flawless display in the men`s short program.
Russian speed skater Svetlana Zhurova became Olympic champion
Russian team has won 4-th gold medal at Olympic Games in Torino. Speed skater Svetlana Zhurova became an Olympic champion in ladies` 500 m race. Chinese skaters Wang Manli and Hui Ren took second and third places correspondingly. Last time Russian speed skaters won Olympic gold in 1994.
Russian skiers win "bronze" in men`s team sprint
For the first time in history of Winter Olympic Games competitions in team ski sprint are held in Torino. Both gold medals in this new Olympic discipline were conquered by Swedish combined team.