David Blatt to head Russian basketball combined team
David Blatt will become a new head coach of Russian combined team.
Dementeva avenged for Sharapova by crushing defeat of Hinges in final
Russian Elena Dementeva became the winner of large tennis tournament Toray Pan Pacific Open, which has ended on Sunday, February 5, in Tokyo.
International Olympic Committee to exclude boxing from Olympic program
Administration of International Olympic Committee gains more confidence that boxing should be excluded from program of Olympic Games.
Russian team of hockey with ball reached final of world championship
Russian team of ice hockey with the ball has reached final of world championship, which is held in Sweden.
Dementeva and Hinges to contend in final of Tokyo tennis tournament
Last year`s winner of Tokyo tennis tournament Pan Pacific Open Maria Sharapova has unexpectedly lost to Swiss Martina Hinges in semi-final. The prize fund of the tournament amounts to $1340 thousands.
Sophie Loren to open Olympic Games
Opening ceremony of Olympic Games in Torino will start with a performance of famous Italian actress Sophie Loren.
Hinges smashed Sharapova in Tokyo tournament
Russian Maria Sharapova couldn`t confirm the leading title in tournament of first category Toray Pan Pacific Open with prize fund of $1.34 millions, which takes place in Tokyo.
Cheburashka seen off to Olympic Games
Seeing-off of Russian sportsmen to Olympic Games in Torino took place in the center of Moscow today. Along with sportsmen official sponsor BoscoSport company and talisman of Russian team Cheburashka became the main characters of the show.
Standard bearer of Russian team to be skater
Russian flag at Opening ceremony of XX Winter Olympic Games will not be carried by representatives of ski races and biathlon.
"Ski-track of Russia" put off because of frost
The competition "Ski-track of Russia" has been put off till February 12, informs the press-service of St. Petersburg Governor Administration. The competition has had to be postponed because of weather forecast.
Vneshtorgbank to sponsor CSKA
Vneshtorgbank has become a new general sponsor of national football champion Moscow CSKA. The term of the contract is 1 year with possibility of prolongation. During this period football club will by paid $7 millions.
Putin`s favorite resort blocked by avalanche
In Krasnodar region an avalanche has blocked the highway connecting Adler town with the resort Krasnaya Polyana. Reportedly, the avalanche descended on February 1, 2006 at about 2 a.m. Moscow time 25 km from Adler. Early in the morning road services started work on clearing the road. Casualties have not been reported.
International Skating Union has no claims to Tatyana Navka
"International Skating Union has no claims to Tatyana Navka. Her participation in Olympiad is beyond any doubt", - informed the president of Russian figure-skating Federation Valentin Piseev.
Roger Federer becomes 2-times holder of Australian Open champion title
Swiss Roger Federer became 2-times winner of Australian Open tennis championship.
Female world junior champion wins male chess tournament
Traditional international chess festival "FINEK" in St. Petersburg has ended with triumph of world champion-2005 among juniors Ekaterina Korbut.
Sergey Narishkin appointed new president of All-Russian swimming federation
Election of new president of All-Russian swimming federation has been held on special congress of this organization.
Russians set record in final of World Cup on bobsleigh
On Saturday the Russians Aleksandr Zubkov and Aleksey Voyevoda won the final stage of the World Cup on bobsleigh, setting the new record of route in German Altenberg.
New sporting complex for winter sports
The business manager of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Kozhin reported that a new complex for winter sports would be built in the settlement Tosno of Leningradski region.
Moscow "CSKA" won Madrid "Real" in basketball European League
Moscow team stays on third position in group C of European League ULEB. Team of Ettore Messina has defeated Madrid "Real" with score of 80:71. Now CSKA has 8 victories in 12 games and Russian club is 1 point ahead of "Real". The leaders of this group are "Panatinaikos" and "Unikaha" with 10 victories.
It snows in capital of Olympiad-2006
It started to snow in Torino, where winter Olympic Games should start on February 10, for the first time in 2006.
Russians confident in success of national team at Olympiad
Majority of Russians (70%) are confident in success of Russian team at Olympic Games in Turin. This was supported by poll conducted by All-Russian center of public opinion investigation.
Maria Sharapova lost Australian Open semifinal
Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne became first finalist of Australian Open tennis championship.
Members of Russian Olympic figure-skating team pronounced
All Russian figure-skaters, who participated in European championship in Lyon, excluding Sergey Dobrin became members of Olympic team. This was informed by president of Russian Figure-skating Federation Valentine Piseev.
Sharapova and Petrova to meet face to face
On Tuesday Russian tennis-players Maria Sharapova and Nadezhda Petrova will determine semi-finalist of Australian Open tennis championship in duel.
Russian Sharapova passed to quarter-final of Australian Open
Maria Sharapova became the second Russian tennis-player, who passed to quarter-final of Australian Open championship.