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Russians thrash Slovakia to win World Hockey title

May 21, 2012 RIA Novosti
Russia trounced Slovakia 6-2 in Sunday's final to win the world hockey championships title for the fourth time in the modern era and the first time since 2009

Russia heads to Euro 2012

May 18, 2012 Ilya Zubko
From June 8-July 1, the European Football Championship will take place in Poland and Ukraine. It is the first time that such a major tournament has been held in Eastern Europe

AK-47 never misses a shot

May 17, 2012 Pavel Petrovsky
Russia's prominent basketball player Andrei Kirilenko, known by journalists and fans as AK-47, dreams of an Olympic gold

Russian riders to perform at Diamond Jubilee

April 27, 2012 Tatyana Shramchenko
Russian jockeys from the Kremlin Equestrian Riding School will perform at the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the coronation of Great Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in early May

High hopes for Isinbaeva at London

April 24, 2012 Nikolai Dolgopolov
Double Olympic gold medalist Yelena Isinbaeva nearly quit the sport but she’s expected to make a strong challenge in London

Plans to set the Thames on fire

April 19, 2012 Nikolai Dolgopolov
Russia hopes of bringing home gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Russia’s Olympic team becomes more diverse

April 17, 2012 Timur Ganeev
When the Russian team walks in the Opening Ceremonies of this summer’s London Olympic Games, it will reflect the country’s diversity

A mixture of snow and adrenaline

March 23, 2012 Alexander Kobelyatsky, Russky Reporter
Russia to keep cross-country snowmobile racing world championships to 2015

Streltsov, Russia’s Pelè in the gulag

March 19, 2012 Nicola Sellitti
One of Russia’s first sports rebels went from the Soviet national team to a force labor camp in Siberia. Today Eduard Streltsov is recognized as one of the greats

Warmed by a love of horses

February 17, 2012 Mikhail Mordasov
Russian children learn riding lessons to participate in the annual equestrian competitions that run through February in Novosibirsk

UEFA: Financial Fair Play comes to Russia

February 6, 2012 Timur Ganeev
Football bosses are trying to impose a break-even requirement on clubs. How is Russia going to cope with Financial Fair Play?

Sharapova grinds out win over Kvitova, into Aussie final

January 26, 2012 RIA Novosti
Maria Sharapova dug deep for a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 semifinal win over Wimbledon nemesis Petra Kvitova on Thursday to set up an Australian Open final against Victoria Azarenka

Maria Sharapova moves on in Australian Open

January 25, 2012 Víctor Colmenarejo
Tennis star vaults into the semifinals by defeating fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova

Russia prevents football corruption

January 23, 2012 Nicola Sellitti
Russia takes steps to eliminate match-fixing and illegal betting on football games ahead of the 2018 World Cup

The two sides of Russian football

December 29, 2011 Pyotr Kuznetsov, Kommersant
Landmark achievements and high profile scandals made 2011 an interesting year for Russian football

Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o heads to Makhachkala

November 7, 2011 Galina Masterova
A high-flying soccer player with a $30-million price tag brings pleasure and a kick of hope to Dagestan’s capital city

With the NBA season on hold, top players are looking for contracts overseas

October 7, 2011 Nicola Selliti
Andrei Kirilenko is headed back to Russia to breathe the air of home after 10 years with the NBA’s Utah Jazz

"Athleticism is the key in modern basketball"

September 19, 2011 Boris Khodorovsky, Gazeta.ru
Modestas Paulauskas discusses the results of the European Basketball Championship

Sharapova, Williams, take the courts at U.S. Open

August 29, 2011 Nicola Selliti
The U.S. Open tennis tournament begins Aug. 29 in New York

The bear returns

August 16, 2011 Anton Makhrov
The Russian Olympic team has a new mascot – but will it be a universal symbol for the nation?
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