World cup
Moscow to make World Cup record booksMoscow may become the ever first ever city to host matches at three different stadiums during the 2018 World Cup. |
06.05.2012 11:46
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Malkin leads Russia to victorious start at hockey worldsRussia has got off to a winning start at the ice hockey world championships. A brace and an assist from Evgeny Malkin helped them overcome Latvia 5-2 in Stockholm. |
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05.05.2012 19:07
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Breivik, Fouganthine pics incident mars IIHF World Cup openingThey wanted to offer more fun for hockey fans, but it ended with scandal. IIHF World Champs organizers in Finland mistakenly installed a teasing billboard with notorious murderers Anders Breivik and Nikita Fouganthine in home team’s jerseys on it. |
Russia World Cup will bring ‘new era’ in football - FA Premier League bossEnglish Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards says England is ready to help Russia prepare to host the 2018 World Cup. The 68-year-old also hopes the tournament will prove a catalyst to take football to new levels. |
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17.04.2012 17:03
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FIFA satisfied with beginning of Russia’s World Cup 2018 preparationsThe 2018 World Cup in Russia may be more than six years away, but FIFA inspectors are already in the country to oversee how the preparations for the biggest event in football are going. |
FIFA to help 2018 World Cup organizers with $ 700mln2018 World Cup hosts Russia are to receive $ 700 million from FIFA to help the country prepare for the world's biggest football event. |
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Unbeatable free skating helps Russians claim silver in NiceThe Russian pair Tatiana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov came within inches of world figure skating gold, losing just 0.11 of a point to their German rivals Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy. |
21.03.2012 18:17
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Neymar set to join Barca after 2014 World CupBrazilian football prodigy Neymar has reportedly signed a deal to move to Barcelona from Santos in 2014, which will see him join the brightest star in the world football, his Argentinean nemesis Lionel Messi. |
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20.03.2012 21:54
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World Cup 2018 shows off its logoA temporary logo has also been unveiled to promote the 2018 World Cup in Russia. It’s the first time in the history of the tournament that a host nation has been allowed to use the image so far in advance. |
11.03.2012 15:35
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Chinese dominate Moscow freestyle off-rampAerials is not just a freestyle skiing discipline, but one of the most eye-catching spectacles winter sports have to offer, with Muscovites recently privileged to enjoy top class performances in a World Cup leg. |
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04.03.2012 22:53
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Bronze day for Russian biathletes at World ChampionshipRussian biathletes Anton Shipulin and Olga Vilukhina bounced back from Russia’s weak start at the World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, to take a bronze medal each at the pursuit race on Sunday. |
29.02.2012 01:48
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Anzhi, Hiddink to breed young Russian talentAnzhi’s new coach Guus Hiddink told RT that his arrival at the club won’t only help bring more stars, but will make the Makhachkala side a breeding ground for young talent to help Russia succeed at home and in World Cup 2012. |
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Russian ends luge season on high noteTatyana Ivanova has become the first Russian woman in the country’s modern history to win a luge World Cup stage. The 21-year-old won the season-ending event and also the European Luge Championships in Paramonovo, Moscow Region. |
19.02.2012 16:48
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Russians don’t relinquish podium hopes at home skating World ChampsDefending champion Ivan Skobrev as well Russian women’s favorite Ekaterina Lobysheva are both in the top five after two events at the World All-round Speed Skating Championships in Moscow. |
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Sleighing them: Russian quartet grab bobsled World CupRussian bobsleigh veteran Aleksandr Zubkov has driven his bob to a fifth World Cup crown, finishing third in the final World Cup four-man bobsled race of the season in Calgary. |
04.02.2012 17:14
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Russia’s football boss aims to win Euro 2012 and 2018 World CupThe president of Russia’s Football Union, Sergey Fursenko, has promised to make the country a footballing superpower fit to lift both Euro 2012 and 2018 World Cup. |
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20.01.2012 00:56
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UEFA's Platini wishes Russia victory at Euro 2012UEFA boss Michel Platini and FIFA head Sepp Blatter have arrived in St Petersburg to take part in the opening of the CIS Cup, and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Russian Football Union. |
Neuner rehabilitates herself, Zaitseva claims 8th podium in-a-rowTwo-time Olympic champion Magdalena Neuner has bounced back from Wednesday’s relay fiasco to claim a women's sprint biathlon World Cup event in Germany’s Oberhof. |
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06.01.2012 08:38
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Sweden shock Russia in OT of Junior Worlds finalSweden have stunned Russia midway through the extra period to clinch the gold medal at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Canada. |
04.01.2012 09:46
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Would-have-been revenge: Russia deny Canada final berthTeam Russia have advanced to the World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal game with a hard-fought victory over hosts Canada. |



















