From: RussiaToday on Wed, Jan 28 2009 11:21 AM

Russia’s Metallurg Magnitogorsk face the biggest match of their hockey season later on Wednesday. The KHL side is aiming to retain their European Champions League title against the Zurich Lions in Switzerland.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Jan 26 2009 1:49 PM

The NHL All-Star Game was held in Montreal on Sunday with top Russians on the ice. Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeny Malkin, Aleksey Kovalev, Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Datsyuk and Andrey Markov all played leading roles in the show.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Jan 19 2009 3:43 PM

Russia aims to host the FIFA World Cup 2018 says the country's sports minister and the head of Russia's Football Union, Vitaly Mutko.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Jan 16 2009 8:48 AM

The Paris-Dakar rally may have moved its route to Chile and Argentina this year, but the sport hasn't left Africa altogether.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Jan 15 2009 5:16 AM

In basketball's Eurocup, Khimki have topped their qualifying group thanks to a thrilling 80 - 71 victory over Benetton.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Jan 07 2009 4:07 AM

Russia’s Euro 2008 star, Andrey Arshavin, may be joining Arsenal this month. In an interview with Britain's Sky Sports Channel, a Zenit St Petersburg representatives said the club were positive about reaching a deal with the English Premiership side.

From: RussiaToday on Sun, Jan 04 2009 11:15 AM

One of the greatest footballers in the history German football, Lothar Matthaus, has married in Las Vegas on Sunday. His other half is Ukrainian model Kristina Liliana.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Dec 19 2008 2:06 PM

Defending champions Zenit and CSKA Moscow face tricky ties in the first knockout stage of the UEFA Cup. They will try their strength against Stuttgart and Aston Villa respectively in the last 32 of the competition.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Dec 19 2008 4:25 AM

The normally sedate world of chess was rocked last month with a doping scandal that is likely to hamper the game’s chances of becoming an Olympic sport.

From: RussiaToday on Sun, Dec 14 2008 3:52 AM

Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko has defended his IBF heavyweight crown by defeating Hasim Rahman in the seventh round in Germany’s SAP Arena.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Dec 04 2008 8:38 PM

The first ever Aleksandr Popov Cup swimming competition for the disabled has started in Moscow. Athletes from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine arrived in the Russian capital for this inaugural sports event named in honour of the four-time Olympic Champion.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Dec 04 2008 9:13 AM

Sports bets will soon be one of the only types of gambling allowed in Moscow after recent laws come into force which will force casinos to leave the city.

From: RussiaToday on Sat, Nov 29 2008 12:12 PM

Men’s volleyball teams Dynamo Moscow and Iskra from the Moscow region will fight it out in the Russian Cup final on Sunday. Dynamo beat defending title holders and European champions Zenit-Kazan 3-1 to earn a shot at the title while Iskra overcame Lokomotiv 3-0 to secure their berth in the final.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Nov 28 2008 8:29 AM

The city of Kazan in central Russia was put firmly on the country’s football map when Rubin won this year’s Russian Premier League. That victory is in no small part due to head coach Kurban Berdyev, who rarely speaks to the media. But he made an exception this week for RT.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Nov 19 2008 9:53 AM

As one of the favourites to win the inaugural KHL season, CSKA are beginning to show their best form. Vyacheslav Bykov's charges have beaten MVD in their latest encounter.

From: RussiaToday on Sun, Nov 16 2008 11:27 AM

Stoke City’s Rory Delap is wreaking havoc in English football. His almighty throw-ins have flummoxed defences across the Premier League. Such is the fear of his so-called missiles, some managers are calling for pitches to be made wider. Freelance writer Gabrielle Pickard reports for RT.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Nov 13 2008 4:51 PM

Two goals from Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko helped Tottenham Hotspur to beat Liverpool 4-2 to go throught to the last eight of the English Carling Cup.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Nov 13 2008 4:51 PM

Russian giant Nikolay Valuev has announced that his next opponent in the boxing ring will be none other than four-time world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield.

From: RussiaToday on Sun, Nov 09 2008 6:04 PM

Russian tennis star Vera Zvonareva has failed to win the biggest match of her career, losing to Venus Williams in the final of the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Nov 07 2008 5:34 PM

European clubs should take note - Andrey Arshavin has said he will not play for Zenit again and is desperate to leave. The Russian star was on the verge of moving to Tottenham after Euro 2008 but stayed in St Petersburg despite his willingness to move.