From: RussiaToday on Tue, Apr 22 2008 11:53 AM

Russian-born boxing champ Kostya Tszyu is ready to win over Hollywood kung-fu star Jackie Chan in a display fight during September’s Beijing Olympics.

From: RussiaToday on Sat, Apr 19 2008 6:22 PM

Dinamo Moscow have missed the chance to go top of the Russian Premier League after a 1-1 draw with FC Moscow. Defending champions Zenit were unable to win at Saturn, but last season's runners-up Spartak Moscow took all three points with a 2-1 win in Nalchik.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Apr 18 2008 8:18 PM

The International Sports and Physical Culture Festival has become one of Moscow's most eagerly awaited events - showing that more and more Russians are making fitness one of their priorities.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Apr 18 2008 6:34 AM

Russia have won the Euro Hockey Tour in front of a passionate home crowd, coming from behind to beat rivals Finland to claim the title.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Apr 16 2008 1:44 PM

A new battle has erupted in the swimming pool - and it's all to do with what the competitors are wearing. Athletes using the new revolutionary Speedo LZR swimsuit recently set an amazing 18 world records in the short course world championships - but the Russian Swimming Federation has a cont...

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Apr 14 2008 3:21 AM

Maria Sharapova has won her third title of the year, and her first ever on clay. The Russian beat Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova in the final of the Amelia Island Championships - 7-6, 6-3.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Apr 10 2008 7:33 PM

Out-of –form Marat Safin will lead Russia’s Davis Cup team against the Czech Republic after the country’s top player, Nikolay Davydenko, withdrew from the Moscow tie.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Apr 10 2008 5:38 AM

Ice hockey chiefs in Russia are predicting the sports new continental league will be a huge success in its first year and may even rival NHL.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Apr 09 2008 2:34 PM

Although Russia has predicted over thirty gold medals in the upcoming Olympics, cycling is one of its weaker disciplines. After picking up only a bronze at the recent world track cycling championships it’s looking at how Britain managed to achieve nine golds.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Apr 09 2008 1:34 PM

The Russian Football Association has fined a Russian Premier League club after a referee was threatened during a match. Newly promoted Terek Grozny, the Chechen republic’s FC, have been forced to pay $US 20,000.

From: RussiaToday on Tue, Apr 08 2008 7:11 AM

A Russian Olympic champion has turned his back on his homeland and plans to compete for Slovakia at the Beijing Olympics. David Musulbes won gold in Sydney, but now calls comfortable as a Slovakian.

From: RussiaToday on Sun, Apr 06 2008 3:44 AM

Russian Davis Cup captain Shamil Tarpishchev says two-time Grand Slam winner Marat Safin will play a part in Russia’s quarter-final tie against the Czech Republic next week at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

From: RussiaToday on Tue, Apr 01 2008 5:58 AM

Maria Sharapova will not play for Russia in the Fed Cup semi-final against the U.S.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Mar 28 2008 2:30 PM

It looks as though Jaromir Jagr will rejoin the team he played for during the NHL lockout. The current New York Ranger will resign for Avangard Omsk for next season.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Mar 28 2008 10:59 AM

Olympic Bronze medalist Makhach Murtazaliev was the youngest member of Russia's freestyle wrestling squad at the 2004 Olympics. Now he is eyeing a silver or maybe even a gold in Beijing.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Mar 27 2008 9:08 AM

Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia’s 200 metre butterfly bronze medalist, has revealed that dolphins play a big part in his success. He's been training with them, taking the saying "like a fish in the water" to a new level.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Mar 26 2008 9:58 AM

Dynamo Moscow basketball player Travis Hansen has received Russian citizenship and won't be counted as a foreigner in the championship anymore.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Mar 20 2008 8:12 AM

Good point guards have been hard to come by in Russia. The men's national team solved the problem by providing CSKA playmaker JR Holden with Russian citizenship. The women have followed suit and one of the most prolific U.S. point guards Becky Hammon now also has a Russian passport in additi...

From: RussiaToday on Sat, Mar 08 2008 8:24 PM

FC Zenit St. Petersburg has gone down 1-3 to Olympique de Marseille in the first-leg of their UEFA Cup match.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Mar 06 2008 4:38 PM

The new Russian football season starts in just over a week's time. And the premiership's newboys Terek Grozny from the Chechen Republic look set to host matches at their home stadium.