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Russia Wins World Hockey Title
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| Russian hockey team has defeated Slovakia in the World Championships final, 6-2, and has gained the third ice hockey world title in five years.
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| --21-05-2012-- |
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Government: Alcohol Is Incompatible With Olympic Values
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| "Alcohol and Olympics values are incompatible", said a Government official commenting on the alcohol ban for the members of the Olympic support team and Bosco di Ciliegi (that provide team outfit) at the upcoming London Olympics-2012 and forthcoming Games in Sochi in 2014.
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| --21-05-2012-- |
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Russia To Play Slovakia In the Hockey Championship Final
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| In a dramatic turn of events, Slovakia topped the Czech hockey team and reached the final where it will play Russia.
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| --20-05-2012-- |
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Russian 'Red Machine' Crushes Denmark
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| The Russian hockey team continue their perfect run at the Hockey World Championships in Finland and Sweden, defeating Denmark 3-1.
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| --11-05-2012-- |
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Russian Hockey Team Win Over Germans 2-0
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| On Tuesday, Russia team scored a 2-0 win over Germany in the hockey world championships in Stockholm, the third-straight victory of the Russians within the tournament.
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| --10-05-2012-- |
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Russian Legendary Football Club to Change Its Leader
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| The head coach of a Spartak Moscow football club, Valery Karpin, will leave his post after the end of 2011/12 football season.
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| --04-05-2012-- |
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Golden Belts For Best Russian Fighters
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| Best Russian athletes in different types of martial arts have been honored at the Golden Belt award ceremony in Moscow.
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| --03-05-2012-- |
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Dick Advocaat to Leave Russian Football Team This Year
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| On Monday Dick Advocaat said he would step down as coach of the Russian national team in July after Euro 2012.
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| --02-05-2012-- |
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Dynamo Moscow Hockey Club Wins Gagarin Cup
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| Dynamo Moscow has won the Gagarin Cup for the first time, in the deciding match against Avangard Omsk 1:0.
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| --26-04-2012-- |
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Russian Sport to Lessen Foreign Workforce
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| Russian Health and Social Development Ministry has announced a 25% quota on foreign athletes for professional sports clubs.
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| --19-04-2012-- |
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First Gagarin Cup Puck to Fly to Space
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| The ceremonial first puck in today's Gagarin Cup final series-opener will be sent to the International Space Station.
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| --13-04-2012-- |
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Russia Successfully Ends European Figure Skating Championship
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| Russian team gained two silver medals at last week's world figure skating championships in Nice, one of them is the first medal of Russian female skater in seven years.
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| --04-04-2012-- |
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Russia Fights Against Racism in Football
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| A special taskforce has been launched to tackle racism in Russian football, following a "banana scandal" involving Anzhi defender Christopher Samba.
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| --27-03-2012-- |
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First Female Referee Is Appointed For Men's Match
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| For the first time in Russian football history, a female referee will preside over a men’s reserve game between CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow.
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| --23-03-2012-- |
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Great Moscow Derby Ends With CSKA's Win
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| CSKA Moscow football club has defeated its main rival, Spartak Moscow, 2:1 and so returned to winning ways in the Russian Premier League.
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| --20-03-2012-- |
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Chess Crown for Russian Queen
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| Russian smart and beautiful ladies amaze Europe. Russian chess master has become the new European women’s individual chess champion.
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| --16-03-2012-- |
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Russian Legendary Pole Vaulter Hits the Top Again
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| After three years without gold at the World Athletics Championships, Elena Isinbayeva has finally took the first place at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Turkey’s Istanbul.
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| --12-03-2012-- |
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Yelena Isinbayeva Sets New World Record
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| On Thursday, renowned Russian athlete Yelena Isinbayeva set her new world indoor pole vault record, clearing 5 meters 1 centimeter at the XL Galan meet in Stockholm.
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| --24-02-2012-- |
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Russians Are Best in Beach Soccer Again
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| Northern climate can's stop warm hearts. Russian team confirmed their status as kings of a beach soccer, winning the European Cup in Moscow.
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| --20-02-2012-- |
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Presidential Elections Can Leave Fans Without Football
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| Russia's Interior Ministry has ordered the Russian Football Premier League to cancel all Moscow matches that would coincide with March 4, the day of presidential election.
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| --15-02-2012-- |
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Russian Tennis Player Struggles For the Top
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| According to the recent WTA tennis rating, Maria Sharapova has become the World ¹2 tennis player.
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| --13-02-2012-- |
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Kind Hearts Struggle Towards Sochi
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| Two years before the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, Russia starts selection of candidates for volunteers.
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| --08-02-2012-- |
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Record Award Fee for Russian Olympic Winners
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| The Russian government will give awards of $130,000 to Russian athletes who win a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
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| --06-02-2012-- |
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Evgeny Pluschenko Wins His Seventh European Title
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| Having landed on the second spot following a short program, Evgeny Pluschenko stormed ahead of other contestants to secure the seventh European Champion title for himself.
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| --01-02-2012-- |
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Astrakhan Camels Will Bring the Olympic Torch to Sochi
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| The Head of the Astrakhan Region has come up with a creative idea for the Olympic Flame transfer through his region on the way to Sochi. The torch will be transferred as part of camel races, a traditional sportive activity in the region.
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| --31-01-2012-- |
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Russian Figure Skaters Take Sheffield By Storm
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| Russian figure skaters have taken the Sheffield Figure Skating Championship by storm, occupying the entire pedestal. Evgeny Pluschenko won a Silver medal.
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| --27-01-2012-- |
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Russian Youth Olympic Team Heads the List of Medalists
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| Russian Youth Olympic team now holds the first place on the number of medals at the Youth Olympics 2012 in Innsbruck.
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| --18-01-2012-- |
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Russian Youth Olympic Team to Compete for Medals
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| On Wednesday, Russian Youth Winter Olympic team has left for Innsbruck, Austria, for the first ever Youth Olympic Winter Games, to take part in almost every sport discipline.
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| --13-01-2012-- |
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Russian Football Player is Named a Sportsman of the Year
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| All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center has revealed results of the latest opinion poll in which Russian people expressed their opinion about the most notable Russian sportsmen in 2011.
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| --11-01-2012-- |
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Russian Hockey Team Stumbled Over Sweden
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| Early this morning, Russian youth hockey team has broken its straight the gold medals by losing to the Swedes at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Canada.
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| --06-01-2012-- |
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Fyodor Emelianenko Gives New Year Gifts to His Russian Fans
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| Russian fighter Fyodor Emelianenko has made a knockout win over Japanese Satoshi Ishii in the main event of the ÌÌÀ Dream: New Year 2011 in Tokyo, on December 31.
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| --02-01-2012-- |
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The Best Russian Sportsmen of the Year are Announced
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| Top-10 Russian sportspeople for 2011 have been announced by the Russian Federation of Sports Journalist, which founded the "Silver Doe" award.
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| --28-12-2011-- |
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Russian Biathlon Team is Best in Mixed Rally
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| On December 18, Russian biathlon ream won gold medals in the mixed rally at the World Cup’s third stage in Hochfilzen, Austria.
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| --19-12-2011-- |
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"Newborn" Lokomotiv Team Wins its First Game
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| On Monday, a new Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team went to the ice for the first time since the terrible plane crash in September 2011 that wiped out the entire team and coaches.
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| --13-12-2011-- |
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"Group of Life" for Russian Football Team
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| On Friday, December 2, a draw ceremony for the Euro 2012 finals brought Russia a very successful result.
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| --07-12-2011-- |
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Russian Legend Boxer Proves His Superiority
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| On Sunday, Russian famous boxer and MMA legend Fyodor Emelianenko earned a victory over American Jeff Monson in the main event of M-1 Global: Fyodor vs. Monson.
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| --22-11-2011-- |
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Unique Sochi Trampolines Are at the Final Stage of Construction
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| A complex of unique ski trampolines - K-125 and K-95 - is now at the final stage of construction, undertaken by the German company, CeramTec-ETEC.
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| --10-11-2011-- |
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Russian Boxer Wins WBA Cruiserweight Belt
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| On Friday, Russian boxer Denis Lebedev won over three division world champion James “Lights Out” Toney in Moscow and so became the winner of the WBA cruiserweight belt.
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| --07-11-2011-- |
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Russia to Send the Olympic Flame into Space
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| Russia plans to make the longest Olympic flame relay ever for the Sochi Olympic Games in 2014, setting several world records.
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| --02-11-2011-- |
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New Figure Skating Star Wins at Skate Canada
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| Russian 14-year-old figure skater Elizaveta Tuktamysheva has won the ladies' competition at Skate Canada, which was her debut Grand Prix appearance.
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| --01-11-2011-- |
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Fulham FC Considers Buying Pavel Pogrebnyak
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| London's Fulham FC is on a hunt for a strong forward - and they may buy Russia's Pavel Pogrebnyak who is currently playing for Stuttgart.
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| --26-10-2011-- |
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Russians Won Gold at 2011 World Fencing Championship
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| Russians won gold medals in men’s saber team event at the 2011 World Fencing Championship, held in Italy’s Catania between October 8 and 16.
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| --18-10-2011-- |
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Russia Passes to the Finals of the UEFA European Championship
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| On Tuesday Russian national football team defeated Andorra 6-0 and so secured passage to the finals of Euro 2012 as Group B winners.
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| --12-10-2011-- |
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Russia's Leading Ski Jumper Dies in Car Crash
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| Pavel Karelin, the 21-year-old leader of the Russian national ski jumping team, died in a car crash early on Sunday, his personal coach said.
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| --10-10-2011-- |
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Russian World Champion Named European Athlete of the Year
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| Russia’s world champion 800 meter runner Maria Savinova has been named European woman-athlete of the year. This information came from the official site of the European Association of Athletics.
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| --04-10-2011-- |
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Andrei Kirilenko Returns to CSKA Moscow from Utah Jazz
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| After 10 years at Utah Jazz, the Russian basketball star Andrei Kirilenko returns to CSKA Moscow where he played in 1998-2001.
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| --04-10-2011-- |
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Awards for Paralympic Sportsmen
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| On Tuesday, at the third annual Elena Mukhina National Awards, four-time Paralympic skiing champion Irek Zaripov of Russia has taken the major prize.
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| --03-10-2011-- |
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Russian Rhythmic Gymnast Wins All Gold Medals
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| Russia’s rhythmic gymnast star Yevgenia Kanaeva has become three-times World Champion in all-round event, having grabbed all gold medals available to date at the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in the French Montpellier.
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| --26-09-2011-- |
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Extreme Sports for Ural Teenagers
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| A park of extreme sports will be opened on the 1st of October in Kamensk-Uralsky city, Sverdlovsk region, according to the press service of the city's administration.
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| --23-09-2011-- |
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Russian Grand Master Wins Chess World Cup 2011
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| Russian Peter Svidler has won the FIDE Chess World Cup 2011 in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk, beating his main contender Russian Alexander Grischuk in the final.
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| --20-09-2011-- |
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Russia Debutes against the U.S. in 2011 Rugby World Cup
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| Seeded in 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Russia has played an historical match against the United States in Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, in New Zealand.
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| --15-09-2011-- |
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UEFA Champions League Logo Is Defended by Rospatent
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| The Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks has upheld a complaint from the UEFA in the plagiarism dispute concerning the famous symbol of the Champions League - a soccer ball composed of stars.
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| --15-09-2011-- |
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Russian Girl Raises Bar of 70 kilos for Guinness Book
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| 12-year-old schoolgirl Maryana Naumova soon will find herself in the Guinness Book of Records as she has become the first girl under 15 years to bench press an incredible 70 kilograms.
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| --13-09-2011-- |
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One of the Plane Crash Survivors Dies in Hospital
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| Russian "Lokomotiv" hockey player and one of the only two survivors of last week's plane crash, Alexander Galimov, has died in hospital, reported by hospital officials.
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| --12-09-2011-- |
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Russian Team is the Best in Beach Soccer
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| In the final of the World Cup in Ravenna, Italy, Russian beach soccer team defeated Brazil champion team 12-8.
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| --12-09-2011-- |
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World is Mourning over Perished Russian Hockey Team
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| Lokomotiv was a team of players from many nations and the grief is being shared throughout Europe.
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| --09-09-2011-- |
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"The Darkest Day in the History of Russian Sport" - Latest Update
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| - Chelyabinsk region is the first to begin compensation payments. - Dmitry Medvedev visits the plane's crash site. - All 43 people's bodies are recovered. - Rosaviatsia have grounded all Yak-42s
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| --08-09-2011-- |
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Yaroslavl Hockey Team “Locomotive” Perished in an Air Crash Today
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| Aircraft Yak-42 with the famous hockey team "Locomotive" (Yaroslavl) on board crashed right after its departure from a local Yaroslavl airport.
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| --07-09-2011-- |
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Nizhniy Tagil's Sportswoman is the Fastest in the World
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| The member of the "Uralvagonzavod"'s sports club "Sputnik" ("Satellite") Maria Savinova has become a world champion in track and field athletics.
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| --05-09-2011-- |
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Russian Super Heavyweight Boxer Becomes the World Champion
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| On Saturday, Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin won the title of world champion among super heavyweight boxers, according to the World Boxing Association.
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| --29-08-2011-- |
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Kazan Picks up the Baton from Shenzhen
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| Russia has officially assumed the mantle of holding the next Summer University Games in Kazan in 2013.
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| --25-08-2011-- |
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Two Chess Kings to Fight for the Crown in Moscow
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| The match between World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) and his official challenger Boris Gelfand (Israel) will be held at Skolkovo in May 2012, Chess Federation President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said Tuesday.
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| --16-08-2011-- |
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Zvonareva Becomes World No. 2
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| Russia’s famous tennis star Vera Zvonareva has claimed to the second spot in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Rankings.
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| --15-08-2011-- |
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Russian Skydivers Break Formation Record
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| Russian skydivers have broken the national record for the largest connected free-fall formation when 186 people joined in the air.
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| --12-08-2011-- |
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Roberto Karlos Defends Yuri Zhirkov from Russian Fans
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| On Thursday the famous Brazilian wingback Roberto Carlos criticized fans of the Russian national team for their hostile reception of Yury Zhirkov during Russia's 1-0 defeat of Serbia on Wednesday.
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| --12-08-2011-- |
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Olympic champion Anton Sikharulidze married oligarch’s daughter
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| An Olympic figure skating champion Anton Sikharulidze and a 84- Forbes- rated Russian oligarch’s daughter Yana Lebedeva registered their marriage secretly at a Moscow registry office last week.
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| --08-08-2011-- |
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Tennis Player Marat Safin to Fight for State Duma Place
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| The Russian tennis player and former World No. 1 tennis player Marat Safin, who is taking part in primaries in Nizhny Novgorod Region, will strike to develop sport culture among Russians.
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| --05-08-2011-- |
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The Coach of Russian Chess Team has Tendered his Resignation
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| Yevgeni Bareev, the head coach of Russian national chess, team has tendered his resignation because of the failed performance of the Russian team on the World Championship.
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| --02-08-2011-- |
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Russia has got to Group F with Portugal at the World Cup 2014
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| Russia has got to Group F with Portugal at the World Cup 2014 due to the draw held on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro. The Russian team has chances to reach the finals.
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| --01-08-2011-- |
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