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	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
	--04-05-2009--
	Anna Kournikova
	--05-05-2009--
	Marat Safin
	--01-07-2009--
	Natalia Ischenko
	--02-08-2011--
	Evgeny Plushenko
	--10-02-2012--

News:

	Golden Belts For Best Russian Fighters
	Best Russian athletes in different types of martial arts have been honored at the Golden Belt award ceremony in Moscow.
--03-05-2012--
	Russian Sport to Lessen Foreign Workforce
	Russian Health and Social Development Ministry has announced a 25% quota on foreign athletes for professional sports clubs.
--19-04-2012--
	Russians Are Best in Beach Soccer Again
	Northern climate can's stop warm hearts. Russian team confirmed their status as kings of a beach soccer, winning the European Cup in Moscow.
--20-02-2012--
	Record Award Fee for Russian Olympic Winners
	The Russian government will give awards of $130,000 to Russian athletes who win a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
--06-02-2012--
	Russian Youth Olympic Team Heads the List of Medalists
	Russian Youth Olympic team now holds the first place on the number of medals at the Youth Olympics 2012 in Innsbruck.
--18-01-2012--
	Russian Youth Olympic Team to Compete for Medals
	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.
--13-01-2012--
	Russian Football Player is Named a Sportsman of the Year
	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.
--11-01-2012--
	Fyodor Emelianenko Gives New Year Gifts to His Russian Fans
	Russian fighter Fyodor Emelianenko has made a knockout win over Japanese Satoshi Ishii in the main event of the ММА Dream: New Year 2011 in Tokyo, on December 31.
--02-01-2012--
	The Best Russian Sportsmen of the Year are Announced
	Top-10 Russian sportspeople for 2011 have been announced by the Russian Federation of Sports Journalist, which founded the "Silver Doe" award.
--28-12-2011--
	The Best Russian Figure Skater Successfully Returns to Ice
	On Monday, Evgeny Plushenko made his first victorious competition since his figure skating silver medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
--27-12-2011--
	Russian Biathlon Team is Best in Mixed Rally
	On December 18, Russian biathlon ream won gold medals in the mixed rally at the World Cup’s third stage in Hochfilzen, Austria.
--19-12-2011--
	Russian Legend Boxer Proves His Superiority
	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.
--22-11-2011--
	Russian Boxer Wins WBA Cruiserweight Belt
	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.
--07-11-2011--
	Russians Won Gold at 2011 World Fencing Championship
	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.
--18-10-2011--
	Russia's Leading Ski Jumper Dies in Car Crash
	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.
--10-10-2011--
	Awards for Paralympic Sportsmen
	On Tuesday, at the third annual Elena Mukhina National Awards, four-time Paralympic skiing champion Irek Zaripov of Russia has taken the major prize.
--03-10-2011--
	Russian Rhythmic Gymnast Wins All Gold Medals
	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.
--26-09-2011--
	Russian Grand Master Wins Chess World Cup 2011
	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.
--20-09-2011--
	Russian Team is the Best in Beach Soccer
	In the final of the World Cup in Ravenna, Italy, Russian beach soccer team defeated Brazil champion team 12-8.
--12-09-2011--
	Russian Super Heavyweight Boxer Becomes the World Champion
	On Saturday, Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin won the title of world champion among super heavyweight boxers, according to the World Boxing Association.
--29-08-2011--
	Roberto Karlos Defends Yuri Zhirkov from Russian Fans
	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.
--12-08-2011--
	Pluschenko Sues the "Paparazzi" Journal for Libel
	The famous Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko and his wife and producer Yana Rudkovskaya have sued the "Paparazzi" journal. The subject of the action is the article which calls their marriage merely a part of Plushenko's PR-campaign.
--10-08-2011--
	Olympic champion Anton Sikharulidze married oligarch’s daughter
	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.
--08-08-2011--
	One of the Tallest People in the World has been Hospitalised
	In St. Petersburg The medicals of the "Sogaz" clinic has hospitalized the bedridden basketball player Alexander Sizonenko, one of the tallest people in the world.
--03-08-2011--
	The Coach of Russian Chess Team has Tendered his Resignation
	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.
--02-08-2011--
	Nadezhda Petrova Has Won the American Tennis Tournament
	On Sunday the Russian tennis player became the winner of the Citi Open Tournament in Washington.
--01-08-2011--