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	The Best Mobile Apps for Sports
	Instead of an expensive gym membership and long trips to the training venue, try using mobile applications. They will save time and money, and also allow you trying something new, like crossfit or training according to the program of Cristiano Ronaldo.
--25-05-2020--
	The Highest-Paid Hockey Players in the NHL
	Forbes has published a ranking of the highest-paid hockey players in the NHL. The top ten included two athletes from Russia - Washington Capitals striker Alexander Ovechkin and Artemy Panarin from New York Rangers.
--12-12-2019--
	Russia will not be Able to Participate in the World Cup under its Flag
	If the Russian national team is selected for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Russian athletes will have to compete under a neutral flag.
--09-12-2019--
	Grand Prix of Russia "Formula 1" 2020
	Grand Prix of Russia "Formula 1" in 2020 will be held in Sochi on September 27.
--02-09-2019--
	Football: Alenichev Lands Top Job at Spartak Moscow
	Spartak Moscow has officially announced Dmitry Alenichev as the team’s new head coach for the next two seasons.
--12-06-2015--
	Traditional Russian Sports, Part 2
	Lots of internationally popular modern sport games had their local versions rooted in Old Russian traditions. Some of them survived, others were partly revived and transformed beyond recognition.
--08-02-2014--
	Traditional Russian Sports, Part 1
	Russia is a sportive country. Within a short time the Russians mastered dozens of sports and gained international recognition by that, but at the same time forgot the native sport games played by many generations of ancestors.
--07-02-2014--
	Nitro Circus Live - for the First Time in Russia
	Moscow and St. Petersburg will become the first cities in a world concert tour of Nitro Circus Live, which means that Russian viewers will have a unique chance to see the whole show earlier than anyone else. The show brought together the most risky and fearless extreme athletes in the world. The best of them will come to Russia. Riders will demonstrate the branded tricks of the team, as well as the latest achievements, claiming to become incredible world records.
--21-10-2013--
	Running Club in Gorky Park
	Running club was opened in Gorkiy Park; anyone can come to classes to master running technique and meet the likeminded. The club is headed by Alexandra Boyarskaya Weit – famous journalist and one of apologists of the running movement in Moscow.
--22-06-2013--
	Natalia Ishchenko About Six Gold Medals in Shanghai And Upcoming London Olympics
	The world champion in synchronized swimming Natalia Ishchenko has won six gold medals in Shanghai, China, her total record reaching sixteen wins at world championships. This is an absolute result.
--03-08-2011--
	FIFA World Cup is a Huge Boom for the Russian Economy
	Russia won the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. According to the most conservative estimates this will cost the country more than 50 billion dollars.
--22-05-2012--
	Formula One Comes to Russia – What to Expect
	For Russia this year is definitely the year of the world-famous auto race. Just think – a Russian driver has finished his first full season in the race, and Russian goverment has signed a contract on bringing the F1 race to our country.
--17-11-2010--
	How Vancouver was not Won (a time to gather stones)
	As it has already become obvious, the winter Olympic Games in Vancouver were rich in the failures. The cohort of the non-achievers is headed by United States, Russia, Austria and Germany. Many sportsmen have been the forth ones, and that is even worse as to be among the last ones. The Russian team, disappointed the fandom, was awaited to be more successful. There are many ideas and explanations of that, from the self-condemnation to condemnations of everybody except us. The professionals offer opinions like these:
--09-03-2010--
	Sportsmen Switch Countries to Get Olympic Medals
	To get Olympic medals more and more sportsmen represent non-native countries. American sportsmen can play for a Russian team and Russian for American. Though it doest contradict the Olympic rules, international sport organizations start expressing more concern about it.
--21-08-2008--
	Moscow Hosts 2008 UEFA Champions League Final
	The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow will host the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League Final. The prospect of an all-English showdown even could make the Premier League move the Final venue to the UK. But Moscow insists on the UEFA regulations and all preparations done not to lose its right to hold club football's most prestigious event. The furthest East cup final could cause some tourist visa hindrances for English or Spanish or just all football supporters who are eager to get to the match.
--14-04-2008--

News:

	Two Russian Tennis Players will Play against each Other in the US Open Quarterfinals
	In the quarterfinals, September 9, Medvedev will play against Russian Andrei Rublev.
--15-09-2020--
	Russian Football Championship will Resume on June 19
	Matches of the Russian football championship will resume on June 19.
--02-06-2020--
	Exhibition Art-Nature-Sport to be Held In Moscow
	The Russian Fine Arts Academy and the UNESCO International Department of Fine Arts and Architecture will organize the international creative project Art-Nature-Sport in Moscow.
--23-01-2014--
	Japanese Decided to Set up Monument to Sumoist of Ukrainian Origin in Russia
	A group of Japanese public activists of the Ōgata city (Akita Prefecture) have started fund raising for creating a bronze statue of the legendary sumoist Taihō Kōki of Ukrainian origin.
--17-01-2014--
	New Roofed Ski Centre to Appear in Moscow
	Moscow authorities will allocate more than 1.5 billion rubles for construction of a new ski centre in the Southern District.
--13-01-2014--
	Soviet Art. Soviet Sport to be Exhibited in London and Moscow
	The Soviet Art. Soviet Sport exhibition with works by Aleksandr Deyneka, Alexander Samokhvalov, Yury Pimenov, Georgy Nissky, Nikolay Zagrekov and other Soviet artists, will be held in London and Moscow.
--09-12-2013--
	The Festival Of Historical Fencing
	On the 25-26 of May the second festival of historical fencing “By paths of history” took place in Blagoveschensk. Individual and group fights with the use of steel weapon, historical dances, performances of art-fencers and fire dancers twere shown in the festival.
--31-05-2013--
	Photo Exhibition of Lev Borodulin Opens in Moscow
	Multimedia Art Museum has opened a retrospective exhibition of the Soviet and Israeli photographer Lev Borodulin.
--22-01-2013--
	Exhibition on Olympic Flame Relay Race Opens in Moscow
	The Lumiere Brothers Center, Moscow, has opened an exhibition dedicated to the relay of Olympic flame and the start of campaign for selecting the torch bearers for the forthcoming winter Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi.
--18-01-2013--