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Zenit St Petersburg, UEFA Cup Champions

May 15, 2008

Zenit St Petersburg beat Rangers 2-0 to lift the UEFA Cup.

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Georgia edge past Russia in title thriller

April 13, 2008

On a snow covered Krasnoyarsk pitch, Georgia ground out an 18-12 victory over Russia to secure the European Nations Cup title.

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Rugby: Russia beat Romania to go top of table

March 17, 2008

A hard fought 12-8 win over Romania propels Russia to the top of the European Nations Cup table, setting up a winner takes all title clash with old rivals Georgia.

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Tough World Cup draw as Russia avoid England

November 26, 2007

Russia managed to avoid being paired again with England inthe 2010 Word Cup draw. Instead, they’ve drawn Germany, another giant of European football, who are likely to provide far tougher opposition than either England, Croatia or Israel.
Former German World Cup winning coach and captain Franz Beckenbauer certainly isn’t all that worried by the Russian [...]

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Russia through to Euro 2008 after England hopes crushed by Croatia

November 22, 2007

Well, well. After Russia slipped up in Israel, we all thought it was over. Surely there was no way England could slip up in their last game against Croatia, no hope left for a demoralised Russia.
After all, England were playing at Wembley, their newly refurbished spiritual home, and they only needed to a [...]

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Totally un-corrupt Israel crush Russia

November 19, 2007

Israel beat Russia 2-1 on Saturday, a result which leaves Russia’s hopes of qualifying for football’s Euro 2008 hanging by a slender thread and proves comprehensively that Israel are the most honest team in European football.
Russia had gone into the game with high hopes of sealing qualification, thanks to a stunning 2-1 home [...]

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Russian rubgy team’s boots stolen before key match

November 3, 2007

Romanian supporters have come up with a novel way of boosting their team’s chances in the upcoming Russia-Romania rugby match – they’ve stolen the Russian team’s rugby boots!
BBC News reports:
“After training, the Russian players left their boots and part of their gear in the hotel’s reception,” the FRR (Romanian Rugby Federation) said in a statement. [...]

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England World Cup bid deal with Russia?

November 2, 2007

Following England’s announcement that it will definitely bid to host the 2018 football World Cup, rumours are flying that England’s World Cup bid could be subject to a deal with Russia.
Russia are also thought to be considering a bid for the World Cup in 2018 and, while the consensus is that England would probably put [...]

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Chessbase shouldn’t write about Kasparov the politician, say outraged chess fans

October 24, 2007

The editorial note at the end of this Chessbase article about Garry Kasparov the politician amused me.
Every time Kasparov appears on a major news show, we receive numerous letters pointing this out. And every time we publish a report on the subject, like the current one, we get a number of letters castigating us for [...]

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Russia to bribe Israel in their upcoming football match

October 24, 2007

I’m fascinated by this London Times article which reports on a number of alleged conspiracy theories surrounding Russia’s upcoming Euro 2008 match against Israel.
If the wooly – and completely unsourced – theories in the article are to be believed, someone Russian (possibly someone related to the team, possibly someone related to Roman Abramovich) [...]

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Football: Inspired Russia come from behind to beat England 2-1

October 17, 2007

Russia stormed back from a goal down to beat England 2-1 in their Euro 2008 qualifying match. 
England went ahead courtesy of an early Wayne Rooney goal and, with just over twenty minutes to play, had looked to be in control of the game and well on their way to the European Championships.  But, in an inspired move, [...]

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Row over artificial football pitch Russia will use to beat England

October 11, 2007

Update: For the England v Russia result, check out my match report.
Russia play England next week in a crucial qualifying match for the 2008 European Championships – and already the arguments have begun over Russia’s artificial football pitch.
Usually artficial turf is banned in international matches, but occasionally UEFA make an exception and allows countries with extreme weather conditions - and [...]

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High heeled sprint in St Petersburg

July 23, 2007

According to Xinhua, more than 100 women took part in a high heeled sprint in St Petersburg at the weekend.  The minimum (minimum!) height of the heels was cool 9 centimetres.
 

 

The winner got to take home a cool 50,000 roubles. Which buys an awful lot of high heeled shoes…

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Video of Putin’s Olympic speech in English

July 8, 2007

President Putin’s speech to the Olympic Committee in Guatemala is widely credited as being one of the key factors that tipped the Winter Olympic vote in Sochi’s favour.
And now, you can see the speech in its entirety (plus some dodgy introductory music), courtesy of Russia Today:

I have to say, I was very impressed [...]

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Russia’s Sochi to host the 2014 Winter Olympics

July 5, 2007

Congratulations to Sochi which was awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics after a nailbiting vote last night.
Sochi secured 51 votes at a meeting of International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates in Guatemala, beating its South Korean rival by just four votes.
As well as the facilities on offer, Vladimir Putin’s contribution was thought by many to be vital [...]

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