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Warmed by a love of horses

February 21, 2012 Mikhail Mordasov, RIR
Russian children learn riding lessons to participate in the annual equestrian competitions that run through February in Novosibirsk

Emerging sports markets

February 3, 2012 RIR
Football and cricket players across the world are coming out of retirement and extending their careers. Not on the seniors circuit, or in some novelty variant of the sport, but often with significant commercial interests at stake.

Sharapova to summon aggression for Azarenka final

January 26, 2012 Combined reports
Maria Sharapova said Thursday that tactics and aggression will help her to beat Victoria Azarenka in the Australian Open final.

Indo-Russian cooperation and friendship on the tennis court

January 25, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran, specially for RIR
Sania Mirza has been a great role model for girls but tennis in India still needs to be popularized. Tennis revolution in Russia in the 1990s can serve as a good example.

Russia prevents football corruption

January 24, 2012 Nicola Sellitti
Russia takes steps to eliminate match-fixing and illegal betting on football games ahead of the 2018 World Cup

Eight teams and growing, Indians score big in Russia

January 4, 2012 Elena Lininskaya, specially for RIR
Welcome to the United Cricket League of Russia; expat Indians seek support of ICC to boost the game

Why I gave up ballet for sheer bliss of snowboarding

January 3, 2012 Julia Petrova, specially for RIR
Anton Yurin, a ballet teacher, discovered snowboarding in Japan. Yurin recalls how he quit his job, left his home and found bliss in his new passion in snowy Sochi mountains.

Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o heads to Makhachkala

November 10, 2011 Galina Masterova
A high-flying soccer player with a $30-million price tag brings pleasure and a kick of hope to Dagestan’s capital city

India: first Grand-Prix in history finished

November 1, 2011 RIR
On October 29 and 30, India held its first Grand Prix in the history of the Formula One race at the brand new Buddh International Circuit, unanimously praised for its design.

The best circuit is in India

October 21, 2011 RIR
Russian driver «Lotus-Renault» Vitaly Petrov shared his expectations of coming Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India.

Sharapova, Williams, take the courts at U.S. Open

August 30, 2011 Nicolas Selliti
While neither Maria Sharapova or Serena Williams are at the top of the rankings, they both are dangerous competitors on hard courts.

The bear returns

August 26, 2011 Anton Makhrov
At the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980, the Soviet mascot, the bear, was a national darling. Now the Russian Olympic Committee is reinventing the bear for 2014 – but some find it less than loveable.

Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand to play at a museum

August 18, 2011 Vladimir Barsky, International Chess Master, specially for RIR
Chess never ceases to surprise us.

Putting local cricket on map for World, Russians

August 17, 2011 Max de Haldevang, The Moscow Times
This year Russia will become a signed-up member of the cricket world, as part of a plan to spur an improvement in sports’ fortunes.

Swimming, ice hockey, football and lots of money

August 16, 2011 Nicolas Selliti
Russia is becoming a global sporting destination

Fedor Emelianenko – the most dangerous man in Russia

August 2, 2011 Makar Butkov
He may be one of the most feared MMA fighters in the world, but at heart, Fedor Emelianenko is just a small-town guy.

'Viswanathan Anand has many fans in the Russian capital' - Boris Gelfand

July 30, 2011 Boris Khodorovsky, Gazeta.Ru
Moscow and Chennai bid for the right to host the World chess championship title match.

Russia considers new Olympic bid

July 27, 2011 Andy Potts, The Moscow News
One Olympics, it seems, is not quite enough – with preparations underway to hold the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, St. Petersburg is weighing up a bid to bring the 2024 Summer Games to Russia.

Formula 1 occupies the Kremlin

July 20, 2011 Ilya Sobolev, Rossiyskaya gazeta
Moscow’s F1 racing show has gained momentum – to the point where it is one of the biggest events of its kind.

Russia wins volleyball World League

July 12, 2011 Andy Potts, The Moscow News
Russia’s volleyball team has won the World League for the second time in the competition’s history after a nail-biting triumph over Brazil.
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