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Spartak Moscow have reached an agreement with Everton to sign winger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, the Russians said in a website statement Monday.
Russia's Maria Sharapova is expecting the going to get tough in her Australian Open quarterfinal against "dangerous" opponent and slayer of Serena Williams, Ekaterina Makarova.
Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Mircea Lucescu has left hospital in Bucharest after receiving treatment for injuries sustained in a car crash, Romanian media reported Monday.
The Youth Olympic Games warrants wider television coverage than it received at the first Youth Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria, Russia's deputy sports minister Yury Nagornykh told RIA Novosti on Monday.
The first-ever Winter Youth Olympic Games opened Friday in Innsbruck,
Austria, bringing together a thousand 14- to 18-year-old athletes from
over 60 nations to the winter sports capital. The competition, which runs through January 22, follows the inaugural
Summer Youth Games in Singapore in 2010, and medals are up for grabs in
seven sports: biathlon, bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, luge, figure
skating and alpine skiing.
Former Chelsea full back Dan Petrescu admitted on Monday to having had several fights with club captain John Terry during his time there.
Nizhny Novgorod basketball club is prepared to sell American point guard J.R. Bremer if the price is right, general manager Sergei Panov told RIA Novosti on Monday.
Maria Sharapova came back from a set down to book a place in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with an erratic victory over Germany’s Sabine Lisicki on Monday.
Russia’s young biathletes put in a “worthy performance” at the first Youth Winter Olympics, said Valery Polkhovsky, head coach of the national team on Monday.
Russian hockey star Alex Ovechkin faces an NHL disciplinary hearing on Monday after hitting an opposition player's head during a game on Sunday.
A shocked Ekaterina Makarova just wants to "enjoy this moment" after her surprise 6-2, 6-3 victory over Serena Williams at the Australian Open on Monday.
Evgeny Plushenko takes to the ice at the European Figure Skating Championships on Monday for his first international competition since the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
World and European champions Russia will kick off the defense of their Euro Beach Soccer Cup title against France, officials said Monday.
Ekaterina Makarova scored one of the biggest upsets of the Australian Open so far on Monday, ousting a misfiring Serena Williams in straight sets to make the quarterfinals.



