- 04:28 25/05/2013
Georgia is ready to provide all assistance that Russia needs to ensure security during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said on Friday.
- 14:17 14/05/2013
The prime minister of Georgia is considering attending next year's Winter Olympics in the southern Russian city of Sochi, he announced Tuesday.
- 19:30 10/05/2013
The Russian and British security services will cooperate in the build-up to the Winter Olympics in Sochi next year, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday.
- 14:51 10/05/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron a tour of the Olympic venues being readied in Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
- 10:02 07/05/2013
Children from one of the world’s most remote regions will start the Olympic flame relay for next year’s Winter Games in Sochi, an official from the region has said.
- 14:01 02/05/2013
Georgia will not boycott next year’s Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi after the country’s National Olympic Committee voted unanimously Thursday in favor of taking part.
- 01:37 02/05/2013
The National Olympic Committee of Georgia will hold an extraordinary session on Thursday to decide on the country’s participation in 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia’s resort city of Sochi, the committee’s press service said.
- 20:34 30/04/2013
Tennis star Maria Sharapova spoke Tuesday of her delight that her former hometown of Sochi will host next year’s Winter Olympics, an event she hopes will put the Black Sea resort on the map worldwide.
- 20:14 25/04/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday any alleged corruption surrounding preparations for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics will not affect the running of the Games themselves.
- 12:11 22/04/2013
Fresh from winning his third race of the season in Bahrain, Sebastian Vettel touched down in Sochi on Monday to test the Russian city's track for the 2014 Russian Grand Prix.
- 11:01 22/04/2013
The Ice Cube curling center will be packed to the rafters for the Sochi Olympics but its capacity will not be increased despite the high demand, the president of the sport's federation told R-Sport on Monday.
- 00:44 19/04/2013
With the Sochi Winter Olympics less than a year away, it remains an open question whether the world’s greatest ice hockey players will compete in what will arguably be the centerpiece of the games on the shores of the Black Sea.
- 14:21 17/04/2013
Sochi authorities have announced plans to exterminate more than 2,000 stray dogs and cats in the city ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, prompting animal rights activists to rally in their defense, RBC Daily said on its website on Wednesday.
- 14:16 17/04/2013
Sochi 2014 organizers have issued unequivocal security assurances in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings, with the chief organizer promising the safest Games in history.
- 12:08 12/04/2013
Road-building for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi is three-quarters complete with less than a year to go until the opening ceremony, the head of the state firm responsible for the work said Friday.
- 11:33 10/04/2013
Ceramic figurines, symbols of the 2014 Winter Olympics, will be produced by a porcelain factory in the Rostov Region. The models of the bear, leopard and hare are currently being agreed upon with the International Olympic Committee. Meanwhile, masters of this craft decorate dishes with the Sochi Olympics logo.
- 18:43 01/04/2013
A senior Russian government official dismissed on Monday allegations by Greenpeace that Russia is failing to dispose of construction waste properly as it prepares for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
- 17:48 30/03/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Saturday for one of next year’s Olympic ice hockey arenas in Sochi to be turned into a training base for child athletes.
- 18:56 29/03/2013
Construction firms that are behind schedule in delivering Sochi Olympic facilities will have to pay $65,000 per day in fines, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said Friday.
- 19:48 26/03/2013
Russia will have a delegation of around 220 athletes at its first home Winter Olympics in Sochi next year, the team’s chef de mission Alexander Kravtsov told R-Sport on Tuesday.
- 15:34 24/03/2013
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a formal order setting ambitious targets for the country’s athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics, a government statement said Sunday.
- 22:05 21/03/2013
The Alpine skiing resort for the 2014 Winter Olympics is to refrigerate some 450,000 cubic meters of snow over the summer to guarantee the slopes are covered for the Games, Russian officials said Thursday.
- 17:01 21/03/2013
Three multi-faith prayer centers will open in Sochi for athletes at next year’s Winter Olympics, organizers said Thursday.
- 20:16 19/03/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Tuesday for visa-free travel for foreign athletes competing in major sports events scheduled to take place between now and 2018, which include next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 soccer World Cup.
- 02:48 19/03/2013
A group of former top athletes from Russia and other ex-Soviet republics who reside today in the United States have launched a campaign they say they hope will draw Americans’ attention to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia and help warm US-Russian relations in the process.
- 19:43 15/03/2013
The Russian government is preventing Sochi hotels from profiteering at next year's Winter Games by banning minimum periods of stay during the Olympics.
- 19:58 13/03/2013
The rapid pace of ticket sales for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics stunned organizing committee head Dmitry Chernyshenko, he said Wednesday.
- 14:00 13/03/2013
Around 700 construction workers have been evacuated from a camp near some of the Sochi Olympic facilities after a river burst its banks, officials said Wednesday.
- 15:24 11/03/2013
The biathlon track for next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi includes a “very dangerous” turn that could cause injury and must be modified, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee has said.
- 12:30 11/03/2013
The Russian government said Monday it will give the World Anti-Doping Agency extra funding with the express aim of gaining clout at the organization in the run-up to hosting next year’s Winter Olympics.
- 13:16 10/03/2013
The biathlon track for next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi has a “very dangerous” turn that could cause injury and must be modified, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee said Sunday.
- 19:10 07/03/2013
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed his pride Thursday at Russia's status as host of the 2014 Winter Paralympics, which begin in exactly a year's time.
- 15:42 07/03/2013
There will be no "extraordinary" security measures at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, the head of the National Antiterrorism Committee said Thursday.
- 14:31 06/03/2013
The state-run construction company set up to build most of the facilities for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics has been accused by Russian auditors of unjustified cost inflations to the tune of $506 million.
- 15:06 26/02/2013
Turin 2006 Olympic champion Ted Ligety told R-Sport on Tuesday that the alpine skiing run that will host next year's Winter Games is remarkably long.
- 14:46 20/02/2013
Sochi 2014 Winter Games organizers have said they are "pleased" with how the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park performed in the latest slew of test events for next year's Olympics.
- 02:29 19/02/2013
Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich has denied media speculations about his imminent resignation over problems with Russia’s preparation for hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Black Sea resourt of Sochi.
- 17:52 14/02/2013
240 people will be on the RIA Novosti Olympic team. Out of these, 80 reporters and photographers will be working exclusively at the sports arenas.
- 17:21 13/02/2013
Next year's Paralympic host city of Sochi is rapidly improving access for disabled people, the head of the Russian Paralympic Committee said Wednesday.
- 13:47 13/02/2013
The president of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov says he intends to appeal to the IOC to reverse a decision to remove wrestling from a list of core Olympic sports.
- 13:58 12/02/2013
Russia’s top ski jumpers will be replaced by unproven youngsters at their home Olympics if they fail to impress at the world championships later this month, the head of the sport’s national federation said Tuesday.
- 13:45 12/02/2013
The snowboard and freestyle park for next year's Winter Olympics faces its toughest test yet with World Cup competition this week, International Ski Federation president Gian-Franco Kasper said Tuesday.
- 18:08 11/02/2013
NHL Hall of Famer Igor Larionov offered Monday to produce special wine to honor the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
- 22:07 09/02/2013
President Vladimir Putin's spokesman rejected claims Saturday that an official who was fired after criticism from Putin is merely a scapegoat for problems at the world's most expensive Olympics.
- 18:42 08/02/2013
The International Olympic Committee has included thee new disciplines in the Sochi Olympic program.
- 17:26 08/02/2013
Russian Olympic Committee chief Alexander Zhukov vowed Friday that the Sochi 2014 Winter Games will be the most technologically advanced.
- 15:20 08/02/2013
A ceremony to celebrate a year to go until the 2014 Olympic Games ended with a with a spectacular fireworks display in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Thursday.
- 04:45 08/02/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited visitors to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, due to be held in the southern Russian resort of Sochi on the Black Sea next February.
- 02:02 08/02/2013
Tickets haven’t even gone on sale in America yet for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, set to begin in Sochi, Russia a year from now, on Feb. 7, 2014, but already ticket sellers predict the biggest crowd-pleasing events will sell out “sooner rather than later.”
- 00:43 08/02/2013
A ceremony to celebrate a year to go until the 2014 Olympic Games was held in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Thursday.
- 20:07 07/02/2013
The Russian government will limit the maximum price for the hotel rooms in Sochi during the Olympics.
- 19:44 07/02/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Sochi 2014 Olympic organizers on Thursday to redouble their efforts in one final push to stage the Games without a hitch.
- 17:02 07/02/2013
A rush for tickets for the Sochi 2014 men’s hockey final made them unavailable within half an hour of going on sale Thursday.
- 16:00 07/02/2013
The Olympic Park with its sports venues, park zone, and infrastructure facilities will be the centerpiece of the Coastal Cluster.
- 15:53 07/02/2013
Tickets for the Sochi Winter Olympics went on sale to Russians Thursday, exactly a year before the start of the Games.
- 15:26 07/02/2013
The Russian Olympic Committee’s Vice President Akhmed Bilalov has been fired after President Vladimir Putin yesterday criticized delays and cost-overruns in construction of ski jumps for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
- 14:01 07/02/2013
The International Olympic Committee's hopes that Russia will turn the clocks back an hour for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games took a blow on Thursday, when Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appeared to rule it out.
- 11:38 07/02/2013
Russia kicked off celebrations marking one year until the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday by setting off special countdown clocks all over the country.
- 07:13 07/02/2013
Ticket prices for 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia’s Sochi will begin at the cost level of 500 rubles (about $17), the head of the organizing committee said on Thursday.
- 22:04 06/02/2013
As Russia prepared Wednesday for its one-year countdown to next year’s Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, a prominent human rights group alleged that migrant workers constructing the multi-billion-dollar facilities have often been exploited and underpaid.
- 20:07 06/02/2013
The rate of Olympic construction for the Sochi Winter Games has left the IOC incredulous with a year to go until the opening ceremony.
- 15:47 05/02/2013
A snowmobile, an excavator and a mining truck are among the unusual forms of transport awaiting the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay when it reaches Russia's industrial coal mining center of Kemerovo, officials said Tuesday.
- 17:44 04/02/2013
Formula One’s first Russian Grand Prix will take place in October next year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday.
- 19:44 03/02/2013
The International Ski Federation is confident in Russia’s ability to be ready for Olympic cross-country skiing in Sochi next year, an FIS spokesman told R-Sport on Sunday.
- 13:05 03/02/2013
Around 3.5 billion viewers will watch the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics on television, the head of the organizing committee told R-Sport on Sunday.
- 16:07 01/02/2013
Russia had spent 1.1 trillion rubles ($36.7 billion) on preparatory events for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games by the start of 2013, according to documents prepared for a first meeting on Friday of the state commission responsible for preparing for the Games.
- 19:17 31/01/2013
The second international test event for Sochi 2014's Iceberg Skating Palace is still two days away, but the arena is already earning rave reviews from top figures in the short-track speedskating world.
- 19:03 28/01/2013
Russia is conducting two special programs to give home athletes the edge at next year's Sochi Winter Olympics - altitude training and special ski coating, the country's Olympic chief said Monday.
- 15:50 28/01/2013
Russia's Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov said Monday that the organizers of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games are yet to tap state coffers, working exclusively off the $1.2 billion they have raised in sponsorship.
- 19:34 27/01/2013
The Olympic legacy of Sochi 2014 could include a near-abandoned resort and elite cross-country skiers forced to live in temporary builders' accommodation due to costs, a senior official said Sunday.
- 12:13 23/01/2013
Russian journalists working at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics may have to sign a code of conduct following unprofessional behavior at London 2012, the head of host agency RIA Novosti said Wednesday.
- 17:16 22/01/2013
Russia's Central Bank announced Tuesday it is to start printing commemorative Olympic banknotes in March.
- 12:46 21/01/2013
Ticket prices for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics will range from $33 to $1,320, according to a report published Monday in Russian daily Izvestia.
- 17:17 16/01/2013
Fans wishing to attend the Sochi Winter Games will be asked to register personal details with the Russian authorities first, organizing committee head Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday.
- 15:09 16/01/2013
Sports fans will be able to buy tickets for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Park for 200 rubles ($6.60), a fraction of the price charged at London 2012, organizing committee head Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday.
- 17:04 15/01/2013
Russian President Vladmir Putin has set up a state commission to deliver the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, the Kremlin said Tuesday.
- 12:15 14/01/2013
The chief organizer of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games on Monday revived the possibility of the Olympic flame journeying into space.
- 13:57 24/12/2012
Georgian Premier Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili confirmed Monday that the country will send its athletes to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
- 17:36 19/12/2012
Sochi's mountain-based Olympic village will be ready by October 2013, an official with constructor Gazprom said Wednesday.
- 12:18 15/12/2012
World-record pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva is to be the mayor of one of the two Olympic villages for Sochi 2014, organizing committee head Dmitry Chernyshenko has said.
- 15:44 10/12/2012
The Russian federal government is to regulate hotel prices at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, capping five-star room rates at $450 per night for the period of the Games.
- 17:47 08/12/2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a big final push to complete the construction of all facilities for the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
- 18:59 06/12/2012
Spectator seats at the Sochi 2014 Olympic figure skating venue offer embarrassingly poor visibility out onto the ice, the head of the International Skating Union said Thursday.
- 14:25 06/12/2012
Canadian figure skater Meagan Duhamel told R-Sport on Thursday that performing at the future Olympic venue in Sochi has filled her with anticipation for the 2014 Games.
- 16:02 15/11/2012
The Georgian government is expected next week to ditch any plans made under President Mikheil Saakashvili to boycott the Sochi 2014 Winter Games in neighboring Russia.
- 13:43 14/11/2012
Vancouver Olympic luge champion Felix Loch has every confidence the Sochi bobsled track will become a regular world championship venue after the 2014 Winter Games.
- 19:17 13/11/2012
Russia's lower house of parliament on Tuesday gave tentative approval to a bill that foresees up to $30,000 fines for ticket touts at the Sochi Olympics.
- 16:51 09/11/2012
Two-time Olympic champion Italian luger Armin Zoggeler has heaped praise on the Sochi Olympic track, organizers said Friday.
- 12:06 08/11/2012
Journalists reporting from the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics will not be charged for Internet access, chief organizer Dmitry Chernyshenko said Thursday.
- 18:13 06/11/2012
Russia needs to make use of its home advantage in the upcoming Olympic test events in Sochi, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said Tuesday.
- 14:33 01/11/2012 MOSCOW, November 1 (R-Sport)
Olympic silver medalist Albert Demchenko won the first Russian luge title on the future Olympic track in Sochi on Thursday.
- 20:28 26/10/2012 MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian government is to wait until the spring to set medal targets for the country’s first Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko told R-Sport on Friday.
- 17:29 26/10/2012 MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti)
The newly built bobsled and luge track for the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi has been cleared to host international events, after the president of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation certified it Friday.
- 18:22 23/10/2012 MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti)
Sochi 2014 organizers celebrated 500 days until the Russian city hosts the Paralympic Games with the launch Tuesday of an online map that locates facilities for disabled people across the whole country.
- 11:07 17/10/2012
Georgia should take part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, said billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the Georgian Dream coalition that won in the country's October 1 parliamentary elections.
- 13:14 12/10/2012
Sochi 2014 organizers unveiled the route for longest torch relay in Winter Olympic history on Sunday, taking in a distance more than one and a half times the circumference of the Earth.
- 13:05 11/10/2012 KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia, October 11 (RIA Novosti)
The Olympic villages being built for Sochi 2014 competitors will be the best-ever at a Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee's chief inspector said Thursday.
- 17:44 10/10/2012 MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti)
Russian police intend to impose a ban on gun sales around the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, a document posted on the Interior Ministry website said Wednesday.
- 17:32 08/10/2012 SOCHI, October 8 (RIA Novosti)
The figure skating arena for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi is a top-class venue with excellent ice, European silver medalist Artur Gachinsky has said.
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