19:33
CREW FROM RYAZAN EMERGES VICTORIOUS AT 2ND INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTIC FESTIVAL
An international aeronautic sport festival, Kaluga-2001, organised by the Russian Aeronautic Society and the Slavneft oil company, is over in Kaluga, 200 kilometers away from Moscow. Twelve balloons from Russia, Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine participated in the competition. Numerous spectators could see also other craft, such as a radio-controlled thermal balloon. More detail...

19:02
RUSSIA'S ANZHI SOCCER CLUB PROTESTS UEFA DECISION
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) on Tuesday decided to hold only one game to name the winner of the UEFA Cup encounter between Russia's Anzhi Makhachkala and Scotland's Glasgow Rangers. UEFA decreed that the game be held on a neutral ground on September 27. On Wednesday, UEFA named the Legia Stadium in Poland's Warsaw as the game's venue. More detail...

14:25
RUSSIA WON MOST MEDALS AT GOODWILL GAMES, WHICH FINISHED IN AUSTRALIA TODAY
Russian athletes have won most medals at the Goodwill Games, which finished Sunday in the city of Brisbane, Australia. At the eleventh hour, they have managed to overcome the Australian team, the Games' leader in the overall medal tally until the very last day. More detail...

13:50
LAST DAY OF GOODWILL GAMES IN AUSTRALIA BROUGHT RUSSIA ONE GOLD, THREE SILVER AND ONE BRONZE MEDALS
Russian athletes have won one gold, tree silver and one bronze medals on the last day of the Goodwill Games held in Australia. More detail...

10:07
NATIONAL HISTORICAL FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGIN IN MOSCOW
The 5th historical fencing championship of Russia has begun in Moscow. Over 40 clubs engaging in this kind of sport participate in the sports event, representing Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czechia and other countries More detail...

19:56
MOSCOW TO HOST CHESS SUPERTOURNAMENT IN DECEMBER
In the first half of December, Moscow will host a chess supertournament involving the 12th, 13th and 14th world chess champions - Anatoly Karpov, Gary Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. The Three Ks tournament, timed to coincide with the 90th birthday of the 6th world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, will be held within the framework of the 1st Mikhail Botvinnik memorial competition. More detail...

12:52
YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV DEFEATS WORLD NUMBER ONE GUSTAVO KUERTEN
Yevgeny Kafelnikov has defeated in three sets world number one tennis player Gustavo Kuerten thus reaching the US Open semifinals. The history of Grand Slam tennis tournaments for the first time witnesses two Russian sportsmen in the semifinals. More detail...

20:50
RUSSIA'S OLIMPIADA IVANOVA SETS WORLD RECORD IN 20 KM WALK
On the last but one day of the track-and-field events at the Goodwill Games, Russia's Olimpiada Ivanova, the winner of the world title in Edmonton, won a gold medal and set a new world record in women's 20-km walk. More detail...

15:58
YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV AIMS FOR U.S. OPEN SEMIFINALS SPOT
On Thursday, the places in the second men's singles semifinals at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows will be decided. Despite predictions of the majority of experts, Yevgeny Kafelnikov's chances to be one of the four best players are no worse than those of his Brazilian rival, Gustavo Kuerten. More detail...

02:04
MOSCOW TO HOST 2012 OLYMPICS? 10,000 SAY YES
More than 10,000 signed an appeal for Moscow to host the 2012 Olympics on Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's initiative. More detail...

18:09
21ST WORLD UNIVERSIADE ENDS IN BEIJING
On Saturday night the closing ceremony of the 21st World universiade was held in Beijing. Closing it, president George Killian of the World University Sport Federation said that in Beijing was held "the best" Universiade in the history of such games. More detail...

10:53
RUSSIAN GYMNASTS WIN MEDALS AT GOOD WILL GAMES IN AUSTRALIA
Russian gymnasts have won new medals in Good Will Games in Australia. At free calisthenics competitions on Friday, just as earlier, two Russian gymnasts, Alina Kabayeva and Irina Chashchina, competed against each other. As a result, the two Russian women received four medals. More detail...

20:32
RUSSIAN TEAM LEADS GOODWILL GAMES FOR MEDALS
Russians lead Goodwill Games in Brisbane for gold and other medals after two opening days--five gold, seven silver and a bronze. The USA comes next, Ukraine following. More detail...

18:27
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S 2001 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN MOSCOW
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has named Moscow as the host to the 2001 men's and women's world chess championships. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has officially announced at a press conference that the championships will be held November 24 to December 11. More detail...

17:55
RUSSIAN GYMNAST WINS GOLD MEDAL AT GOOD WILL GAMES IN AUSTRALIA
Russian gymnast Yelena Zamolodchikova won a gold medal for vault with support on the first day of the Good Will Games in Australia. This is the first Russia's medal at the competitions. More detail...

11:54
TSSKA GOALKEEPER SERGEI PERKHUN DIED
TsSKA goalkeeper Sergei Perkhun died in the intensive care ward of the Moscow Burdenko neuro-surgical research institute on Tuesday morning, the football club press service reported to RIA Novosti. More detail...

16:41
SERGEI STEFANOV: UEFA’S DECISION IS A SPIT TOWARDS THE RUSSIAN FOOTBALL
UEFA – the European soccer governing body made an unexampled decision yesterday. It was ordered that the Moscow Lokomotiv should replay the Champions League match with the Australian Tirol More detail...

19:36
FLORIDA PANTHERS STAR TO PLAY FOR RUSSIA IN OLYMPICS
The Russian national ice hockey team can aspire for top success in next year's Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City, Utah) now that Vyacheslav Fetisov has become its head trainer and Leonid Tyagachev was elected National Olympic Committee president, expects Pavel Boure, NHL's Florida Panthers star of Russian extraction. More detail...

17:26
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TENNIS TOURNAMENT WILL START IN TASHKENT ON AUGUST 27
The international UN Cup youth tennis tournament will start in the Uzbek capital on August 27. The tournament will be held under the aegis of the UN mission in Uzbekistan in order to popularize tennis among the youth. Girls and boys under 18 will participate in solo and pair class competitions. More detail...

11:03
TIMOFEI BYELO: EXAMPLE OF SPORTSMANSHIP SHOWN BY KARAVAEVA
Irina Karavaeva hits the international press with an example of sportsmanship which all sportspeople around the world would do well to notice. After noticing that the judges in the world gymnastics championships in Denmark made a mistake in her favour, she handed the gold medal to the second-placed Dogonadze.
This is the first time such an attitude has been taken in gymnastics. Irina Karavaeva noticed that the judges had made a mistake which attributed the gold medal to her, and even though she is the eight-times world trampoline champion, Olympic champion and European champion, she decided to hand the medal to the second-placed German gymnast. More detail...

17:30
GRAND SAYAN RING BIKE RACE FINISHES IN KRASNOYARSK
On Wednesday riders running in the Grand Sayan Ring bike race which started in Krasnoyarsk on August 5 finished in the same city. More detail...

13:21
RUSSIANS PARTICIPATE IN WORLD STUDENTS' GAMES IN BEIJING
About 7,000 young sportsmen from 17 to 28 years old from 166 countries will participate in the 21st World Students' Games which are to take place in Beijing from August 22 to September 1. More detail...

20:41
RUSSIAN CAPITAL TO HOST WORLD RIDING CUP
Moscow will host an international riding competition, August 30 into September 2, with the show jumping Mayoral Cup, and particular stages of show jumping and dressage World Cups. Twelve teams are expected--Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA. More detail...

14:45
YOUNG RUSSIAN CREATES A SENSATION AT PILOT PEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Young Russian Anastasia Myskina has create a sensational upset at the $585,000 New Haven (Connecticut) tennis tournament, with a straight sets win over Amanda Coetzer from South Africa. More detail...

14:11
RUSSIAN ATHLETES CELEBRATE TWO VICTORIES AT GATESHEAD GRAND PRIX
Russian athletes have celebrated two victories at the Gateshead Grand Prix in Great Britain. More detail...

15:44
PUTIN TALKS SPORTS IN KREMLIN
Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday met with the Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Russia, Leonid Tyagachyov, and his predecessor, now Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee, Vitaly Smirnov. The Kremlin press service revealed that the meeting's agenda featured issues of developing the Olympic movement in Russia, preserving continuity in the National Olympic Committee leadership, and preparing for the upcoming 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Ut. More detail...

14:42
SAFIN GOES INTO 3RD ROUND AT INDIANAPOLIS
Russia's Marat Safin has qualified for the third round at $800,000-worth Indianapolis in what became his first win in weeks. Another Russian in the tournament, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, was knocked out in a first round match with Max Mirnyi of Belarus. More detail...

04:25
PUTIN TALKS TO CAPTAINS IN RUSSIAN-CZECH ICE HOCKEY MEET
President Vladimir Putin talked to Russian and Czech captains in a star ice hockey meet after the first period finished with the host team leading 2-1. More detail...

15:33
BRITISH TRIPLE JUMP CHAMPION ON RUSSIAN DOPING SCANDAL
Celebrated British athlete and triple jump world champion and record-holder Jonathan Edwards wrote in The Times today that the doping scandal surrounding Russian runner Olga Yegorova, which blew up on the eve of the IAAF World Championships in Canada, was the worst embodiment of double standards. More detail...

13:55
RUSSIAN TEAM LEADS MEDAL TABLE IN YOUTH WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The hosts have taken half the medals at the ninth youth world championship in free-style and Greco-Roman wrestling, which is currently being held in Tashkent. More detail...