GLASGOW (Reuters) – Ukraine’s synchronized swimmers took full advantage of all-conquering Russia’s decision not to enter the combination free team event by winning gold at the European Championships on Sunday. The absence of the Russians, who had…
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Could Canadiens’ Prospect Demidov Bring Someone Back From Russia?
The Montreal Canadiens’ most exciting offensive prospect, Ivan Demidov, was in action with his SKA St. Petersburg team yesterday, taking on the Novosibirsk region Sibir. Roman Rotenberg’s team signed a 6-3 win and the youngster registered an…
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IIHF Not Reincorporating Russia And Belarus For 2025-26 Competitions
The IIHF announced on Tuesday that Russia and Belarus will not be admitted to participate in international competitions for the 2025-26 season.
The two nations have been frozen out of tournaments such as the World Championship and the World Junior…
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Olympics-Boxing-Russia’s Tishchenko wins heavyweight gold
* Russia win heavyweight gold * Levit takes silver for Kazakhstan (Adds details) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Russia’s Evgeny Tishchenko won the Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medal to a chorus of boos from the crowd on…
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Meeting of the Russia – Country of Sports International Sports Forum’s organising committee • President of Russia
In his opening remarks, Dmitry Chernyshenko noted
that the forum, which will take place in Samara in the autumn of 2025…Continue Reading
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Czech leaders condemn Russian threats against NHL great Dominik Hasek
Czech leaders have condemned threats made by a former Russian president and prime minister against NHL great Dominik Hasek for his critical stance of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently deputy head of Russia’s…
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Ukraine Paralympic chief says will quit Games if Russia invades
* Events in Ukraine cast shadow over Paralympics * Putin to attend opening of Games in Sochi By Alexei Anishchuk SOCHI, Russia, March 7 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Paralympic chief said on Friday his team would quit the Winter Paralympic Games if…
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Bak urges global revival of traditional sports at Etnospor Forum
Youth and Sports Minister Osman Aşkın Bak emphasized Türkiye’s commitment to traditional sports at the 7th Ethnosport Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he highlighted the significant investments aimed at increasing…
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Russia dreams of ruining Canada’s World Cup party
Alex Ovechkin of Team Russia celebrates a second period goal by Vladimir Tarasenko (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
TORONTO – Evgeny Kuznetsov was 15 years old. On his television were his hockey heroes from the Russian national team, in…
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Russia says Olympic ban part of broader attack on Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A decision by the International Olympic Committee to bar Russia’s team from next year’s Winter Olympics is part of a larger international campaign to pressure Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on…
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