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Arshavin’s move to Arsenal confirmed Russia most wanted footballer, Andrey Arshavin, has officially become an Arsenal player after English Premier League confirmed the transfer deal on Tuesday.

Arshavin signs for the Gunners Russia’s most wanted footballer, Andrey Arshavin, has signed a contract with Arsenal, which will keep him at the North London club until 2012. The English Premier League must confirm the deal before it becomes official.

Russian legends overcome Spaniards Russia has won the inaugural Legends Cup title after beating Spain, which brought together football legends of yester-year on the miniature indoor pitch in Moscow.

Athletic season kicks off in Moscow The 18th edition of the annual ‘Russian Winter’ tournament launched the world indoor athletic season on Sunday. The competition was held in the Russian capital and ended solidly for the home nation.

Russian high jumpers clear the year’s best The Russian athletics season has got underway with the annual Moscow High Jump Cup. Male high jumpers have already made quite an impact with the highest leap of the year so far.

Ice Hockey: 2008 champs destroyed in the final The Ice Hockey final of this year's Champions League ended in disappointing fashion for Russian side Metallurg Magnitogorsk as they lost to the Zurich Lions 5-0 in last night's second leg, and 7-2 on aggregate.

Getting ready for the show – Sochi 2014 sites underway In six years Russia will host its first ever Winter Olympics. Preparations at the Black Sea resort of Sochi are in full swing.

Metallurg stumped at the finish line ZSC Lions Zurich won the inaugural Champions Hockey League (CHL) on Wednesday, following a 5-0 thrashing of past European champion Metallurg Magnitogorsk for a 7-2 aggregate victory.

Super-Pav to miss Russia’s training session Tottenham Hotspur striker Roman Pavlyuchenko was not on the list of Russia’s national players chosen by coach Guus Hiddink for the training session scheduled for late February.

Klitschko bros want all four boxing titles The Klitschko brothers’ dream to secure all four heavyweight boxing titles has been put on hold. Vitaly and Wladimir hold three and claim that Russian Nikolay Valuev, who owns the WBA belt, doesn't want to fight them.

Arshavin wants more money from Arsenal Andrey Arshavin’s transfer saga has taken yet another turn. According to his club, Zenit Saint Petersburg, a $US 20 million deal has been agreed with Arsenal, with the only sticking point coming from the player himself.

Russians shine in All-Star Game The NHL All-Star Game was held in Montreal on Sunday with top Russians on the ice. Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeny Malkin, Aleksey Kovalev, Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Datsyuk and Andrey Markov all played leading roles in the show.

KHL: Metallurg Magnitogorsk again victorious Metallurg Magnitogorsk look to be hitting top form at just the right moment as they secured a confidence-boosting win over third place AK Bars ahead of their Euro Champions League final later in the week.

Basketball: Russia turns to US-style college game A new college basketball league has been set up in Russia with the hope that it will one day become a feeder of players to future national teams.

MMA: Last Emperor vs Pitbull Possibly the best mix fighter of the last decade Fedor Emelianenko, nicknamed “The Last Emperor”, is preparing for his latest challenge against Andrey Arlovsky, or “The Pitbull” of Belarus, on Jan

Pregnant fencers put careers on ice Russia has lost five members of its national women’s fencing team. But that’s not bad news at all. The ladies have decided to use the break between Olympics to become mothers.

Super-Pav pushes Spurs into final A 118th minute goal from Russian striker, Roman Pavlyuchenko, propelled Tottenham Hotspur into the League Cup final, where they’ll face Manchester United.

Russian prodigy moves to Barça Young goalkeeper Timur Akmurzin has become the second ever Russian player at FC Barcelona after Igor Korneev, who is now Guus Hiddink's aid in the country's national squad.

Snow junkies hit Sochi Snowboarders and skiers from Europe and America have descended on Sochi for the free-ride world tour.

Dynamo slams into the playoffs Dynamo Moscow have beaten Rijeka Kvig in the women's volleyball champions league. The croats were not able to cope with the free-scoring Russian's who head into the play-offs unbeaten.

Russia to bid for World Cup 2018 Russia aims to host the FIFA World Cup 2018 says the country's sports minister and the head of Russia's Football Union, Vitaly Mutko.

Arsenal to sign Arshavin in a week Russia’s most wanted footballer Andrey Arshavin will sign a contract with Arsenal by the week's end says the player’s agent Denis Lakhter.

Russian female speed skating in transition - Dmitry Dorofeev It was another disappointing round for Russia's speed skaters on the second day of the Sprint World Cup in Moscow. Despite high expectations, not one of the five Russians on show got near the podium.

USSR nostalgia opens new football season The 2009 football year has kicked off in Moscow with the 17th CIS and Baltic States Champions Cup. Senior officials from Fifa and Uefa, soccer’s main governing bodies, were in town to enjoy the proceedings.

A stunning blonde – and Best Pilot of the Century Daredevil activities are usually considered a man's world, but one female pilot who competes in aerial acrobatics has managed to leave most of her male colleagues trailing in her wake.

Hockey prodigy’s name cleared posthumously KHL has thrown light on the details of Aleksey Cherepanov's tragic death. He was not guilty of taking illegal substances. The league names Avangard’s management and doctors’ negligence as the main reasons of the tragedy.

Rival rally race begins in Africa while Dakar gets Latin Fever The Paris-Dakar rally may have moved its route to Chile and Argentina this year, but the sport hasn't left Africa altogether.

Muscovites win rescheduled battle against Kazan Dynamo have continued their move up the league. The game against Ak Bars originally had to be rescheduled due to fans halting the teams’ previous encounter in Moscow, due to Dynamo fans letting off flairs in the stands.

Basketball: Khimki tops Eurocup qualifying group In basketball's Eurocup, Khimki have topped their qualifying group thanks to a thrilling 80 – 71 victory over Benetton.

Hockey coach fired during the game The coach of Avangard Omsk hockey team didn’t return to the bench for third period of his team’s home game against Vityaz. Canadian Wayne Fleming couldn’t do so as he’d been fired during the break.

Super-Pav aims for more goals Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko is doing better than he expected in his debut season in the English Premier League. The striker has reached his first small milestone in Tottemham, scoring his 10th goal.

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