Northern climate can's stop warm hearts. Russian team confirmed their status as kings of a beach soccer, winning the European Cup in Moscow.

Russia's Interior Ministry has ordered the Russian Football Premier League to cancel all Moscow matches that would coincide with March 4, the day of presidential election.

According to the recent WTA tennis rating, Maria Sharapova has become the World №2 tennis player.

Two years before the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, Russia starts selection of candidates for volunteers.

The Russian government will give awards of $130,000 to Russian athletes who win a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

Tottenham FC has reached agreement for the transfer of Roman Pavlyuchenko to Lokomotiv Moscow. The sum of the transfer is 8 million Euro.

The Head of the Astrakhan Region has come up with a creative idea for the Olympic Flame transfer through his region on the way to Sochi. The torch will be transferred as part of camel races, a traditional sportive activity in the region.

Russian figure skaters have taken the Sheffield Figure Skating Championship by storm, occupying the entire pedestal. Evgeny Pluschenko won a Silver medal.

Russian football team will play friendly matches against France, Italy and Liechtenstein in June, a week before Euro 2012.

Russian Youth Olympic team now holds the first place on the number of medals at the Youth Olympics 2012 in Innsbruck.