Alexander Kokorin and Alexey Ionov have helped Dynamo Moscow get an away win over Panathinaikos in their first Group E Europa League match.

Russia’s reigning champion CSKA suffered a humiliating 5-1 defeat in away match against Italy’s Roma.

Russia will play against Moldova in St Petersburg in its second Euro 2016 qualifier. The game which will take place on October 12 is expected to be the first serious test for the new squad that Fabio Capello, the national team’s coach picked after a boring performance at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Russia beat Azerbaijan 4-0 in a friendly on Wednesday, the first match after the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Zenit St Petersburg’s coach André Villas-Boas told journalists his team’s goal is to get through to the quarterfinals.

Russia’s national team manager Fabio Capello could terminate his contract with the Russian Football Union over the pay delay, says a source.

RFU President Nikolai Tolstykh commented the appeal of Football Federation of Ukraine to FIFA and UEFA with the request to impose sanctions against the Russian Union in connection with the participation of the Crimean clubs in the Russian Cup.

Olympic champion Evgeny Plushenko has announced he wants to skate at the next winter Olympics, a brave step after he was nearly paralyzed at the Sochi Games in February

With two draws and one defeat, Russia are leaving the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Russia have failed to improve their scoring and chances for qualification losing to Belgium in their second game in Group H on Sunday.