Alex Ovechkin has hit the net for 484th time in his NHL career Thursday against the Dallas Stars at Verizon Center, becoming the top Russian-born scorer in the league.

The Russian national football team lost to Croatia in the friendly match that was held in Rostov-on-Don on November 17.

Russian tennis-players will make their best to win against the Czech team in the Federation Cup final, top seed Maria Sharapova declared.

The Russian sportswoman Evgeniya Medvedeva has won the Skate America - the first tour of the Grand Prix of the season-2015/16 held in Milwaukee.

Svetlana Kuznetsova has become the winner of the Kremlin Cup for the first time in her career.

The Federal Sports Channel “Match TV” will be equipped with the expensive technologies that were used at the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi.

The national football teams of Croatia and Portugal are optimal rivals in control games with Russia, the former head coach Boris Ignatyev said.

Maria Paseka, Ksenia Afanasyeva, Seda Tutkhalyan, Victoria Komova and Maria Kharenkova have made the finals of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup 2015.

The names of eight stadiums coincide with the names of cities, where they are located.

Ukrainian diver Alexander Bondar is going to recieve the Russian citizenship and work for the right to compete in the Olympic Games.