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.

On Wednesday, Russian Youth Winter Olympic team has left for Innsbruck, Austria, for the first ever Youth Olympic Winter Games, to take part in almost every sport discipline.

All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center has revealed results of the latest opinion poll in which Russian people expressed their opinion about the most notable Russian sportsmen in 2011.

Early this morning, Russian youth hockey team has broken its straight the gold medals by losing to the Swedes at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Canada.

Russian fighter Fyodor Emelianenko has made a knockout win over Japanese Satoshi Ishii in the main event of the ММА Dream: New Year 2011 in Tokyo, on December 31.