Zenit St. Petersburg suffered a humiliating defeat on home soil by Borussia Dortmund, with little chance of progress into the next round of the Champions League.

Russian figure skater Evgeny Plushchenko is expected to undergo surgery in an Israeli clinic on March 2 after an injury which forced the ice star suddenly withdraw from the 2104 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Ukraine’s football clubs could join Russia’s Premier League to avoid a financial deadlock that is likely to ruin the Ukrainian championship.

The Euro 2016 qualifying draw took place on February 23, in the Acropolis Convention Center in Nice, France. All the competing countries got to know their opponents for the qualifying stage.

At an Olympics designed to advertise Russia’s resurgence on the world stage, Russian athletes did their best gaining 33 Olympic medals and topping the general medal count.

The final hockey match between Canada and Sweden at the Bolshoy Ice Palace took place on February 23, the last Olympic day, to become an exciting end to the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

IOC President Thomas Bach has acknowledged significant progress by Russian athletes after a lackluster performance at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

Viktor An plans to continue his skating career at least until the Moscow championship in 2015.

Bobsleigh king Alexander Zubkov, 39, did not rule out continuing his sports career.

Russian speedskater Ivan Skobrev was the weak link in the team’s race, according to Alexey Kravtsov, head of the Russian Speedskating Union.