Fabio Capello has put together a new team ahead of the Euro 2016 qualifiers as the pressure mounts on him after the squad’s boring display at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Valeriy Karpin was assigned the head coach of the Spanish "Mallorca" football club, which represents the administrative capital of the Balearic Islands – Palma de Mallorca. The team plays in the country’s second largest league, Segunda.

Russian women's team will be able to take part at the World Chess Olympiad in Norway. The organizing committee made such decision after an open letter from Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, "out of respect" to all parties because of the scandal occured.

The results of last week's major tennis tournaments affected the position of athletes in the world rankings.

Talks on how to strengthen the national team with naturalized players resumed after the disastrous performance of Russians at the Brazil World Cup. And there are already several volunteers.

Russia’s defeat at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is now the talk of the town not only back at home where critics are calling for the coach’s resignation but also internationally.

The state of the Russian freestyler Maria Komissarova injured during the Sochi Olympics remains the same. At the moment, the world has no medical technologies to restore spinal cord rupture.

The goalkeeper of the Russian national football team Igor Akinfeev apologized for the mistake because of which the team conceded a goal in the match against South Korea in 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Russian Old Believers compactly living in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso came to cheer for the Russian national football team, which in these moments plays the 2014 World Cup match against South Korea in the Brazilian city of Cuiaba.

The first of its kind large-scale night bike tour in Kazan - "Kazan Starry Cycle Night" - took place in the capital of Tatarstan.

Led by Fabio Capello, the Russian national squad has arrived in Brazil for its first World Cup appearance in 12 years.

Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin knocked Manuel Charr in the seventh round during the fight for the vacant title of world champion under WBC International heavy weight version.

Three Russian football clubs have been fined by UEFA for violating its Financial Fair Play rules. Zenit St. Petersburg, Rubin and Anzhi are facing a penalty between EUR 2 and 12 million.

"I estimate the readiness of our team for the World Championships as 95%," national team captain Alexander Ovechkin shared his expectations.

Zenit St Petersburg and Lokomotiv Moscow draw 1-1 in a game that sets up a thrilling end to the season of the Russian Premier League with just two rounds to go.

Russian driver Daniil Kvyat competing for Toro Rosso team in Formula 1 World Championship, finished eleventh in Bahrain Grand Prix. Briton Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes team won the race.

Lokomotiv Moscow have failed to strengthen their lead in the Premier League, drawing against Spartak Moscow.

Spartak Moscow and Zenit St. Petesburg has lost their head coaches in what appeared to be impulse-driven decisions but were actually long-expected moves by football pundits.

The Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony, "Reaching the Impossible", began at 20:14 Moscow time at the Fisht Stadium to conclude Russia’s first ever Paralympic Winter Games.

Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games results: Russian team won the medal count.