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.

About 150 people from 25 countries took part in Baikal Ice Marathon in March.

Team "Sochi 2014" summed up the Olympic Games' results. IOC President Thomas Bach called the Olympic Games in Sochi “excellent” in terms of their organization and noted the well-coordinated work of all participants.

The Sochi Olympics generated almost 2 billion roubles in revenue for the Russian TV channels who acquired the broadcasting rights for the 2014 Winter Games

The first Russian "Formula 1" racer Vitaly Petrov became the first Russian member of the DTM racing driving his AMG Mercedes factory racing car.

Korean-born Viktor An stunned the Russian and Korean crowd by snatching three golds in Sochi, leading his teammates to their first incredible victory and popularizing the sport in Russia.

By Olympic Movement's tradition, the Olympic Truce Wall is installed in the Olympic Villages in order to let the athletes from different countries to leave their wishes of keeping peace in the world and supporting the idea of Olympic Truce.

Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are held in Krasnodar Krai, the large southernmost region of the Russian Federation with the area of 76,000 square kilometers. Sochi, hosting 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a real gem of the Krasnodar Krai. Sochi is one of the largest Russian resort cities located between Black Sea and Caucasus Mountains. In addition, it was recognized the longest city in Europe (145 km). It is located on the same latitude as the world’s most recognized tourist destinations like Toronto and Nice.

Mountain Cluster includes Rosa Khutor Alpine Center, Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex, Sliding Center Sanki, and RusSki Gorki Jumping Center.

Coastal Cluster includes Adler Arena, Shayba Ice Arena, Ice Cube Curling Center, Bolshoy Ice Dome, and Fisht Olympic Stadium.

Top designers, engineers and architects worked on the design and construction of the arenas, ski slopes, trails and other sports facilities to make the competitions in Sochi as safe as possible, beautiful and memorable. The map of Olympic venues in Sochi is divided in two parts: the mountain and coastal clusters, where all eleven sports facilities of Sochi 2014 Olympics are located.

The creators of the Sochi 2014 Olympics logo were given simple and at the same time incredibly difficult task – to display in a small logo the modern generation of Russia. They also pondered quite a long time on what will be the motto of Sochi 2014.

Russia-IC helps you to follow the results of your country at Winter Olympic 2014 Games in Sochi and celebrate each gained Olympic medal. We present daily updates of all medal winners and a general medal count for each nation.

It is now easier than ever to follow Winter Olympic Games in Sochi 2014 with our daily updates. This article will inform you about all important Olympic events and competitions which are set for today. Check it up daily and you won't miss anything interesting. There is also a big official calendar for all Olympic days.

Lots of internationally popular modern sport games had their local versions rooted in Old Russian traditions. Some of them survived, others were partly revived and transformed beyond recognition.

Russia is a sportive country. Within a short time the Russians mastered dozens of sports and gained international recognition by that, but at the same time forgot the native sport games played by many generations of ancestors.