World number two Maria Sharapova has pulled out of Russia’s Fed Cup tie against Spain with shoulder and hamstring injuries, preventing her from making her long-awaited debut in the competition, Reuters news agency reported April 3.
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April 3, 2007Moscow was on Tuesday elected to host the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
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March 27, 2007An Australian court in Melbourne has charged a coach with the Russian diving team with indecent assaulting an employee at the hotel where he is staying, the Reuters news agency reported Monday.
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March 26, 2007A 14-year-old Russian swimming champion, in Melbourne for the 12th FINA World Championships, has been arrested for shoplifting, the Herald Sun daily reported on Wednesday.
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March 22, 2007Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko conceded to Britain’s Andy Murray 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 at the Indian Wells Masters.
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March 17, 2007The Russian boxing federation is to blame for Moscow losing the right to host this year’s amateur world championships, a top Russian Olympic official said Wednesday.
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March 14, 2007Defending champion Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the Pacific Life Open on Tuesday, a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 loss to Vera Zvonareva, The Associated Press news agency reports. The defeat will cost Sharapova her No. 1 ranking.
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Roman Abramovich, Russia’s richest man, divorced his wife Irina, former air stewardess, his spokesman confirmed today. The couple agreed on a financial settlement and arrangements regarding their five children.
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World No 5 Russian tennis star Elena Dementieva pulled out of the Pacific Life Open on Wednesday because of a lingering rib injury, the Reuters news agency reported.
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March 9, 2007A Dutch court handed Guus Hiddink a six-month suspended sentence and fined him 45,000 euros ($59,270) on Tuesday after finding him guilty of tax fraud, the Reuters news agency reports.
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