Marat Safin overcame a surface he hated and a stubborn Argentine opponent give Russia its first Davis Cup title on home soil, beating Jose Acasuso 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Sunday for a 3-2 victory.
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December 4, 2006
Former football World Cup-winning captain Diego Maradona will attend this weekend’s Davis Cup final between Russia and Argentina, a source in the Argentine embassy in Moscow said on Thursday.
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November 30, 2006Russia enjoyed a 2-0 victory in Macedonia Wednesday to bolster their chances of qualifying for the 2008 European Championships.
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November 16, 2006Russian oil tycoon Roman Abramovich has just spent ten days at a top private health spa in Austria reportedly being treated for stress, Thisislondon web site reported referring to an article in an Austrian magazine.
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November 15, 2006Russia coach Guus Hiddink doesn’t expect his team to qualify for the 2008 European Championship if it doesn’t beat Macedonia in Wednesday’s qualifier.
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Ukraine national coach Oleg Blokhin said on Friday that reducing the number of foreigners playing for the country’s club sides was critical to the future development of his squad, Reuters reports.
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Baffour Gyan, Ghanaian striker who plays for the Russian club Saturn Ramenskoya has accused Spartak Moscow captain Yegor Titov of racism.
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November 10, 2006Russia manager Guus Hiddink says if his team qualify for the UEFA EURO 2008 finals he will break the habit of a lifetime and down a shot of vodka.
“As you know I’m not a drinker, I don’t like to drink, but I’m very aware of this very Russian tradition,†the Dutchman said on Thursday at the national team’s training centre ahead of next week’s EURO 2008 qualifier against Macedonia.
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Russia coach Guus Hiddink has dropped long-time national team captain Alexei Smertin for next week’s Euro 2008 qualifier away to Macedonia.
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November 7, 2006Spartak Moscow players almost missed the start of the Champions League match against Inter Milan after being stuck in traffic on their way to the Luzhniki Olympic stadium and had to use the Moscow underground to get to the arena.
It proved their undoing as Julio Cruz struck just 58 seconds into the match and Inter held on for a 1-0 victory.
Spartak coach Vladimir Fedotov blamed the notorious Moscow gridlock for his team’s bad start to the match.
“As you know we got stuck in traffic and had to take the metro to the stadium,†he told Russian television after the match.
“I must thank the metro people for letting us use it for free.
â€I was also afraid that we would lose some of our players there because most of them probably have never used the metro before and could have got lost there. I had to chase after everyone and make sure no-one was left behind,“ Fedotov said.
â€We were running late, thus we didn’t have a proper warm-up and it all contributed to our poor play at the beginning. Unfortunately, we paid dearly for our mistakes.“
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November 1, 2006
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