Finnish Minister of Science and Culture, Petri Honkonen, said that Russia’s return to world sport is unacceptable. The politician considered that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would make a mistake if it softened its position towards athletes from Russia and Belarus. “They should not be allowed back under any circumstances,” he said. On December 9,
German manufacturers of sporting goods, Adidas and Puma, which have suspended their work in Russia, have accepted the applications from Russian retailers for the 2023 collection, as reported by Izvestia, citing an informed source. According to Izvestia, the above-mentioned brands have closed all single-brand stores in the country, but continue to ship new products to
Russian chess player, Alexandra Kostenyuk, became the world champion in rapid chess. Kostenyuk won this title for the first time. Before that, she became the second three times: in 2012, 2014. and 2016. The twelfth women’s world chess champion, 37-year-old grandmaster Alexandra Kostenyuk, played a draw with Humpy Koneru from India, Bibisara Assaubayeva from Kazakhstan,
The Russian Minister of Sports, Oleg Matytsin, said that the country has an intention to hold another Olympic Games. “Russia has plans to hold another Olympics, I always talk about it. We have a powerful sports power with a powerful infrastructure, with enormous experience in hosting major tournaments. Of course, we are interested — after
Russian chess player, Ian Nepomniachtchi, starts the fight with Norwegian, Magnus Carlsen, for the title of world champion. The match will be held in Dubai from November 26 to December 15, 2021, and will consist of 14 parties. Carlsen is the current world champion. Nepomniachtchi won the right to play in the match for the
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Bare-knuckle fighting is registered by the Russian Ministry of Sports as an official sports discipline, as reported by the Boxing Federation of Russia. A fistfight is a fight in which two or more people hit each other with their fists and is usually done bare-handed. Although when practised as a sport, such fighting is referred to
Specialists of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VTsIOM) conducted a study, during which it turned out that a significant part of Russian youth (65 per cent among 18-24-year-olds) believes that computer games competitions can be equated with sports. In addition, the study showed that every fifth Russian (20 per cent) plays video games
In Moscow, the majority (84 per cent) of children and adolescents aged 3 to 17 years regularly play sports, according to the results of a study by the city’s Sports Department conducted jointly with the NAFI Analytical Centre. On average, 83 per cent of Moscow schoolchildren like to attend physical education classes. As the study
The Interregional Wheelchair Dance Sport Federation held a masterclass in Novosibirsk, where 5 women and 1 teenager did their best to learn Latin American dances from world champions and prepare for All-Russian competitions. As noted, Novosibirsk residents with disabilities have been studying wheelchair ballroom dancing in Novosibirsk for a year. Particularly, they have been engaged
One of the most successful athletes in Ukraine won a victory last weekend that allowed him to take his career to the next level. However, none of the Ukrainian TV channels showed the fight of him, AiF reports. Alexander Usyk is an Olympic champion in London 2012, in the summer of 2018 he became the
Moscow and Doha have agreed to hold a meeting of the Russian-Qatari Commission on Trade, Economic, and Technical Cooperation in a face-to-face format in Doha, TASS reports with reference to the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, who spoke at a press conference following talks with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar Mohammed
A high-heeled race was held on the Kremlin Embankment in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, in which not only women but also men took part, the RG.ru reports. It is noted that the winners of the competition were identified at a distance of 60 metres. The competitors had to overcome this distance in shoes with
