Moscow Sports News

Maintaining a comfortable lifestyle while working in Russia is difficult for many foreigners, but the ease of making new friends among the locals could sweeten the pill for many. Russia ranks two points from the bottom in terms of quality...

Moscow came from behind to beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 in their Champions League Group B match on Wednesday to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knockout round. Wolfsburg on seven points with the last round of matches to come...Leonid...

GM Wesley So of the Philippines achieved another milestone when he reached the second round of the 2009 World Chess Cup at the Khanty-Mansiysk Festival of Arts here. So, at 15 already one of the world's most-recognizable young players, eliminated...

Marat Safin ended his career Wednesday after losing to Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters. The 29-year-old Safin, a two-time Grand Slam title winner, put on a solid performance on center...

Miroslav Klose's strike gave Germany a 1-0 win over Russia and stretched their lead at the top of Group Four to four points with one round of matches left. Alberto Gilardino's last-minute goal earned the Italians a 2-2 draw in...

Russia coach Guus Hiddink has warned his side not to under-estimate Slovenia when the two sides clash here today in the first-leg of their World Cup playoff. Russia, semi-finalists at Euro 2008, are the overwhelming favourites to reach the Finals...

Frenchman Fabrice Santoro pulled the curtain on a remarkable and atypical career by losing to American James Blake in the first round of the Paris Masters on Sunday. The oldest player on the men's circuit, Santoro, who will turn 37...

Dani Alves has warned that Barcelona must tighten up defensively or their hopes of a successful Champions League defence will be blown away. Having drawn their opening group game 0-0 with Inter Milan, the European champions got back to winning...