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Sports of The Times: Hammon Just Looking for a Little Personal Glasnost

When it comes to Becky Hammon opportunism shouldn’t be confused with patriotism, or lack thereof.

Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 4:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, Olympic Games (2008), Women, United States, Russia, Women's National Basketball Assn, Hammon, Becky, Abrosimova, Svetlana

Russia Will Address Doping Bans After the Games

After being accused of violating anti-doping rules, the five Olympians, all potential medalists, will likely be removed from the Russian roster.

Posted Saturday, August 02, 2008 12:03 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Politics and Government, Track and Field, International Olympic Committee, Doping, Russia, Sharapova, Maria, Newspapers, Tatyana Tomashova, International Assn of Athletics Federations, Yelena Soboleva, Russian Track and Field Federation

Jagr Wants to Stay a Ranger, but He Has a World of Options

With the free-agency signing period to begin Tuesday, the drama surrounding the future of Rangers right wing Jaromir Jagr has only deepened.

Posted Sunday, June 29, 2008 9:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: New York Rangers, Hockey, Ice, Europe, Jagr, Jaromir, Russia, Czech Republic

Sports of The Times: Dashing Spain Transcends Its Anguish

A generation of disappointment was erased as Spain topped Russia to advance to the Euro 2008 final.

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:13 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, Russia, Spain, La Selección, UEFA European Football Championship

Viktor Kuzkin, 67, Soviet Hockey Star, Dies

Mr. Kuzkin, a three-time Olympic champion, played 169 times for the U.S.S.R., scoring 18 goals, and was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2005.

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:47 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hockey, Ice, Deaths (Obituaries), Russia, Kuzkin, Viktor, International Ice Hockey Federation

The Champion Will Not Advance: Greece Loses to Russia

Greece’s reign as European champion ended Saturday night when it lost to Russia, a result which means that, with one round of games left in Group D, it cannot reach the second round.

Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 6:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, Russia, Greece

European Championship Roundup: Villa Gets a Hat Trick as Spain Puts on a Clinic

David Villa scored three times in Spain’s 4-1 victory over Russia on Tuesday in a European Championship game in Innsbruck, Austria.

Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:04 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, Russia, Spain

Moscow Takes British Soccer Invasion in Stride

English soccer fans and bemused Russians celebrated in ahead of the Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea.

Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:42 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, Manchester United, Chelsea (Soccer Club), Europe, Champions League, Great Britain, Russia, Litvinenko, Alexander V

Soccer Thaws British-Russian Relations — at Least Temporarily

Russia’s foreign ministry eased the visa process for English soccer fans traveling to Moscow for a big game, lessening tensions generated by the murder of Aleksander V. Litvinenko

Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 9:03 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, Olympic Games, Espionage, Manchester United, Chelsea (Soccer Club), Champions League, Great Britain, Russia, International Relations, Putin, Vladimir V, Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, Litvinenko, Alexander V

Tennis Roundup: Russia Tops U.S. to Reach Fed Cup Final

Russia, the defending champion, advanced to its fourth Fed Cup final in the past five years on Sunday, when it completed a 3-2 victory over the United States in the semifinals.

Posted Sunday, April 27, 2008 9:37 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Tennis, United States, Fed Cup, Russia

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