The Russian runner Yekaterina Volkova was the winner of the women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase event Monday at the World Athletic Championships. She was the 2nd place finisher in 2005 and won this year with a time of nine minutes and 6.57 seconds - a new World Championships record.

The Czech Republic has been asked by Russian officials to hold off on a decision to host part of a United States missile defense shield system. Yuri Baluyevsky, the Russian military chief of staff, told Czech officials that it would be better to wait on a decision until after the next US presidential elections, saying, [...]

Spartak Moscow women’s basketball team has a new American coach, the former women’s coach at LSU, Pokey Chatman. She will be moving to Moscow in October to begin her 6 month stay in Russia.

The stunning and talented Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova is making plans to visit the Chernobyl region where her family is from in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Program sometime in the future. The 20 year old was conceived there and the nuclear disaster that devastated the region occurred [...]

The Russian team had an outstanding performance at the ITU Elite Team Triathlon World Championships in Hungary over this weekend in preparation for the upcoming individual world championships that are scheduled to be held in Hamburg less than three weeks away.