Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

• CAS sets date for Zenit St. Petersburg appeal

  Zenit St. Petersburg will challenge the Russian Football Union at sport's highest court after a punishment for fan violence affected its league title ... 

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  Russia's top cop sets sights on protest movement

  Russia's top cop has a new star role at the heart of the Putin regime. His mission? Shut down the opposition. Alexander Bastrykin's Investigative ... 

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  Basel team flight makes 2nd emergency landing

  Basel's passage to the Europa League quarterfinals was much smoother than its flights to and from last-16 opponent Zenit St. Petersburg. The Swiss ... 

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  Mysterious bacterium found in Antarctic lake

  A new form of microbial life has been found in water samples taken from a giant freshwater lake hidden under kilometers of Antarctic ice, Russian ... 

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  Wrestling considers changing singlet for Olympics

  Desperate to modernize to keep its place in the Olympics, wrestling is considering changes to one of its most traditional symbols: the simple singlet. 

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  AP Interview: Wrestling plans election in Turkey

  Fighting to retain wrestling's Olympic status, the sport's governing body plans to meet in Turkey within weeks to elect a president and press for ... 

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  Acclaimed Russian film director Alexei German dies

  Alexei German, a Russian film director best known for his works offering a bitter view of life in the Soviet Union under dictator Josef Stalin, died ... 

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  Russia marks 70th anniversary of Stalingrad battle

  An aged T-34 tank clattered into the center of the southern Russian city once known as Stalingrad and soldiers dressed in World War II-era uniforms ... 

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  Russia shelves plan to shut child cancer clinic

  The intention to turn a St. Petersburg clinic treating pediatric cancer patients into one that would exclusively serve judges and staff of Russia's ... 

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  Russia moves to enact anti-gay law nationwide

  Kissing his boyfriend during a protest in front of Russia's parliament earned Pavel Samburov 30 hours of detention and the equivalent of a $16 fine ... 

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  Lawsuit against Madonna dismissed in Russia

  A Russian court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that sought millions of dollars in damages from Madonna for allegedly traumatizing minors by speaking ... 

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  Zenit St. Petersburg penalized for hooliganism

  The Russian football federation has handed Zenit St. Petersburg a 3-0 technical defeat for a game suspended after Dynamo Moscow's goalkeeper was ... 

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  Zenit holds Malaga to 2-2 in Champions League

  Zenit St. Petersburg came from 2-0 behind to draw with Malaga 2-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday. Malaga qualified for the last 16 in its first ... 

• Russian organizers suggest 2017 Confed Cup venues

  Russian organizers of the 2018 World Cup have formally proposed four stadiums to host the 2017 Confederations Cup. FIFA says the local organizing ...