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Rubin Kazan coach Kurban Berdyev was once a guest of Roman Abramovich at Stamford Bridge but will now seek to mastermind victory over the Russian billionaire's beloved Chelsea.Chelsea, last season's Champions League winners, host Rubin Kazan in the E...

Galatasaray reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League after edging out valiant Schalke at the Veltins-Arena.Despite taking an early lead through Roman Neustadter, the German side were ultimately undone by strikes from Hamit Altintop and Bura...

Dynamo Kiev midfielder Roman Bezus insists optimism remains high in the camp despite heading into the return leg of their Europa League last-32 clash with Bordeaux as narrow outsiders.Dynamo dominated throughout and missed a number of chances to take...

Frank Lampard and John Terry scored in front of owner Roman Abramovich as holders Chelsea overcame stubborn Brentford in an FA Cup replay at Stamford Bridge to set up a fifth-round clash with Middlesbrough.Juan Mata fired a clinical opening goal afte...

Rafael Benitez's Chelsea nightmare continued today as West Ham hit back to inflict his first defeat in charge and extend his winless start as interim manager.Already the first boss of the Roman Abramovich era not to oversee a victory in his opening t...

Schalke overturned a first-half deficit with two goals in 10 minutes to beat Werder Bremen and keep the pressure on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.Aaron Hunt gave Bremen the lead after 16 minutes but Roman Neustadter equalised in the 59th minute an...

An 84th-minute penalty by Roman Shirokov was enough for Russia to maintain their 100 per cent record in their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign as they finally managed to see off a dogged Azerbaijan in Moscow.Russia had a perfect record after their ...

Felix Magath made an unhappy return to Gelsenkirchen as his Wolfsburg side were comfortably beaten by Schalke.Jefferson Farfan put the high-flying Royal Blues in front in the 33rd minute and goals from Ibrahim Afellay and Roman Neustadter in the seco...

Cesare Bovo comes face to face with the man he credits with kick-starting his career tomorrow night as Genoa host Gian Piero Gasperini's Palermo.The Roman defender first arrived at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in 2007, one year into Gasperini's four-yea...

Ashley Cole spared the blushes of Chelsea's 130 million-pound ($211 million) attack as the European champions spluttered to a 1-0 victory against Stoke to go three points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League. Roman Abramovich looked on as...

Roberto Di Matteo shrugged off the implications of Roman Abramovich's latest visit to Chelsea's training ground, insisting he was more than happy to see the Russian there.Blues boss Di Matteo confirmed Abramovich was at the club's Cobham headquarters...

#INSERT type:video subtype:lead caption:Russia 2, Northern Ireland 0 END# Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifying campaign got off to a losing start as goals from Viktor Fayzulin and Roman Shirokov gave Fabio Capello's Russia three points in Moscow...

Russia 4-1 Czech Republic

Group A

Spotlight on Russia

Following the World Cup, several members of the U.S. women's team took a jaunt around Italy. Lindsey Dolich gives us the lowdown.