Subject: Holland - Russia Euro 2008 - Quarter-finals - Netherlands v Russia - June 21, 2008 - St Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland Club/Team...

Subject: Holland - Russia Euro 2008 - Quarter-finals - Netherlands v Russia - June 21, 2008 - St Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland Club/Team...

Russia's Igor Denisov (L) vies with Slovenia's Robert Koren during their World Cup 2010 qualifying play...

...Semshov looks on during their World Cup qualifying group 4 soccer match at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Germany won 1-0. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

You vented ... I'm answering

Gripe, gripe, gripe ... that's all you guys do. Oh, wait a minute, I keep asking you every week to do just that! Here's a look at the ones I liked the...

Richard Caborn believes Russia are England's main rivals to host the 2019 World Cup

Caborn: Russia main rivals to England 2018 bid

England's 2018 World Cup bid ambassador Richard Caborn MP has called for total unity among the bid team, and revealed to ESPN Soccernet that Russia are England's main rivals to host the tournament.

U.S. seeks to regain world title

Geno Auriemma and the United States women's basketball national team were placed in Group B at the world championships that begin next September.

CSKA Moscow v VfL Wolfsburg: Preview

Wolfsburg flew to Russia yesterday in preparation for the biggest game in their history, or at least a game which can...

Simonyan named acting president of Russian FA

Former Soviet Union striker Nikita Simonyan, now aged 83, was appointed acting president of the Russian FA (RFU) on Tuesday, replacing Vitaly Mutko.

Qatar promise heat-beating tech for 2022 World Cup

The searing desert heat of a Middle East summer will be no obstacle to Qatar hosting a World Cup finals, the Gulf State's bid chief said on Tuesday while promising new heat-confounding technologies.

Home sweet home

...The veteran guard made the unusual move of leaving the NBA and signing with a team in Russia. When that team was having a hard time paying its bills, Pargo landed in Greece, capping off...

Power Play: Laraque a hindrance?

How Georges Laraque still finds NHL employment befuddles us. And why is Thanksgiving a true postseason barometer?

Russian fans start petition in bid to keep Guus Hiddink

Russian football fans have started a petition to retain Guus Hiddink as national coach despite the team's failure to qualify for next year's World Cup finals.

Dynamo defender Evgen Khacheridi sidelined

Dynamo Kiev defender Evgen Khacheridi has been ruled out until the end of 2009 after breaking his toe in Ukraine's World Cup play-off defeat to Greece last week.